Lots of bollox, but it doesn't matter. You didn't offer a single good reason why would Russians be worse informed than Ukrainians. "They trust their TV", is not a good reason. Group mentality, what Fisherking mentioned, applies just as equally to Ukrainians and most other nations in the world. That is somewhat understandable as we tend to notice the divisions and difference of opinion within our own nation, while we generally consider other nations as monolithic blocks. You mention how Russian like to have Tsar figure, who tells them what to do. Why, then, would Russians tend to topple so many of their governments, from the middle ages to this day? Number of rebellions and revolutions are certainly high, more than most nations in the world. As for how many people in Russia like and trust their president, a research conducted a month or two ago shows that more than half of Russians wouldn't like to see Putin as their president again.
Also, don't you think that their fear is at least partly justified, considering the amount of neo-nazi and far right groups were involved in the revolution? Svoboda party is a neo-nazi party in disguise. Founded in 1990's under the name of Social-National party of Ukraine, with this as their logo

whose leader doesn't shy away from this kind of gestures

whose leader thinks that Ukraine must be rid of the influence of "Jews from Moscow", whose members found "Joseph Goebbels Political Research Center", whose members call the Holocaust "a period of light in History".
Just a little justified, maybe, when 10-15 thousand of protesters in January were honouring Stepan Bandera, whom Tyahnybok glorifies because he fought ""Russians, Germans, Jewry and other crap"? A little more justified, perhaps, when taking into account Svoboda's party platform which contains a part in which only ethnic Ukrainians are allowed to hold civic jobs? How many important positions in Kiev Svoboda now holds?
That is without mentioning other smaller far right and neo nazi organizations involved.
My opinion, as someone whose been a part of something similar, here in my own country? You're gonna pay for that, just like we paid and are still paying because democratic opposition politicians employed thugs like that in 2000. It's gonna take a lot of time and effort to get rid of that vermin.
So, yes, the Russians in the Crimea brainwashed by Putin are the biggest problem.
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