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    Ukrainians Protest At Separatist Vote
    Nov03

    Ukrainians Protest At Separatist Vote

    Monday, November 3 , 2014 - 10:46 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Hundreds of people took to the streets of Kyiv to protest against elections in separatist-held areas of eastern Ukraine on November 2. The protestors marched from the Maidan, the scene of the revolution, chanting slogans and singing the Ukrainian national anthem. The elections have been recognized by Russia but condemned by the Ukrainian and...

    Ukraine Rebels Hold Elections as Violence Continues
    Nov03

    Ukraine Rebels Hold Elections as Violence Continues

    Monday, November 3 , 2014 - 7:31 (EEST) Section: The Boston Globe (USA)

    It was election day in eastern Ukraine Sunday… but this was a different kind of election. These voters were from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, which has broken from the central government in Kiev and seeks closer ties with Russia. Many voted from across the Russian border, where refugees have fled during the fighting....

    Ukraine’s pro-Russia rebels hold elections
    Nov03

    Ukraine’s pro-Russia rebels hold elections

    Monday, November 3 , 2014 - 7:01 (EEST) Section: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (USA)

    MOSCOW — Residents of rebel-held eastern Ukraine voted for leaders Sunday, taking another step toward establishing an independent enclave and exacerbating tensions between Russia and the West. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...

    Pro-Russian Rebels Vote For Leaders In Eastern Ukraine
    Nov03

    Pro-Russian Rebels Vote For Leaders In Eastern Ukraine

    Monday, November 3 , 2014 - 6:30 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    (Reuters) – Pro-Russian rebels elected a separatist leadership in eastern Ukraine on Sunday in a vote President Petro Poroshenko called “a farce.” Mining electrician-turned-rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko won over 81 percent of the vote, according to the rebels’ exit polls of an election that has worsened a standoff...

    EU Rejects Rebel Vote In Ukraine
    Nov03

    EU Rejects Rebel Vote In Ukraine

    Monday, November 3 , 2014 - 5:31 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    The European Union says elections held in separatist-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine are an “obstacle to peace,” and Brussels will not recognize them. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Election goes on in rebel-held area of Ukraine despite objections
    Nov03

    Election goes on in rebel-held area of Ukraine despite objections

    Monday, November 3 , 2014 - 2:01 (EEST) Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)

    Voting in the main rebel city of Donetsk proceeded in the presence of gunmen inside three polling stations visited by the Associated Press. Despite a cease-fire agreement being signed in September, fighting continues almost daily between government troops and rebel forces in the area. …read more Source: San Francisco...

    EU Calls East Ukraine Vote Obstacle To Peace, Won’t Recognize It
    Nov03

    EU Calls East Ukraine Vote Obstacle To Peace, Won’t Recognize It

    Monday, November 3 , 2014 - 2:01 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) – An election of separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine is an obstacle to peace and the European Union will not recognize it, the EU’s new foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Sunday. “I consider today’s ‘presidential and parliamentary elections’ in Donetsk and Luhansk...

    Ukraine’s Revolutionary No. 1 Goes to Parliament
    Nov03

    Ukraine’s Revolutionary No. 1 Goes to Parliament

    Monday, November 3 , 2014 - 1:16 (EEST) Section: Bloomberg (USA)

    The journalist who started the Maidan protests in Kiev last year is now a legislator struggling to find a way to do politics honestly. …read more Source:...

    Ukraine pro-Russia rebels hold elections in the east, fueling conflict

    Sunday, November 2 , 2014 - 23:31 (EEST) Section: The Washington Post (USA)

    MOSCOW — Residents of rebel-held eastern Ukraine voted for leaders on Sunday, taking another step toward establishing an independent enclave and exacerbating tensions between Russia and the West. Thousands of residents across war-torn eastern Ukraine lined up Sunday to give their backing to the current rebel leadership, which has been working to...

    Pro-Russia separatists defy warnings, hold ‘sovereign’ vote
    Nov02

    Pro-Russia separatists defy warnings, hold ‘sovereign’ vote

    Sunday, November 2 , 2014 - 23:31 (EEST) Section: Los Angeles Times (USA)

    Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine voted Sunday in elections condemned by the international community as illegal and a violation of a cease-fire already teetering on the verge of collapse. …read more Source: Los Angeles...