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The Crimean peninsula specifically provides direct access to the Black Sea, and in turn humongous economic and military access to southeastern Europe and Turkey
by pharrington 8y ago
The Crimean peninsula specifically provides direct access to the Black Sea, and in turn humongous economic and military access to southeastern Europe and Turkey.
- dogma1138 8y agoRussia has direct access to the Black Sea regardless, Crimea provides them an existing port they don’t want to give up.
- nyolfen 8y agoit's also ~90% ethnically russian iirc, and russia fought a very costly war with a lot of nationalist sentiment attached to it to gain control of crimea in the 19th century. these aren't realist school-type rationalizations but they are important context.