SIMFEROPOL, Crimea
Crimean voters are going to the polls for parliamentary elections for the first time since its annexation by Russia.
More than 1.5 million voters are eligible to select 75 MPs to the Crimean State Council, of who 50 will be elected on party lists and 25 in majority constituencies.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has described the elections as "a continuation of lawlessness".
Russia's ruling political party United Russia is expected to garner a majority of the votes.
Russia annexed Crimea in March after a controversial referendum in the strategic peninsula, declaring unilateral independence and integration with Russia.
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