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> You also have to remember that the justification for the Russian invasion of Crimea was to protect the minority Russian population living in Crimea. The only
by bvrmn 5y ago
> You also have to remember that the justification for the Russian invasion of Crimea was to protect the minority Russian population living in Crimea.
The only justification was to get votes in future president elections. We call this phenomenon "Crimea consensus".
Current Crimea population have no access to online financial instruments (including totally Russian banking systems) and this summer was a huge crisis with drinkable water. Russian government did nothing.
You known nothing Ransom Stark.
- RansomStark 5y ago> The only justification was to get votes in future president elections. That is not a justification. It might have been the reason for the expansion, but it wasn't the justification. You might have some better Russian sources but here is an annotated speech by Putin on the subject of Crimea [0]. [0] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26652058 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26652058
- gdy 5y ago"this summer was a huge crisis with drinkable water" Why didn't you say that the crisis was created by spiteful Ukraine resenting that Crimean people are mostly pro-Russian? Has Ukraine recognized that Crimeans are Russian citizens or is it punishing people that it still considers Ukrainian citizens? "Russian government did nothing." [Citation needed]