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Crimean leader says referendum 'will go down in history'

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AFP Simferopol (Ukraine)
Last Updated : Mar 17 2014 | 1:15 AM IST
Crimea's pro-Moscow leader Sergiy Aksyonov today said the region's disputed referendum to break from Ukraine and join Russia "will go down in history".
"Today we took a very important decision that will go down in history," Aksyonov tweeted after an exit poll indicated that 93 per cent of people had voted for Moscow.

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First Published: Mar 17 2014 | 1:15 AM IST

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