crimea independence
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Imperialist hypocrisy on Crimea By Joseph Kishore
Sunday’s referendum in Crimea has been accompanied by a torrent of denunciations from the Obama administration and the American media. It is being seized upon to escalate the imperialist offensive in Ukraine and Eastern Europe, whose ultimate aim is regime change or war against Russia. Continue reading
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Germany threatened “massive damage” to Russia ahead of Crimea referendum By Johannes Stern and Alex Lantier
Ahead of Sunday’s referendum on the independence of Crimea, Berlin and Washington are escalating a campaign of threats and sanctions against Russia, risking civil war in Ukraine and war with Russia itself. Continue reading
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Obama Declares Self-Determination to Be a Threat to US National Security By Paul Craig Roberts
In his March 6 Executive Order, “Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine,” Obama declares that support for Crimean self-determination constitutes “an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat.” Continue reading
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With 100% ballots counted, 96.77% of Crimeans vote to re-unite with Russia – Crimean election chief
The latest updates from Crimea’s election authority show that 96.77% of the voters who cast their ballots in Sunday’s referendum supported Crimea’s reunification with Russia. “The number of the votes cast in the Crimea-wide referendum in favor of reunification with Russia as an entity of the Russian Federation is 1.233,002 million, or 96.77 percent,” Crimea’s… Continue reading