crimean

Please explain me why Crimean Tatars have been kidnapped, murdered, interrogated, and repressed since Russia took over?

To be honest, the unwillingness to recognise Crimean secession had a lot more to do with geopolitics than Westphalian constitutionalism.

It's a little odd to even discuss the desires of the Crimean population; they have no say in the matter.

If Putin didn't like that, he was more than welcome to end the Crimean occupation and stop shooting children in eastern Ukraine.

Yet, at Donbass and Crimea Ukrainians and Crimean tatars are threatened.

The Girkin interviews[1] or the Crimean annexation medal[2], among others.

In what world could we expect Russia to stand idly by while a nato naval base was installed on the Crimean peninsula?

Yeah, that's why they are engaged in genocide against other peoples - Georgians, Ukrainians, Crimean Tatars, Chechens, etc.

Regarding independence - why would Crimean Ukrainians vote for it?

But, There was a Crimean referendum and as illegitimate as it was, Crimea is now permanently Russian and the majority of locals seem to be alright with that.

It's also worth noting that despite the article's assurances that these are mere misconceptions, there really was a Western power struggle surrounding the Ukrainian uprising before the Crimean affair.

Finally I checked the source of the Crimean medal story.

Interfering with Ukraine prior to the secession of the Crimean peninsula ("Fuck the EU", right?).

There is no "Crimean nation" to build a successful state on.

Named "Autonomous Republic of Crimea" and recognizing its history it's hard to argue that - and it fact it was the Crimean Parliament (not the Ukrainian Parliament) that was seized.

We heard all kinds of things about Russian military mobilization, conspiracy theories about who shot down the airliner, how much Putin hates gays, how horrible living conditions were at the Sochi olympic village, how "rigged" the Crimean referendum was, etc.