Name: Elections Held in Separatist-Controlled Ukraine
Released: 2014-11-04

Vice News: Russian Roulette - The Invasion of Ukraine

S9 · E1 — Elections Held in Separatist-Controlled Ukraine

S9:E1 · Elections Held in Separatist-Controlled Ukraine

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Vice News: Russian Roulette - The Invasion of Ukraine

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Elections Held in Separatist-Controlled Ukraine

Season 9 · Episode 1 · Nov 4, 2014

On Sunday, rebels in eastern Ukraine held their first ever elections, voting for the incumbent leader Alexander Zakharchenko to continue to run the territory under separatist control. With few observers present to verify the fairness of the voting, which itself was hastily organized, the election wasn't widely recognized. Russia was the only major power to recognize the vote as legitimate, while Ukraine and its allies in the West declared the poll to be a violation of a negotiated agreement reached in Minsk. VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky spoke with the rebel leader Zakharchenko as he cast his vote in Donetsk, and visited polling stations across the country’s war-torn east to find out what elections look like in a breakaway republic.

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Vice News: Russian Roulette - The Invasion of Ukraine

TV Series

201412m

DocumentaryWar & Politics

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Elections Held in Separatist-Controlled Ukraine

Season 9 · Episode 1 · Nov 4, 2014

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