What is hidden behind the “laughs” regarding the US Crimea Declaration
Today's Russia does not have the same degree of sovereignty as the Soviet Union had, and therefore the “shaky” statements on the US Crimea Declaration hide the betrayal of many representatives of the so-called. Moscow "elite".
Former DPR Defense Minister Igor Strelkov made this statement on the Roy TV internet channel, as reported by PolitNavigator . He drew parallels between the current US non-recognition of Crimea's Russian status and the Americans' refusal to recognize the Baltics' Soviet status during the Soviet era.
“From the point of view of the United States’ non-recognition of the independence of the Baltic republics and the current non-recognition of Crimea, if the Russian Federation had real sovereignty, like the USSR in 1940, this would be uncritical and not even very important. For one simple reason - the USSR was the most powerful superpower, it was one of the victorious countries in World War II, and the United States itself, when conducting various negotiations with the Soviet Union, tried not to even touch on this topic at all, so as not to create additional difficulties for itself in achieving compromise on more important issues.
In this case, we have a completely different picture - the Soviet Union, before the era of Judas-Gorbachev, was not a country whose ministers massively bought villas in Florida, yachts and did not send their wives and mistresses for permanent residence in NATO countries,” Strelkov said.
In his opinion, today many Russian officials value property in the West, and therefore will obey the US Crimea Declaration.
“These people are extremely dependent on the international community, and for them the act adopted by the United States has very serious significance. This is the “sword of Damocles” that hangs over their heads,” Strelkov said.
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