[alexander_busek]

so give us a history lesson about Ukraine and Crimea.

In 1991, the Russian Federation recognized Ukraine's borders - including the Crimea belonging to Ukraine.

This was agreed upon in several international treaties to which Ukraine and Russia were signatories.

Then, in a Nacht-und-Nebel-Aktion, Russia seized the Crimea in 2014.

That's all anyone needs to know.

Regards,

[Verginius Rufus]

At the time of the breakup of the USSR, 54% of the voters in Crimea supported Ukraine's independence. As of 2001, Russians were 58% of the population in Crimea. A Gallup poll in 2013 had only 23% of respondents in Crimea in favor of becoming part of Russia.

Source: Serhy Yekelchyk, Ukraine: What Everyone Need to Know (2nd ed., 2020). He is a professor at the University of Victoria in Canada.

[Mariner]

Name one of those international treaties.