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Russia election: Putin hails illegal annexation of Crimea after claiming election win
BBC ^ | March 18, 2024

Posted on 03/19/2024 5:07:20 AM PDT by McGruff

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has hailed the "return" of Crimea to Russia at a concert marking the 10th anniversary of the illegal annexation of the territory from Ukraine.

He said Crimea had "returned to its home harbour" and that it would move forwards with Russia "hand in hand".

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On Monday, Mr Putin said the "return" of those four Ukrainian regions to Russia had turned out to be "much more grave and tragic" than Crimea.

"But in the end we did it. It is a big event in the history of our country," he said, describing the occupied territories as part of "New Russia".

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia; Ukraine; War
KEYWORDS: 109thweek; 150000deadrussians; depopulationproject; failedinvasion; hunkamaximus

1 posted on 03/19/2024 5:07:20 AM PDT by McGruff
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2 posted on 03/19/2024 5:09:32 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: McGruff

I don’t see much difference between this and Biden declaring federal lands and Gulf waters off limits to drilling after claiming an election win.

EC


3 posted on 03/19/2024 5:13:44 AM PDT by Ex-Con777
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To: McGruff

The “logic” of a lunatic.


4 posted on 03/19/2024 5:59:27 AM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: McGruff

“...after claiming election win”

Yep, Putin’s win has been THOROUGHLY DEBUNKED, as election ‘results’ showed him with 87% of the vote, yet Western pre-election polling had him in the low 80s. Therefore he would have otherwise lost, had he not CHEATED.


5 posted on 03/19/2024 6:27:04 AM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone)
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To: McGruff

How soon until Putin declares the next mass-mobilization?

Days? Hours?

The Great Russian De-Population Project continues ...


6 posted on 03/19/2024 6:40:16 AM PDT by canuck_conservative (NATO - now celebrating 75 successful years of keeping the Russian monsters out!!)
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To: McGruff
The annexation of Crimea was far, far more legitimate than than illegal coup in 2014 that we fomented in Ukraine in 2014 that set the present war off.

The hypocrisy of that claim in mind boggling.

7 posted on 03/19/2024 6:40:28 AM PDT by Kazan
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“Illegal” is in the eyes of the jurisdiction.


8 posted on 03/19/2024 7:31:55 AM PDT by BipolarBob (If you bring up my past, you should know that Jesus dropped all of the charges.)
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To: McGruff
If the BBC scolds have a problem with the "illegal" annexation, why don't they send some cops to arrest The Putin and the Russian army?

Or if they can't do that, why don't they resume dropping off their daughters and granddaughters to the Asian grooming gangs in The City?

9 posted on 03/19/2024 9:28:33 AM PDT by kiryandil (what Odessa doink?)
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