According to Kremlin insiders the annexation has been 6 years in the planning
The Independent - Friday 14 March 2014
Why does Putin want the Crimea?
If the President of the
Russian Federation is to be believed his whole campaign is driven by the need
to protect ethnic Russians from neo-Nazi extremists that they claim
have infiltrated the new temporary government in Kiev.
That sounds laudable - until
you look at the wider picture of how Russians are actually treated in their
homeland today. Russia has very serious social problems with drug and
alcohol abuse and HIV Aids, but the state does virtually nothing to help.
Ethnic minorities are treated with disdain whilst the gay community has been
forced underground. Those close to the Kremlin enjoy limitless wealth whilst real
poverty now affects over 20 per cent of the population. Clearly support
for ethnic Russians in Russia is not a Presidential priority.
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