Crimea

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“ Roth: Bernard Kouchner, the Foreign Minister of France, which now presides over the EU, recently expressed concern that a new conflict may break out in Ukraine, notably the Crimea and Sevastopol, a Russian naval base. Are the Crimea and Sevastopol the next target for Russia?

Putin: You said, “the next target”. We did not have a target in this conflict, so I think it is simply inappropriate to speak about some “next target”. This is my first point.

Roth: So you rule this out?

Putin: If you let me finish, you will be satisfied with my answer.

The Crimea is not a disputed territory. Unlike the case of Georgia and South Ossetia, there has been no ethnic conflict there.

Russia has long recognized the borders of today’s Ukraine. By and large, we have completed our talks on the border. Now we have to deal with the demarcation, but this is a technical issue.

I think that asking a question about Russia’s targets of this kind reeks of provocation.

There are complicated processes going on in society in the Crimea. There are problems of the Crimean Tatars, the Ukrainian population, the Russian population, the Slavic population in general, but this is Ukraine’s domestic political problem.

— Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin interviewed by the German ARD TV channel, August 29, 2008

• Why Crimea Is the Key to Peace in Ukraine

• https://snyder.substack.com/p/russias-crimea-disconnect

• “Khrushchev’s mistake” https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1576969255031296000 Elon Musk

• I am russian speaking Ukrainian from Crimea and always had my full citizenship rights. until 2014. in 2014 russia came and stole my home. stop speaking on our behalf we are more than capable to do it

• Hi, I’m Russian. Crimea is an illegally annexed territory with heavily oppressed indigenous population of Crimean Tatars and even ethnic Russians suffering under the regime of Russia. The best for the future of Crimea, Russia and Ukraine is deoccupation of Crimea. You’re welcome.

• https://twitter.com/rom_over/status/1585624414703349760

• Elon Musk : https://twitter.com/GrandTurion/status/1585671918220611584

• https://twitter.com/bucktron2021/status/1655612595099795456

• https://twitter.com/cjcmichel/status/1658464118242697216

https://twitter.com/wyndham_l/status/1668580339705315330

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1FC43mnie8

https://twitter.com/AdinHaykin1/status/1705856460993724894

See also

• Crimea/2014 Crimean status “referendum”
• Crimea/Bridge
• Crimea/Crimean Tatars