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Ukraine crisis: Crimea parliament asks to join Russia
BBC ^ | 6th March 2014 | BBC

Posted on 03/06/2014 2:47:48 AM PST by Zajko

Edited on 03/06/2014 5:26:38 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

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1 posted on 03/06/2014 2:47:48 AM PST by Zajko
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To: Zajko

Not a surprise.

I expect it to be approved in the forthcoming referendum and then Crimea can accede to the Russian Federation under the new federal law being prepared to facilitate it.


2 posted on 03/06/2014 2:52:35 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Zajko
Putin has been too quiet. I'll bet something is in the planning stages.


3 posted on 03/06/2014 2:53:06 AM PST by McGruff (Every night has it's dawn.)
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To: goldstategop

Indeed: all planned out very thoroughly. Putin plays chess, while certain others play tiddlywinks again.


4 posted on 03/06/2014 2:55:06 AM PST by Zajko (Never wrestle with a pig. You'll both get dirty, but the pig likes it.)
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To: Zajko

There will be two questions on the ballots.

“The first one: Are you in favor of Crimea becoming a constituent territory of the Russian Federation.

The second one: Are you in favor of restoring Crimea’s 1992 constitution,” Temirgaliev said.

According to the 1992 constitution, the autonomous republic is part of Ukraine but has relations with Kiev, defined on the basis of mutual agreements.

Sevastopol residents will take part in the referendum, despite the city enjoying a special status and not officially being a part of Crimea, according to Sergey Shuvainikov, a Crimean MP.


5 posted on 03/06/2014 2:58:47 AM PST by Marguerite (When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm even better)
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To: Zajko; Fred Nerks; Beckwith; LucyT

Saint Obama has miraculously brought about the self determination via democracy of an ethnic Ukrainian minority.......................THE RUSSIANS!

Its immmaculate annexation!

All Hail Saint Obama!

He is the WON!

( Double, even triple sarc.)


6 posted on 03/06/2014 2:59:37 AM PST by Candor7 (Obama fascism article:(http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: Zajko

The referendum date has been moved up again from March 30 to March 16.

Kiev says its unconstitutional but its powerless to prevent the vote from being held under Russian protection.

And since it would have democratic legitimacy, Russia can then approve the accession of Crimea to the Motherland in response to wish of most of its people, who are ethnic Russian.

Kiev may be technically correct but its hard for it to argue the territory can’t vote to join Russia and nothing prevents Russia from making it de jure Russian territory after the referendum result is published.

Of course - just waiting for a hypocritical West to denounce it in 3, 2, 1...


7 posted on 03/06/2014 3:01:01 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Zajko

How do we stop these people from expressing their own free will?


8 posted on 03/06/2014 3:17:25 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: Zajko

It isn’t a very complicated ploy. The U.S. is facing the same outcome, under the banner of Multi-everything. There are at least four different groups setting up to take over by attrition.


9 posted on 03/06/2014 3:18:46 AM PST by Eagletest (We know Holders out, right?)
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To: Zajko
I'll get a facebook post today from a moron pseudo-friend claiming Obama solved the Ukraine crisis by facilitating a democratic vote.
10 posted on 03/06/2014 3:27:37 AM PST by MacMattico
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To: goldstategop

“just waiting for a hypocritical West to denounce it in 3, 2, 1...”

The West can accept a democratically elected government to be overthrown by a militant groups and recognize it as fully legal, but they cannot accept the right to self determination of another group through a referendum? It always depends on whose side you look from.

The West supported the secession of a region from another country Serbia through fire force(Kosovo) because of self determination but now cannot support this right to Crimea?

In US it was a strong support for the invasion of Panama, in ‘91, when American citizens were at risk, but would be indignant if this is done to protect Russian citizens in another state ?


11 posted on 03/06/2014 3:28:32 AM PST by Marguerite (When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm even better)
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To: McGruff

Russia is likely to accept the Crimean Parliament’s request.

This would throw a spanner in Western efforts to get Russia to pull its troops out of Crimea.

60 years later, it looks like Nikita Khruschev’s “gift” is being undone. Before 1954, Crimea was a part of the RSFSR - which corresponds more or less with the territory of present-day Russia.

Ukraine is arguing with a straight face that a long-dead Soviet Communist dictator’s bequest has more legitimacy than the desires of present day people in the territory - who want nothing to do with Ukraine.

Go figure.


12 posted on 03/06/2014 3:31:54 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Cowboy Bob

“How do we stop these people from expressing their own free will?”

I bet you don’t realize that all the countries of eastern Europe which were behind the Iron Curtain ~VOTED~ to have communist leadership under ‘protection of Russian troops’.

Sometimes the historical ignorance and gullibility of FReepers is amazing.


13 posted on 03/06/2014 3:34:18 AM PST by Justa
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To: Zajko

It works for me.


14 posted on 03/06/2014 3:38:11 AM PST by EricT. (ARBEIT MACHT FREI- now get back to work you taxpaying peasant!)
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To: Justa

That’s nothing. America voted for Hussein Obama. Twice!


15 posted on 03/06/2014 3:38:46 AM PST by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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To: Zajko

What was it that Stalin said?
It only matters who counts the votes.


16 posted on 03/06/2014 3:42:26 AM PST by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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17 posted on 03/06/2014 3:43:25 AM PST by servo1969
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To: Justa

This time around, the vote will make Russian nationalists happy.

They’ve always been fuming about Crimea. After 20 years, things have come full circle.


18 posted on 03/06/2014 3:43:58 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: listenhillary

If this becomes legitimate, then no country is safe from this happening. In 10 years our entire Southwest will vote to return to Mexico, which might not be a bad thing if they take California with them:)


19 posted on 03/06/2014 3:44:41 AM PST by lynn4303
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To: Zajko

Was surprised to hear people on Foxnews call him a lunatic.....IMO, he is anything but. He knows exactly what he is doing.

Obozo? Not a clue.


20 posted on 03/06/2014 3:56:39 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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