This was the first thread to point out the obvious : It's the endgame for NATO. And that's why it is also the endgame for Moscow.
Forget about negotiated splitting. What NATO wants, starting with Sevatopol, is located in the wrong half.
where did you get the map I tried to find one so hard which would show geographic distribution of vote. I must say though that the middle 5 broke about 45-55 for Yanukovich-Yuschenko according to Election results.
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