> 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 anne

> 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".