Nothing sad about it...Crimea got what they wanted after years of trying. (Remember this without a gun fired) And the celebrations rose for finally being back where they wanted to be...”Home” to them....and Putin got paid off for what we will soon be seeing in E. Ukraine.....after all he isn't going to stop that fighting until he is paid...and it won't be just Crimea....it'll be South-Stream pipeline and any other deal that's struck for him to use his forces to calm the waters.
As for fraudulent voting.....that's not even worth a response considering how our own elections go.
This is barely even rational. So on the one side, you want us to believe that the Crimean voting was legitimate and reflected the real will of the majority of people, even Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians. But on the other hand, you want us to agree that they are entirely fraudulent, but that it's okay because you think American politics are just as corrupt and fraudulent too.