[tlozo]

Russian Donbas

Funny how the Moron has no answer to my point, that Donbas is majority ethnically Ukrainian.

According to the 2001 census, ethnic Ukrainians form 58% of the population of Luhansk Oblast and 56.9% of Donetsk Oblast. Ethnic Russians form the largest minority, accounting for 39% and 38.2% of the two oblasts

[mac_truck]

The term Russian Donbas comes from the fact the region was part of Russia before it was made part of Soviet Ukraine in 1922.

Furthermore the Donbas region is culturely Russian with a majority Russian speaking population.

[mac_truck]

Here another way to look at the divide in Ukraine...from the last fairly held election. Ethnicity is less of a factor than cultural and regional affiliation.