Mikhail Gorbachev

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Ken
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Re: Mikhail Gorbachev

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Josh wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 2:36 pm
Ken wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 12:42 pm So if you are giving any credence to any Russian-run referendum in Crimea or anywhere else you are just gullibly falling victim to Russian propaganda.
Is there a reason you give credence to the USSR-run referendums in the rest of the USSR, then?
Russia and the USSR are not the same thing. The 2014 Crimea referendum you referred to was a well documented fraud perpetrated by an occupying military force.
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Re: Mikhail Gorbachev

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Ken wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 2:42 pm
Josh wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 2:36 pm
Ken wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 12:42 pm So if you are giving any credence to any Russian-run referendum in Crimea or anywhere else you are just gullibly falling victim to Russian propaganda.
Is there a reason you give credence to the USSR-run referendums in the rest of the USSR, then?
Russia and the USSR are not the same thing. The 2014 Crimea referendum you referred to was a well documented fraud perpetrated by an occupying military force.
… yet the referendums conducted by the former USSR were 100% legitimate?
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