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cooperate with the Russian government in order to transfer Crimea, Donetsk and Lugansk areas to Russian Federation.

Created by S.J. on April 25, 2014

Dear Mr. President,
The overwhelming majority of the residents of Crimea, Lugansk and Donetsk areas are ethnic Russians and Russian-speaking, I am sure that they wish to be Russian citizens, and should be allowed to according to the principles of democracy. Transferral of these areas to Russia was a voluntarist act of the communist government; the citizens were not asked. It can be reasonably assumed that a majority of the whole population of Ukraine (except West Ukraine - Galicia) would wish to join Russia because of economic and linguistic reasons: for Russian-speakers the Ukrainian language is a regional dialect, and a majority would wish to speak and to teach children Russian. Moreover, the bulk of American aid to Ukraine will flow into the corruption channels.

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