USSR made Crimea Ukrainian in violation of its own laws – official #news #press
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> The government in Kiev rejected a number of plebiscites during the 1990s aimed at re-establishing Crimea as an independent republic. In 2014, the people of the region voted overwhelmingly in a referendum to become part of #Russia in the wake of the Maidan coup in Ukraine.
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> Kiev and its Western backers still consider the peninsula to be “illegally annexed” Ukrainian territory. President Vladimir Zelensky said in August 2022 that Kiev would seize #Crimea “by any means necessary.”
Sounds kind of like #China insisting they will take #Taiwan. I suggest the people of Taiwan get to decide if they want to remain independent or become part of China. That could apply to #Gaza as well; do those Palestinians want to be incorporated in #Israel?
Self-determination for all, even down to the individual level!