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Russian media has reported that exit polls show the overwhelming majority of voters in Crimea supported union with Russia in the peninsula's referendum
Russian state news agency RIA quoted an exit poll as showing 93 percent of voters backed the move on Sunday.
Another Russian news agency, Interfax, said voter turnout had exceeded 80 percent.
Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine's new prime minister, has said that neither Kiev nor the West would recognise the referendum's results, which it says is being conducted at gunpoint.
"Now, on the territory of the autonomous republic of Crimea under the staged direction of the Russian Federation, a circus performance is underway: the so-called referendum," Yatsenyuk told a government meeting.
"Also taking part in the performance are 21,000 Russian troops, who with their guns are trying to prove the legality of the referendum."
In a phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to respect Crimeans' decision, and said that the referendum complied with international law.
There were two options available in the referendum. Firstly, "are you in favour of the reunification of Crimea with Russia as a part of the Russian Federation?"
The second option was "are you in favour of restoring the 1992 Constitution and the status of Crimea as a part of Ukraine?"
Returning to the 1992 constitution would give Crimea's government sweeping powers to make its own laws and control its own governance, while technically remaining part of Ukraine.
Pro-Russian armed forces took control of the strategic peninsula with a majority ethnic-Russian population soon after the Kremlin-backed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich fled Kiev last month after three months of deadly protests against his rule.
SOURCE:Exit polls show Crimea votes for secession - Europe - Al Jazeera English
UPDATE
Russian state news agency RIA quoted an exit poll as showing 93 percent of voters backed the move on Sunday.
Another Russian news agency, Interfax, said voter turnout had exceeded 80 percent.
Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine's new prime minister, has said that neither Kiev nor the West would recognise the referendum's results, which it says is being conducted at gunpoint.
"Now, on the territory of the autonomous republic of Crimea under the staged direction of the Russian Federation, a circus performance is underway: the so-called referendum," Yatsenyuk told a government meeting.
"Also taking part in the performance are 21,000 Russian troops, who with their guns are trying to prove the legality of the referendum."
In a phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to respect Crimeans' decision, and said that the referendum complied with international law.
There were two options available in the referendum. Firstly, "are you in favour of the reunification of Crimea with Russia as a part of the Russian Federation?"
The second option was "are you in favour of restoring the 1992 Constitution and the status of Crimea as a part of Ukraine?"
Returning to the 1992 constitution would give Crimea's government sweeping powers to make its own laws and control its own governance, while technically remaining part of Ukraine.
Pro-Russian armed forces took control of the strategic peninsula with a majority ethnic-Russian population soon after the Kremlin-backed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich fled Kiev last month after three months of deadly protests against his rule.
SOURCE:Exit polls show Crimea votes for secession - Europe - Al Jazeera English
Juhudi za Kidiplomasia za kutafuta ufumbuzi wa Amani Ukraine, asilimia 95.5 ya wapigakura wanaunga Mkono Crimea ijitenge kutoka kwa Ukraine na kujiunga na Urusi.
Maafisa waliosimamia kura hiyo wanasema kuwa baada ya kuhesabu takriban nusu ya kura zilizopigwa Kiongozi wa jimbo hilo alisema kuwa atatuma rasmi ombi la kutaka kujiunga na urusi hapo Machi 18, Mwaka huu.
Rais wa Urusi Vladimir Putin amesema kuwa ataheshimu uamuzi wa wapiga kura ambapo Marekani na Jumuiya ya Ulaya wameiita Kura hiyo kuwa ni Haramu ambapo wamesema kuwa hawatatambua Matokeo yake kwani ilipigwa katika 'hali ya vitisho vya kupigwa' vilivyotolewa na wanajeshi wa Urusi.
Uchaguzi huo ulikamilika kwa Amani ingawa kulikuwa na Maandamano katika katika Miji iliyoko Mashariki mwa Ukraine, huku kukiwepo mapigano mengine katika Doneski.
Source;CNN
UPDATE
[h=1]Putin signs order to recognize Crimea as a sovereign independent state[/h]
President Vladimir Putin has signed an order that Russia recognizes Crimea as a sovereign and independent state. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea held a referendum on Sunday with over 96% voting for integration into Russia.
"According to the will of the peoples of the Crimea on the all-Crimean referendum held on March 16, 2014, [I order] to recognize the Republic of Crimea, in which the city of Sevastopol has a special status, as a sovereign and independent state," the document reads.
The order comes into force immediately.
Crimea was declared an independent sovereign state, the Republic of Crimea, on Monday, the autonomous Ukrainian regional parliament's website stated.
Crimea also addressed the UN seeking recognition as a sovereign state.
"The Republic of Crimea intends to build its relations with other states on the basis of equality, peace, mutual neighborly cooperation, and other generally agreed principles of political, economic and cultural cooperation between states," the parliament said.
The Crimean parliament also unanimously voted to integrate the region into Russia.
The parliament's resolution comes after Sunday's referendum which resulted in over 96 percent of voters answering ‘yes' to the autonomous republic joining Russia. The overall voter turnout in the referendum was 81.37%, according to the head of the Crimean parliament's commission on the referendum, Mikhail Malyshev.
SOURCE: Russia Today(RT)
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/03/crimeans-vote-favour-secession-2014316153324265163.html