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foverzar · on April 4, 2023

Do you actually plan to court martial sizable fractions of population?

I'm just curious why do you suppose that there would be no friction or resistance.

actionfromafar · on April 4, 2023

+1 for your question.

Maybe I misunderstood who you meant. I was thinking about business leaders striking lucrative deals, mayors appointed by the Russian administration, and so on.

I think there will probably be some resistance, but once the Russian troops leave Crimea, I can't see a popular uprising against the Ukraine as a state or something like that. Time will tell. I don't think Russia can hold Crimea in the long run. I'm not qualified to even guess, but when did that stop anybody?! :-D

I think it's likely Kiev will control Crimea within 24 months.