Moscow's proxies in occupied Ukraine regions report big votes to join Russia

[sarisataka]

Moscow's proxies in occupied Ukraine regions report big votes to join Russia

Russian-installed officials in occupied regions of Ukraine reported huge majorities on Tuesday in favour of becoming part of Russia after five days of voting in so-called referendums that Kyiv and the West denounced as a sham.

Hastily arranged votes had taken place in four areas - the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, and to the south Zaporizhzhia and Kherson - that make up about 15% of Ukrainian territory.

Luhansk authorities said 98.4% of people there had voted to join Russia. In Zaporizhzhia, a Russian-appointed official put the figure at 93.1%. In Kherson, the head of the voting committee put the "yes" vote at above 87%.

Denis Pushilin, head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, said 99.2% of participants in the region had voted to join Russia. All four areas said all ballots had been counted.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moscows-proxies-occupied-ukraine-regions-report-big-votes-join-russia-2022-09-27/

Looks like the people have spoken in a free and fair vote...

[Historic NY]

1. yes free election at the barrel of a gun

[ananda]

2. Isn't that precious? Of course they do.

Ukraine will just ignore it, I'm sure.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Remember all the stories about Ukrainians being deported to Russia involuntarily?

It's what they do. They move in, expatriate thousands of people, then hold a "plebiscite" to see if they want to join Mother Russia.

They did it in Crimea, too.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

4. Homer Simpson, on Bart giving him a fake "A"

Report card: “You got greedy…an F turns into a B so much easier.”

98.4% vote to join Russia? Please.

[getagrip_already]

5. Being a democracy is not merely holding a vote or an election.....

It is holding them in a way that allows the people to exert their power over the government, and not the other way around.

We are on that knifes edge now. Sure, elections will always be held here, but they could be held in a way that allows the government to exert it's power over the people. That isn't democracy, it's dictatorship.

[keithbvadu2]

6. Was there ever a doubt?

of course.