epa04473134 Pro-Russian rebels and local women cast their ballots at a polling station during elections in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR), in Donetsk, Ukraine, 02 November 2014. The two pro-Russian separatist entities in eastern Ukraine were holding controversial votes on 02 November to elect leaders and parliamentary assemblies. The self-declared ‘people’s republics’ of Donetsk and Luhansk are staging the polls despite ongoing fighting in some of the territories they control. The European Union and the United States have called the votes illegitimate, while Russia is the only country that has publicly promised to recognize them. EPA/ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO
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