Russia hit out in a blistering statement today against a UN resolution that declared invalid Crimea's referendum to secede from Ukraine.
Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement that Western states used the "the full force of the unspent potential of the cold war-era propaganda machine" to push through the vote, which passed Thursday.
"It is well-known what kind of shameless pressure, up to the point of political blackmail and economic threats, was brought to bear on a number of [UN] member states so they would vote 'yes'," the statement said, according to Reuters. "This counterproductive initiative only complicates efforts to resolve the domestic political crisis in Ukraine."
This from the Russians who announced a vote in Crimea to join Russia that tallied a 97% pro-Russia outcome.
You'd think the Russians would merely mock our "shameless pressure" as amateur hour since we only managed to get 59% of the UN General Assembly to vote for that resolution.
