The Crimean parliament made a surprise announcement this morning of its intention to vote on joining Russia. By this afternoon they had unanimously approved the idea.
The text of the bill called on Crimea to separate outright from the Ukraine and “enter into the Russian Federation with the rights of a subject of the Russian Federation.”
The announcement was met with mixed reaction among Crimean pro-secession protesters, many of whom see it as all but impossible to split from Ukraine. Others said they hoped accession into Russia would mean a return to calm in the peninsula.
Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had no intention of annexing the Crimea even if they manage to extricate themselves from the Ukraine. Crimea has also scheduled a referendum on secession.
Putin’s position is not universal among Russian politicians, however, as many Russian MPs cheered today’s vote, and promised to push a bill that would speed the procedure for accession into the Russian Federation of any region, like Crimea, with a majority Russian population.
Crimea will NEVER be allowed to secede from the Ukrain, nor will it be allowed to join Russia. The Powers that Be will stop at nothing to prevent this from happening:
– IMF wants its resources
– US wants the base
-Neocons want to kick sand in Russia's face
But most importantly, the neo-n***s want the Russian people right where they are, for when the austerity starts, the people are cold and starving, and a scapegoat is needed to deflect blame from where it belongs.
mark my words
It doesn't matter what THEY want because there's not very much they can do about it short of nuclear war – and Crimea ain't worth it.
What is your evidence that our nation or our government or NATO wants to take the base at Sevastopol? Even an idiot understands that this means war, probably thermonuclear war because an American controlled Crimea would immediately become a rocket base aimed at Russia. It would be the analog of the Cuban missile crisis with Putin in the role of JFK and our President in the role of Khrushchev (!). Even the current Ukrainian government in Kiev might join Putin-JFK in fighting our marines in Sevastopol.
HAHAHAHAHAHA try and play chess with the Russians…FAIL!!!
Guess Sevastopol will remain a home of the Russian Navy, instead of NATO!
Better over the long term to be with Russia, than with basket-case Ukraine! It's gonna be a long hard slog through IMF penury! Enjoy!
Only 1/3 of Ukraine is under the control of Ukrainians Neo, old and ok’d fascism, rest they don’t want to have anything to do with Kiev and or Neo fascism supported by EU governing body and other firm of liberals fascists government. Fascism is yet another social political tool created by vulture capitalism and its economic system, as the European and USG using the Saudis supplied terrorism, so they can use these social embellishment in Ukraine, the Kiev snippets hired by these elements witnessing the fact, so is the hooligan, anarchists, Neo and old fascist is the other fact proving the matter. French and English mafia-Neo fascism profoundly prized the Qatari military and UAE-Saudis and Swedish citizen terrorist in Libya as a heroic act, they doing the same in Ukraine prizing fascism as their soulmate.
Since the 'Crimean Parliament' changed significantly after armed russians took over the building I would have to say that perhaps a unanimous vote under threat of violence should not be considered truly representative.
I think this is a good choice. Catherine the Great acquired Crimea for Russia in the 18th century, so it has traditionally been part of Russia. As long as the Ukrainians and Tatars there are respected too, hopefully it will work out. And yes, Putin had no intention of his Black Sea Fleet base falling into NATO hands.
Let's try this again:
Crimea will NEVER be allowed to secede: IMF wants its resources, BP wants that newly-discovered oil, US wants that base, and the neocons want to kick sand in Russia's face.
AND the "nationalists" want the Russian people right where they are, to be scapegoats when the austerity starts and the gas gets turned off.
Mark my words
The vote wasn't unanimous, but close 78 for, 8 abstained.
There will be to questions asked:
1. do you want to join Russian Federation
2. do you want Crimea to revert to 1992 autonomy status inside Ukraine borders
Whichever option gathers a majority of votes wins.
Also, Sevastopol is not under Crimean region jurisdiction (has a separate status) so extending the referendum to allow city's residents to vote raises even more problems, imo.
http://rt.com/news/crimea-referendum-status-ukrai…
The vote wasn't unanimous, but close: 78 for, 8 abstained.
There will be two questions asked:
1. do you want to join Russian Federation
2. do you want Crimea to revert to 1992 autonomy status inside Ukraine borders
Whichever option gathers a majority of votes wins.
Also, Sevastopol is not under Crimean region jurisdiction (has a separate status) so extending the referendum to allow city's residents to vote raises even more problems, imo.
http://rt.com/news/crimea-referendum-status-ukrai…
The vote wasn't unanimous, but close: 78 for, 8 abstained.
There will be two questions asked:
1. do you want to join Russian Federation
2. do you want Crimea to revert to 1992 autonomy status inside Ukraine borders
Whichever option gathers a majority of votes wins.
Also, Sevastopol is not under Crimean region jurisdiction (has a separate status) so extending the referendum to allow city's residents to vote raises even more problems, imo.
http://rt.com/news/crimea-referendum-status-ukrai…
Yes about Sevastopol and Russia is allowed by treaty to station up to 25,000 armed forces there. If that number has not been reached the statement of 'Russian invasion of Crimea' is deliberate nonsense.
A very useful reality check in the midst of the neocon stampede to war. When was the last time a democratically-elected body for anything unanimously? Pearl Harbor, perhaps? Equally, this tends to confirm the BBC's report that many Crimean Russians do not want to join Russia but ant more autonomy within Ukraine. Democracy should be allowed to function. Let the people freely decide what they want, without manipulation, intemidation or vote rigging. If they want to be part of Russia, then that's their democratic right. If they don't, then that's also their democratic right. But when did the neocons ever respect democracy?