Red6:
"They’re in Russia now.
You just don’t understand that concept yet." They're in territories that Russians themselves officially recognized as Ukraine, many times, including:
- 1954 Soviet transfer of Crimea to Ukraine
- 1991 Belovezha Accords
- 1994 Budapest Memorandum
- 1997 Russia-Ukraine Friendship Treaty
- 2003 Russia Ukraine border treaty
As of 2015,
Russia’s illegal annexations were recognized by virtually no other countries.
Shades of green-turquois -- opposed Russia annexing Crimea.
Shades of purple-orange -- supported Russia annexing Crimea.
The above map is based on international reaction to the 2014 Crimean crisis according to official governmental statements.[note 6]
- Darker Green: Condemnation of Russian actions as a military intervention or invasion (i.e., NATO countries)
- Dark Green: Condemnation of Russian actions (i.e., countries in central Africa, America and Chili in S America)
- Turquois: Support for Ukrainian territorial integrity (i.e., China, Argentina, Mexico)
- Yellow: Neutral-ish statements only voicing concern or hope for peaceful resolution to the conflict (i.e., Brazil, South Africa)
- Orange: Recognition of Russian interests (i.e., India, Afghanistan)
- Pink: Support for Russian actions and/or condemnation of the Ukrainian interim government (i.e., Syria, Venezuela, Cuba)
- Blue: Ukraine
- Brown: Russia
- Gray: No official statements / No data available (i.e., Mongolia, Egypt)
As shown on the map below, today seven (7) countries officially recognize (brown), plus 18 more De Facto (orange) recognize Crimea as annexed by Russia, making 25 of the world's 195 countries.:
Countries that have officially recognized Crimea as Russian
- Russia
- Syria
- Afghanistan
- Cuba
- Venezuela
- North Korea
- Sudan
Countries with De Facto Recognition of Russia's annexation of Crimea:
- China
- India
- South Africa
- Iran
- Serbia
- Kazakhstan
- Armenia
- Belarus (Lukashenka recognized Crimea on 30.11.2021)
- Uzbekistan
- Angola
- Bolivia
- Cambodia
- Burundi
- Comoros
- Nicaragua
- Sudan
- Zimbabwe
- Eritrea
Also, it's been reported that on Tatooine, the cities of Mos Espa & Mos Pelgo, Tuskan Village, the Huts and denizens of the Mos Eisley cantina (described as a "wretched hive of scum and villainy") -- they all recognize Dark Vlader, the Emperor's, annexation of Crimea.
😂 No countries that I can find (not even on Tatooine 😁 ) recognize Dark Vlader's 2022 annexation of Donetsk and Luhansk.