"We have an agreement with Ukraine on the presence of the Russian Black Sea fleet with a base in Sevastopol, and we are acting within the framework of that agreement."
-Ambassador Vitaly Churkin at televised UN press conference 3/1/2014
Seems like a straight forward and easily understood position.
-btw legal agreements are looked at in their entirety , not just the sections some Chicago Law blogger deems relevent.
So, the Russians annexed the base in Sevastopol, and not the rest of Crimea. Jeepers, you guys just never give up.
Mac...it’s pretty fruitless to present facts to some here.....or even anything which doesn’t agree with their choice to take sides on this event in Ukraine. If you raise any issue of difference you’ll be continually targeted as favoring Russia and that’s just how blind people see....
It’s never been about which side...it’s all about Geo-political moves being made throughout the globe..Ukraine is just one of many.