Presidential elections and continuing tensions in Crimea

From: Ukrainian Weekly, The | Date: March 27, 1994| Author: Roman Solchanyk | Copyright information


Ukrainian Weekly, The

03-27-1994

Presidential elections and continuing tensions in Crimea.

by Dr. Roman Solchanyk

RFE/RL Research Institute

After an inconclusive first round of voting, on January 30 Crimeans returned to the polling stations and chose Yuriy Meshkov as their first president. Mr. Meshkov, head of the Republican Party of the Crimea (Party of the Republican Movement of Crimea), gained 72.92 percent of the votes, far outdistancing h...

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