Forbes: сrimeans prefer living in Russia than in Ukraine

Magazine Forbes published results
of a number of opinion polls carried
out by Western research organisations Crimea’s residents prefer being part of Russia than of Ukraine, the U.S. magazine Forbes published results of a number of opinion polls carried out by Western research organisations, One year after the peninsula in the Black Sea acceded Russia, Forbes said "poll after poll shows that the locals there - be they Ukrainians, ethnic Russians or Tartars are all in
agreem
ent: life with Russia is better
than life with Ukraine."
"Despite huge efforts on the part of
Kiev, Brussels, Washington and the
Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe, the bulk of
humanity living on the Black Sea
peninsula believe the referendum to
secede from Ukraine was legit," the
magazine says.
In confirmation, Forbes cited the
results of two opinion polls. In June
2014 the U.S. Gallup opinion poll
organisation said that 83% of Crimea’s residents believed that the
referendum on reunification with
Russia reflected the views of the
people.
In February 2015 the German
marketing company GfK revealed that the Crimeans did not changed their attitudes: 82% of the population are
for reunification with Russia.
"With two studies out of the way, both Western-based, it seems without question that the vast majority of Crimeans do not feel they were duped into voting, and that life with Russia will be better for them and their families than life with Ukraine," the magazine said adding that majority of the peninsula residents are ethnic Russians.