Crimean folk referendum through question of entry of Ukraine in NATO

COMM Activists from SDPU (U), expressing their solidarity with communists burn out the flag of NATO during ”Crimean people’s referendum” on the question of Ukraine entrance into NATO, initiated by Communist Party of Ukraine, in Simferepol on Saturday, December, 16, 2006. Only one question was included into voting paper: ”Do you share political course of the President Viktor Yushchenko as for Ukraine entrance into NATO?”. More than 98% of Crimean citizens who took part in ”People’s referendum” were against Ukraine’s entrance into NATO. The voting procedure took place in tents of CPU, on the bus stops, in the markets in all settlements of Autonomy. Photo by Andrey Kanishchev / UNIAN