Comments by "Vladimir Bogorad" (@vlbogorad) on "AP Archive" channel.

There is a way out of the impasse in Crimea, if bias is discarded. Crimea should belong to both countries. Crimea has never been part of an independent Russian state as it exists today. Crimea belonged to the people inhabiting Russia and Ukraine, when these territories were part of the USSR, and when they were part of the Russian Empire. The current state border between Ukraine and Crimea is the same injustice as if such a border were between Russia and Crimea. In international law, there is the concept of condominium (condominium) - an entity over which two states exercise sovereignty and possession. For example, Pheasant Island, owned by France and Spain, under the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659, after the Thirty Years' War. Russia cannot afford to be in international isolation for thirty years. It must move towards a compromise. The whole world sees that Crimea was not rightfully annexed, and this curse cannot hang over Russia forever.
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