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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsExit poll shows 93 percent of voters in Crimea back union with Russia: state media
Exit poll shows 93 percent of voters in Crimea back union with Russia: state media
(Reuters) - Ninety-three percent of voters in Ukraine's Crimea region supported union with Russia in a referendum on Sunday, Russian state media quoted an exit poll as saying.
The European Union and the United States say they will not recognize the results of the referendum, hastily called by the region's pro-Russian parliament after Russian forces seized control of the Black Sea peninsula.
Rossiya-24 television and RIA news agency quoted an exit poll by the Crimean Institute of Political and Social Research as saying the vote was overwhelmingly in favor of union with the Russian Federation.
Russian news agencies put the voter turnout at more than 80 percent, although Crimean Tatars had said they would not vote. They make up about 12 percent of the population.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/16/us-ukraine-crisis-crimea-exit-idUSBREA2F0R720140316
(Reuters) - Ninety-three percent of voters in Ukraine's Crimea region supported union with Russia in a referendum on Sunday, Russian state media quoted an exit poll as saying.
The European Union and the United States say they will not recognize the results of the referendum, hastily called by the region's pro-Russian parliament after Russian forces seized control of the Black Sea peninsula.
Rossiya-24 television and RIA news agency quoted an exit poll by the Crimean Institute of Political and Social Research as saying the vote was overwhelmingly in favor of union with the Russian Federation.
Russian news agencies put the voter turnout at more than 80 percent, although Crimean Tatars had said they would not vote. They make up about 12 percent of the population.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/16/us-ukraine-crisis-crimea-exit-idUSBREA2F0R720140316
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Exit poll shows 93 percent of voters in Crimea back union with Russia: state media (Original Post)
ProSense
Mar 2014
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underthematrix
(5,811 posts)1. HotDamn!!! PSYOPS r amazing because
they use us, the common peeps to spread their lies.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)2. Kick! n/t
doc03
(35,151 posts)3. Not so good considering Kim Jung Whatshisface got 100% of
the vote in NK.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)4. Observers and Journalists not welcome/ many folk sitting out the vote
http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/voting-in-crimean-referendum-starts-even-as-ukraine-government-declares-it-illegitimate-339523.html
"SIMFEROPOL, Crimea -- If respected international election observers had been allowed to watch Crimea's referendum on whether to join Russia or merely gain greater autonomy from Ukraine, they would have found plenty of violations.
After polls closed at 8 p.m., more signs of trouble surfaced, with Kyiv Post and even Russian journalists being aggressively barred from watching the vote count in one polling station in central Simferopol. Police smashed a TV camera of a Russian crew. "We just wanted to see the vote count, but they called us provocateurs and pushed us away," said Ekaterina Vinokurova of znak.com, crying."
http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-482792/
"UKRAINETo illustrate his lack of enthusiasm for joining Russia, local Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov tells a joke about a hungry dog trotting across the Ukraine-Russia border.
Theres no food in Ukraine, the dog tells the border guards wondering why it is fleeing Ukraine. A few days later, the dog makes a hasty return. Theres no food in Russia either, it tells the border guards. And on top of that, barking is forbidden.
"SIMFEROPOL, Crimea -- If respected international election observers had been allowed to watch Crimea's referendum on whether to join Russia or merely gain greater autonomy from Ukraine, they would have found plenty of violations.
After polls closed at 8 p.m., more signs of trouble surfaced, with Kyiv Post and even Russian journalists being aggressively barred from watching the vote count in one polling station in central Simferopol. Police smashed a TV camera of a Russian crew. "We just wanted to see the vote count, but they called us provocateurs and pushed us away," said Ekaterina Vinokurova of znak.com, crying."
http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-482792/
"UKRAINETo illustrate his lack of enthusiasm for joining Russia, local Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov tells a joke about a hungry dog trotting across the Ukraine-Russia border.
Theres no food in Ukraine, the dog tells the border guards wondering why it is fleeing Ukraine. A few days later, the dog makes a hasty return. Theres no food in Russia either, it tells the border guards. And on top of that, barking is forbidden.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)6. Thanks for posting. n/t
ProSense
(116,464 posts)5. Ukraine crisis: Early results show Crimea votes to join Russia
Ukraine crisis: Early results show Crimea votes to join Russia
Perevalnoye, Ukraine (CNN) -- Preliminary results in Sunday's referendum on whether Ukraine's Crimea region should join Russia or become an independent state overwhelmingly show support for Russia.
With 50% percent of the ballots counted, more than 95% of voters want to become part of that country, according to Crimean Electoral Commission head Mikhail Malyshev...Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, citing exit polls, reported that some 93% of people had voted to join Russia.
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But Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, speaking in Kiev, dismissed the referendum as illegitimate under Ukrainian and international law and improperly run... Ukrainian authorities had information from Crimea about voting irregularities, including people who are not Crimean citizens casting ballots, the absence of proper monitoring and the presence of armed men.
Malyshev, the head of the Crimean Election Commission, said there was no information that people with foreign passports were voting in the referendum. He also said no "provocations" had been reported at polling stations.
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http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/16/world/europe/ukraine-crisis/index.html
Perevalnoye, Ukraine (CNN) -- Preliminary results in Sunday's referendum on whether Ukraine's Crimea region should join Russia or become an independent state overwhelmingly show support for Russia.
With 50% percent of the ballots counted, more than 95% of voters want to become part of that country, according to Crimean Electoral Commission head Mikhail Malyshev...Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, citing exit polls, reported that some 93% of people had voted to join Russia.
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But Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, speaking in Kiev, dismissed the referendum as illegitimate under Ukrainian and international law and improperly run... Ukrainian authorities had information from Crimea about voting irregularities, including people who are not Crimean citizens casting ballots, the absence of proper monitoring and the presence of armed men.
Malyshev, the head of the Crimean Election Commission, said there was no information that people with foreign passports were voting in the referendum. He also said no "provocations" had been reported at polling stations.
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http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/16/world/europe/ukraine-crisis/index.html
2pooped2pop
(5,420 posts)7. Who else besides Putin was allowed to vote?
93% is 100% bull