• Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Not to mention that the vote was boycotted by Armenia, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Moldova.

    They were sooooo keen to return to the Russian embrace (/s).

    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      Kirghizia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan also added in the referendum a question about them being independent and only joining the new union as independent members. After the coup attempt Ukraine moved not to sign the treaty and held a referendum on just becoming independent.