Sorry I had a genuine interest in your response. I was not trying to be provocative. I worked with a lad from Ukraine. He was someone with a real genuine nature. The kind of person you could never see anyone saying a bad word against. So far all I have no family in the warzone, I do feel for the people living there. I am not anti-Russian, but I am very much against the regime in power there.
What the paper did say was that there were people in Crimea who had Russian bias. It would be naïve to think there were no people who were pro-Russian. I would have been very interested to hear if her view had changed especially being within the western media viewing range. That is to say a view on how propaganda has had an affect on her opinion. I think it is fair to say the referendum Putin held was not a fair one.
What I find sad is that Crimea will never be the same again. It is a lost culture. Putin will have removed anyone who is pro-Ukraine from the area, so any future votes will never show how it should actually be. That is regardless of the voting process and checks around it. Ukraine will undoubtedly evict any people who have shown bias with the current occupation. Crimea will end up in the hands of whoever wins the peace.
I have seen footage of people from the Donbass region that has since been repatriated to Ukraine. They were not very happy with the lack of support Russia gave them. They were literally caught in no man’s land for years on end. You could not state if they were still pro-Russian or pro-Ukraine because of the regime change. Their composure definitely looked beaten and just wanted the situation to be over. I personally don’t think they cared who had control.
There is a war, so all propaganda has to be taken with a pinch of salt. Denys Davydov also from Crimea has a very different opinion about the Russia invasion there. Dr Eleanor Knott is the only source I can find that shows possible unbiased results. The data for this paper was collected before the annexation took place. It favours the opinion that Crimea was not pro-Russia in bias.
I have to ask why she is in the US if she got what she wanted?
Where does her pro-Russian stance stem from? (political alliances, ethnicity or economic seem to be the main proponents).
You say “she was happy” does this mean she has had a change of heart.
Israeli connections with the US is the main reasoning behind the lack of outcry imo.
Israel has also taken a turn very much for the worse. The mistreatment we have witnessed previously is nothing compared to what could be coming. This is so severe even parts of the Israeli army have gone on strike. Israeli is being usurped by theocracy which sees arabs as non human. They wish to remove all rights and privileges from arabs all together. The only difference between this and Isis is the book being used to govern the rules.
Sorry to disillusion you but this was well known in the 70’s. It was a standing joke. People knew they just never confronted the issue because ethical standards were pretty low back then.
I love how they are flaunting this as a method to reduce queues. The EU has postponed this for over a year now because of the impact to flow rate. All truck drivers will have to disembark to verify who they are. Buses crossing by ferry will now have everyone pass through a biometric check machine. This will be yet more delay to travelling to the EU. Something those in the EU do not have to deal with.