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2025-08-16 01:45:58 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 6F631A61E69913B5C82241C672334D83F7C0023A2F2F084C29C04E8A116E7EC1
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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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