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Summary: People in the east cast their ballots in a controversial referendum vote on the region's future. Sami Zeidan speaks to Mychailo Wynnychyj, associate professor at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy; Lilit Gevorgyan, Russia analyst at IHS Global and senior economist for CIS Europe; and Alexander Shumilin, a political analyst and columnist for the Moscow Times.