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In reply to the discussion: Do you believe that Putin's invasion of Ukraine was justified? [View all]magical thyme
(14,881 posts)If that passed, then they could do what they wanted, including voting to be completely under the current Ukraine system.
1. Are you in favor of the reunification of Crimea with Russia as a part of the Russian Federation?
2. Are you in favor of restoring the 1992 Constitution and the status of Crimea as a part of Ukraine?
Voters will have to mark one option affirmatively, but they cannot vote for the status quo.
A return to the 1992 Constitution adopted after the Soviet collapse but quickly thrown out by the post-Soviet Ukraine would effectively provide for Crimeas independence, while remaining part of Ukraine. The Crimean government would have broad powers to chart its own course, including its relations with other nations such as Russia.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/15/world/europe/crimea-vote-does-not-offer-choice-of-status-quo.html
The current status quo is to be governed by a coup government installed with no voice from the Ukranian people. There is nothing to stop them, once they voted for 2, from changing their status in the future. It just freed them from the coup government.