[hummingbird]

"Yeah, problem is that Ukraine is a sovereign nation..."

----------------------------------> My understanding is that Crimea is an autonomous region, a little bit Russian and a little bit Ukrainian.

Not an expert here - far from it. Maybe we can get clarity from other Freepers.

[fabian]

Doesn’t matter..Putin still invaded it and now the cowardly trooper leaders will not disclose themselves as Russian.

[Marguerite]

“My understanding is that Crimea is an autonomous region, a little bit Russian and a little bit Ukrainian.”

60% of Crimea population are ethnic Russians, and speak Russian.
Other 28% are russophones.
12% of the population are Tartars (muslims).

98% of the population speak Russian.
At the last parliment elections, the Block Russia got 83% of votes, and it got 78 seats out of 81.