result of a referendum with an 83% turnout and a 95% yes vote held in Crimea asking whether the people wanted to join Russia.
I heard the more you repeat a lie, it becomes true, right?
I especially enjoy how you told him he's misinformed about the realities of the situation then immediately start repeating lies and propaganda disseminated by the Kremlin. It's fun.
I got those number from the
wikipedia page. If they are wrong it would be a great help if you could find a more reliable source and also update the wikipedia page. While double checking after reading your post I did look into it further and found
alternative estimates. I can not find any sources that dispute that there was a majority yes vote however.
I also find it highly offensive that you call me a liar and a propagandist. Can't you give anyone the benefit of the doubt? Believing wikipedia was an honest mistake and the only numbers anyone here has offered. It is also not inconceivable that a Ukrainian in the Crimea might vote yes, the Kiev government are psychos. Even with the revised estimates it was a yes vote, and no one in the west is denying that. If we are to disregard votes based on low turnout we need to also not recognise any president, senator or congressman in the US, and also the government of the UK is out. In fact, depending on what minimum turnout you accept the majority of democracies are in serious danger.
Rather than accusing me of being a liar perhaps you could submit your own evidence of what is really going on. I don't claim to know any more than what I have read on the sources linked which is not enough to form an informed opinion. Please to keep it on topic also explain why your evidence shows that Germany is in danger from a Russian invasion because that is the point I am disputing here.