Dutch news outlets are coming forward saying the elections are rigged and people were forced (sometimes at gunpoint) to vote in favor of Russia.

Also the number of the population was somehow rigged or something.

What are your thoughts and sources on this? Lot of libs keep throwing it in my face because it’s the state media that reports it.

  • EuthanatosMurderhobo@lemmygrad.ml
    19·
    2 years ago

    The media says they had to fill in the ‘yes’ by force, or under supervision.

    I’m pretty sure this guy covered the referendum in Donetsk. A couple of journalists from there I follow and a veritable flood of videos in Telegram didn’t show anything of the sort either.

    They say Russian soldiers voted as well.

    Say a half-truth, if you want to make up a convincing lie. Classic. Yeah, voting for soldiers of DPR/LPR on and near the frontlines was organized. Many of them are ethnic Russians, what a shocker=)

    2/3 of the population has fled, making it a false referendum

    A lot of people fled Donbass to escape the shellings, understandably, as to how that makes the referendums “false”, I’m not sure. Turnout among the people left there (still millions, mind you) was very high.

    They say independent commisioners were send to check things but that they somehow do not count as independent.

    Well, how’s “somehow”? International law is a shitshow in general, honestly, so I wouldn’t be surprised if observers that were there “don’t count”, but it would be nice to hear something specific.

    • DankZedong @lemmygrad.mlOP
      10·
      2 years ago

      Yeah like others said there are no real sources for the West. You raise some good point that I will look further into.

      Despite the West pulling shit out of their ass regularly it’s still good to look at what they say and how we can respond.

      Thanks for the input.