The poll of what were largely ethnic Russians that Kyiv declared illegal to run under any circumstances whose results were corroborated almost exactly one year later by Western pollsters.

The poll where Russian soldiers pointed guns at crimeans in polling stations happened only in people's imaginations.

I, for one, am looking forward to dying of cold this winter on the principle of rejecting a democratic vote in Eastern Europe while we lavish support on such good and free countries as Saudi Arabia that only invade their neighbor in a good way.