Thursday, March 6, 2014

Crimean Regional Parliament Votes Unanimously To Join The Russian Federation

So reports the BBC here (you wouldn't know it was unanimous from US news stories):

11:27: To recap:


  • Members of Crimea's regional parliament have voted unanimously to make Crimea part of Russia
  • The plan will be put to a referendum on 16 March, when the majority Russian-speaking population is expected to approve it
  • The parliament does not officially have power to do this, but the peninsula is still in effect under Russian control
  • An advisor to the Russian government has told the BBC the Kremlin is unlikely to stand in the way of a referendum