If Crimea had a fair referendum in 2014 what percent of the vote would joining Russia have recieved?

[Devout Centrist]

Obvious troll, says obvious nonsense. The 1991 referendum was not a question of joining Russia or not, it was a scam concocted by the Western puppet government in which there was no option to join Russia.

Which Ukrainian officials, exactly, were part of this ‘Western Puppet Government’? The Communist Party of Ukraine maintained a 3/4ths majority in the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR prior to and during the referendum in 1991. Kravchuk himself had been a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union since 1958. When during that time was a Western puppet regime installed?

[Devout Centrist]

And by which westerners? George H.W. Bush had made very clear his position on Ukrainian secession from the USSR - he was not a fan!

It’s an absolutely laughable statement, particularly because it ignores the very real and significant impact of the August Coup in 1991. Ukraine might have voted to remain a member of the new Soviet Union, if it hadn’t been for the chaos emanating from Moscow and the paternalistic attitude towards Ukrainians held by people like Gorbachev and Yeltsin.