AdvertisementOccupied regions of Ukraine vote to join Russia in staged referendumsUpdated September 27, 2022Jason BeaubienKat LonsdorfCharles MaynesfacebookEmailKonstantin Ivashchenko, former CEO of the Azovmash plant and appointed pro-Russian mayor of Mariupol, visits a polling station as people vote in a referendum in Mariupol on Tuesday. (AFP via Getty Images)This article was originally published on September 27, 2022.