Crimea has been part of Russia for over 200 years and was partially given away in 1954, it’s still Russian.
Alaska was purchased for an agreed upon price and paid for.
Actually, the Tatars were there before the Russkies starting shipping people in. And there are also lots of Ukrainians still in Crimea. Furthermore, the “Russian Unity” party only had 3 of its members in the Crimean parliament, and their “Prime Minister” only became a Prime Minister when he was escorted into parliament surrounded by people armed with machine guns and grenade launchers and declared a quorum.
Under these situations, with an occupying army, it’s BS to claim that Crimea is “willingly” wanting to do this or that.
People forget this fact.
I was actually surprised when I found out Sevastapol WASN'T Russian. Guess I play too much Diplomacy.
Putin logic is similar to the Texan logic. When Santa Anna overthrew the Mexican gov and made himself dictator, the Texans refused to recognize the illegitimate gov and declared independence. When the Ukrainians overthrew an elected gov in Kiev via mob rioting, the Russians in Crimea simply declared the new gov in Kiev illegitimate and will declare independence and eventually join Russia. If it is okay for TX to separate from Mexico and later join the US due to a military coup against an elected gov in Mexico City, now we are against the Russians in Crimea for using a similar logic to leave Ukraine?!!!
just what did Russia sell ?