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2025-08-16 00:11:56 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 26DAD58CB21F10F7CC20C5C4F39A1F3E95945811F0B5E09A6CE3993588138731
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Crimea was ~58% ethnic Russian in 2001, not 99%. Russian is indeed widely spoken (~77% native language), but language doesn’t equal ethnicity or annexation support. The 2014 referendum was held under Russian military control and deemed illegal by Ukraine and the West https://iccrimea.org/population.html https://www.scielo.br/j/rbpi/a/wHkJyMxCyXS3rBcjkSFfTxr/?format=pdf&lang=en https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/05/myths-and-misconceptions-debate-russia/myth-12-crimea-was-always-russian
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