[goldstategop]

Sevastopol is still out - 95% approval with 50% of the vote in.

And heavily pro-Russia Sevastopol is yet to report in its votes.

[Ken H]

According to the 2001 Ukrainian population census, 58% of the population of Crimea are ethnic Russians and 24% are ethnic Ukrainians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea

[Olog-hai]

“Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case. Honey, disconnect the phone . . .”

[TexasFreeper2009]

As I stated from the start of all this. The terrorists that overthrew the Democratically elected government in Kiev did not have the support of the people.

The people of Crimea want nothing to do with the thugs who have taken control of Kiev.

[Oliviaforever]

Putin has taken strong Anti Gay and that is respected by the 95% of the population that is not gay or their collaborators.

[SkyDancer]

And of course no voter fraud. Nope. None. Right?

[MUDDOG]

It’s like Harlem voting for Obama.

[Beowulf9]

Don’t know anything about this but a guess is that alone without the money of the big power they were floundering?

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

If it had been 96%, I might have suspected some fraud. OTOH, 95.5% sounds about right.

[impimp]

I stand with Russia and Crimea and Putin. I stand against the EU, Kerry, and Ted Cruz. I stand against the EU’s environazi war on progress. I stand with those who oppose homosexual deviancy.

Who do you choose? Freepers are divided but I am not.

[jwalsh07]

Tough problem for leftists The commie Putin has made the commie Obama look foolish. Now the left will hate Russia with a passion. The world is a strange place these days.

[Red White and Blue patriot]

Putin’s democracy-at-the-point-of-a-gun coming to the rest of Ukraine soon.

[Irish Rose]

Now let’s have the vote without Russian troops in the country.

I don’t understand why some FReepers think this is legitimate. It’s like selling your house to a “buyer” who breaks in with armed thugs. “You want to sign, yes?”

[C210N]

This is just from Itar-Tass... can’t believe it until Jimmah certifies the results.

[Ivan Mazepa]

I was expecting 105% voter approval. 95% is for newbies

[Repeal 16-17]

Sevastopol is still out - 95% approval with 50% of the vote in.

This vote is redundant. Crimea has already been annexed by the New Russian Empire. Tsar Vladimir's vote is the only one that matters.

[Grzegorz 246]

“95% approval”

LOL ! Now watch Gazprom taking over their gas deposits and Russian oligarchs pushing locals off their land to build hotels there.

[Beowulf9]

Believe it or not my mom just explained this to me. Seems the Russians have flooded the area with Russians and the original people are outnumbered and afraid to vote.

Gee, where have I seen that before?

[1rudeboy]

Pretty impressive, seeing that the choices were between “yes” and “yes.”

[E. Pluribus Unum]

These are the same kind of numbers Saddam used to get when Iraq had "elections."

[Revolting cat!]

Russia hasn’t changed in 1,000 years, who’s ignorant idea is it that it’ll behave differently after the fall of the Soviet Union?