The election in the three Siberian provinces -- Krasnoyarsk, the Taimyr (Dolgano-Nenets), and Yevenk -- was already declared valid by election authorities who said more than 50 percent of possible voters had cast ballots.
The referendum asked voters one question -- do you agree that the three regions should "merge into a single subject of the Russian Federation?"
The new administrative region would retain the name Krasnoyarsk Territory, with special status for the Taimyr and Yevenk autonomous areas.
The new province would cover an area about ten times the size of Germany, but has a population of only some three million people.
(ITAR-TASS/Reuters)
The referendum asked voters one question -- do you agree that the three regions should "merge into a single subject of the Russian Federation?"
The new administrative region would retain the name Krasnoyarsk Territory, with special status for the Taimyr and Yevenk autonomous areas.
The new province would cover an area about ten times the size of Germany, but has a population of only some three million people.
(ITAR-TASS/Reuters)
