Ukraine rebels' no-frills referendum fraught with perils.
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - A little over 1,200 euros might seem a small price to pay for self-rule, but that's how much vote organisers in this would-be republic say they have spent on a referendum on Sunday that has the potential to plunge Ukraine into civil war.
Five hundred euros, or 8,000 hryvnia, went on toner for three borrowed printers that have churned out ballot papers for more than three million eligible participants in the vote, which has been declared illegal by Kiev.
The list of voters is two years old and there will be no minimum turnout required for the result to stand. Nor have any outside observers been invited to the area which pro-Russian rebels have declared a "People's Republic".
"Do you support the act of self-rule of the People's Republic of Donetsk?" the ballot paper asks, using a vague term which can also mean sovereignty.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/World/2014/05/09/Ukraine-rebels-nofrills-referendum-fraught-with-perils/