Ukraine Crisis: France, Germany Threaten Russia Over Poll -- BBC
France and Germany have threatened Russia with further sanctions if Ukraine's presidential election on 25 May fails to go ahead.
President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a statement they feared further destabilisation of Ukraine.
They also said referendums planned by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine for Sunday would be illegal.
They called for a visible reduction in Russian forces on the Ukrainian border.
Russia is estimated by Nato to have some 40,000 troops near the border, though Moscow says they have been pulled back.
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