Thugs on the Streets for Crimea's Referendum

More than ninety per cent of the voters in a referendum in Crimea cast ballots in favor of seceding from Ukraine and rejoining Russia, according to reports a couple of hours after the polls closed Sunday night. Those ballots had been dropped into transparent plastic boxes, making voter secrecy a mite symbolic, and many countries had condemned the entire process. (In a statement, the White House said, “This referendum is contrary to Ukraine’s constitution, and the international community will...