DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - A little over 1,200 euros might seem a small price to pay for self-rule, but that's how much vote organisers in this would-be republic say they have spent on a referendum on Sunday that has the potential to plunge Ukraine into civil war.
Five hundred euros, or 8,000 hryvnia, went on toner for three borrowed printers that have churned out ballot papers for more than three million eligible participants in the vote, which has been declared illegal by Kiev.
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