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Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Group
Vladimir Putins own Council on the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights has confirmed that the turnout for the so-called referendum on the Crimeas status was much lower than reported, and the results also far less overwhelmingly in favour of joining Russia. The same results have been reported from other sources, however this report can hardly be dismissed as seditious US propaganda. The confirmation that Russia used falsified figures to justify the annexation comes on the eve of other supposed referendums planned for two east Ukrainian oblasts.
The report finds that while the overwhelming majority of residents of Sevastopol voted for joining Russian (turnout of 50-80%), the turnout for all of Crimea was from 30-50% and only 50-60% of those voted for joining Russia.
Read more: http://khpg.org/index.php?id=1399238176
Author is Ms. Halya Coynash.
Article contains link to the site of the report cited:
http://www.president-sovet.ru/structure/gruppa_po_migratsionnoy_politike/materialy/problemy_zhiteley_kryma.php
It is in Russian, but machine translation is possible.