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2014 Crimean status referendum
Share of Ukrainian citizens who think that Ukraine should unite with Russia in one country.[improper synthesis?]
Date30 March 2014 (in -3768 days)
LocationCrimea, Ukraine
Questionwhether the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea enjoys state independence and is part of Ukraine on the basis of treaties and agreements[1]
Related events2014 Ukrainian revolution, 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine
This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Crimea
Autonomous Republic of Crimea
(within Ukraine, 1991–present)
Republic of Crimea
(territory occupied by Russia 2014–present)
See also
Political status of Crimea
Politics of Russia • Politics of Ukraine

A referendum on status within Ukraine is scheduled to be held in Crimea on 30 March 2014 which was originally set for 25 May 2014 but pulled forward amidst tensions in the region.[2][3] The referendum was approved by the Supreme Council of Crimea on February 27, 2014 but the Central Election Commission of Ukraine denounced it by stating that the Crimean authorities do not possess the legal jurisdiction to conduct it.[4] Regarding the referendum's purpose, The Daily Telegraph reported on 27 February 2014 that it, "appears to be for greater autonomy within Ukraine rather than for full independence."[5]

Background

In February 2014 about 41 percent of Crimean people wanted Ukraine to unite with Russia. In 2013 only 35.9 percent of Crimean people shared the same opinion. However these figures need to be treated with caution in a Crimean context, as they are from a poll of 2032 randomly selected Ukrainians, which would imply a very small sample of about 80 Crimeans. And the question asked was different from that asked in the current referendum. Also major events have occurred since polling was done (from the 8th to the 18th of February), which might affect opinions.[6]

According to the 2001 Ukrainian population census 58.5% of the population of Crimea are ethnic Russians, 24.4% are ethnic Ukrainians and 12.1% are Crimean Tatars.[7]

Question

The referendum is to have the following question listed:[1]

  • ["Автономная республика Крым обладает государственной самостоятельностью и входит в состав Украины на основе договоров и соглашений (да или нет)"] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)
  • ["The Autonomous Republic of the Crimea enjoys state independence and is part of Ukraine on the basis of treaties and agreements." (yes or no).] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)

Russian was chosen as the language for the ballot's text since according to the latest local census, 77% of Crimean inhabitants named it as their native language; in comparison to a lesser 10.1% which identified Ukrainian as their native language (which happens to be sole official state language).[8] Russian is also the pervasive language in government affairs carried out in the region with attempts to expand the usage of Ukrainian in education and government affairs being less successful in Crimea than in other areas of the nation.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Radyuhin, Vladimir (1 March 2014). "Russian Parliament approves use of army in Ukraine". The Hindu. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  2. ^ Sergei L. Loiko (01 March 2014). "New Crimea leaders move up referendum date". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 03 March 2014. KIEV, Ukraine -- Crimea's new pro-Moscow premier, Sergei Aksenov, moved the date of the peninsula's status referendum to March 30. On Thursday, the Crimean parliament, which appointed Aksenov, had called for a referendum on May 25, the date also set for the urgent presidential election in Ukraine. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Crimea parliament announces referendum on Ukrainian region's future". RT. February 17, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  4. ^ "TsVK says that it is not possible to conduct the Crimean referendum". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  5. ^ Merat, Arron (27 February 2014). "Ukraine crisis: Ukraine searches for missing billions". Daily Telegraph.
  6. ^ Динаміка ставлення населення України до Росії та населення Росії до України, яких відносин з Росією хотіли б українці (4 March 2014). Kiev International Institute of Sociology.
  7. ^ About number and composition population of AUTONOMOUS REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA by data All-Ukrainian population census', Ukrainian Census (2001)
  8. ^ "Results / General results of the census / Linguistic composition of the population / Autonomous Republic of Crimea". 2001 Ukrainian Census. Retrieved December 16, 2006.
  9. ^ Bondaruk, Halyna (March 3, 2007). "Yushchenko Appeals to Crimean Authority Not to Speculate on Language". Ukrayinska Pravda. Retrieved March 25, 2007.
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