A pro-Russian separatist leader was sworn in on Nov. 4 as the head of a self-proclaimed 'people's republic' in eastern Ukraine in a ceremony that worsened a standoff with Russia.
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Pro-Russian gunmen guard Alexander Zakharchenko (C), Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Peoples Republic and presidential candidate leaves a polling booth during the vote in Donetsk on Nov. 2, 2014.
