 Harper also announced he would restart free-trade talks with Ukraine, a show of support for the country's new leadership.Ukrainian-Canadians make up roughly 3.3% of the population of Canada.Russia was quick to respond through Parliamentary channels as there could no longer be discussion through diplomats, and on 24 March, Alexander Romanovich, deputy chairman of the foreign affairs committee in the Duma, stated that "We will never give up Crimea.