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Question to any geopolitical buffs. The one thing I learned about Russian history is that a great deal of its history was spent trying and never succeeding to g
by oneoff786 5y ago
Question to any geopolitical buffs. The one thing I learned about Russian history is that a great deal of its history was spent trying and never succeeding to get a warm water port in that area. Is that still a big deal?
- thejackgoode 5y agoNot sure what you mean by "never succeeding". I come from on of ports cities and shipyards built by Russian Empire in the south of present day Ukraine in the end of 18th century as a result of winning a war against Ottoman Empire. What they want now exactly is a different question, the answer most likely being in one man's head only. A revenge for loss in the Cold War, reclaiming the civilisational roots of "pan-slavic" territories, getting water back to Crimea, or any of the other hundreds of possible explanations. edit: not "Crimean war", but Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
- sofixa 5y agoWarm water ports in the Black sea are severely restricted ( in military use) by the Montreux convention regulating the use of the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits.
- etrevino 5y agoThey have warm water ports, but they don't have warm water ports with unfettered access to the ocean (because Constantinople blocked them). That's not what they're after here, though, because even after the breakup of the Soviet Union they held onto some ports on the Black Sea.