Quote Originally Posted by maxmixiv View Post
They could say that referendum's results were forged, for example.
That's why I said to invite EU, or a Western democracy organisation, to monitor / observe. If local people did it themselves, or if Russia assisted, they would of course say it was faked, unless the pro West option wins.
Even if it's common knowledge that almost everyone there is pro-Russian.

But if the EU sends their monitoring team, then there isn't much they can say (although usually they try saying that the EU or international (i.e. American) monitors didn't get "full access" or something like that. ).