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Recent Ukrainian troubles were mostly caused by, oh I dunno, a foreign army invading? > marked in both German and Italian. both

• scott_karana 11y ago
  > Recent Ukrainian troubles were mostly caused by, oh I dunno, a foreign army invading? It's not as simple as "they just now got attacked and now their signs have all been changed". Crimea and its people have had linguistic/social/cultural/economic ties to Russia/USSR for a lot longer than merely the recent conflict....
  • jevgeni 11y ago
    Well, China has very old ties with Outer Manchuria (also known as Priamursk is Russia [1]), so would it be OK for China to invade? There is a lot of shared history around the world, like Alsace-Lorraine, for example. Strangely enough Germany doesn't invade France for some reason... [1] - https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-Russia-Soviet-Union-invaded-1-500-000-square-kilometers-of-Chinas-territory-and-is-never-going-to-return-it https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-Russia-Soviet-Union-in...
    • scott_karana 11y ago
      Eh? I'm not saying it's okay for Russia to invade. Quite the reverse. I'm saying that the mere presence of Russian language signs in Crimea doesn't mean it was caused by the recent events. Your example shows the exact same property. :-)
      • jevgeni 11y ago
        Oh, I understand. Good point, actually. :)