Bershidsky, Leonid. One Year Later, Crimeans Prefer Russia, Bloomberg News (6 February 2015). «Eighty-two percent of those polled said they fully supported Crimea's inclusion in Russia, and another 11 percent expressed partial support. Only 4 percent spoke out against it.».
Loshkariov, Ivan D.; Sushentsov, Andrey A. (2 January 2016). "Radicalization of Russians in Ukraine: from 'accidental' diaspora to rebel movement". Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (Informa UK Limited) 16 (1): 71–90. doi:10.1080/14683857.2016.1149349. ISSN1468-3857.
Sotsial'no-politicheskiye nastroyeniya zhiteley Kryma(орыс.). — «82% крымчан полностью поддерживают присоединение Крыма к России, 11% – скорее поддерживают, и 4% высказались против этого. Среди тех, кто не поддерживает присоединение Крыма к России, больше половины считают, что присоединение было не полностью законным и его нужно провести в соответствии с международным правом»
Checkpoints put at all entrances to Sevastopol, Kyiv Post (26 February 2014). «Checkpoints were put up at all entrances to Sevastopol last night and the borders to the city are guarded by groups of people, police units, and traffic police.».
Doorstep statement. — «NATO Allies have provided training to Ukrainian forces since 2014. In particular, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, have conducted significant training in Ukraine since the illegal annexation of Crimea, but also some EU NATO members have been part of these efforts.»
Poll: 82% of Crimeans support annexation (4 February 2015). «A total of 82% of the population of the Crimea fully support Russia's annexation of the peninsula, according to a poll carried out by the GfK Group research institute in Ukraine, Ukrainian online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda reported on Wednesday. Another 11% of respondents said that they rather support the annexation of Crimea, while 4% were against it.».
Loshkariov, Ivan D.; Sushentsov, Andrey A. (2 January 2016). "Radicalization of Russians in Ukraine: from 'accidental' diaspora to rebel movement". Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (Informa UK Limited) 16 (1): 71–90. doi:10.1080/14683857.2016.1149349. ISSN1468-3857.