FINANCIAL TIMES: …The Committee of Voters of Ukraine, an election-focused non-profit, has already ruled out the possibility of elections being physically held in the towns of Slavyansk, Kramatorsk and Enakievo – where the separatists have taken full control of the local government.
“The situation is complete chaos,” said Alexander Kluzhev of the Committee of Voters’ Donetsk chapter. “The goal is to completely demoralise the election workers. One day the commission is working fine, the next day gunmen come and start stealing their property.”
Russian president Vladimir Putin has sought to distance himself from the provocations by pro-Russia separatists. Speaking at the St Petersburg Economic Forum on Friday, Mr Putin promised Moscow would “respect the choice of the Ukrainian people” in Sunday’s vote… (more)
