Over 90% of polled Russians supported the merge of the Republic of Crimea with the Russian Federation, according to a survey of a state-run pollster published on March 24. Data collected by the Russian Public Opinion Center (WCIOM), showed that 80% of respondents believed that “Russia should struggle for the right of controlling the [Crimean] peninsula even if the issue of the territorial belonging of Crimea turns into a matter of conflict between Russia and Ukraine.”
The Voice of Russia: Most Russians favor Crimea’s joining Russia, according to the poll
89% of polled Russians have always considered Crimea as the Russian territory, the survey shoed.
