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joshcryer

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3. 800,000 #referendum ballot papers destroyed by fire

Reply to pampango (Reply #2)

Thu May 8, 2014, 06:28 AM

May 2014

Sarah Rainsford ‏@sarahrainsford
#Donetsk Peoples' Republic says 800,000 #referendum ballot papers destroyed by fire started by 'unknown' people. Reason 2 delay vote?

We'll see if Putin allows it. I don't think Putin wants them to have a vote that looks so staged it's not even a joke with maybe a few tens of thousands showing up at most.

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Poll: Most Ukrainians want a unified country [View all] dipsydoodle May 2014 OP

I think it's between econmic ties to EU/US/NATO or Russia/Eurasia. joshcryer May 2014 #1

The general background re. economic ties was as follows. dipsydoodle May 2014 #5

Putin wanted the EU talks stopped. joshcryer May 2014 #6

Russia only supplies gas at preferential terms to CIS member states. dipsydoodle May 2014 #7

Pretty sure Yanukovych just wanted to get re-elected. joshcryer May 2014 #14

Wasn't so much "the EU deal wasn't the best" dipsydoodle May 2014 #16

IMF is giving 17 billion. joshcryer May 2014 #29

Confirmation here from Nov. 27th 2013. dipsydoodle May 2014 #30

So they sign a trade agreement with a bankrupt country? joshcryer May 2014 #31

There is a paradox dipsydoodle May 2014 #32

Fair enough. joshcryer May 2014 #33

Comparisons with Greece are difficult. dipsydoodle May 2014 #37

BBC: Pro-Russia rebel vote to go ahead pampango May 2014 #2

800,000 #referendum ballot papers destroyed by fire joshcryer May 2014 #3

Well once accidents like that start happening you have to question whether it's going to be rigged davidpdx May 2014 #4

No Question, Sir: A Vote Under Present Conditions In the East is A Rigged Vote The Magistrate May 2014 #8

That's what the referendum will show. Igel May 2014 #27

This Obviously Makes Hash Of The 'Go Putin!' Cheer-Leaders' Position, Sir The Magistrate May 2014 #9

Poll: Most Ukrainians support full or partial refusal of gas purchases from Russia dipsydoodle May 2014 #10

People Often Answer a Different Question Than the One They Are Asked, Sir The Magistrate May 2014 #11

Yes but come the winter they might conclude dipsydoodle May 2014 #12

Possibly, Sir The Magistrate May 2014 #13

Putin certainly likes leveraging that one. joshcryer May 2014 #15

Ah I see... Adrahil May 2014 #19

Not particularly. dipsydoodle May 2014 #20

OK, but.... Adrahil May 2014 #21

Its not so much I don't have a harsh word for Russia - dipsydoodle May 2014 #22

Welp, it is. But for the people living there, this is DEADLY serious. NT Adrahil May 2014 #23

I sympaphise with their population dipsydoodle May 2014 #24

Ukraine a nuisance for being leveraged by Russia. joshcryer May 2014 #28

On the subject of gas dipsydoodle May 2014 #17

I suspect they're going to see if Russia charges market rate. joshcryer May 2014 #34

Worth noting though dipsydoodle May 2014 #35

No doubt Russia is going to get paid. joshcryer May 2014 #38

'Last time Ukraine played up and... supply ceased... German industrial production fell by 25%...' freshwest May 2014 #39

From January this year : dipsydoodle May 2014 #40

Don't hang your hat on that Telegraph piece -it's terribly biased Iterate May 2014 #41

If the people of Northern Maine wanted to break away and become part of Quebec, Nye Bevan May 2014 #18

You changed the title of the story Jemon May 2014 #25

When He Posted It early This Morning, Sir, It was The Right Headline The Magistrate May 2014 #26

Something's going down in Mariupol Bosonic May 2014 #36

They have worked for decades towards their full EU membership. Putin didn't want that!! Sunlei May 2014 #42