Ukraine's southern Crimea region is set to vote in a referendum to decide whether it should stay under the Kiev government or join Russia.
Around 1.5 million registered voters are expected to vote overwhelmingly in favour of breaking away from Ukraine after polls open at 06:00 GMT.
Exit poll results will be announced 12 hours later, shortly after voting ends at 18:00 GMT.
The West has said it will not recognise the referendum, while Moscow insists it is an example of self-determination like Kosovo.
- Russian troops and pro-Moscow armed men took control of the strategic peninsula with a majority ethnic-Russian population soon after the Kremlin-backed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich fled Kiev last month after three months of deadly protests against his rule.
Source: Al Jazeera
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