Crimean PM: 93 Percent of Voters Want to Join Russia

Crimea's prime minister, Sergei Aksyonov, says preliminary results from Sunday's referendum on whether to break away from Ukraine indicate that 93 percent of voters opted for their region to join Russia. Aksyonov, who only recently took power, is not recognized by Ukraine’s central government in Kyiv which has also dismissed the vote in Crimea as illegitimate and unconstitutional.   Less than one hour after the polls closed, the White House released a statement saying it...

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