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To: Joseph Silent who wrote (104901)	3/9/2014 3:35:50 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 218033

The approach is right but unfortunate not realistic. I am tempted to post an exchange I had with a friend of mine who had a diplomatic position in the past in New York. It is so sad to realize the total disregard of conquering territory without a drop of remorse, there are so many Russian within Russia that think that Crimea is theirs, because "they" fought the Turks and others to "liberate Crimea" and Khrushchev was a primitive drunk ceding Crimea to Ukraine. Why they think so is beyond my reasoning as most Russian should be thankful to the Ukrainians in helping Russia become a world power. When I reminded them that may be after the annexation of Crimea to Russia, Germany may have claims to Pomerania in Poland and even Kaliningrad which is former Hanseatic (German) Konigsberg founded in 1255 the Teutonic Knights most finished the conversation. For some unknown reasons and from my history lessons in Romania I learned that actually the Cossack's of all stripes (the predecessors of present Ukrainians where the actual defenders of Ukraine and Crimea Tatars, which Cossack's not once saved Moldova Voivodate form the various Islamic armies. en.wikipedia.org More so what makes me wonder most is that the great expansion after the reign of Ivan Grozny taken by Russia into the east or what is now Siberia was performed not by ethnic Russians but mostly by the Ukrainian Cossack's and those adhering to their social order and semi-military culture, and only after the passage was safe Russians followed to colonize those regions, similar to the mostly European immigrants arriving to Americas shores. Therefore I quote " Because of their military tradition, Cossack forces played an important role in Russia's wars of the 18th–20th centuries such as the Great Northern War, the Seven Years' War, the Crimean War, Napoleonic Wars, Caucasus War, numerous Russo-Turkish Wars, and the First World War. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Tsarist regime used Cossacks extensively to perform police service (for example, both to prevent pogroms and to suppress the revolutionary movement, especially in 1905–7). [15] They also served as border guards on national and internal ethnic borders (as was the case in the Caucasus War).

To: Joseph Silent who wrote (104901)	3/9/2014 5:41:13 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 218033

I think and it is not clear from my previous response, that the assumption is, that all what the Russian wanted is Crimea when in fact IMHO the wanted in actuality total control over Ukraine with a puppet government and by this dictate the European policies through their energy and raw materials supply. this plan failed, because of misjudgement and now they are extremely mad and therefore the vitriolic propaganda. For this strike of genius the russians have a good word which is not permissible on SI