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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
Obviously a very long time ago - but back in 1991 Ukraine did have a referendum to decide if they wanted to be independent.
Those two regions voted for independence for Ukraine with 84% saying yes.
Crimea was much closer at 54%
Ukraine as a whole was 93% yes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_U...nce_referendum |
Interestingly, Crimea at 54% is whooping 30% ahead of second place, that is Donbass at 84%. Back in 1991 Russia was in shambles and there was no interest on staying with it. Even Belarus broke away.
Now that Russia is heading back into poverty, there's little point for Donbass to join Russia. They would be better off joining EU/Ukraine. Donbass is not the same at all as Crimea, which is truly Russian region.