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Russians in Ukraine to be blocked from voting in presidential poll

AFP  |  Kiev 

Russians living in will be unable to vote in Russia's because access to Moscow's diplomatic missions will be blocked, said Friday.

"On Sunday, March 18, 2018, security arrangements for Russia's Ukraine-based diplomatic missions in Kiev, Kharkiv, and will not provide access to these facilities for Russian nationals voting in the election," Ukraine's said.

The announcement came in retaliation for Russia's annexation of Crimea, which votes in a for the first time since it was taken over in 2014.

"Ukraine's interior ministry states that conducting illegal elections on Ukraine's sovereign territory in violation of all norms of international law is unacceptable," Avakov said on

He also pointed to "Russia's aggressive hybrid war against Ukraine" and "the occupation of parts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions" in eastern

Moscow's foreign ministry responded by criticising what it called Ukrainian "overt interference in the internal affairs of the Russian Federation."

It accused Ukrainian authorities of displaying "righteous indignation" and "taking their revenge on ordinary Russian citizens.

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First Published: Sat, March 17 2018. 00:50 IST
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