Hi, Joe Delahaye!
I read your message from 05.06.2017 16:28

  DD>> Russia did not annex Crimea, the people there held a vote
  DD>> and chose to align with Russia.

  JD> Depends on how you interpet that.  When the area is full of
  JD> Russian troops already, and the occupation held the vote, I
  JD> would say it doesnt count.

There was a legal military base in Sevastopol, and 20000 troops were 
stayed there legally all the time. And no doubt they prevented the 
bloody situation that is now going on in Dombass region, Ukraine.

The situation in Dombass in very similar -- there live Russians who are 
against the present nationalistic government in Kiev. The only 
difference -- the way how the Crimea became part of Ukraine. That's why 
even Putin tells about eastern parts of Ukraine (Dombass) as about 
Ukraine's territory. The only thing Russia wants in Ukraine's east is 
stopping making Ukrainians from Russians who oppose it and want to use 
the Russian language freely. The Russian speaking east of Ukraine can be 
compared with Canadian Quebec, where people live according to their 
French identity. Thanks God there are no English speaking nationalists 
there.

Bye, Joe!
Alexander Koryagin
fido7.fidonews 2017
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