Quote Originally Posted by JMA View Post
Stan, yes and no.

It appears a significant number of these 'inhabitants' of Crimea are Russian servicemen, their families (one supposes) and techical and support staff for the naval base... and any other Russian who happened to be in Crimea at the time.

These people would be (should be) allowed to vote in a Crimea referendum?
Mark,
Yes, I do realize that the whole enchilada was rigged. I was referring more to the Russian definition of what a sociological poll meant.

There are of course an infinite number of versions, with ITAR-TASS and the BBC not to mention at least 50 more wire feeds, upon feeds.