Hello Alexander,

 LL>>>> How many nations have recognized Russia's annexation of
 LL>>>> Crimea?

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

 LL>> Ukraine allows all its citizens to vote, including those in
 LL>> Crimea. However, Russia is not allowing Ukraine to set up
 LL>> polling places, ??thus preventing any such votes from
 LL>> happening.  So how did such an election ever take place?  Oh.
 LL>> Inside a bar room.  With the bartender counting drinks, most
 LL>> likely horika z pertsem (Ukrainian pepper vodka).

 ak> First, you just forget the situation in Ukraine in 2014 - it was
 ak> bitterly divided. AntiRussian and prorussian forces were almost equal.

What do the people (Crimeans) want?  Did any of them ask for conflict,
or violence?  Most, if not all, speak Russian.  So why would anybody
be upset if Russian is spoken rather than Ukrainian or Tatar?

"All politics is local." - Tip O'Neil, US politician

I view this maxim as being true throughout the world, not just
in the US.  I think Tip was meaning exactly what he said.

 ak> The status Crimea has been as an autonomous republic. It has had a its
 ak> own legally elected republican parliament, and it issued the law about
 ak> the republican referendum.

Language defines who a people are.  Crimeans are very independent,
but view themselves as being part of the Russian civilization.

Although Crimea has three official languages (Russian, Ukrainian,
Tatar), not many Crimeans speak Ukrainian or Tatar.  Some even claim
that Crimeans speak better Russian than Russians in Moscow.

--Lee

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