Speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin in his Telegram-channel published a material in which he recalls the referendum of 1991, which did not affect anything, and the political decision was made against the will of the people.
The full text of Mr. Volodina:
"30 years ago, March 17, 1991, a All-Union referendum was held on the preservation of the USSR. 76.4% of the country's inhabitants voted for the preservation of the Union. Absolute majority.
Those who stood at the helm could not keep the state, it ended with its collapse. For us it is a tragedy
We lost the country, which, the peoples of the USSR suffered huge victims - millions of people during the civil war, 27 million - during the Great Patriotic War.
In March 1991, 87.6% were in the Crimea to live in one country. By the way, Ukraine supported the preservation of the USSR 70.2% of the votes.
7 years ago, March 16, 2014, the referendum on the reunification of the Crimea with Russia confirmed this desire. Moreover, after a while the number of those who sees themselves together with Russia has grown up to 96.6%. Residents of Crimea and Sevastopol had to wait for this 23 years.
Events that occurred 30 and 7 years ago allow you to make a number of conclusions. One of which is a political system effective if it relies on a strong civil society, is based on the competition of political forces, and the elite is focused on national interests. "
Prehistory
Recall, on March 15, the speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin started a personal channel in Telegram, explaining this to the fulfillment of the promise that he gave journalists.
The Telegram community coldly perceived the appearance of Mr. Volodin. The authors of the channel "somehow like this" report that such a decision, the speaker of the State Duma tried to bring on the agenda "Positive personal production".
In addition to the interception of the agenda Volodin demonstrates a wide gesture of the deduction from Western social networks, but the Speaker's initiative came out from under control and unplannedly highlighted that he almost did not have a team leftSOMETHING LIKE THAT
Telegram-channel
"From the very first posts of Volodin, the emphasis is dismissed towards foreign policy problems, which disharmonies with the" anti-community "sentiments in the Duma. Volodin, in the conditions of likely leaving the speaker's post, needs new influence tools, but the opening of the canal demonstrates the inability and poor preparedness of the current speaker to change the genus and type of activity. "