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Bernd Johann: Election deception in eastern Ukraine
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.
Separatists in eastern Ukraine staged a farce with the Nov. 2 disputed elections, with citizens lacking any real choice at the ballot box. The Minsk peace talks have been rendered null and void, says Deutsche Welle's Bernd Johann.