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

2014 Crimean status “referendum”

"Khrushchev's mistake" https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1576969255031296000 Elon Musk

https://twitter.com/stdemo_o/status/1582059428936708096 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

https://twitter.com/Vokabre/status/1582127972332769281 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

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

Crimean Tatars

• Crimean Tatars: A War Against Islamic Books

• Russia Sentences Crimean Tatar Representative to 17 Years of Prison

• https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28680977

• https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/03/18/crimea-disappeared-man-found-killed

• Crimean Tatars : More Reports of Russian Military "Crackdown" on ethnic Crimean Tatars

• https://twitter.com/GicAriana/status/1381666066338877443

• Protect Crimean Tatar defenders! (list of abuses)

• Russian colonialism and its misuse of self-determination: Statement by the UNPO General Secretary on the Russian Federation's Recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk

• In the shadow of war, Kremlin continues terrorizing Crimean Tatars

• https://twitter.com/stdemo_o/status/1582059428936708096

• Crimean Tatars, a Turkic Muslim ethnic group, who have lived in Crimea since at least the 13th century. Russian empire, and later USSR, have done a lot to erase them from history. But there are still many people to pass on their stories.

• Russia engaging in ethnic cleansing in Crimea – Latvian foreign minister

• February 26th, 2014. Thousands of Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians gathered in front of the regional administration building in Simferopol, Crimea to protest against the Russian invasion. The video shows them under attack by Russian troops and agents.

• Why Crimea Is the Key to Peace in Ukraine

• Eight years ago Russian opositioner Boris Nemtsov was killed in Moscow, not far from the Kremlin.