It would have been a reasonable proposal back in March. It is no longer a reasonable proposal in fact it is a complete non-starter for both sides, it will not and cannot happen. Russia has already accepted the accession of the four new oblasts. Proposals like this show that in the west they fundamentally still do not understand where Russia stands.
Of course it won’t happen. It would very likely not change the voting results (although Russia may not want to risk Amerika influencing the voting and/or just don’t want to go through the trouble of organizing the referenda again – it probably isn’t worth the trouble since the referenda weren’t intended to convince the West, anyway), but either way, Amerika definitely won’t allow this because it would actually give Russia clear legitimacy
It would have been a reasonable proposal back in March. It is no longer a reasonable proposal in fact it is a complete non-starter for both sides, it will not and cannot happen. Russia has already accepted the accession of the four new oblasts. Proposals like this show that in the west they fundamentally still do not understand where Russia stands.
Of course it won’t happen. It would very likely not change the voting results (although Russia may not want to risk Amerika influencing the voting and/or just don’t want to go through the trouble of organizing the referenda again – it probably isn’t worth the trouble since the referenda weren’t intended to convince the West, anyway), but either way, Amerika definitely won’t allow this because it would actually give Russia clear legitimacy
I think you mean four new oblasts and republics