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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 475

referendum

Mir Hossein Mousavi waves to his supporters as he arrives at a campaign gathering in downtown Tehran, Iran, June 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
February 5, 2023, 1:28 pm
Amid protests, Iran opposition leader calls for referendum on new constitution
Mir Hossein Mousavi, a former official in Tehran’s theocracy who has been under house arrest for years, argues the current system handing supreme leader final say no longer works
By AP
A launch truck fires the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) at its intended target during the African Lion military exercise in Grier Labouihi complex, southern Morocco, June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
September 29, 2022, 2:07 am
US to give $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine as Russia moves toward annexation
Announcement comes after occupied Ukrainian regions vote to join Russia in referendum deemed rigged by the West; spending to go toward contracts for weapons and equipment
By Lolita C. Baldor and Matthew Lee
People walk past a billboard displaying a soldier and a Russian flag and reading 'We believe in our army and our victory' in Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic controlled by Russia-backed separatists, eastern Ukraine, September 27, 2022. (AP Photo)
September 28, 2022, 2:01 pm
Russia readies to annex parts of Ukraine after widely denounced referendums
Moscow-installed officials in occupied areas say they’ll ask Putin to absorb them into Russia following votes that Israel and other Western countries have rejected
By AP and ToI Staff
A woman casts her ballot for a referendum on joining the Russian Federation at a polling station in Mariupol, under the control of the pro-Russian Donetsk People's Republic on September 27, 2022. (STRINGER/AFP)
September 27, 2022, 11:23 pm
US, NATO vow support for Ukraine after ‘diabolical’ Russian annexation votes
Blinken promises ‘swift and severe costs’ on Moscow while NATO chief Stoltenberg says West will keep providing military aid to Kyiv
By AFP
People attend a rally and a concert in support of annexation referendums in Russian-held regions of Ukraine, in Saint Petersburg on September 23, 2022. (Olga MALTSEVA / AFP)
September 27, 2022, 7:37 pm
Israel rejects annexation votes in occupied Ukraine as Russian proxies claim victory
Jerusalem says it backs Ukraine’s territorial integrity while Moscow officials assert massive support in captured lands for joining Russia; West has denounced ‘sham’ votes
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A Luhansk People's Republic serviceman votes in a polling station in Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic, controlled by Russia-backed separatists, eastern Ukraine, September 23, 2022. (AP Photo, File)
September 27, 2022, 12:15 pm
Annexation vote wraps up in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine
Putin expected to declare incorporation of Ukrainian areas into Russia in coming days, using referendum widely denounced as sham
By Adam Schreck and Jon Gambrell
People attend a rally and a concert in support of annexation referendums in Russian-held regions of Ukraine, in Saint Petersburg on September 23, 2022 (Olga Maltseva/AFP)
September 24, 2022, 8:01 am
Biden vows ‘swift and severe’ costs if Russia annexes Ukraine regions
Moscow’s proxies continue to hold breakaway polls, dismissed by Kyiv and its allies as a ‘sham’
By AFP
FILE - A military vehicle drives along a street with a billboard that reads: "With Russia forever, September 27", prior to a referendum in Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic controlled by Russia-backed separatists, eastern Ukraine, September 22, 2022. (AP Photo/File)
September 23, 2022, 9:59 am
‘Sham’ vote on Russian annexation begins in occupied parts of Ukraine
Separatist Donetsk leader calls widely denounced referendum ‘a historical milestone’; vote clears way for Moscow to claim Ukrainian forces are attacking Russia itself
By AP
A Russian soldier guards an area near a memorial in Kherson region, south Ukraine, May 20, 2022, with a replica of the Victory banner marking the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II in the background. (AP)
September 21, 2022, 2:19 am
Ukrainian regions plan vote on joining Russia as West decries ‘sham’ referendums
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev says ballot results in four regions controlled by Moscow would make new borders ‘irreversible,’ in move that could escalate fighting
By Jon Gambrell
Illustrative: Russian President Vladimir Putin watches the Vostok 2022 (East 2022) military exercise in far eastern Russia, outside Vladivostok, September 6, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
September 7, 2022, 7:44 pm
Putin’s party proposes November referendums on annexing occupied Ukrainian territory
‘It would be right and symbolic’ to hold the votes on Russia’s Day of National Unity, party official says
By AFP
Field organizer Jae Grey places signs on the podium before the pro-choice Kansas for Constitutional Freedom primary election watch party in Overland Park, Kansas, August 2, 2022. (Dave Kaup/AFP)
August 3, 2022, 10:53 am
Kansas votes to maintain abortion rights, in first test since Roe v. Wade overturned
Biden hails result and urges Congress to pass a bill permitting abortion on a federal level; referendum draws high turnout, similar to that for a general election
By Caitlin WILSON
Yael Ilinsky votes for a second time at the Russian consulate in Haifa in June 2020 (Yael Ilinsky/Facebook)
August 1, 2020, 6:03 am
Israeli citizen faces criminal charges for voting 3 times in Russian referendum
Yael Ilinsky says she posted pictures of herself doing so in order to expose problems with voting procedures
By JTA
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting in the southwestern city of Ahvaz during his tour to Khuzestan province, Iran, March 29, 2019. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
May 26, 2019, 10:23 am
Iran’s president says country could hold referendum over nuke program
Amid war of words and escalating tensions between Tehran and Washington, vote could provide political cover for uranium enrichment
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi at the 55th Munich Security Conference in Munich, southern Germany, on February 16, 2019 (Sven Hoppe / DPA / AFP)
April 23, 2019, 10:06 pm
Turnout is just 44% as Egyptians approve extending Sissi’s rule until 2030
National Election Authority head says referendum on amending 2014 constitution approved by 88.83%; critics warn move will cement authoritarian rule
By Samy Magdy
A protester holds a sign reading "Now yes, yes, we will vote for real" amid a wave of Spanish flags during a pro-unity demonstration in Barcelona on October 29, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENE)
October 29, 2017, 11:02 pm
Neo-Nazi salutes seen at protest against Catalonia independence
Rioters clash with police as hundreds of thousands march for unity, denounce vote to separate region from Spain
By ToI Staff and AFP
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