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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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.