NEW YORK -- The referendums planned in areas of Ukraine under Russian control are "fake" ballots that lack legitimacy and would change nothing on the ground, Latvian President Egils Levits told Nikkei in an interview.
"The decision to annex parts of another country is illegal and ... null and void," said Levits, speaking Tuesday in New York. "Therefore, [Ukraine's] territories will never be part of Russia."
