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Why dredge this old thread up?
Look, I like you and you're a smart guy, but it's apparent you don't really have an understanding how elections/votes work in a relatively free open society. You do not get 90% in favor of anything, let alone in an environment so recently enmeshed in a separatist war that included the main city of the region getting leveled by Russian forces and atrocities committed by both sides. I almost feel a little sorry for you that you think a vote like that is remotely legitimate, maybe that comes from living under a relatively authoritarian & corrupt government for so long.
Not that I'm saying Western democracies aren't corrupt and fucked up in their own way - it's a different breed of bullshit - but let's not kid ourselves that such an overwhelming percentage of Chechnya is suddenly pro Moscow. Or maybe you can kid yourself and the rest of the world will do otherwise.
Regardless I'm probably pretty much on the same page with you on Ukraine and I'd rather avoid squabbling about that crap.
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