Local residents before taking part in the voting at the polling station No. 16 in the village of Nizhnyaya Krynka during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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A local resident before taking part in the voting at the polling station No. 16 in the village of Nizhnyaya Krynka during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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A local resident before taking part in the voting at the polling station No. 16 in the village of Nizhnyaya Krynka during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Local residents take part in the voting at the polling station No. 16 in the village of Nizhnyaya Krynka during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Donetsk residents take part in the voting at the polling station No. 16 in the village of Nizhnyaya Krynka during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Local residents cast their votes at the polling station No. 16 in the village of Nizhnyaya Krynka during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Local residents cast their votes at the polling station No. 16 in the village of Nizhnyaya Krynka during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Local residents cast their votes at the polling station No. 16 in the village of Nizhnyaya Krynka during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Donetsk residents cast their votes at the polling station at Secondary School No. 102 in the village of Nizhnyaya Krynka during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Donetsk residents cast their votes at the polling station at Secondary School No. 102 in the village of Nizhnyaya Krynka during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Donetsk residents cast their votes at the polling station at Secondary School No. 102 in the village of Nizhnyaya Krynka during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Donetsk residents cast their votes at the polling station at Secondary School No. 102 in the village of Nizhnyaya Krynka during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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A resident of Donetsk casts her vote at the polling station at Secondary School No. 102 in the village of Nizhnyaya Krynka during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Donetsk residents cast their votes at the polling station at Secondary School No. 102 in the village of Nizhnyaya Krynka during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Roman Lyagin, chairman of the central election commission of the Donetsk People's Republic, speaks to journalists during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic outside the commission building.

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Roman Lyagin, chairman of the central election commission of the Donetsk People's Republic, speaks to journalists during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic outside the commission building.

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Roman Lyagin, chairman of the central election commission of the Donetsk People's Republic, speaks to journalists during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic outside the commission building.

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Local residents take part in the voting during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic at a checkpoint at the entrance to Slavyansk.

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Donetsk residents cast their votes at the polling station No. 7 during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Donetsk residents during the voting at the polling station No. 7 during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Donetsk residents cast their votes at the polling station No. 1 during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Donetsk residents cast their votes at the polling station No. 1 during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Donetsk residents cast their votes at the polling station No. 1 during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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A member of the self-defense forces takes part in the voting during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic at a checkpoint in Slavyansk.

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Slavyansk residents take part in the voting during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Elderly women walk to a polling station in Slavyansk to cast their votes during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Local residents take part in the voting at a polling station in Slavyansk during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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An elderly man takes part in the voting at a polling station in Slavyansk during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Local residents wait in line at a polling station in Slavyansk to cast their votes during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Local residents wait in line at a polling station in Slavyansk to cast their votes during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Local residents take part in the voting at a polling station in Slavyansk during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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An elderly woman takes part in the voting at a polling station in the village of Semyonovka outside Slavyansk during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Members of Slavyansk's self-defense forces take part in the voting during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic at a checkpoint in the town.

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Members of Slavyansk's self-defense forces take part in the voting during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic at a checkpoint in the town.

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Members of the self-defense forces take part in the voting during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic at a checkpoint in Slavyansk.

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A member of the self-defense forces takes part in the voting during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic at a checkpoint in Slavyansk.

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A member of the self-defense forces takes part in the voting during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic at a checkpoint in Slavyansk.

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Members of the self-defense forces take part in the voting during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic at a checkpoint in Slavyansk.

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A Donetsk resident during the voting at the polling station at Secondary School No. 147 during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Donetsk residents cast their votes at the polling station at Secondary School No. 147 during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Donetsk residents cast their votes at the polling station at Secondary School No. 147 during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Donetsk Region acting governor Pavel Gubarev speaks to journalists during the voting at the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic at the polling station at the city executive committee building in Slavyansk.

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Donetsk Region acting governor Pavel Gubarev before speaking to journalists during the voting at the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic at the polling station at the city executive committee building in Slavyansk.

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A member of the election commission fills in a form at the special polling station No. 1 in Donetsk during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Anatoly Gopkalo, representative of the special polling station No. 1 in Donetsk, casts his vote during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Anatoly Gopkalo, representative of the special polling station No. 1 in Donetsk, casts his vote during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Anatoly Gopkalo (left), representative of the special polling station No. 1 in Donetsk, announces the start of the voting at the station during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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A member of the federalization supporters' self-defense movement is seen at the barricades near the flag of the Donetsk People's Republic during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in Slavyansk.

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Donetsk Region acting governor Pavel Gubarev speaks to journalists during the voting at the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic at the polling station at the city executive committee building in Slavyansk.

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Donetsk Region acting governor Pavel Gubarev speaks to journalists during the voting at the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic at the polling station at the city executive committee building in Slavyansk.

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Donetsk residents cast their votes at the polling station at Secondary School No. 147 during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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A girl during the voting at the polling station at Secondary School No. 147 during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Donetsk residents cast their votes at the polling station at Secondary School No. 147 during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Donetsk residents cast their votes at the polling station at Secondary School No. 147 during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Donetsk residents wait in line outside the polling station at Secondary School No. 147 to cast their votes during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Donetsk residents wait in line outside the polling station at Secondary School No. 147 to cast their votes during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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Donetsk residents wait in line outside the polling station at Secondary School No. 147 to cast their votes during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

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A man casts his vote at a mobile tent polling station outside the local security service building during the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in Lugansk.

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Lugansk Region acting governor Valery Bolotov, 2nd left, and members of the self-defense forces, who provide security in the building, during the voting at the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic at the polling station at the regional state administration building in Lugansk.

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Lugansk Region acting governor Valery Bolotov and members of the self-defense forces, who provide security in the building, during the voting at the referendum on the status of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic at the polling station at the regional state administration building in Lugansk.

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