• Observers from 21 Countries to Attend Crimean Referendum, Expected to cost $1.8 million dollars
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[QUOTE]SIMFEROPOL, March 14 (RIA Novosti) – Election observers from more than 21 countries, including the United States, are registered to attend a referendum on Sunday in Ukraine’s Crimea on secession and annexation by Russia, the chairman of the election commission said Thursday. Mikhail Malyshev told reporters that 50 politicians and observers from 21 countries – including the United States, Israel, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Greece – have been registered to attend the referendum, widely expected to pave the way for the annexation of the region by Moscow. In Sunday's vote, residents in the majority Russian-speaking Crimea will be given two options: uniting with Russia or remaining in Ukraine with expanded autonomy. Malyshev said that the first exit poll results will be released on Monday and that ballots have already been distributed to regional election offices. The Ukrainian parliament earlier said ballots will be provided in the Ukrainian, Russian and Tatar languages. The election chairman added that more than 1.52 million people are eligible to vote. According to official figures, as of January the total population of Crimea was 1.96 million, including children below the voting age. That figure does not include residents in the port city of Sevastopol, home to nearly 380,000 people and a major Russian naval base, which has its own election authority. The parliament of Crimea declared independence from Ukraine on Tuesday, adding in its statement that if the popular vote passes the country will become independent and will immediately request annexation by Moscow. Officials in Crimea, which hosts a major Russian naval base, have refused to recognize as legitimate the country’s new leadership that ousted President Viktor Yanukovych on February 22 following months of street demonstrations protesting his step back from closer ties with Europe. Authorities in Kiev and international leaders have condemned the upcoming referendum as illegitimate and lashed out at the Kremlin for violating international law in attempting to annex the region.[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.ria.ru/world/20140314/188389579/Observers-from-21-Countries-to-Attend-Crimean-Referendum.html[/url]
[quote]The parliament of Crimea declared independence from Ukraine on Tuesday, adding in its statement that if the popular vote passes the country will become independent and will immediately request annexation by Moscow.[/quote] I wonder how much Russia is paying them.
Somehow, I want to see their faces if this were to go the opposite direction and have them stay with Ukraine. Legitimate or otherwise, it would be seriously entertaining.
Somehow I think the request of joining is going to be denied to avoid direct confrontation with pretty much everyone. That has been the case for a lot of what our government does, "two steps forward, one step back" to make it look like "see, we've listened". The independence is going to be recognized, but that's it. I think Crimea is going to be among other rather strange places like Abkhazia and South Ossetia. It will recieve direct financial aid from Russia, but nothing more. Such thought come to my head because it doesn't make any sense to include the Crimea into the Federation. Nothing favors annexation instead of "independent" state that exists only to exercise shady financial schemes. Pluses (that is, if you look close enough to see them) are all there, but international backlash is minimized. As I see it, it's a very likely outcome, it fits well in line with everything else Putin has ever done.
[QUOTE=gudman;44232764]Somehow I think the request of joining is going to be denied to avoid direct confrontation with pretty much everyone. That has been the case for a lot of what our government does, "two steps forward, one step back" to make it look like "see, we've listened". The independence is going to be recognized, but that's it. I think Crimea is going to be among other rather strange places like Abkhazia and South Ossetia. It will recieve direct financial aid from Russia, but nothing more. Such thought come to my head because it doesn't make any sense to include the Crimea into the Federation. Nothing favors annexation instead of "independent" state that exists only to exercise shady financial schemes. Pluses (that is, if you look close enough to see them) are all there, but international backlash is minimized. As I see it, it's a very likely outcome, it fits well in line with everything else Putin has ever done.[/QUOTE] Didn't you say that about a lot of things Putin has done during this crisis?
[QUOTE=laserguided;44232801]Didn't you say that about a lot of things Putin has done during this crisis?[/QUOTE] Am I not allowed to hope for the best outcome I can see? [editline]14th March 2014[/editline] Thanks to me, you at least know for sure what could but didn't happen :v:
I found one of those pictures that are worth a thousand words, apparently from the latest talks to attempt to resolve this shit [img]http://imgkk.com/i/ss97.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=smurfy;44232897]I found one of those pictures that are worth a thousand words, apparently from the latest talks to attempt to resolve this shit [img]http://imgkk.com/i/ss97.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] They look so fucking bored of this shit :v: Their faces are screaming "Get on with this"
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