However, separatist pressures, while diminished, continue to exist in Crimea. Given Crimea's historic ties to Russia and its majority ethnic Russian population, many Ukrainian officials fear that Russia could try to foment separatist movements in Crimea as a means of putting pressure on Ukraine to curb its ties to the West.
但是，克里米亚的分裂活动尽管势头减弱了，其一直还存在。考虑到克里米亚和俄罗斯历史上的渊源以及占了大多数人口的饿裔少数民族，很多乌克兰官员害怕俄罗斯会通过煽动克里米亚的分裂活动给乌克兰施压，使其不至于和西方走得太近。