Since 1945… up to 2004 (according to the sources)

Btw that number is really close to the actual one, for real

Yes they are indeed free to go to any country, contrary to the people on Ukrainian territory who are not allowed to leave the country.

The DPR and LPR do not want to be part of a country that bombed them in 2014 after the coup and again in 2022. They declared independence for a reason

This is not a temporary occupation. People in Mariupol are Russian and want to be. Things are better than during the independence, and way better than when the DPR was part of Ukraine