Thread: Что произойдет в восточной Украине? (Eastern Ukraine?)

Originally Posted by it-ogo

his response to questions, see above.

Thanks for answering this. (Anyone reading his response, note that he lives in Eastern Ukraine, so his response is super relevant).

Here is how I understand your response.

• Ethnicity is not really relevant to this and people's ethnicity in this part of the world is a complex issues - whether Ukrainian, Russian, a mix or something else.
• Everybody speaks Russian in everyday life, because it's convenient.
• People are not well off, but they have seen much worse times if they remember the 1990s.
• There is no strong sense of nationality in this region - either way.
• Many people are attracted by the possibility of higher incomes as a result from being Russian citizens rather than Ukrainian. (Maybe because of the Soviet legacy, a lot of people don't feel a buzz in their heart at the thought of Ukraine, because they grew up identifying themselves primarily as Soviet)
• Nobody is discriminated in Eastern Ukraine and there IS TV in Russian.
• The protesters in Eastern Ukraine have not formulated any specific demands and some may be there just to fight with no particular reason.
• You had a complete u-turn in your view of Russia because Putin choose not to respect Ukraine's borders.

[*]Ethnicity is not really relevant to this and people's ethnicity in this part of the world is a complex issues - whether Ukrainian, Russian, a mix or something else.

Yes, though ethnic jews can have their own view. I did meet in my life several expressions of antisemitism as private opinions, if it is really a problem, only jews can say.

All other ethnoses are treated the same.

• Everybody speaks Russian in everyday life, because it's convenient.
• People are not well off, but they have seen much worse times if they remember the 1990s.
• There is no strong sense of nationality in this region - either way.
• Many people are attracted by the possibility of higher incomes as a result from being Russian citizens rather than Ukrainian. (Maybe because of the Soviet legacy, a lot of people don't feel a buzz in their heart at the thought of Ukraine, because they grew up identifying themselves primarily as Soviet)
• Nobody is discriminated in Eastern Ukraine and there IS TV in Russian.

Yes.

• The protesters in Eastern Ukraine have not formulated any specific demands and some may be there just to fight with no particular reason.

That's my impression.

You had a complete u-turn in your view of Russia because Putin choose not to respect Ukraine's borders.

Yes.