My research & surveys suggest that official results of #referendums to join #Russia are inflated in separatist #Donbas & fabricated in Kherson & Zaporizhzhia Regions: "99.23% "yes" in DNR, 98.42% LNR, 93.11% Zaporizhzhia Region & 87.05% Kherson Region." 1/
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As I said in my interview, "official results of referendums concerning joining Russia, can be only resounding “yes” no matter what actual views of the people are." #UkraineWar #Ukraine️ 2/
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My research & KMIS survey that I commissioned in Spring 2014 showed marginal support for joining #Russia in #Kherson & #Zaporizhzhia regions, but majority support for various forms of separatism, including joining Russia, in separatist republics in #Donbas washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-ca…
'Real support for joining Russia is unlikely to be the majority view in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, in contrast to Donbas." #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar #referendums #Referendum #Donbass 4/
It's difficult to judge exact level of public support for joining Russia in these regions. Many people might not reveal their opposition to joining Russia in polls and are likely to abstain from voting during the ongoing war. And a large number of pro-Ukrainian residents left. 5/
As I said in interview, referendum results are inflated in #Donbas & fabricated in #Kherson & #Zaporizhzhia because "referendums followed by Putin’s statements in his TV address are clear signs that Russia would annex these regions of Ukraine. And they are held during the war" 6/
In contrast to about 1/2 of ethnic Russian population in #Donbas, they are minority in #Kherson & #Zaporizhzhia regions. Like with Crimea & Donbas referendums in 2014, Western & other countries, with few exceptions, won’t recognize referendums, their results & Russian annexation.
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