Ukraine calls proposed Crimean referendum ‘a farce, a fake’
By: SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — Reuters
World leaders are decrying a proposed referendum in Crimea on joining Russia as illegal and illegitimate.
President Barack Obama warned Thursday the referendum would violate Ukranian sovereignty and international law while Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the Canadian government will not recognize the results of the referendum. And German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday the referendum was “illegal and incompatible with Ukraine’s constitution.”
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