But it'll be nasty - no nation ever willingly gives up part of its territory
without a fight. No matter what the origin of that sovereignty might have been.
And no matter how remote or pointless the 'ownership' may be. (Holiday in the
Falkands anyone?)
Andrew Fildes
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On 03/03/2014, at 3:00 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Russia did not invade Ukraine. They were already on the Crimea peninsula
> under an agreement made when the Soviet Union broke up. The majority of the
> people there are Russian. In fact, Crimea was part of Russia until some time
> in the 1950s when it was administratively moved to the Ukrainian Soviet
> Republic, as it was then. So I am pretty sure that Russia will annex Crimea
> and the West will not (and should not) do anything about it.
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