@flashninja #9141135
1. I am biased here, 'cause I lived in the US. As I think, the majority of people did not see a single American in their life, and form their opinion based upon TV and other mass media
2. Ask Putin. There are several reasons I can think of, and ethnic Russians were, I am afraid, among the least important. Please never mix the reason and the pretext, they can be different.
Naval bases and the ever-going fuss about them are the reason, the southern stream pipeline is the reason, control over the Black sea is the reason, NATO expansion is the possible reason, trade war with Ukraine is the reason, Ukraine stealing gas from transit pipes and not following the agreements is another reason. And black-and-red nationalists yelling "take the Russian to the gibbet" and promising to send the "friendship train" are the pretext. Russia had a chance to seize the land that was given to Kiev in 1954 for state economy reasons that sounded plausible within one state back then - and it did it.
That is my opinion, which is strictly personal and does not reflect any approved point of view
@ThorsomeTarmukas
Oh my gosh. There is only the echo of Moscow, and Babchenko as its prophet. It is like judging US politics from listening to Rush Limbaugh.
And judging the state of contemporary Russian art by Pussy Riot only
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@Noregskong Eller så kan du ha en svensk flagga eftersom vi är världens bästa land. :)