Just because someone is Russian doesn’t mean they would like to live in Russia.

I’m Russian, born there, grew up there. I haven’t been in Russia since 2012. And I’d rather be dead than visit Russia ever again.

Speaking of Crimea, pre-war opinion polls are available. One of them tells us only 38% of Crimea residents wanted to join Russia: http://www.km.ru/world/2012/09/14/polozhenie-russkoyazychnog...