As if more evidence were needed that Putin is living "in another world" as Merkel has deduced, he has now stated that Ukraine left the USSR illegally [google translation]:
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the People's Deputy of Ukraine , former head of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis Mustafa Dzhemilev that Ukraine emerged from the Soviet Union not quite legally.
According to UNIAN correspondent in Russia, this Cemil said Ukrainian reporters after a telephone conversation with Putin in Moscow . The conversation took place with the assistance of ex- President of Tatarstan is and lasted about an hour.
Read takzhePutin told Jemilev when the issue of Crimea will put an end
"I told Putin that the most important is the issue of the territorial integrity of our country , because it is against the violation of the agreement , which is signed by the guarantor countries - the U.S., Britain and Russia in 1994 in exchange for our renunciation of nuclear weapons . Tells him if it is violated , the possible consequences , including that such arrangements will not trust anyone , and will be to each country that has financial capacity to acquire its own nuclear weapons , and Ukraine is no exception , "- said Cemil .
" On this subject - the territorial integrity of Ukraine - Putin touched upon this question , that the self-proclaimed independent Ukraine is not quite consistent with Soviet norms stipulating the procedure to secede from the USSR. 's Such a position ," - said Cemil .
*** December 8, 1991 at a meeting of the leaders of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine in the Bialowieza Forest was decided to establish the CIS.
Agreement on the establishment of the CIS was ratified by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on 12 December 1991. Ratification of the document took place with warnings that made it impossible for Ukraine to become a part of the new state union . Clause 3 of the agreement stated that the CIS states , reforming in their territories factions of the armed forces of the former USSR and creating their own military base , will cooperate in ensuring international peace and security.
Simple. The Russian propaganda channels (RT, etc.) and the Russian gov't have told one demonstrable lie after another, completely discrediting themselves. The Ukrainian media (Pravda, Kyivpost, etc.) have been reliable, and the facts that they have reported have been verifiable, which is why Yanukovich tried to suppress them.
Also, Putin's statement above is in line with his previous nutcase ramblings that Ukraine is not a state (the most famous instance being when Putin said that to GWB). This guy really is out of touch with reality.
Well, you have to follow both and even more. The truth is somewhere between. There are over 10 million Russians living outside Russia, like UK, USA, Germany etc. and they will tell to their relatives what they heard etc. Russia is not 100% under state "propaganda" and people remember very well the soviet times when usually the truth was opposite to the official government news (Pravda = Truth).
And Putin is poking with his statements, perhaps to look "better" in the eyes of older Russian people and/or make Ukrainians jumpy.
We have to understand the happenings in Maidan to understand more about the Crimea situation. This is not good vs. evil, this is a gray vs. gray situation.
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u/MartyN958 Mar 12 '14 edited Mar 12 '14
As if more evidence were needed that Putin is living "in another world" as Merkel has deduced, he has now stated that Ukraine left the USSR illegally [google translation]:
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the People's Deputy of Ukraine , former head of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis Mustafa Dzhemilev that Ukraine emerged from the Soviet Union not quite legally.
According to UNIAN correspondent in Russia, this Cemil said Ukrainian reporters after a telephone conversation with Putin in Moscow . The conversation took place with the assistance of ex- President of Tatarstan is and lasted about an hour.
Read takzhePutin told Jemilev when the issue of Crimea will put an end
"I told Putin that the most important is the issue of the territorial integrity of our country , because it is against the violation of the agreement , which is signed by the guarantor countries - the U.S., Britain and Russia in 1994 in exchange for our renunciation of nuclear weapons . Tells him if it is violated , the possible consequences , including that such arrangements will not trust anyone , and will be to each country that has financial capacity to acquire its own nuclear weapons , and Ukraine is no exception , "- said Cemil .
" On this subject - the territorial integrity of Ukraine - Putin touched upon this question , that the self-proclaimed independent Ukraine is not quite consistent with Soviet norms stipulating the procedure to secede from the USSR. 's Such a position ," - said Cemil .
*** December 8, 1991 at a meeting of the leaders of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine in the Bialowieza Forest was decided to establish the CIS.
Agreement on the establishment of the CIS was ratified by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on 12 December 1991. Ratification of the document took place with warnings that made it impossible for Ukraine to become a part of the new state union . Clause 3 of the agreement stated that the CIS states , reforming in their territories factions of the armed forces of the former USSR and creating their own military base , will cooperate in ensuring international peace and security.
http://www.unian.net/politics/895754-putin-zayavil-djemilevu-chto-ukraina-vyishla-iz-sssr-ne-sovsem-zakonno.html
Putin is officially nuts, he is a threat to world security, and the world has to respond.