Pro-Russian rebels have elected a separatist leadership in eastern Ukraine – a vote President Petro Poroshenko called “a farce”. |||
Donetsk, Ukraine – 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 between Russia and the West. The United States and European Union have already denounced it as illegitimate, but Russia has said it would recognise the result, deepening a …read more
Source: Independent Online
