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Putin would lose in any fair election anywhere in Ukraine. That is why he won't allow monitored elections in Ukraine. His "elections" in the occupied areas were total shams. People were voting at the point of a gun. Also Putin is now a disciple of Joseph Stalin and the more Russians die for him the more glorious he is. He stated at the start of the war the dying for the motherland was far better than dying in the gutter from alcoholism. That is what Putin thinks of his people. At least a million Russians will die for nothing in this useless war. We were horrified by the 60,000 that died in dozen years of Vietnam enough to put up a memorial with every dead soldiers name. Russia is losing that number in Ukraine every 2 to 3 months.So you trust Putin to conduct a fair and square election. Why can't Putin do what Gorbachev did in 1991?
Would you say you disagree with the validity of the indendence referendum of 1991 but you approve of the validity of the Crimean referendum of 1994?
Gorbachev didn't object to the Helsinki Commission, what is Putin afraid of?
I didn't ask you for your opinion of western claims or what fellow members have posted. I asked why can't you critique the methods they employed.
If you say the numbers in that article are inflated then you can say why their methods aren't correct. But you haven't been able to mention any criticism of the methods they used to confirm more than 100,000 dead Russian soldiers already.
"This list is compiled from verified, publicly available sources, including social media posts by family members, local news reports, and official announcements from regional authorities. This list is not exhaustive, as not every military death becomes public knowledge."
All right. How are they wrong. What's inflated look like. That's all you've said so far. 'Numbers are inflated' doesn't mean nobody's counting them.
How did you whatabout yourself into thinking that I ever posted what you just said. Please quote that.
I have said 40 times that a new referendum could have been Putins choice but instead he chose an invasion.
If a new referendum is monitored by international organizations then it will further self determination and I will support it thoroughly regardless of the outcome. If it's a Putin election then nobody accepts it.
And that means Putin won't put it to a vote. Why not? Because he can't control the vote. It means that many casualties isn't as important to him as power and control.
I trust the EU monitors. I don't trust Putin.
If it's a transparent election, the EU will accept it and Putin will prove everything you're claiming about self determination. But he'll never prove anything with his stupid war.
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