So can you provide examples?
Here are examples of how referendums and elections actually work in Russia for the most part, in occupied parts of Ukraine it was even easier, friendly Russian mercs standing outside the "voting stations" reminded local populace of possible consequences if their votes were not cast the right way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH7uXZQsyHI
I provided credible evidence for all my claims, you provided nothing but shitty Kremlin propaganda talking points you added to in your snafued brain.
You've provided no credible evidence at all for any of your claims. A video without any context or information whatsoever, from state funded anti-Russian The Guardian isn't particularly convincing.
As to sourcing, I've grown weary of sourcing the same exact shit over and over. Every claim I've made has been sourced ad nauseum in this topic. If you want the sources, go ahead and go back and read.
Your entire argument boils down to "I hate Putin, therefore everything the Dictator of Ukraine does is okay." And that's fine. If that's your opinion, that's your opinion. Own it, rather than talking around it like some snakey politician.
If you wanted to present your opinion honestly in such a fashion, then we could get to the real discussion which is rather simple:
1. The US gains nothing from trade sanctions against Russia. As a point in fact, the US has suffered severe negative economic impact by doing so.
2. The US gains nothing by supporting Ukraine either monetarily or militarily. As a point in fact, the US has given away hundreds of billions worth of weapons and munitions that are going to cost taxpayers hundreds of billions to replace, as well as hundreds of billions in pure cash, which has seen ZERO return.
3. The majority of the US population does NOT support a foreign war against Russia.
As an American, I don't give a shit about Ukraine AT ALL. That's part of Russia's sphere of influence, and Russia is not an enemy of the United States. Nor have they been at any point. ANY point. Even during the cold war, they were not an enemy, merely an adversary, and business continued between the two nations unabated throughout the ENTIRE course of the Cold War. As an American, all I see is Putin looking after the best interests of Russia, and ethnic Russians. All I see when I look at Zelenski is a dictator profiting to the tune of billions over a war that NOBODY is benefitting from.
But go on, warmonger. Continue to spew bullshit about why I should pay for somebody else's war, and how it's so horrible that we're no longer financing the bullshit Ukrainian propaganda machine.
