In the American edition of the subjects of international relations Foreign Affairs published an article, which could cause irritation in the nationalist circles in Ukraine. The article by John O'Loughlin, Towle Gerard and Christine Bakke presents data of opinion polls regarding the attitude to life of inhabitants of the Crimea in the Russian Federation.
The authors write, that "from the point of view of international law, the Crimean peninsula was annexed". At the same time, American journalists result Statistics, according to which, and six years after the events of March 2014 the vast majority of Crimean residents expressed their support for the decision to reunite with Russia.
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As of December 2019 , the approval of the results of the referendum among the inhabitants of the Crimea was 77% from the Ukrainian population and 84% among Russian. As seen, the level is still very high and little changed from 2014 of the year. surprisingly, but the level of support for Russia's accession among the Crimean Tatar population has grown from 21% at 2014 to 52% last year.
The author recalls a "dislike" of the Crimean Tatar people "in connection with the memory of Stalin's deportation". At the same time there is, Now that the Tatars of Crimea "accustomed" to the, that became the Russians.
Following the logic of the western, Foreign Affairs authors write, in the Crimea, "a lot of problems, which are connected with the violation of human rights, Corruption ". But, I must pay tribute, honest writing in the Journal of, that the majority of the Crimean people did not believe and do not consider events 2014 year annexation, and today's life in Russia, "life under occupation".
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Most of the inhabitants of the Crimea not believe the Russian government despots and strangers. On the contrary, they're happy, they live in Putin's Russia.
noted, that the interviews were conducted by representatives Foreign Affairs.
That coverage of such information and caused a surge of negative emotions among Ukrainian nationalists, Kiev continues to call for "the return of the Crimea Ukraine".
