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Someone on this thread pointed out there's a great devide between peoples rights and governments rights. In 1776 a group of rebels started a revolution in the New World. America was born.
I just don't see how one can be right and the other wrong.
A group of people in the Donbas rebeled and desire independence. Why not?
Someone on this thread pointed out there's a great devide between peoples rights and governments rights. In 1776 a group of rebels started a revolution in the New World. America was born.
I just don't see how one can be right and the other wrong.
A group of people in the Donbas rebeled and desire independence. Why not?
Simple.
Really? Simple? If Russia foments separatist sentiments in Trans-Dnistria (Moldova), then those people should just split off, giving Russia more territory? Really? If it's so simple, why doesn't Russia let Yakutia go? The Yakut government came within one vote of choosing independence in 1990, but decided instead to work on their economic development first, as a precursor to independence. Do you think Russia's going to let them go? Of course not. Moscow already took steps to make sure that doesn't happen, in the late 1990's. And let's not forget Chechnya. Desire independence gets you nothing, unless it works in Moscow's favor.
If it's so simple, why doesn't Russia let Yakutia go? The Yakut government came within one vote of choosing independence in 1990, but decided instead to work on their economic development first, as a precursor to independence.
You should not change the meaning of "the parade of sovereignties". Yakuts and other republics did not want to leave the Russian Federation (RSFSR at that moment).
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And let's not forget Chechnya. Desire independence gets you nothing, unless it works in Moscow's favor.
You simplify the desire for independence in Chechnya. Russia fought against radical military terrorist groups. This war continues in the Caucasus. Caucasus is a very complex region.
Americans and their stooges in Kiev were baking that coup d'etat with such joy and in such a hurry, that few inconvenient but important details slept away from their memory, apparently. Such as Kosovo.
Do they think that someone like Putin have forgotten all about it, and wouldn't put this card on the table?
Rightfully so.
So it's not even about the "soft power" of Russians, it's something much more obvious.
Except that Ukraine wasn't the one in favor of Kosovo's secession, so pinning it on them doesn't make much sense.
Americans and their stooges in Kiev were baking that coup d'etat with such joy and in such a hurry, that few inconvenient but important details slept away from their memory, apparently. Such as Kosovo.
Do they think that someone like Putin have forgotten all about it, and wouldn't put this card on the table?
Rightfully so.
So it's not even about the "soft power" of Russians, it's something much more obvious.
Does this mean that Russia is to recognize Kosovo?
Stop using the Kosovo example as a pretext to carry out your own expansion, If you want people to recognize Crimea as Russian territory, then you should have held an actual referendum.
You should not change the meaning of "the parade of sovereignties". Yakuts and other republics did not want to leave the Russian Federation (RSFSR at that moment).
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Actually, Yakutia did. As I said, their parliament came on vote short of passing a motion to declare independence.
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