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An armed pro-Russian activists stands guard as a woman casts her ballot for the referendum called by pro-Russian rebels to split from the rest of Ukraine, on May 11, 2014 in Donetsk. The vote, carried out as two “referendums” in provinces where the insurgents hold more than a dozen towns, marks a serious deepening of the political crisis in Ukraine, which has pushed East-West relations to lows not seen since the end of the Cold War. (Photo by Alexander Khudoteply/AFP Photo)
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