The 71-year-old Russian president says voting on Russia s future is a demonstration of patriotic feeling - particularly in areas of southern and eastern Ukraine his troops have taken by force.
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Moldovans dismissed talk of tensions on Thursday, a day after pro-Russian rebel officials in the country s breakaway region of Transnistria appealed to Russia for "protection".
Moldovans dismissed talk of tensions on Thursday, a day after pro-Russian rebel officials in the country s breakaway region of Transnistria appealed to Russia for "protection".