If all the saints tell me, abandon Russia, live in paradise, I'll say, don't give me any paradise, Give me my Motherland! - Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet
May 12, 2019 • 13 tweets • 10 min read
36) The population of #Crimea is 2.3 million.
The breakdown:
68% Russians,
16% Ukrainians
12-13% Crimean Tatars
The other 3-4% is made up of dozens of other nationalities like Belarussian, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Uzbeks, Moldovans, Jews and 3000 Greeks.
37) Keeping in mind the breakdown of the population of #Crimea, consider this: the turnout for the referendum was 83.1% for Crimea and 89.5% for Sevastopol. Those who voted in favour of reunification with #Russia were 96.77% and 95.6% respectively. youtube.com/watch?v=Z8EIwA…
Nov 26, 2018 • 27 tweets • 25 min read
1) How can #Crimea be annexed/occupied when it was Russian since before #US existed? When there was no such thing as #Ukraine before Soviet Union? When Crimea was transfered ILLEGALLY TO UA in '56 without any referendum! When Crimea voted to return to #Russia since 1991!
2) Many don't know but it was in #Crimea, that #Russia was baptized into Orthodox Christianity faith in 988. Grand Prince of Kiev, Vladimir was baptized in Chersonesus. voltairenet.org/article182989.…
