9 answers to the emptiness of "Russian World"

Vike Tsyganova, Starykov,
Streltsov and
They are dedicated to the Imperial Duplicity.

Propaganda is a one-sided phenomenon. Answers to advanced "theses" are not interesting, and therefore this is one of the most ruthless concepts in its "mindless deafness". Because of this, our answer is only the voice of the dark void into which the "Russian world" has plunged forever.

1. "Fascists are in power in Kyiv"?

Actually: radical groups, some with extreme right-wing sentiments, participated in protests on the Maidan. However, numerically they made up only a small part of the protesters (and up to 2 million took to the streets). These groups were not involved in the transitional government formed after the change of power.

2. "In Ukraine, ethnic Russians are subjected to discrimination and oppression." Therefore, they asked Russia for protection"?

Actually: The OSCE observer mission did not see any threat to the Russian-speaking minority. The decision to reject the language law, which allowed minority languages, namely Russian, to exist in the public, artistic and educational spheres, does not limit the rights of the Russian-speaking minority, because it was first blocked, and then completely revoked."

3. "The West adheres to double standards in the case of the declaration of independence of Kosovo and the annexation of Crimea"?

Actually: the situation in Kosovo in 1999-2008 and the situation in Crimea in 2014 cannot be compared either legally or politically. The declaration of independence of Kosovo was a consequence of the failure of almost 10 years of efforts to overcome the conflict and was not accompanied by intensive intervention from the outside.

4. "Crimea has always been Russian"?

Actually: Krym has a complicated history. In ancient times, Ego was inhabited by Cimmerians, Tauri, and later Greeks. During the Great Wave of Migration in the 3rd century, the Goths came there. After them - since the 5th century - Huns, Khazars, Pechenegs and Crimean Tatars. After the Mongol rule, Krym belonged to the Ottoman Empire until 1744, which gave the peninsula independence, thanks to which it became a separate state. The Russian Empire annexed the peninsula in 1783. After the expulsion of the Turkic population, the peninsula was colonized not only by Russian peasants (subjects of the Russian Empire - ed.), but also by Germans, Greeks, Bulgarians, and Baltics.

After the collapse of the Russian Empire in 1917, Crimea became part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, and after 1922 it became part of the Soviet Union. In 1954, it was transferred to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic within the Soviet Union. But the decisive factor is the fact that after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Crimea remained part of the now independent Ukraine, whose territorial integrity Russia confirmed in the Budapest Memorandum of 1994.

5. "Self-determination and the referendum legalized the integration of Crimea and Sevastopol into the Russian Federation"?

Actually: the question that presupposes the self-determination of the right to secession is ambiguous, as is the question about what the "people" are. It follows from this that Russia's illegal interference led to the secession of Crimea in violation of this right.

This intervention is a violation of the prohibition on the threat of force or its use in international relations and violates the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. Due to the illegal use of force, the separation of Crimea from Ukraine and its further inclusion in Russia became possible.

6. "The West pursued a systematic policy of isolating and weakening Russia in the period after the collapse of the Soviet Union"?

In fact The European Union and NATO adhered to the public interest, considering Russia as a strong partner, and the general principles of ensuring peace in Europe. Therefore, the goal of the West was close cooperation and partnership with Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

NATO also wanted to build a dense network of partnership relations, creating the Russia-NATO Council as a forum for exchanging opinions and developing common views. This partnership and joint approach found its expression in intensive support for Russia's accession to such international organizations as the G7, the Council of Europe and the World Trade Organization.

7. "NATO now aims to include Ukraine, which is perceived by Russia as a threat to its own sphere of influence"?

Actually: Ukraine itself can choose which union it prefers to belong to. Since 1997, NATO has been developing a special partnership with Ukraine under the auspices of the NATO-Ukraine commission. According to President Petro Poroshenko, the focus now is on carrying out reforms, especially in the area of ​​security and defense, and the issue of membership is not on the agenda.

8. "NATO will win from the crisis in Ukraine, because in this way it can return to its Cold War mentality and become an adversary (of Russia) again"?

Actually: NATO is a defensive alliance that must guarantee the safety and freedom of its members. The Alliance does not consider Russia an enemy, and during the past 20 years has supported cooperation with Russia, starting with the "Partnership for Peace" program and in the Euro-Atlantic Cooperation Council.

9. "The EU and its partners introduced sanctions against Russia to bring it to its knees"?

Actually: of course, sanctions were taken to exert economic pressure on Russia, but this was not an end in itself. The purpose of the sanctions was much deeper – to achieve a political settlement of the conflict in Ukraine so that Russia adheres to the norms of international law.