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2023-09-30 22:27:55 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 049E9E249CF132BD220934A2301413303C9F83D5CC0D861A6488BB5A903CCA42
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The referendums have been deemed illegal under international law and widely described as sham referendums. At the time of the vote, Russia did not even fully control any of the mentioned regions. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moscows-proxies-occupied-ukraine-regions-report-big-votes-join-russia-2022-09-27/ https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/09/1128161 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_ES-11/4 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/24/ukraine-putin-referendums/
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