KIEV (Reuters) - The Ukrainian Interior Ministry will not allow Russian citizens in Ukraine to vote in Russia's presidential election after Moscow decided that the vote would also be held in Crimea.
Russia seized the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and has since treated it as Russian territory despite economic sanctions from the West. As a result, polls will open in Crimea on Sunday to allow residents to vote in the Russia-wide ballot.
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