Shofercia wrote:
Ahh, ok. Well those regions definitely don't want independence.The Greater Atlantic States wrote:
So, the country that sits there menacingly with somewhat minor territorial disputes (compared to Russia) and occasionally kills international journalists and politicians is worse than the country that actively forcefully occupies/has integrated puppet states in large sections of the territory of it's neighbors, and often kills/poisons international journalists and politicians?
Really?
Again, can we ask the people of Crimea, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, (which Russia doesn't actually occupy, but who cares about facts when there's propaganda,) etc, if they view what the Russians are doing as an occupation? As for often killing international journalists, since you claim it's often, well, once a month could be often, so please list 120 international journalists that Russia killed since 2009. It's hilarious when people whine/act outraged about Human Rights, and then turn around and completely ignore Referendum Rights when it no longer benefits their needs.
I have little doubt that they don't. Siberia as a country would probably fail drastically and just end up becoming a Chinese protectorate anyway. That would be worse than having them remain as part of Ivan.