Crimea’s Prime Minister Sergiy Aksyonov casts his vote in a Simferopol local school on Sunday. AFP PHOTO
Crimea’s Prime Minister Sergiy Aksyonov casts his vote in a Simferopol local school on Sunday. AFP PHOTO

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine: People in Crimea took to the polls on Sunday for a referendum on breaking away from Ukraine to join Russia that has precipitated a Cold War-style security crisis on Europe’s eastern frontier.

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