DONETSK, Ukraine - Rebel election committees announced on Nov. 3 that the leaders of two breakaway regions in Ukraine had won enough votes to stay in power, as expected, and Russia's Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying it "respected" the voting.
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Alexander Zakharchenko , Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Peoples Republic and presidential candidate speaks to media after his vote in Donetsk on Nov. 2, 2014.
