Eleven years ago, Russian authorities illegally occupied Crimea. Since then, the peninsula According to our data, as of 2024, Crimea has recorded the highest number of politically motivated criminal and administrative cases, as well as the highest rate of politically motivated detentions per 100,000 people compared to any Russian region. Since 2014, we have documented 349 individuals prosecuted in politically motivated criminal cases in Crimea and Sevastopol. This number is higher only in Moscow, where the population is five times that of Crimea. Many of those targeted by Russian authorities are Crimean Tatars. Beyond criminal and administrative prosecutions, local residents have also faced other forms of repression, including forced disappearances and torture.
In this report, we use the terms «occupied» and «occupation» in line with the terminology adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in relation to Crimea. These terms aim to emphasise the international community’s non-recognition of Russia’s unlawful annexation of Crimea.
“We’re coming home!” Crimea celebrates after 97% vote for joining Russia
“We came back home to Mother Russia. We came back home, Russia is our home”
96.77% of Crimeans vote to re-unite with Russia
“We are going home, Crimea is going to Russia”, said the republic’s prime minister
Majority of Crimea citizens one year after referendum do not regret joining Russia
Crimea celebrates 2 years since historic referendum to rejoin Russia
Return to Russia: Crimeans Tell the Real Story of the 2014 Referendum and Their Lives Since
The Majority of Crimeans Are Still Glad for Their Annexation:
“it is incontrovertible that most […] Crimean residents welcomed joining Russia. Numerous polls at the time of the annexation and in its immediate aftermath revealed broad support for joining Russia”
“Crimea’s annexation in 2014 gave residents grounds for optimism, with a majority of Crimeans hopeful that their lives would change for the better.”
“The majority of Crimeans do not experience Russian rule as oppressive, alien, or unwelcome. Instead, based on the evidence of our surveys, they are reasonably happy to be living in Putin’s Russia.”
—Foreign Affairs Magazine, official publication of the Council on Foreign Relations, arch-imperialist US neocon think tank
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Skepticism of the referendum is warranted.
Ignore it.
Let’s look at a poll done by a Western organization which clearly does not favor Russia. Take, for example, the very Pew Research poll from the “further reading” section of your AI’s answer:
Crimea supports secession
They can’t spin it any other way, even in an article intended to manufacture support for Ukrainian unity. That’s because every poll of Crimeans following the Maidan coup has produced the same result.
Western liberals support self-determination only when it suits their interests.
LMAO did this mfer just try to refute with AI slop?! I’m fuckin dead.
Absolutely bodied. I wonder if this will spark any self reflection…
too lazy and ignorant to type up your own dogshit reply so you rely on a chatbot.
fucking liberals.
Who will win, 6 cited sources vs 1 glorified markov chain
Nothing surprising though, libs often have the trouble of confusing liberation with occupation.
