It was found by observers to be flawed due to the environment in which it took place, but was broadly free and fair

exactly

The Crimeans people wanted to join Russia

and Kiev ALWAYS treated Crimea like the Ginger Step Children

But Russia had to send 35 000 soldiers there just to be sure

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It is uncontentious that Crimean people by quite a large majority wanted to rejoin Russia

@JackH670 so i looked into this... the goverment.. of ukraine or crimea itself didnt invite russia in... some random leader in a religious ethic tartar group did... and somehow that was legit enough... im still trying 2 wrap my head around it

they are just delaying to manipulate, misinform and corrupt - pinochet knew how to handle disingenuous politicians

UK should take a page out of his book.

Russia is a shithole

and crimea immediately got massive infrastructure with a bridge cutting travel time to larger markets by a fraction

Crimea got a better deal with russia

But their military allows them to give a lot of nations penis envy

have you see UKRANIE?

yeah its shifty as fuck

ethnic tartar group, you know, only the majority of crimea (that isn't russian)

as well as it going against Ukraine's constitution

its like... the president of america says no... the govenour of texas says no... but the leader of westbro says yes... and thats how texas gets invaded...

shitty vs shit hole

i'll take shitty

So story goes like this

Typical leftist propaganda, anti-russian propaganda

Soviet Union dissolves

It was dodgy as fuck, but nevertheless it was desired

Misrepresenting the facts

Ukraine becomes independent

US and Russia should be allies

Think about it

No

That's not how it went

well the former president of Ukranine TRIED to reach a deal with Russia BEFORE he was replaced

Russia and the US are the only ones doing space missions so why not be allies

he was replace by the WEST in favor of a Pro-eu fascist

But surprise surprise like all former Soviet nations it's ruled by a bunch of former communist party members and oligarchs

literal fascist

@Andrew Popa 2.0 only barely. Their military isnt that great tbh.i mean it's probably better than most, but they can't really keep it up, especially what should be their strongest stuff.

that guy was a nut

eccles - nah, the people in a captured area will side with whatever side is in control... do you think the russians on the wrong side of stalingrad where telling the germans to go home? nah... they where like 'yes its better now with you.. please dont kill us'

Now a young independent nation Ukraine is left with a pro Russian Government and 4000 Soviet nuclear warheads on their soil