Most of the Ukrainians who remained in the Crimea occupied by Russia are, in principle, Soviet people who have never been able to organize themselves into one political nation.

About this journalist Aider Muzhdabaev told in an interview to "Apostrophe".

"Not all, of course. There are real heroes there. One of the Ukrainians, for example, the Ukrainian flag hung out on his house, a sign "the street of Heroes of Heavenly Hundreds", he was sent to prison, he was mocked ... Such people are. And for me they are heroes. Real heroes, "he said..

According to him, the outlined civil community of "Crimean Ukrainians" in the Crimea simply does not exist.

"And there never was.

We are now dealing not with ethnic nations. We are dealing with political nations. And, say, the Crimean Ukrainians - there is no such political nation. Most Crimean Tatars are Crimean political Ukrainians. Plus Crimean ethnic Ukrainians and ethnic Russians who adhere to pro-Ukrainian views. I've seen a lot of people in Simferopol, and in Sevastopol with Ukrainian and Russian names that support all Crimean Tatars. But they are not a separate socio-political force, "Muzhdabaev said..