Posted on 05/12/2014 9:56:48 AM PDT by goldstategop
DONETSK, May 12. /ITAR-TASS/. The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has made a plea asking to be accepted into the Russian Federation, the republic’s co-leader, Denis Pushilin, told a news conference on Monday.
“We, the people of the Donetsk People’s Republic, relying on the results of the May 11, 2014 referendum and the declaration of independence of the Donetsk People’s Republic, declare that from now on the Donetsk People’s Republic is a sovereign state,” Pushilin said.
“Proceeding from the will expressed by the DPR people and for the sake of restoring historical justice we are asking Russia to consider the issue of the DPR’s admission to the Russian Federation,” Pushilin said.
May 11, Luhansk and Donetsk regions of Ukraine held referenda on their status. According to data provided by central election committees, amid the punitive operation being carried out by Kiev authorities in Ukraine’s east, about 80% of registered voters in the Donetsk region and almost the same number in the Luhansk region took part in the polls. According to preliminary reports, 89.7% voted for the independence of the Donetsk Republic. In the Luhansk region, 96.2% casted voted for the act on state independence.
And he has the Bill-Clinton-to-thank-for Kosovo autonomy vote, which occured after many Serbians were forced out of Kosovo, and after years of boatloads of Albanians coming into Kosovo illegally.
Clinton’s legacy, which no FReeper defends...and which opened up a can of worms.
Then again, I can’t see how the vote in eastern Ukraine is legitimate: Only Obama gets to engage in Chicago-style voting! /s
Moron Mccain didn’t help much, either, when he did his photo-op with Syrian “rebels.”
Dr. McCainlove in Syria... later on Obama (via the MSM) thinks about arming Syrian “rebels.”
Dr. McCainlove in Ukraine in December next to Svoboda (Barf)...later on Obama, Merkel and Co. decide to pressure Putin.
1, 2...1, 2...a pattern here.
“if they would beg to become part of Poland again?”
Neither they will beg for anything, nor would they be accepted even If they wanted to join. These are not puzzles you can just move around.
In a just world, Poland would reclaim what is historically rightfully hers. The other thing is at what price. If Poland moves to the East, so does Germany :-)
~Just like the Chechnyians declared independence ‘cept they didn’t have the military of a neighboring country to hide behind.
The hypocrisy of Russian foreign policy is staggering. It is backward and quite undeveloped.~
You might be kidding. In 1994 Chechnya had an air force of 300 jets, hundreds of tanks and APCs also. They were in a process to obtain a nuclear weapon too.
Russia hasn’t even recognized the fake referendum and all of Europe deems it a farce.
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