Quote Originally Posted by Basil77 View Post
American goverment cancelled announced in September 2013 tender for reconstruction of Sevastopol public school #5 into USA Navy ingeneering facility:

P.S. For me, personally, this fact alone justifies all Putin's actions in Crimea.
omg, Yes. I know it's not my country and not my business but I have to admit that I agree with Basil77. If this had gone on, there would have been a full fledged NATO base there within a few years. Apologies to it-ogo but it really makes me sick.
Clearly there is NO sea that NATO can leave alone.

NATO is using the Ukraine situation as an excuse to be zooming around with warships in the Baltic Sea, where they have NO business. That's MY sea, I grew up on the shore of that. I don't want NATO there!!! It's a matter of time before they set up shop in some old USSR naval base in one of the Baltic state and turn the whole Baltic sea into a playground for war games, annoying Russia and creating unnecessary tensions. I firmly believe in neutrality for our countries, and the status quo as it was was GOOD.

But NATO just can't leave our little sea alone, and clearly they had designs on the Black Sea as well! As far as I am concerned it's good that Russia stopped it in the Black Sea. What the hell business does the USA have there; their country is on the other side of the freaking Atlantic!

It wouldn't surprise me if they set something up in the Baltic states now, as a revenge that they couldn't get what they wanted in Crimea. We are probably next on the "roadmap" and if they target the Baltics they'll get whatever they point at and Russia will not (want) to do anything about it. Maybe I am reading too much into it but I get furious just thinking about the idea.


Quote Originally Posted by it-ogo View Post
Минобороны РФ подтвердило начало военной операции по "возвращению Крыма" 20-го февраля 2014 года. Янукович тогда еще был действующим президентом Украины. Также это дата начала расстрелов людей на Майдане.
Oh dear. Who's going to get one of these medals then?
I am guessing Russia is planning the parade of all parades for 9 May in Crimea.
I think Russia should be really careful in all dealings concerning Crimea with Ukraine. It was good to read that everyone who wants to keep their UA citizenship can do that.