Crimea/2014 Crimean status “referendum”

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

“referendum”

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

• Crimea referendum: What does the ballot paper say?

• 2014 Crimean status referendum

• Over 123% of Sevastopol residents vote to join Russia!

Other examples

Chechnya

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