1. Someone posted that they were Russian weapons that stayed in Ukraine upon its independence.
2. Did Russia “steal” the majority of Ukrainian military that chose to stay in the Ukraine, too?
So when does Chechnya get self determination? When will Konigsberg be returned to Germany?
Piracy is a clear issue under international law. Russia has pirated Ukrainian ships. No amount of Russian squat toilet licking propaganda changes that.
You're using CHECHNYA as an example?? The bombing of the Boston marathon could've been prevented last year if the US had heeded Russia's warnings about those darn terrorist bombers.
~So when does Chechnya get self determination? When will Konigsberg be returned to Germany?~
Konigsberg now is basically a navy base, a tiny commercial port, and a couple auto plants (BMW and GM Chevrolet). It’s population are sailors, dockers, prostitutes and auto workers.
Chechnya was an independent state after Boris Yeltsin allowed it to separate. They had a President, and some sort of a government. However the government quickly unraveled; the country became a large safe house for criminals. One day a large, organized Chechen army crossed the border and invaded Dagestan (a province of Russia.) The rest is history. Today Chechnya, as part of Russia, has a stable government. It may become independent again, at some future time, on condition that it behaves as it is proper for a country. But this is not going to happen tomorrow because Russia invests a lot of money into Chechnya; independence is simply not profitable today.
When will Konigsberg be returned to Germany?
As soon as Germany brings back to life everyone who they killed in the World War II? Actions have consequences; otherwise the next generation would be eager to repeat mistakes of the previous one. Note also that the South of East Prussia went to Poland, and is now a part of Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship. I am unsure how receptive Poland would be to the idea of returning that land to Germany (consider the linked map.)
