Putin Signs Decree Recognizing Crimea As Independent And Sovereign State

Itar-Tass ^ | 03/18/2014 | Itar-Tass

[goldstategop]

MOSCOW, March 17, /ITAR-TASS/. President Vladimir Putin on Monday, March 17, signed a degree recognising the Republic of Crimea as a sovereign and independent state.

“1. Considering the will of the peoples of Crimea expressed at the all-Crimea referendum on March 16, 2014, I hereby decree that the Republic of Crimea, where the City Of Sevastopol has a special status, be recognised as a sovereign and independent state,” the decree said.

The decree entered into force upon signature, the presidential press service said.

[dfwgator]

So the Soviet Union ran Konigsberg into the ground.

You mean "Królewiec".

[Gene Eric]

States’ Rights!

[Marguerite]

"" Kaliningrad is the dung hole backwater of European Russia." So the Soviet Union ran Konigsberg into the ground."

Kaliningrad today:

Kalinigrad by night

Kaliningrad - Christ the Saviour Cathedral

[1rudeboy]

I’ve been there. It’s a dunghole, with the highest rate of syphillis in Europe, I believe.

[Rebelbase]

Zero engaged in clenched fist, foot stomping tantrum.

[Rebelbase]

For comparision:

[goldstategop]

Its population before World War II was German. After World War II, Stalin settled it with Slavs to ensure it would always remain in Soviet hands. During the Soviet time, Kaliningrad was a closed city to foreigners due to being the location of the Soviet Baltic Fleet and Soviet Air Force. After the fall of the Soviet Union, it became an exclave of the Russian Federation. Nowadays, it welcomes tourists. Its surrounded on all sides by EU and NATO states. Its only links to mainland Russia are via the sea and by air.

[Marguerite]

"(Kaliningrad) It’s a dunghole"

Ooops, that's not Kaliningrad, but Detroit

[Marguerite]

A girly man with a girly dog :)

[Marguerite]

“Its only links to mainland Russia are via the sea and by air.”

Kinda Puerto Rico, Alaska and Hawaii links to the US.

[Rebelbase]

2nd thought, maybe Zero is priming the pump for his indignation and defiance when Texas pulls the trigger and succeeds.

[BurningOak]

The West needs a real reply to this before he takes Poland.

[newnhdad]

Since the IRS and the EPA can’t hurt Putin or the Russians, Obama’s got nothing.

[Carry_Okie]

He's playing the "self-determination" card against the US.

Very clever.

[Marguerite]

Putin has not the tiniest intention of “taking” Poland.

Can’t we limit ourselves to real, instead of fiction politics?

If you have ANY factual proof that Putin wants “to take Poland”, post it!

[dfwgator]

Even if Putin wanted to......Poland will kick his ass....and enjoy it.

[palmer]

Last I checked, the EPA was helping Russia by destroying our energy businesses.

[Marguerite]

Like between 1795 and 1918, when there was no more a country named “Poland”?

[dfwgator]

Things have changed.

[dfwgator]

Like between 1795 and 1918

More like 1920.