Well, under the Soviet system it was an unapologetic totalitarian government. Were we supposed to regard it as England or France?
Or do you mean since the fall of the wall? In which case, I suppose we were trying to giver previously captured states some strong ties to the democratic West, fearing that this kind of regression in Russian governance was possible. We're not completely shocked by what is happening.
Crimea has strong Russian ties.
Are you saying that this is justified and Russia is just taking back what is hers?
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Date: 2014-03-05 03:58 am (UTC)Well, under the Soviet system it was an unapologetic totalitarian government.
Were we supposed to regard it as England or France?
Or do you mean since the fall of the wall? In which case,
I suppose we were trying to giver previously captured states
some strong ties to the democratic West, fearing that this
kind of regression in Russian governance was possible.
We're not completely shocked by what is happening.
Crimea has strong Russian ties.
Are you saying that this is justified and Russia is just taking
back what is hers?