Crimeans protest against illegal elections in Crimea on September 14.
Shevket Namatullaev reports that Crimeans wrote ‘Glory to Ukraine’, ‘Crimea is Ukraine’, ‘Putin, bring Crimea back!’ and so on on ballot papers to protest against illegal elections to the so-called State Council of Crimea.
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