@shuveee wrote:
Even if the majority of Crimeans did favor rejoining Russia, you don't go about reunification by invading and occupying part of a sovereign nation's territory, lying through your teeth about having done so, holding a referendum at the point of a gun, then realistically expect the international community to recognize it as legitimate. Unless of course you're KGB Vladimir, the great shirtless megolomaniac.
The thing is that Crimea was never part of Ukraine until 1950s when it was put under Ukrainian jurisdiction, because that was the logical thing to do, as both territories were part of the USSR, and the only land connection Crimea has is to Ukraine. It made it easier to administer and provide services. But, about 90% of people living in Crimea are Russians, the remaining 10% includes number of minorities including Ukrainians. Nobody held gun to the vast majority of Russians' heads for the referendum. However, the Russians always had some advantage over the other nationalities of the USSR. When Ukraine and other states became independent they turned it around, and I would not like to be Russian living there, they are mostly having hard time, and would dearly love to be living in Russia.
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Voltaire: “Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities, Can Make You Commit Atrocities” .
