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You missed cause and consequence. Unprovoked expansion of NATO happened first. After years of warnings. Ukraine was in the line. That non-democratic coup was a
by c-smile 8y ago
You missed cause and consequence. Unprovoked expansion of NATO happened first. After years of warnings. Ukraine was in the line. That non-democratic coup was a step to NATO and inspired/supported by NATO members.
And after that Crimean people expressed that they don't like that by voting out of it.
- codedokode 8y agoSo you are saying it is Ukraine's fault that NATO was expanding and it deserved a punishment? I cannot follow your logic. Regarding referendum, it's results (95-96% vote for independence) are obviously falsified. There is nothing new: in 1938 Hitler also got 98-99% votes in occupied Austria [1]. Those 95% in Crimea as real as Hitler's. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_Anschluss_referendum,_1938 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_Anschluss_referendum,...
- jazzyk 8y agoGermany/Austria in 1939 is a completely different case. Let's take a look at the ethnic groups in Crimea - 2014 census: Russians - 65% Ukrainians - 15% Crimean Tatars - 11% Please note that, of the 15% of Ukrainians living there, most (60%) speak Russian as their first language. We may argue if the 97% referendum result was rigged or not - we may never know. But based on the above numbers I think that the people in Crimea really prefer to be part of Russia - because they are Russian! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Crimea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Crimea