Rutgers University and Alexander Motyl

Alexander Motyl: Nadiya Fedoriv is an ethnic Ukrainian from Crimea and a temporary resident in Canada. She sees the referendum as a way to legitimize a Russian take-over. , according to CBC. The U of M event featured a talk by Alexander Motyl, a professor of political science at Rutgers University in the U.S. whose own family roots are Ukrainian. He said people watching what is happening overseas are frightened. Winnipeggers with ties to Ukraine, and Ukrainians living here, are worried about a referendum that could decide the fate of their homeland. Crimean referendum highlights region's fractured identity "I don't agree with what is happening," she said at a lecture at the University of Manitoba on Ukraine. "This is something I would put as an audacious take-over, because this is illegal. And I am not ready to give away the land I associate as my home." Ukraine crisis: Russia seizes town outside Crimea border (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.