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Associated Press: Final results show 97 percent of voters in Crimea support joining Russia

Published March 17, 2014 at 9:51 am

Crimeans celebrate the results of the referendum in Simferopol on March 16.

Photo by Anastasia Vlasova

MOSCOW — The final results of the referendum in Crimea show that 97 percent of voters have supported leaving Ukraine to join Russia, the head of the referendum election commission said Monday.

Mikhail Malyshev told a televised news conference that final tally from Sunday’s vote was 96.8 percent in favor of splitting from Ukraine. He also said that the commission has not registered a single complaint about the vote.