Re:How the Black Sea shaped the ancient Mediterranean world
by vkou on Monday August 17, 2020 @04:09PM
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> So as sketchy as the whole annexation was, was it wrong?
As a Russian who generally thinks that both Russia and NATO need to back down from the pissing contests they engage in...
Yes, it was wrong. Ukraine was done wrong by it. It was not done legally. Even if it was done with respect to the doctrine of self-determinism (I generally approve of secessionist movements), it was not done correctly. There are correct means of going about secession, and the War in Donbass was not one of them. It was a thin pretense for other geopolitical ambitions.
As a Russian who generally thinks that both Russia and NATO need to back down from the pissing contests they engage in...
Yes, it was wrong. Ukraine was done wrong by it. It was not done legally. Even if it was done with respect to the doctrine of self-determinism (I generally approve of secessionist movements), it was not done correctly. There are correct means of going about secession, and the War in Donbass was not one of them. It was a thin pretense for other geopolitical ambitions.