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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You know, referendums were held in the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. Their results have been summed up, the results are known. People made their choice, a clear choice.

And this, of course, is their right, their inalienable right, which is enshrined in the first article of the U.N. Charter, which directly speaks of the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples.

[–]H3v8 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Does this criticism against colonialism include his Turkish allies?

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have no idea, he could very well be a hypocrite. I have no love for Putin or his politics, but I think he has a point about the US. I would say that the Turks are far less globally dominant than the US empire. I would also say it appears these separatist regions democratically voted to join Russia and that this appears to be consistent with the UN's ideas about democracy and self determination.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Does anyone have the video? I know this is all posturing, but I would like to watch what Putin has to say.

[–]tiny-brown-mug 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)