+++Live updates of Crimea referendum+++

[FarCenter]

18:19 - Mikhail Malyshev, the Chairman of the Electoral Commission, is speaking to journalists. Giving an update on figures and the timeframe in which results will be released. Russian news agencies and state media are reporting that 93 percent of voters supported the union with Russia.

http://www.dw.de/live-updates-of-crimea-referendum/a-17499910

[cthulu2016]

1. THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME!!!

<joke>

[arely staircase]

16. I know.

real nail biter.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. I am shocked, I AM SHOCKED, I tell ya

[dipsydoodle]

3. Reuters reporting same figure of 93%

RUSSIA'S RIA NEWS AGENCY SAYS EXIT POLLS SHOW THAT 93 PCT OF VOTERS IN UKRAINE'S CRIMEA SUPPORTED UNION WITH RUSSIA http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/16/russias-ria-news-agency-says-exit-polls-idUKL6N0MD0RG20140316

May be exaggerated but if so would need to be a huge exaggeration.

[Igel]

8. Perepolnili plan.

Somebody must have been afraid of having their loyalty doubted.


Then again, they always perepolnili plan. If they knew what was good for them.


Can we go back to translating "otechestvo" as "fatherland" again?

[Benton D Struckcheon]

4. Saw a tweet that you could vote if you had a Russian passport.

So I guess that means all those soldiers they moved in, plus the ones normally stationed there, voted. And let's see, the Ukrainian soldiers who were locked up on their bases & ships didn't vote. Yeah, 93% should be pretty easy under those circumstances.

[dipsydoodle]

5. Should be easy to figure at a later date

when actual the percentage turnout , thought to be high, is known.

There are 1.5 million eligible voters according to BBC report http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26598832

[Comrade Grumpy]

6. I saw a tweet that said Newman is dead, and another that says it found the Malay plain wreck.

[Benton D Struckcheon]

7. Yeah yeah yeah

Do you think the Ukrainian soldiers and sailors stationed in Crimea had a chance to vote? Yes or no.

[Comrade Grumpy]

10. I don't know, but I would guess not.

But unless there were about half a million of them on base in Crimea, I don't think it would have made any difference.

Got anything more on the Russian passport holders? It could be true, but I'll wait for more than a tweet.

[Benton D Struckcheon]

12. Let's put it this way.

The overtly pro-Russia party there got 4% of the vote in the last election. That's the party headed by the guy who's now the prime minister of the place.
So color me skeptical.

[functioning_cog]

9. Lol. Those are almost Saddam or Kim Jung Un numbers

[Comrade Grumpy]

11. All questions of legitimacy aside...

does anyone doubt that a substantial majority of Crimeans want to join Russia?

[Bad Thoughts]

14. Do you mean ethnic Russians?

Otherwise, no, I think it would be a narrow majority at best m

[reformist2]

13. I respect the wishes of the people in Crimea. Good for them.

[cthulu2016]

15. Meta-sarcasm, when the speaker doesn't even know they are being sarcastic