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[[Crimea]]
== History ==
== History ==


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! Region || % for Ukraine
! Region || % for Ukraine
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| Luhansk Oblast || 83.86  
| Luhansk Oblast || 83.86  
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| Donetsk Oblast || 83.90  
| Donetsk Oblast || 83.90  
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| Crimean ASSR || 54.19  
| Crimean ASSR || 54.19  
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| Sevastopol City || 57.07  
| Sevastopol City || 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” ==
== “referendum” ==
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* [http://romaninukraine.com/over-123-of-sevastopol-residents-vote-to-join-russia/ Over 123% of Sevastopol residents vote to join Russia!]
* [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 ===
=== Observers ===
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[[File:Referendum-observers.jpg]]
[[File:Referendum-observers.jpg]]


=== Invasion ===


=== Invasion ===
* [https://x.com/Biz_Ukraine_Mag/status/1638188154225061891 Noted Russian war criminal Igor Girkin admits: local authorities in Crimea in 2014 had to be forced at gunpoint to back the Russian seizure of the Ukrainian peninsula. There was no local uprising - it was a Russian invasion]


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


== "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])
*https://twitter.com/BohdanaKurylo/status/1559199232669655040
 
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1559199232669655040.html
== “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 =
= Other examples =


== Chechnya ==
== 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


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.
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[[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


[[File:Chechnya-soldiers.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
* https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1585654580267851777.html

Latest revision as of 21:44, 1 October 2024

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.
1991 Ukrainian independence referendum

Interesting are the results by region:

Region  % for Ukraine
Luhansk Oblast  83.86
Donetsk Oblast  83.90
Crimean ASSR  54.19
Sevastopol City  57.07

Poll data

Ukraine-russia-poll.jpeg

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...

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

Referendum-observers.jpg

Invasion

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

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

“Russia annexed Crimea without bloodshed”

“Russia annexed Crimea without firing a single shot”

Other examples

Chechnya

Chechnya-soldiers.jpg

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."[3]

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

Kremlintarian support for the fake referendum

It’s remarkable a libertarian would support a sham like that.

Mikhail Svetov, Libertarian Party of Russia [4]

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.