UKRAINE: Members of the Russian Black Sea Fleet vote for a new president, with Vladimir Putin almost the certain victor
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UKRAINE: Members of the Russian Black Sea Fleet vote for a new president, with Vladimir Putin almost the certain victor
- Title: UKRAINE: Members of the Russian Black Sea Fleet vote for a new president, with Vladimir Putin almost the certain victor
- Date: 5th March 2012
- Summary: SEVASTOPOL, UKRAINE (MARCH 3, 20112) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET SHIPS BASED IN UKRAINIAN CITY OF SEVASTOPOL SEVASTOPOL, UKRAINE (MARCH 4, 20112) (REUTERS) RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET SAILORS WALKING TO POLLING STATION SAILORS ENTERING POLLING STATION SIGN READING IN RUSSIAN: "RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, POLLING STATION NUMBER 5272" NAVAL OFFICER REGISTERING TO VOTE BALLOT PAPER NAVAL OFFICER PUTTING BALLOT INTO BALLOT BOX VARIOUS OF BLACK SEA FLEET SAILOR REGISTERING TO VOTE BLACK SEA FLEET SAILOR ENTERING VOTING BOOTH SEAL ON BALLOT BOX SAILOR PUTTING BALLOT INTO BALLOT BOX VARIOUS OF SAILORS AND NAVAL OFFICERS REGISTERING TO VOTE VARIOUS OF SAILORS AND NAVAL OFFICERS VOTING (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN BLACK SEA SAILOR OLEG SAVELIEV, SAYING: "I'm expecting from this election, that the citizens of the Russian Federation will elect the right candidate for the President, who will bring prosperity to the Russian Federation in the future." VARIOUS OF GUARD WITH DOG WALKING PAST
- Embargoed: 20th March 2012 12:00
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- Location: Ukraine, Ukraine
- Country: Ukraine
- Topics: Politics
- Reuters ID: LVADALHVHT66NKJC13BQG5PVJ2HL
- Story Text: Sailors from Russia's Black Sea Fleet stationed in Sevastopol, Ukraine cast their votes on Sunday (March 4) in Russian presidential elections that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is widely forecast to win.
"I'm expecting from this election, that citizens of the Russian Federation will elect the right candidate for the President, who will bring prosperity to the Russian Federation in the future," Black Sea Fleet sailor, Oleg Saveliev, said after placing his ballot.
Despite its location, Sevastopol - home to some 15 thousand Russian naval personnel and their families - is ethnically and culturally very much a Russian town. Ethnic Russians still make up the majority of its nearly half a million inhabitants.
After the Soviet breakup, Moscow and Kiev wrangled first over the ownership of this former Soviet fleet - of which the Kremlin finally took the lion's share. Then they argued over the terms by which Russia could continue to use the base. The two countries agreed on a 20-year renewable lease in 1997.
In 2010 the newly-elected Ukrainian president, whose campaign was said to have been supported by the Kremlin, agreed on an extension of the Sevastopol Base lease for another 25 years in exchange for a discount on the price for Russian natural gas. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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