Russia's War Against Ukraine OP-ED

Anna Nemtsova: Putin has a sailor cheerleader fan club in Crimea – and quiet opposition

By Anna Nemtsova.
Teenagers holding the Russian national flag take a selfie during a rally marking the one-year anniversary of Crimea voting to leave Ukraine and join the Russian state in central Sevastopol on March 16, 2015.
Photo by AFP PHOTO / YURI LASHOV

In Sevastopol a year after the annexation, the girls who marched in sailor shirts and waved Putin signs are thrilled to be part of Russia. Others quietly rejected Russian passports.

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