Epic fail, Skin. The first is a Gallup survey of news viewing habits of the average Ukrainian both nationwide and specifically in the Crimea. Nothing about political viewpoint of any consequence.
The second is a survey of sociopolitical attitudes of the average Ukrainian and they read very much like a survey of U.S. voters. In Crimea, the top issues were unemployment (68%), price controls (50%), low industrial output, tied with concern for government corruption (both 37%), and welfare protection for the poor (36%). In Ukraine in general, it was just about the same, though welfare protection was third on their list, and only 21% were concerned about government corruption.
Not surprisingly, most Ukrainians, including those in Crimea, in 2013 -- the date of your second linked survey -- said that Crimea should remain as it was then, an autonomous region within the Ukraine. A third -- and not at all surprisingly, almost all over 50, said it should be either independent, or given back to Russia. That isn't because they like Russia, it is because they are afraid of Russia, even those in Crimea.
Your links prove nothing you've stated. In fact, they aren't even related to your charges of fascism in Ukraine's government.
The second is a survey of sociopolitical attitudes of the average Ukrainian and they read very much like a survey of U.S. voters. In Crimea, the top issues were unemployment (68%), price controls (50%), low industrial output, tied with concern for government corruption (both 37%), and welfare protection for the poor (36%). In Ukraine in general, it was just about the same, though welfare protection was third on their list, and only 21% were concerned about government corruption.
Not surprisingly, most Ukrainians, including those in Crimea, in 2013 -- the date of your second linked survey -- said that Crimea should remain as it was then, an autonomous region within the Ukraine. A third -- and not at all surprisingly, almost all over 50, said it should be either independent, or given back to Russia. That isn't because they like Russia, it is because they are afraid of Russia, even those in Crimea.
Your links prove nothing you've stated. In fact, they aren't even related to your charges of fascism in Ukraine's government.
It is not epic fail to show two polls which clearly demonstrate what the people in Crimea and the east of Ukraine actually believe. They were pro-Russian before the conflict and pro-Russian afterwards.
The main difference is that before they were quite happy to remain part of Ukraine before the events of Maiden. That attitude changed due to the violence.
As I have said before and I will say it again, it doesn't seem too many people in the west actually care what the people who live there on the ground actually think, that is a tragedy.
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