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Re:Why Vladimir Putin and his entourage want war by Koshkin on Sunday February 20, 2022 @10:48AM (#30406582)
Crimea was part of Russia until about sixty year ago.
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Re:Why Vladimir Putin and his entourage want war by dragonwriter on Sunday February 20, 2022 @11:24AM (#30406856)
> Crimea was part of Russia until about sixty year ago.

The 9 year period it was part of the Russian Federation ended closer to 70 years ago, but I’ve updated the GP to reflect it.

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Re:Why Vladimir Putin and his entourage want war by Koshkin on Sunday February 20, 2022 @11:43AM (#30407008)
> its own entity (prior to 1945)

Still, nested within the Russian Federation as an administrative entity. (Also, autonomy throughout the USSR was more or less a formality anyway.)

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