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Don't know if you can call them colonies. They have a long and storied history both good and bad. I'll never forget this woman I saw in Novosibirsk at a market. Long black hair, almond shaped eyes, high cheek bones. She was definitely Asian but to add to that list is the deep blue eyes of a Nordic person and the build of a European. it's obvious to me that they are also family. I see examples of this all over including my ex wife who is Balorussian. She has some Asiatic features.
I think Russias relationship with other Asian countries is much more than colonial now.
I think, Russia did not have colonies. I can not remember examples. Residents of a joined territories always receive full rights, as rights of rest of the Russians.
The article should be renamed US bases. By adding the near Russia clause it just becomes laughable.
Only Kazakhstan really fits into this description as it actually borders Russia. A case could be made about Japan but even that's pushing it.
Seriously? If there were anything remotely similar to that from the Russian side, surrounding the US (remember the Cuban missile crisis?), the US would flip out. Although the base in Kazakhstan is mainly for the purpose of supporting "the fight against terrorism" in the region, but obviously, there could be a dual purpose.
What's so surprising about Mongolia? It's completely surrounded by Russia and China, how are American troops and military equipment supposed to get there?
How are they supposed to get to Kazakhstan? They manage. There are flying machines these days, you know. They can carry a lot of cargo.
Mongolia is doing a lot of business with China, with coal mine development. That isn't compatible with the hosting of US bases there.
Seriously? If there were anything remotely similar to that from the Russian side, surrounding the US (remember the Cuban missile crisis?), the US would flip out. Although the base in Kazakhstan is mainly for the purpose of supporting "the fight against terrorism" in the region, but obviously, there could be a dual purpose.
Seriously? If there were anything remotely similar to that from the Russian side, surrounding the US (remember the Cuban missile crisis?), the US would flip out. Although the base in Kazakhstan is mainly for the purpose of supporting "the fight against terrorism" in the region, but obviously, there could be a dual purpose.
The only reason the US would flip out is because there would be no reason for Russian troops to be over here. There aren't nations near the US creating terrorists. It would also be strange since there are no countries asking for Russian help except dictatorships like Cuba and Venezuela. Only dictators ask Russia for help. Democracies are not seeking the help from a gangster state like Russia.
How are they supposed to get to Kazakhstan? They manage. There are flying machines these days, you know. They can carry a lot of cargo.
Mongolia is doing a lot of business with China, with coal mine development. That isn't compatible with the hosting of US bases there.
because they probably don't fly through Russian or Chinese airspace, but though the stan countries, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan.
Seriously? If there were anything remotely similar to that from the Russian side, surrounding the US (remember the Cuban missile crisis?), the US would flip out. Although the base in Kazakhstan is mainly for the purpose of supporting "the fight against terrorism" in the region, but obviously, there could be a dual purpose.
Even if that were true, it doesn't make Russia's position any more valid. Russia has complained a number of times over the presence of US destroyers in the Black Sea, yet at the same time it has carried air sorties in close proximity to Alaska and California. The US took note of the incidents, but never formally complained as those are international waters. Russia has every right to fly there, just as the US has the right to patrol the Black Sea as long as neither country gets to within less than 12 nautical miles (22.2km or 13.8 miles) of any country's border, which defines the territorial waters a country has access to.
The Cuban missile crisis was a response to the presence of rockets in Turkey at a time when the threat of nuclear war was real.
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How are they supposed to get to Kazakhstan? They manage. There are flying machines these days, you know. They can carry a lot of cargo.
Mongolia is doing a lot of business with China, with coal mine development. That isn't compatible with the hosting of US bases there.
Kazakhstan borders a number of countries with which the US has a treaty. Mongolia is entirely landlocked by Russia and China. The US can't just fly over their airspace because it will trigger sirens if an unauthorized vehicle were to enter those territories.
The only reason the US would flip out is because there would be no reason for Russian troops to be over here. There aren't nations near the US creating terrorists. It would also be strange since there are no countries asking for Russian help except dictatorships like Cuba and Venezuela. Only dictators ask Russia for help. Democracies are not seeking the help from a gangster state like Russia.
The Cuban missile crisis was a response to the presence of rockets in Turkey at a time when the threat of nuclear war was real.
Russian missiles are no longer in the Cube. And what about NATO missiles?
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