But...but...they voted to be Russian!
Guess starvation and depopulation wasn’t mentioned on the ballot.
Actually, they did not vote to be Russian, even according to a Russian Human Rights group who traveled to the Crimea and conducted a survey of the voters and non-voters. Even the ethnic Russians who voted were little more than a majority in the vote. Given the large number of ethnic Russians who did not vote, the actual number of ethnic Russians who voted in favor of Russian annexation represented far less than the majority of eligible ethnic Russian voters.
No, Russia’s relationship with Ukraine is nothing like that of the US and Canada. The former is predatory and violent, the latter cooperative and peaceful, the very model of state-to-state relationships. You hear that cited often in the lamestream media.