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Retrieved March 3, 2014. KIEV, Ukraine – Crimea's new pro-Moscow premier, Sergei Aksenov, moved the date of the peninsula's status referendum to March 30. On Thursday, the Crimean parliament, which appointed Aksenov, had called for a referendum on May 25, the date also set for the urgent presidential election in Ukraine.
Mar 16, 2014 · On Sunday, the referendum on the status of Crimea divided the population of the multicultural region. ... religious affiliation was also a major factor in supporting secession from Ukraine.
Mar 27, 2014 · Tensions continued to mount in the Crimea region, where Russian troops and armoured vehicles were deployed in February and a secession referendum was later held, in which, according to the UN, Crimean authorities announced that close to 97 per cent of those who voted did so in favour of the region joining Russia.
Sep 28, 2022 · Published Sept. 23, 2022 Updated Sept. 28, 2022. The Kremlin-orchestrated referendums in parts of Ukraine occupied by Russia recall a vote in 2014 in Crimea that took place under the watch of ...
Mar 13, 2024 · RFE/RL. On March 16, 2014, an illegal referendum was held in Crimea as unmarked Russian soldiers, supported by some of the peninsula’s ethnic Russian population, seized public buildings and ...
Mar 16, 2014 · The referendum ballot features two questions: One, to grant Crimea greater autonomy within Ukraine. The other, which is widely expected to secure the bulk of support, envisions annexation by Russia. What little actual campaigning there’s been in Crimea has taken place under the often menacing gaze of local militia forces, as well as heavily armed troops under apparent command from Moscow.
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Mar 16, 2014 · March 16, 2014 2:53 pm (EST) Voters in Ukraine’s republic of Crimea opted to join Russia in a referendum Moscow called the starting point for determining the future of the peninsula. CFR Adjunct ...
