Russia - threadbanned users in OP

It seems Crimea was more European than Russian and was Russian for only a brief period.

And Romans, no less.

Absolutely mindboggling that vatniks are still trying to use Douglas MacGregor as a source with any authority given his long history of wrong and, in many cases, abhorrent opinions. Then again I guess that's par for the course for any westerners platformed by RT. If Gary Glitter wanted to voice condemnation for NATO, Biden & Zelensky I'd say they'd definitely consider inviting him on.

Marjorie is next,

And another thing, throughout the federation of Russia, ethnic Russians are not popular. Actually deeply unpopular might better describe it. If you happen to be an ethnic Russian taking a case against a local in one of regions outside Moscow, then good luck to you, you are going to need it, even if you are 100% in the right.

Educated by newly arrived proorcs

Simple question for you Chester. Do you support Putins invasion of Ukraine? Or do you support Ukrainians defence of their own Country?

Was originally going to reply to the "but Crimea is Russia" bullsh*t but I see some of the more informed posters have already dealt with that issue:

TLDR: Crimea was the home of the 'Crimean Tartars' which going back to Peter the Great was coveted by the Russia state, Catherine the Great started their removal and Stalin post WWII completed 'the project'. Unfortunately when you remove the one ethnic group that understands how to cultivate the unique biome that is Crimea, what do you get? 50 years of famine (and mass starvation) hence why Kruschev was so eager to 'gift' this land back to Ukraine.

Now onto the Starlink SNAFU, a lot of you are jumping on the 'Elon Musk == Putinversteher' but my take is more nuanced. Glen Shotwell has said that Ukraine is welcome to continue using Starlink for military comms and civilian internet but the use of Starlink as a guidance system for drones strikes deep into Russian territory is a major breach of the license agreement (and by Russian territory I'm NOT talking about Crimea)!

So call me an 'Elonversteher' - SpaceX has their Starship 24 down in Boca Chica Texas fully loaded with hundred of tonnes of Liquid Methane and LOX awaiting the first orbital flight attempt in the next couple of weeks. If the Ukrainians use Starlink to facilitate a deep strike on Russia then they're obviously worried about the blowback, some Crazy Ivan puts an RGP into a fully loaded Spaceship then the explosion would be heard from west Cork (on a clear day).

And not a mention of the unbearable suffering visited on innocent civilians.

Homelessness, deaths, bereavements, lost contacts, traumatisations, maimings, tortures, rapes, etc.

You may be literate, but what the hell is wrong with you?

I'm no great shakes but I'm better than you.

I'm literate too but I'm not restricted to parroting phrases without assessing their relevance.

You won't get away with smoke & mirrors either, my point is that you didn't even mention the suffering.

That is not what the poster said.

Your interpretation is ridiculous and transparent.

looks like someone got their RT access back.

Where is yours??

Hiding away scared like a mouse.

It must kill Putin inside that even his hero Hitler was brave enough to fight in a war.

Putin doesn’t even have the balls to visit the frontline to meet his troops.

Pussy.

Ah you're probably right too, maybe we can get the staff to draw you a special map 🙂