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2023-12-14 20:02:58 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C66FAB79B68DCA8CAE79FFD8F9F6A9C5C689D7E4374C2DC231F24BB330D5C081
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Original Note:
Russia cannot legally hold referendums in a different sovereign country, i.e. Ukraine The results bear little resemblence to reality. The same playbook has been used in Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhi. Russia does not fully contrtol these areas https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/27/europe/ukraine-russia-referendum-explainer-intl/index.html https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2022-09-28/sham-russian-referendums-ukraine https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/09/russia-ukraine-illegitimate-results-of-sham-referenda-must-not-enable-illegal-annexation-of-occupied-areas/
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