[quote=Pepperm1nts]
It doesn't matter if the majority wants to be Russian. The referendum was a joke and borderline illegal. This isn't how these things work.
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And the pro-Russian announcement is pretty highly skewed to the Russian favor. The end poll count puts more people favoring Russia than there are ethnic Russians. Demographically, Ukrainians wouldn't like it and the Ethnic Tatars boycotted the vote (and based on their historical relationship with Russia would vote "no").