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originally posted by: Velatropa24
originally posted by: Xcathdra
originally posted by: Velatropa24
Explain to me, sinse when was Crimea a country, son?
Sometime around the 8th century, BCE. Then the invasions and occupations began. Interestingly the Russians had nothing to do with Crimea until 1783. It was an autonomous republic under the USSR, downgraded during WWII to an oblast and then given to Ukraine in 1954.
originally posted by: Velatropa24
I am still waiting for Kosovo to be handed back. Some how don't see that happening.
Why would it be given back. it would undermine the Brussels agreement of 2013 signed by Kosovo and Serbia.
originally posted by: Velatropa24
And do you really want to start talking about invading countries, being from US? The double standards never cease to amaze me.
Sure - the US didnt invade Ukraine and illegally seize / occupy Crimea.
...and Russia didn't invade Iraq, Lybia, and countless others of recent times. Your point being?
originally posted by: Xcathdra
originally posted by: Velatropa24
originally posted by: Xcathdra
originally posted by: Velatropa24
Explain to me, sinse when was Crimea a country, son?
Sometime around the 8th century, BCE. Then the invasions and occupations began. Interestingly the Russians had nothing to do with Crimea until 1783. It was an autonomous republic under the USSR, downgraded during WWII to an oblast and then given to Ukraine in 1954.
originally posted by: Velatropa24
I am still waiting for Kosovo to be handed back. Some how don't see that happening.
Why would it be given back. it would undermine the Brussels agreement of 2013 signed by Kosovo and Serbia.
originally posted by: Velatropa24
And do you really want to start talking about invading countries, being from US? The double standards never cease to amaze me.
Sure - the US didnt invade Ukraine and illegally seize / occupy Crimea.
...and Russia didn't invade Iraq, Lybia, and countless others of recent times. Your point being?
We left and didnt annex anything.
Russia on the other hand...
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: markosity1973
The most solid evidence I have heard of was the Russians approaching Trump's son and offering dirt on Hilary.
Why are ignoring the US intel community's conclusion?
Russia again is just the boogeyman and an unwitting pawn in a power struggle.
Unwitting? LOL
The agencies said Putin and the Russian government had a "clear preference" for Trump to win the White House. Putin's associates hacked information, paid social media "trolls" and backed efforts by Russian government agencies and state-funded media to sway public opinion, the agencies said.
The report stopped short of assessing whether Russia succeeded in swaying the election result.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Velatropa24
Except Crimea doesnt belong to Russia, it belongs to Ukraine. Throwing a temper tantrum, invading ukraine and illegally occupying Crimea doesnt change that fact.
Sanctions wont go away until russia leaves.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Velatropa24
Except Crimea doesnt belong to Russia, it belongs to Ukraine. Throwing a temper tantrum, invading ukraine and illegally occupying Crimea doesnt change that fact.
Sanctions wont go away until russia leaves.
An autonomous republic is a type of administrative division similar to a province or state. A significant number of autonomous republics can be found within the successor states of the Soviet Union, but the majority are located within Russia. Many of these republics were established during the Soviet period as Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics, or ASSRs.
In February 2015, a poll by German polling firm GfK revealed that attitudes have not changed. When asked “Do you endorse Russia’s annexation of Crimea?”, a total of 82% of the respondents answered “yes, definitely,” and another 11% answered “yes, for the most part.” Only 2% said they didn't know, and another 2% said no. Three percent did not specify their position.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Velatropa24
and like I said russia will remain under sanctions until they withdraw from Ukrainian territory, including Crimea.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Velatropa24
Denial didnt save the soviet union and wont save putins russia.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: markosity1973
Personally I think the US should end all aid we currently provide to Russia and China.
it seems russia got caught
where Europe has some economic interests.
With europe the almighty euro is more important.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Velatropa24
Denial didnt save the soviet union and wont save putins russia.
originally posted by: Velatropa24
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Velatropa24
Denial didnt save the soviet union and wont save putins russia.
So you are emplying that US sanctions are going to destroy Putin's Russia? Lol thanks for the laugh.
originally posted by: markosity1973
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Velatropa24
Denial didnt save the soviet union and wont save putins russia.
And it sure as heck will not save the USA from collapsing in a screaming heap. Your nation is in big trouble. Trump is trying to fix it. And I actually respect him for that. I think he is a man of interesting ideas, but terrible execution.
However, he is being fought so hard, from so many sides that all that is happening is chaos. Like mega chaos.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
originally posted by: Velatropa24
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: Velatropa24
Denial didnt save the soviet union and wont save putins russia.
So you are emplying that US sanctions are going to destroy Putin's Russia? Lol thanks for the laugh.
How do you think the Soviet Union collapsed chuckles? All its going to take is Putins ego writing a check he cant cash, resulting in full sanctions from the west again. His latest stunt in Georgia could very well bring them closer to that point.
Putin will bring about the collapse of russia.
Putin has done nothing but good for Russia
The data confirm a trend noted by the Levada Center in March. While Putin's approval was still at a sky-high 82 percent, Medvedev's had dropped to 42 percent from 52 percent in February.
There can only be one explanation for the clear shift: Corruption fighter Alexei Navalny's movie about Medvedev's use of stately manors and other luxury attributes held by shady non-profit organizations. The documentary was posted to YouTube on March 2. It has been viewed almost 20 million times since. Medvedev took a long time to respond personally to the accusations in the film. He waited until tens of thousands of people, many of them young, took to the streets throughout Russia to protest against top-level corruption, and until Navalny himself was jailed for organizing the rallies and released after serving out the 15-day sentence. On April 4, the prime minister branded the film "dishonest" and dismissed it as a motley collection of irrelevant material thrown together by those "trying to get people out on the street and achieve their political goals." The April Levada survey shows that this weak response hasn't helped.
This says something important about Levada polls. They are clearly far more useful than a dead man's cardiogram, which they have often resembled in recent years. They efficiently pick up public reactions to new, important information. They can also reflect the precarious standing of major political figures -- as long as these figures aren't Putin. It's not as scary to answer a stranger's question about Medvedev or anyone else in Putin's "power vertical" as it is to answer questions about the national leader himself. You're only disloyal if you want Putin to go.
Medvedev's low support level doesn't mean that his boss has suddenly become unpopular. But it does show Russians' increased dissatisfaction with the way they are governed. Russians know, both instinctively and from Kremlin propaganda, that Putin is the micromanager behind the system. The support for Putin is often insincere, a sign of the general mistrust that characterizes Russian society.
Where there is faith, there is no logic or common sense.