The Crimean Crisis and US/G8 Hypocrisy - Extract 4 ======================== For those of us who willfully ignore the historical facts, it’s noteworthy that the Partition Treaty on the Status and Conditions of the Black Sea Fleet signed between Russia and Ukraine on May 28, 1997, permits Russia to lawfully maintain up to 25,000 troops, 24 artillery systems, 132 armored vehicles and 22 military planes on the Crimean peninsula. This agreement will be effective until 2017, and so it can be the most convincing logical justification for Russia’s military action in Crimea. So, what has happened is not an “occupation” as the U.S. leaders claim, but that Russia has exercised its legal right for sending troops to a geographical area where the majority of inhabitants are ethnic Russians and don’t want to remain under the Ukraine autonomy and are overwhelmingly inclined to join Russia.- by Kourosh Ziabari, The Crimean Crisis and US Hypocrisy. “War of Words” to Justify Outright Aggression - by Kourosh Ziabari, The Crimean Crisis and US Hypocrisy. “War of Words” to Justify Outright Aggression
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