RE: Ukraine/Crimea/Russia issue
March 15, 2015 at 8:18 pm
(This post was last modified: March 15, 2015 at 8:35 pm by Smaug.)
Speaking of the International Law and it's place within this conflict. The idea of International Law itself is of course noble and important but the History shows that it's basically uselsess when it comes to real conflicts or clashes of economical or political interests. Appeals to International Law are effectively nothing more than a way to say "No, You!" on a global scale. They can equally be used to try and whitewash every act possible. Just look at all the recent Middle-eastern wars than the US and NATO made ignoring said Laws and the UN. No surprise Russia wasn't going to loose time and let things in Crimea go hot by waiting untill the UN desides what to do. And by the way there was actually a referendum on whether Crimea stays with Ukraine and wheter it stays as a completely independant state or joins Russia. Some may say that the results were biased. I'm not going to repeat what I've told above. But consider the fact that in real life politics the opponents almost never accept defeat so it's natural that the other side disregarded the results as biased (Remember Kosovo). And since the global politics is a harsh game where there are no friends and everyone tries to maximize their own profit (in every sence) it's no surprise that even if all the procedures would have been followed Russia wouldn't have been allowed to have this territory. Which would've meant a start of a civil war there.
And in no way Russia profits of off a civil war right nest to it's border, especially in such a strategically-important region as Crimea. In fact this war that broke out in Eastern Ukraine brings nothing but damage not only to the society but to the economy, too. There has been a great deal of Russian-owned businesses (such as factories) there that are now literary destroyed. Bear in mind that apart from the Ukrainian govt, Lugansk, Dombass, Russia and the US there's also another side: Ukrainian oligarchs who also had some property in the East and who were not content with foreigners (not only Russians but Hindus, Chinese and Europeans, too) buying assets in the East, making said assets more profitable by investing a lot and thus driving them out of business.
And in no way Russia profits of off a civil war right nest to it's border, especially in such a strategically-important region as Crimea. In fact this war that broke out in Eastern Ukraine brings nothing but damage not only to the society but to the economy, too. There has been a great deal of Russian-owned businesses (such as factories) there that are now literary destroyed. Bear in mind that apart from the Ukrainian govt, Lugansk, Dombass, Russia and the US there's also another side: Ukrainian oligarchs who also had some property in the East and who were not content with foreigners (not only Russians but Hindus, Chinese and Europeans, too) buying assets in the East, making said assets more profitable by investing a lot and thus driving them out of business.
