Putin is making moves in the Crimea, it appears, issuing large numbers of Russian passports there. These will enable him to claim that there are substantial numbers of Russian citizens in The Crimea in need of his 'protection'. The pro-Russian Soyuz Party holds the majority in the Crimean Parliament, and the Crimea is far more pro-Russia than the rest of the Ukraine, having been Russian territory until the 1950s, with two thirds of the population claiming Russian ethnicity.
Posted on The Tap Blog
Saturday 23 August 2008
America Will Prefer Russia As Its Ally
