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[[Crimea]]

== History ==

: A referendum on the Act of Declaration of Independence was held in Ukraine on 1 December 1991.[1] An overwhelming majority of 92.3% of voters approved the declaration of independence made by the Verkhovna Rada on 24 August 1991.
:: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Ukrainian_independence_referendum 1991 Ukrainian independence referendum]

Interesting are the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Ukrainian_independence_referendum#By_region results by region]:

{|
|+ 
|-
! Region&#8239;|| % for Ukraine
|-
| Luhansk Oblast&#8239;|| 83.86 
|-
| Donetsk Oblast&#8239;|| 	83.90 
|-
| Crimean ASSR&#8239;|| 54.19 
|-
| Sevastopol City&#8239;|| 57.07 
|}

=== Poll data ===

[[File:Ukraine-russia-poll.jpeg|thumb|right]]

* https://romaninukraine.com/collection-of-surveys-about-sentiment-in-e-ukraine/ [https://twitter.com/shchedri/status/1581604008040747009]

https://twitter.com/neil_abrams/status/1583461156286791680

https://www.kiis.com.ua/?lang=eng&cat=reports&id=236

https://www.iri.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/iri.org/2014%20April%205%20IRI%20Public%20Opinion%20Survey%20of%20Ukraine,%20March%2014-26,%202014.pdf

https://romaninukraine.com/iri-public-opinion-survey-residents-of-ukraine-march-14-26/

== “referendum” ==

13 years later, we are supposed to believe...

* [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26514797 Crimea referendum: What does the ballot paper say?]

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Crimean_status_referendum 2014 Crimean status referendum]

* [http://romaninukraine.com/over-123-of-sevastopol-residents-vote-to-join-russia/ Over 123% of Sevastopol residents vote to join Russia!]

=== Actual results ===

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/05/06/russian-government-agency-reveals-fraudulent-nature-of-the-crimean-referendum-results/

https://twitter.com/neil_abrams/status/1682956505975332864

=== Observers ===

* [https://euromaidanpress.com/2014/03/16/far-rights-and-neostalinists-observing-so-called-referendum-in-crimea/ Far-rights and neostalinists observing so-called ‘referendum’ in Crimea]

[[File:Referendum-observers.jpg]]

=== Invasion ===

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_green_men_(Russo-Ukrainian_War) Little green men (Russo-Ukrainian War)]

* [https://freebeacon.com/national-security/ukrainian-rebel-commander-identified-as-russian-gru-military-intelligence-colonel/ Ukrainian Rebel Commander Identified As Russian GRU Military Intelligence Colonel]

* https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2015/02/17/origin-of-artillery-attacks/

== "There was not an armed invasion of Crimea"

https://twitter.com/GicAriana/status/1673194366586716162

== “Russia annexed Crimea without bloodshed” ==

* “[https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1559199232669655040.html ‘Russia annexed Crimea without bloodshed’?]” [https://twitter.com/BohdanaKurylo/status/1559199232669655040] ([https://liberpedia.net/threads/Kurylo-Crimea.pdf PDF])

== “Russia annexed Crimea without firing a single shot” ==

* [[Wikipedia: Serhiy Kokurin]]
** [https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1637274882370142208 On March 18th, 2014, Serhiy Kokurin became the first Ukrainian soldier to be killed in the war with Russia.]

= Other examples =

== Chechnya ==
[[File:Chechnya-soldiers.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
https://www.alamy.com/russian-soldiers-enter-the-referendum-polling-station-in-chechen-settlement-of-khankala-march-22-2003-war-weary-chechens-began-voting-on-sunday-on-the-future-of-their-push-for-independence-in-a-referendum-promoted-by-the-kremlin-as-a-critical-step-towards-peace-picture-taken-march-22-2003-reuterspavel-pavlov-reuters-as-image380674669.html

== Kherson ==

"Kherson is #Russia, there will be no Kherson People's Republic, there will be no referendums. There will be one decree based on our appeal to Vladimir Putin and there will be a request to introduce region into the Russian Federation", said occupying authorities of #Kherson."[https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/1524380366991204354]

https://twitter.com/franceinfo/status/1573585812322746369 "Kherson is #Russia, there will be no Kherson People's Republic, there will be no referendums. There will be one decree based on our appeal to Vladimir Putin and there will be a request to introduce region into the Russian Federation", said occupying authorities of #Kherson.

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/europe/manifestations-en-ukraine/guerre-en-ukraine-un-militant-francais-d-extreme-droite-parmi-les-etrangers-qui-observent-les-referendums-d-annexion_5378806.html

https://blogs.mediapart.fr/jean-dugenet/blog/070621/la-nouvelle-extreme-droite-francaise

https://twitter.com/avalaina/status/1573348280398151680

* https://twitter.com/KristoNurmis/status/1574078065143353344

* https://twitter.com/AGHamilton29/status/1574927606646206465

* https://twitter.com/NewVoiceUkraine/status/1500050302036283396

* https://twitter.com/CedricMas/status/1576249005134139392

= Kremlintarian support for the fake referendum =

{{Quote|text=
It’s remarkable a libertarian would support a sham like that.
|sign=
[[Mikhail Svetov]], Libertarian Party of Russia [https://twitter.com/msvetov/status/500025153707716608]
}}

* See [[Kremlintarianism]]

More

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/referendum-coverage-proves-media-is-still-vulnerable-to-russian-disinformation/

https://twitter.com/neil_abrams/status/1577658781860757507

https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1533119410138927104 Pundits on Russian state TV begrudgingly acknowledge that Russian-speakers in Ukraine they supposedly came to "liberate" are actually fighting against invading Russian troops.

* https://twitter.com/KristoNurmis/status/1574078065143353344

* https://twitter.com/neil_abrams/status/1583459564950724608

* https://khpg.org/en/1551054011

* https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-crisis-two-bodies-found-brutally-tortured-in-slaviansk-says-president-oleksander-turchinov-9275542.html

* https://romaninukraine.com/3-killed-in-donetsk-as-pro-ukrainian-protesters-attacked/

* https://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/war-against-ukraine/voting-in-crimean-referendum-starts-even-as-ukraine-government-declares-it-illegitimate-339523.html

* https://twitter.com/neil_abrams/status/1585654580267851777

* https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1585654580267851777.html