Putin gets out the vote in Crimea

    That famous guardian of democratic values, and former KGB agent Vladimir Putin, will oversee a referendum on whether or not Crimea should separate from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation. Imagine Putin’s response to the idea of a referendum in Chechnya on independence from Russia …

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