SIMFEROPOL. March 17 (Interfax) - International monitors said the Crimean referendum has proceeded without violations and were in line with all international norms.
"The regulations establishing the procedures governing the referendum fully reflect international standards, including the right to the freedom to participate in a referendum, equality of the rights of all referendum participants, secrecy of voting, and an open and public referendum," Mateusz Piskorski, the head of the international observation mission, told a briefing on Monday.
Piskorski also said the referendum did not violate any laws of Ukraine and was not discriminatory against any of the peoples living in Crimea.
Piskorski also said the referendum was conducted well, despite the fact that the preparations for it did not take much time.