Russians are holding a “referendum” on the territory of the temporarily occupied Luhansk region. This show has nothing to do with a real expression of will.
Moreover, the Russians are not even trying to create at least an imitation of a democratic process. About this 24 channelssaid blogger, journalist and political commentator Denis Kazansky.
They (“referendums” – Channel 24) are not even worth discussing, because this is in fact annexation . There are no attempts to frame all this as a real expression of will and voting. – the journalist is convinced.
According to him, in 2014, during the annexation of Crimea, the Russians tried to make at least a picture. Now this is not.
“It all looks like a farce. Some people are walking around the yards, they are telling the loudspeakers that everyone should come out and vote. Machine gunners are walking around who are watching who puts their ticks where to vote correctly. Nobody counts anything, there are no “lists,” Kazansky assured.
Yes, the invaders just want to declare this territory part of Russia. Everyone understands that this process has nothing to do with legitimacy.
We can see how Putin's regime has degraded. In Crimea, they really tried to pass it all off as a “referendum”, they even invited observers. It all looked like they were imitating democratic procedures. Now they don’t even bother,” the political observer emphasized.
The level of support for Russia by the residents of ORDLO is unknown
For 8 years, Kazansky emphasized, not a single sociological survey was conducted there for me, which could provide such figures that could be trusted. Moreover, the occupation regime has created such conditions that a person will not openly talk about his moods with a stranger. sentence. We have no evidence, no figures about the real moods of the people there,” he summed up.
“Referendums” in the occupied territories: in short
- The Ukrainian authorities warned Russia about the consequences of their intentions to hold so-called “referendums” in the occupied territories. Despite this, infidels still conduct fake voting in the Kherson region, Zaporozhye, Luhansk region and Donbass.
- According to the head of the Lugansk OVA, this circus bears little resemblance to a real expression of will. The “referendum” in the Luhansk region is more like a poll, but at gunpoint.
- In the Kherson region, the Russians also staged a theater of the absurd. Deputy Chairman of the Kherson Regional Council Yuri Sobolevsky said that the turnout for the pitiful “referendum” of infidels is not only low, but practically absent.
- Ukrainian authorities urge people not to participate in illegal “voting”. People are advised to leave the temporarily occupied territory. However, one must be careful not to participate in the pseudo-referendum, without exposing oneself to the danger of violence or being blacklisted by Russian punishers.
- The United States has assured that it will never recognize the annexation of Ukrainian territories. In response to the pseudo-referenda that the Kremlin is trying to get through, they are preparing additional sanctions against Russia.
