3 ms·
> Opinion polling and independent (western) research there has confirmed the results many times Opinion polling conducted before Russian occupation say 38% wan
by Const-me 9y ago
> Opinion polling and independent (western) research there has confirmed the results many times
Opinion polling conducted before Russian occupation say 38% wanted to join Russia, 40% wanted to remain an autonomous republic within Ukraine.
Here’s a link (Russian): http://www.km.ru/world/2012/09/14/polozhenie-russkoyazychnogo-naseleniya-ukrainy/692296-rossiya-teryaet-krym http://www.km.ru/world/2012/09/14/polozhenie-russkoyazychnog...
- peoplewindow 9y agoNope, here's an example: http://avaazpress.s3.amazonaws.com/558_Crimea.Referendum.Poll.GfK.pdf http://avaazpress.s3.amazonaws.com/558_Crimea.Referendum.Pol... 70% saying they'd pick to join Russia. Phone poll just before the vote, by Gfk Ukraine, 600 participants. There were other such polls after the vote by western polling agencies too. But I don't have the links handy right now.
- Const-me 9y ago“The fieldwork was carried out from March 12 till March 14, 2014.” That was after the invasion. Russians tortured, kidnapped and killed civilians there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation#Human_rights_situation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Ru... Locals have very good reasons to be afraid to express their political viewpoints. Especially to an unknown person who called their phone.