16 May 2014

Independent Russian experts do not regard the so-called ‘referendum’ in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine as legitimate nor its results credible. Announcing this at a press conference in Moscow were Ilya Ponomaryov, the deputy of the State Duma; Lev Ponomaryov, theleader of the movement ‘For Human Rights’; and Andriy Buzin, the head of the Interregional Association of Voters and co-chair of the ‘Holos’ movement.