If the people of the annexed regions of Ukraine wanted to vote on becoming part of Russia, they would have done it before Russia invaded them. - holding a referendum on annexation in areas of another country while already occupied - in the context of a regime with complete control of media and absolute power in one man - who is threatening nuclear response if there is resistance deserves maximum international response. The Russian government is completely rogue, and maximum pressure needs to be put on Russian people to get rid of their own corrupt government. It is now either the Russian people that must suffer, or the rest of the world. This idea is that, as far as possible, the international community should completely cut off Russia, thus making Putin the problem of the Russian people. We are not their problem. He is.