Comments by "turquoisestones" (@turquisestones) on "Crimea: Three years after annexation - BBC News" video.

  1. ian novak: "Nope. Russia offcialy recognized Crimea as part of Ukraine..." - Yes, that was about THAT state of Ukraine that was existing at that time and Russia DID live up to that recognition while THAT state of Ukraine existed. However, that state of Ukraine stopped existing 3 years ago, when the supreme state power was seized in violation of the Constitution of the state, i.e a coup took place. And it was AFTER that that Crimea proclaimed its independence because there was and there is still no law obliging Crimea to remain as a part of Ukraine after the state power has been taken illegally, that is, in violation of Constitution. And it was AFTER that proclamation of independence that Russians entered Crimea. Therefore, if Russia stole anything from anyone, it was Crimea stolen from Crimea itself, not from Ukraine, and Crimea was more than happy to be stolen by Russia.
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  2. @ian novak: "Good to know for Ukrainians that Ukrainian debt owned Russian stopped existing :) No country=no debt :)" - Your logic is truly amazing! By your logic, in 1991 Russia should have stopped paying all the debts that it had inherited from the USSR because USSR stopped existing! :) However, Russia has been consistently paying back all its international debts inherited from the USSR and has fully paid them back this year. The debt does not disappear with the disappearance of the old state and the appearance of a new - especially if the new state has declared itself a successor to the previous state and, thus, inherits all the previous state's international debts. With Ukraine (the present-day Ukraine) situation is even simpler because it considers itself exactly that very state of Ukraine that was born in 1991. Hence, it automatically assumes all the debts that Ukraine had before February 2014. And had the new Ukraine declared itself in February 2014 to be a new state - that is, the one that possessed neither Crimea, nor Donbas - then Russia would have, surely, restructured the debt - in fact, the debt could have been completely written off. "Note, that Russia is still recognized Ukraine as a country" - Sure. Russia DOES recognize Ukraine as a separate country with its own President within those regions that agreed to participate in the presidential elections in May 2015. However, Crimea and Donbas, as we know, did not participate in those elections. Therefore, neither Crimea, nor Donbas are considered by Russia to be parts of the state of Ukraine that Russia recognizes. The status of Donbas is still uncertain - whether it eventually becomes a part of Ukraine or remains independent only future will show; and the status of Crimea is clear - it is part of Russia. In fact, if Russia recognized today Ukraine as possessing Crimea as its territory, then Russia would contradict itself because Russia considers Crimea now as its own part and according to the Constitution of Russia Crimea is an integral part of Russian Federation. "You cannot claim that "Oh, in my opinion you ceased to be human being, you become an animal. So, I have to right to steal you everything, because you don't exist anymore"Theft is a theft. Russia is a thief bbecause Russia stole Crimea." - You can only steal something from someone else if that something belonged to that someone at the moment of theft. If I take a pen that used to belong to you, but now belongs to Jack, then the best you can do is claim that I have stolen a pen from Jack; however, you can't claim that I have stolen that pen from you! Now pay your full attention here: Crimea ALREADY DID NOT BELONG to Kiev when Moscow took it. By that time Crimea had already declared its independence from Kiev. Show me at least one law that would oblige Crimea to stay submitted to Kiev after an unconstitutional revolution (coup) has taken place there. The Constitution of Ukraine doesn't oblige any region of Ukraine to stay submitted to those who have seized the state power by means of revolution. Revolution is, in fact, not allowed by the Constitution of Ukraine, and any act of unconstitutional seizure of the state power is a state crime according to the Constitution of Ukraine (article 5).
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