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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 16 Mar 2014

    Exit poll says around 93% of voters in Crimea backed joining Russia, news agencies in Russia reporthttp://bbc.in/1iSCyfT 

    11:14 AM - 16 Mar 2014
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      2. Jon Lee Anderson‏ @jonleeanderson 16 Mar 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Democracy triumphs again :) @BBCBreaking: Exit poll says abt 93% of voters in Crimea back joining Russia http://bbc.in/1iSCyfT 

        2 replies 18 retweets 6 likes
      3. Nismo Stuff‏ @NismoStuff 16 Mar 2014
        Replying to @jonleeanderson

        @jonleeanderson @BBCBreaking Kim Jong Un laughs at your 93%...

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      4. Jon Lee Anderson‏ @jonleeanderson 16 Mar 2014
        Replying to @NismoStuff

        Nostalgia x Saddam's 2002 elect.He won, as one official told me, w/120% of vote.@NismoStuff: @BBCBreaking Kim Jong Un laughs at your 93%...

        2 replies 16 retweets 6 likes
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      1. Mahwish ZK‏ @MahwishKD 16 Mar 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Results are actually nearly identical to 1991 #Crimea referendum where 94% voted to be subject of USSR, independent of Ukraine @BBCBreaking

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      2. Richard Looby‏ @RichardLooby 16 Mar 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking Kim Jong Un got 100% in a similar ballot

        2 replies 6 retweets 14 likes
      3. DDuterr‏ @DDuterr 16 Mar 2014
        Replying to @RichardLooby

        @RichardLooby @BBCBreaking Well said!

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      4. Richard Looby‏ @RichardLooby 16 Mar 2014
        Replying to @DDuterr

        @DDuterrier @BBCBreaking I do try!

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      2. Brittany Williams‏ @williamsforohio 16 Mar 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        😒 @BBCBreaking: Exit poll says around 93% of voters in Crimea backed joining Russia, news agencies in Russia report http://bbc.in/1iSCyfT 

        1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
      3.  🇺🇸 ✝️ ⚾️Ron Wallace  ⚾️ ✝️ 🇺🇸‏ @PresWallace 16 Mar 2014
        Replying to @williamsforohio

        .@WilliamsForOhio @GdsheehanGreg @BBCBreaking Wow, 93% want to be Russians? Things must be pretty grim in Crimea, or Putin conned them.

        2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      4. Brittany Williams‏ @williamsforohio 16 Mar 2014
        Replying to @PresWallace

        .@Vote4Wallace @GdsheehanGreg 96% now. Majority of Crimea's pop. is ethnic Russian. But as @TheEconomist put it: http://www.economist.com/news/world-week/21599067-kals-cartoon …

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      5.  🇺🇸 ✝️ ⚾️Ron Wallace  ⚾️ ✝️ 🇺🇸‏ @PresWallace 17 Mar 2014
        Replying to @williamsforohio

        .@WilliamsForOhio CRIMEA: Putin gains a warm water port & one to two million "Ethnic Russian" citizens yet Ukraine is 30% bigger than Canada

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6.  🇺🇸 ✝️ ⚾️Ron Wallace  ⚾️ ✝️ 🇺🇸‏ @PresWallace 17 Mar 2014
        Replying to @PresWallace

        .@WilliamsForOhio Pro-Moscow Ukrainians (mostly Crimeans) will now be a voiceless minority in The Ukraine. Still, Putin must be stopped.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Jack Pilcher May‏ @jJackPM 16 Mar 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking the other 7 won't be around for too long...

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      1. Charlie‏ @CharlieRexus 16 Mar 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: Exit poll says around 93% of voters in Crimea backed joining Russia: http://bbc.in/1iSCyfT ” @Hondo505

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      1. Inside Croydon‏ @InsideCroydon 16 Mar 2014
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        @BBCBreaking They'll get the 7% dissenters in the morning...

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      1. Robert Morgan‏ @robcmorgan 16 Mar 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: Exit poll says around 93% of voters in Crimea backed joining Russia Let's hope this clear mandate puts a rest to the issue.

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      1. Dude carl yademan1‏ @yademan1 18 Mar 2014
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        @BBCBreaking

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      1. BhDutt‏ @dutta_bee 18 Mar 2014
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        @BBCBreaking >>Proof of the saying: "History repeats itself"

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      1. HARBHAJAN‏ @HARBHAJAN678 17 Mar 2014
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking CRIMEA UNDER RUSSIAN RULE IS A REALITY . ITS BITTER TASTE WILL LAST FOR EVER AS I TWEETED ON MARCH 6 2014

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