Got into a discussion with a buddy tonight and he says residents were forced at gunpoint to vote. I had seen video of people celebrating in line on voting day, which made me think the elections were at least somewhat free. Comments?
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Probably more legit than US elections.
paper ballots, transparent ballot boxes, people given a private place to cast their vote, people dancing and celebrating in the lines waiting to vote, ID checks before paper ballot is handed out to people.
Not mail-ins.
Votes counted in one day.
Your buddy is sadly naive. Tell your buddy those four oblasts are a Russian speaking predominant population, who have been genocided by the Ukro-Nazis. They have been banned from speaking Russian, when these areas have always been predominently Russian speaking. The Ukrainian government openly stated their intent was to genocide the Russian-speaking people of the Donbass.
And yes, considering the constant brutal tyranny of the Ukrainian government, the referendum was probably very legit. It was certainly in accordance to international law and the right of the people to secede and rejoin the Russian Federation as they did prior to 1922.
I saw video footage of Russian FSB agent detaining 4 Ukrainians that had trash bags full of PRE MARKED BALLOTS. The video evidence didn’t lie, your friend did. Not to mention all the on the ground interviews of locals(check out Patrick Lancaster on YouTube). At the end of the day it doesn’t matter if someone else believes you, they were brainwashed by sophisticated media propaganda, it will take hard evidence to break that programming.
We didn't hear a thing about them -- must be legit.
And where is your buddy's video of them being forced to vote at gunpoint?
I checked. Video from "human rights watch" website. With the expected bias.
Also they had International Observers witnessing the referendum
https://www.bitchute.com/video/6Ds4rpYnGmgT/ It’s hard to be sure, but I believe it was legit.
https://tass.com/politics/1514667?ysclid=la1t3onw8z77211421
Your buddy needs to stop sipping the cool aid. Always ask them questions.. Did you see it with your own eyes? What exactly did you see? Was the source named or "classified"? Easy to throw em off
Your buddy is a cuck
I have wondered the same. It amazes me that in this age of the internet and ability for mass communication, we still do not know what is actually happening in other countries. I mean, aren't there people who have friends in other countries who are awakened to the truth around them? Aren't there patriots who speak these other languages and could tell us? There is a definite barrier in worldwide communication between the awakened it seems.
See that’s your own fault, the information is there waiting for you to find it. I can drop a crumb, Youtube search Patrick Lancaster and Gonzalo Lira, those two have plenty of information about the entire conflict, for Patrick Lancaster that goes back to 2013 I believe.
Do you know where it got his information from?
Yes. And I give him shit about it constantly.