Quote Originally Posted by pseudolus View Post

Absolute rubbish.

Referendum. Magnanimous result. Also backed up by shock reports from Gallop which showed that no matter what rubbish the west and the nazis in Ukraine chucked at their "vote", 80% + of all those surveyed thought that the result accurately represented the feeling of the people in Crimea. Would have thought that you living in Germany would be a bit careful about backing a group of extremist right wing wannabee nazis!
Votes taken by the point of the gun, after driving opposition into hiding are worth nothing. I repeat, if true then why did Putin not press for an internationally supervised referendum? It could not have been denied. Instead he used military force. Just because he likes his guns?