By Richard Balmforth KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine on Tuesday condemned as "destructive and provocative" Russia's stance towards elections organised by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine next Sunday, saying Moscow's recognition of the vote could wreck chances of bringing peace. The Nov. 2 vote would be being held in defiance of Ukrainian national elections last Sunday in which pro-Western parties, dedicated to holding the former Soviet republic together and negotiating a settlement to the conflict, triumphed. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview with Russian media, said the pending vote being organised by the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk "people's republics" "would be important from the point of view of legitimising power". In Kiev, a Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman said: "Today's absolutely destructive and provocative statements by Russian representatives, including the foreign minister, will be interpreted by the terrorists as encouragement by Russia to hold the illegal elections of Nov. 2.
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