Crimea, he said, is now part of Russia, because “there was an expressed will of people living in Crimea to become part of Russian Federation.”
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He makes a valid point. Although the election may have been far from pure, there nonetheless was an election in Crimea. In the Ukraine, there was a coup. Which one appears to be the more legitimate?
The elected representatives of the Ukrainian people, however, impeached their President for violating their constitution - clearly you know neither what an election is, nor what a coup is.