Actual Results of Crimean Secession Vote Leaked

An anonymous reader writes "Forbes reported on Monday that The President of Russia's Council on Civil Society and Human Rights very briefly and supposedly by accident posted the actual results of the Crimean secession vote. According to the blog post, which has since been taken down, only 30% of Crimeans participated in the vote instead of the 83% participation officially advertised by Russia, and of that 30% only half voted for secession, which means that 15% of all Crimeans voted for secession rather than the 82% officially reported by Russia. There is no way for this claim to be verified as no foreign observers were allowed during the voting process. The vote is reportedly being conducted again during the 'May 11 referendum on the status of the so-called People's Republic of Donetsk.'" We've had a lot of discussion over the years about election methods and transparency; it would be interesting to hear from Ukranian readers in particular on this topic.

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Re:well

[greenwow]

No, he won every recount. That was the entire fucking point behind having the crooks in the SCOTUS appoint Bush Jr as President. If Gore hadn't won, why would the Republicans have needed the scum in the SCOTUS? It's just logical, but of course you Bush junta supports aren't smart enough to figure that out. That's why you support their kind in the first place. Gore won every recount.

Re:Again?

[Anonymous Coward]

Obama's trying really hard to discredit Russia.

Even before Ukraine, Obama was telling everyone that terrorists will attack Russia. He even sent military ships to the area to scare people. No terrorist attacks on Sochi happened.

Then Obama started whipping up a frenzy about everyone being hacked in Sochi. He had his propaganda team run a "story" on NBC. This was debunked by many communities online.

Then Obama had his goons hand out fliers claiming that Jews need to register now and provide a $50 fee along with their family history. Another lie that was laid to rest by the Jewish communities. However, not before Obama's media had a field day with it. Even Kerry was parroting the lie during his meetings with Russia.

Obama's media eventually came out with blurry pictures of bearded men and claimed the connection to Russian special forces. NY Times ran a whole story on it. However, the story contradicted itself, the photos didn't match, and the whole thing was ridiculed to the point of NY Times quietly backing down.

Now Obama's trying to discredit Crimea's vote, a week before another referendum is to be held in eastern Ukraine, by claiming the whole thing was rigged. His evidence? Some nonexisting blog post which was supposedly leaked by Putin's administration.

Sorry, Barry. Not buying it.

Re:Bullshit

[clarkkent09]

All your points will sound to you like pure bullshit if you can put yourself in the shoes of Russians in Ukraine for one second. Svoboda is not moderate by any means, it is further to the neo-nazi right than any mainstream party in Europe, it is virulently anti-Russian, and it has several ministers in the new government which in theory is supposed to represent all Ukrainians.

Abolishing equal right to Russian language on the fucking first day they got into power sends a very clear message and it doesn't take a genius to figure out what it is.

Crimea has always been Russian and it has a majority Russian population. The fact that Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine was a matter of internal USSR administrative borders and to say that returning it to Russia is now a repeat of Hitler's annexations is plainly ridiculous.

You are the one who is trolling, or more likely honestly deluded.