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It is but maybe it’s not just tourism. Many russians invested good money in Crimea, bought propery there post 2014 and are going there to develop on their prope

It is but maybe it’s not just tourism. Many russians invested good money in Crimea, bought propery there post 2014 and are going there to develop on their properies.

_kbh_ 3y ago
Maybe they shouldn’t have invested money on land that was literally stolen from another country. Sucks to be them.
- euroderf 3y ago
  There's not-dissimilar cases moving thru American courts.
  - Giorgi 3y ago
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    - red-iron-pine 3y ago
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  - euroderf 3y ago
    Yes I refer of course to suits brought by Native American tribes.
- sacnoradhq 3y ago
  In high school many moons ago, I had a history/economics teacher who did a Master's thesis on the (original) Crimean War. He predicted in ~1995 that post-Soviet Russia would annex Crimea and it would lead to another regional war. Unfortunately, the Crimean War was the Russian Empire's Afghanistan/Vietnam War. One can only hope that history repeats itself because the only workable offramp is one were Russia concedes. That may take months to years to never.
- gdy 3y ago
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  - _kbh_ 3y ago
    > Yes, Crimea was stolen in 1954, but in 2014 it reunited with Russia. I see your back with your delusions. How exactly did the USSR which had control of Crimea exactly steal Crimea from itself, to give it to a part of itself?. Don't worry the terrorist occupiers in Crimea will be removed soon enough.
    - gdy 3y ago
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      - _kbh_ 3y ago
        > It was stolen from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and 'gifted' to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic by a man [0] who used to the head of Ukrainian Communist party before becoming the leader of the USSR. So what you're saying it was transferred from one state to another by the head of that state, under the laws and rules of the state at the time?. Nothing was stolen, you're just mad of Russias past actions. "stolen from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic" That's quite a frivolous use of the word 'stolen' devoiding it of any meaning besides 'bad!!!!!!!!1'.
        gdy 3y ago
        You are confusing the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
        chrysler 3y ago
        In a totalitarian one-party state without a separation of powers, that's a distinction without a difference.
- overforukies 3y ago
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Giorgi 3y ago
that's even funnier.
- dang 3y ago
  Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
  - Giorgi 3y ago
    How is that unsubstantive? I am assuming you are Russian invasion sympathizer?
    - dang 3y ago
      It's unsubstantive because it's snarky, uncurious, and adds no interesting information. Commenters frequently react to the mods as if they're opposing-side-sympathizers, but in reality, we're just reacting to your breaking the rules. We'd react the same way if you held the opposite opinions, and often do.
      - Giorgi 3y ago
        I agree, it adds no interesting information, however the fact that you only commented on anti-Russian comment makes it super obvious you are not commenting on it in a good faith.
        dang 3y ago
        If look more closely, you'll see that that's quite untrue.
rsynnott 3y ago
I mean, I don’t doubt some did, but it’s hard to imagine many being stupid enough to do this. The Russian equiv of r/wallstreetbets, perhaps. Mind you, even if one is trying to be a war profiteer, perhaps best not to go into a war zone just for money, either.
- lacrimacida 3y ago
  Oh yeah, I don’t doubt it’s profit driven. Sure it’s stupid but greed has a mind of its own

It is but maybe it’s not just tourism. Many russians invested good money in Crimea, bought propery there post 2014 and are going there to develop on their properies.

_kbh_ 3y ago

Maybe they shouldn’t have invested money on land that was literally stolen from another country. Sucks to be them.

euroderf 3y ago
There's not-dissimilar cases moving thru American courts.
- Giorgi 3y ago
  [flagged]
  - red-iron-pine 3y ago
    [flagged]
- euroderf 3y ago
  Yes I refer of course to suits brought by Native American tribes.
sacnoradhq 3y ago
In high school many moons ago, I had a history/economics teacher who did a Master's thesis on the (original) Crimean War. He predicted in ~1995 that post-Soviet Russia would annex Crimea and it would lead to another regional war. Unfortunately, the Crimean War was the Russian Empire's Afghanistan/Vietnam War. One can only hope that history repeats itself because the only workable offramp is one were Russia concedes. That may take months to years to never.
gdy 3y ago
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- _kbh_ 3y ago
  > Yes, Crimea was stolen in 1954, but in 2014 it reunited with Russia. I see your back with your delusions. How exactly did the USSR which had control of Crimea exactly steal Crimea from itself, to give it to a part of itself?. Don't worry the terrorist occupiers in Crimea will be removed soon enough.
  - gdy 3y ago
    [flagged]
    - _kbh_ 3y ago
      > It was stolen from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and 'gifted' to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic by a man [0] who used to the head of Ukrainian Communist party before becoming the leader of the USSR. So what you're saying it was transferred from one state to another by the head of that state, under the laws and rules of the state at the time?. Nothing was stolen, you're just mad of Russias past actions. "stolen from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic" That's quite a frivolous use of the word 'stolen' devoiding it of any meaning besides 'bad!!!!!!!!1'.
      - gdy 3y ago
        You are confusing the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
        chrysler 3y ago
        In a totalitarian one-party state without a separation of powers, that's a distinction without a difference.
overforukies 3y ago
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Giorgi 3y ago

that's even funnier.

dang 3y ago
Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
- Giorgi 3y ago
  How is that unsubstantive? I am assuming you are Russian invasion sympathizer?
  - dang 3y ago
    It's unsubstantive because it's snarky, uncurious, and adds no interesting information. Commenters frequently react to the mods as if they're opposing-side-sympathizers, but in reality, we're just reacting to your breaking the rules. We'd react the same way if you held the opposite opinions, and often do.
    - Giorgi 3y ago
      I agree, it adds no interesting information, however the fact that you only commented on anti-Russian comment makes it super obvious you are not commenting on it in a good faith.
      - dang 3y ago
        If look more closely, you'll see that that's quite untrue.

rsynnott 3y ago

I mean, I don’t doubt some did, but it’s hard to imagine many being stupid enough to do this. The Russian equiv of r/wallstreetbets, perhaps. Mind you, even if one is trying to be a war profiteer, perhaps best not to go into a war zone just for money, either.

lacrimacida 3y ago
Oh yeah, I don’t doubt it’s profit driven. Sure it’s stupid but greed has a mind of its own