俄羅斯支持烏克蘭分離分子選舉

Russia announced Tuesday it will recognize the results of upcoming elections in two separatist regions of eastern Ukraine.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the voting scheduled for November 2 would be important for the "legitimization of power" in the unrecognized "People's Republics" of Donetsk and Luhansk.

While the rest of Ukraine headed to the polls on Sunday, nearly three million voters were unable to cast ballots in the eastern part of the country, where months of fighting between Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed separatists has killed more than 3,700 people.

Eastern Ukraine's rebel leaders, who launched a rebellion against the Kyiv government in April, said they would conduct their own poll.

U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday that the United States will not recognize elections in separatist-controlled areas unless they comply with Ukrainian law and are held with the consent of the Ukrainian government.俄羅斯星期二宣佈將承認東烏克蘭兩個分離分子佔領地區的選舉結果。

俄羅斯外長拉夫羅夫表示，定於11月2號舉行的選舉，對於沒有得到國際間認可的“頓涅斯克和盧甘斯克共和國”的“權力合法化”來說很重要。

在烏克蘭境內其他地方，人們在剛剛過去的這個星期天投票選舉。但是在烏克蘭東部地區，有近三百萬選民沒有參與投票。過去幾個月來的烏克蘭政府軍和俄羅斯支持的分離主義者之間的交戰已經導致三千七百多人喪生。

烏克蘭東部的反叛領導人說要單獨舉行投票。由俄羅斯支持的東部分離人士在今年四月發動了反政府的攻勢。

美國總統奧巴馬星期一表示，美國不會承認由反叛分離人士在他們所控制地區所舉行的選舉的結果，除非選舉符合烏克蘭法律、並且在烏克蘭政府同意的情況下進行的。