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They didn't vote to be annexed. Ticking a checkbox on a ballot with armed soldiers behind your back is not voting. Any referendum carried out by an occupying fo
by jakubadamw 4y ago
They didn't vote to be annexed. Ticking a checkbox on a ballot with armed soldiers behind your back is not voting. Any referendum carried out by an occupying force and followed by an annexation is against international law, specifically Article 47 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, not to mention the UN Charter.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoSure. But even if you think that the referendum was fair, unforced, and valid (which I don't), even then Russia is doing something bogus, because the rest of the regions didn't vote to be annexed.
- type0 4y agoBut the tragedy of situation is that it's enough for most Russians to believe it's legit,
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoWow, are you an optimist. The real tragedy is the war(s) this is going to start over the next several hundred years.
- foverzar 4y ago> Ticking a checkbox on a ballot with armed soldiers behind your back is not voting. > Any referendum carried out by an occupying force and followed by an annexation is against international law, specifically Article 47 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, not to mention the UN Charter There is already a legal precedent with Kosovo, which at the very least means that the global community accepts voting "with armed soldiers behind your back".