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Oct. 28, 2014 / 10:38 AM

Russia to recognize separatist elections in Ukraine's Luhansk and Donetsk

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed support Tuesday for Russian-backed separatists in restive eastern Ukraine holding elections on Nov. 2, more than a month earlier than agreed to in the Minsk Protocol.

Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, pictured in September, has expressed support for Nov. 2, 2014 elections in Ukraine's Luhansk and Donetsk. (UPI/David Silpa)

Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, pictured in September, has expressed support for Nov. 2, 2014 elections in Ukraine's Luhansk and Donetsk. (UPI/David Silpa) | License Photo

MOSCOW, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Russia will recognize separatist elections in Ukraine's restive eastern region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday.

"Elections due to be held in the self-proclaimed Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics on November 2 will be very important from the point of view of the legitimization of power," Lavrov told LifeNews television and the Izvestia newspaper.

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Moscow's support for Nov. 2 elections, however, violates the agreed upon Minsk Protocol that established Dec. 7 as the date for early elections in Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

On Monday, U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a message to Moscow, urging Russia to support "legitimate local elections on December 7, in keeping with the agreement that Russia and separatist representatives signed in Minsk, Belarus, on September 5, 2014."

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