To: Karl Spooner; dennisw
What changed their mind after 2013, (only 23% favored joining Russia according to you), when they voted to align with Russia in 2014 overwhelmingly and then vote for Putin in 2024, overwhelmingly?Yes, being forcibly annexed and occupied by a foreign military will tend to influence your poll results.
It was no different after the Nazis invaded Austria - the "fair" plebiscite conducted afterwards retroactively "confirmed" that the Austrian people had actually wanted to join Nazi Germany all along!

Gee, I wonder why?
Regards,
76 posted on
04/24/2025 11:05:05 PM PDT by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: alexander_busek
Putin has never lost a referendum held under his auspices.
79 posted on
04/25/2025 9:38:49 AM PDT by
dennisw
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