23 Apr 2014 15:38

Special services block access to state registers of voters in Donetsk region to prevent referendum

KYIV. April 23 (Interfax) - The departments of the State Register of Voters in some district councils of the Donetsk region have been disconnected from the national register, the Ukrainian Security Service has reported.

"The Security Service and the Central Elections Commission have prevented attempts of unauthorized access to the databases of the State Register of Voters to hold a so-called referendum in the Donetsk region," Yekaterina Kosareva, a representative of the press center of the Ukrainian Security Service, told a briefing in Kyiv on Wednesday.