4 ms·

The specifics of the plot aren't realistic, Russia invading a neighbor with the idea of stealing land and resources while brutally oppressing its people has gre

• gdy 8y ago
  "The specifics of the plot aren't realistic, Russia invading a neighbor with the idea of stealing land and resources while brutally oppressing its people has great precedent." Thank you for multiple examples of russophobia you have provided in your comments. What precedent are you talking about? In the recent history the only territory that joined Russia is Crimea which historically has been Russian for over 200 years and was assigned to be a part of Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic during Soviet time when all republics were parts of the same country and it didn't matter much. After an illegal coup in the Ukraine 'midwifed' by the US it was a strategical imperative to take the peninsula back and nobody is brutally oppressed, in fact, according to Gallup's poll almost everyone in Crime approve reunification with Russia [0]. If anything, the Crimea was stolen by the Ukraine during the dissolution of the Soviet Union and was finally returned to the country it was a part of for centuries. As for Russia-Norway relations, Russia has given Norway a part of the Barents Sea in order to settle 40 years old territorial dispute [1] which makes your claims even more absurd. [0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2015/03/20/one-year-after-russia-annexed-crimea-locals-prefer-moscow-to-kiev/#4b23135f510d https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2015/03/20/one-year-a... [1] http://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2010/09/16/norway-and-russia-sign-treaty-to-end-boundary-dispute-in-barents-sea/ http://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2010/09/16/norway-and...