Russia has been changing the demographics and the ethnic composition of the Crimean population since the very beginning of its occupation of the Ukrainian peninsula. In early spring 2014, local pro-Ukrainian activists started leaving the peninsula, feeling unsafe amid the Russian crackdown on everything Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar.
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EuroMaidan Press: Russians relocated to Crimea now make up one-third of the population
Sailors march along a street during the Victory Day military parade in Sevastopol, Crimea, on May 9, 2021.
