Ukraine - Correlation between Ethnolinguistics and Voting .

This won't be news for most of you but I thought the maps would help visualise the situation more easily.


Those from regions thet prodominantly identified with the Russian language voted for Yanukovych while those from regions that predominantly identified with the Ukrainian language voted for Tymoshenko and Yushchenko .


Below map from Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, a Ukranian organisation that works with European orgs. and American Universities.
http://kiis.com.ua/?lang=eng&cat=background



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Below 3 maps from WashintongPost
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...ines-protests/







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Below map from CNN



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So what will happen when the big powers meet over Ukraine, a division of Ukraine into Russian and Ukranian sovereign nations or autonomous governing regions??
Whatever it is with Ukraine being on Russia's border and there being majorities in East Ukraine identifying with the Russian language, Russsia will be very proactive.

I don't know the level of support for the coup from pro Russian Ukranians but there have been public protests in Ukraine in support of Russia.

" Russia supporters demand reunification as conflict escalates "

http://news.yahoo.com/video/russia-s...170004059.html