"Referendum" in occupation and with machine guns: parallels since 2014 in Crimea

The "decision" will not have any legal consequences, said lawyers focus. "In connection with the pseudo -referendum in the occupied territories of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions, many mention the so -called referendum in Crimea in 2014. There, the Russian Federation, having violated international legislation, conducted a vote, which resulted in the latter annexed the peninsula.

As the subject of its federation, having spread its legislation and its institutions ", - says in a comment on the focus for the material" illegitimate, but with consequences. What will happen after the pseudo -referendums in the occupied territories "Ambrell's" lawyer ", human rights expert organization "Media Initiative for Human Rights" Andriy Yakovlev. Its results have not been recognized by the world community for a number of reasons.

First, the basic principle of the UN Charter was violated, which gives only the people the right to self-determination, not part of the region of a unitary country. Secondly, the results of voting cannot be called representative, since it was conducted during the occupation and in favor of the occupier, under the control of the Armed Forces.

"As well as from the Crimea, from Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions, a large part of the population was evacuated, loyal to Ukraine was persecuted. We do not know who participated in the vote that was put pressure on how the vote is calculated. Voting in Russia for her dependent on her and her Ukrainian population, ”Yakovlev notes. We will remind, on September 23 in the occupied territories of Ukraine "referendums" "On accession to the Russian Federation" began.