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Originally Posted by mapuc

You know more about Soviet and Russian history than I do.

I do know however that the Ukrainian voted for independent in 1991 and Russia approved this.

So is following wiki link wrong ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_U...nce_referendum

Right thereafter this Budapest memorandum came.
Here it was three countries, including Russia acknowledge Ukraine and it's border. and to provide security assurances by its signatories

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum

Markus

Complex issue…
Most likely violated. There are many interpretations.

This is how the Russian authorities see it.
S. Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, said that Russia had not violated the provisions of the Budapest Memorandum. After all, the only obligation of Russia included in this document is the obligation not to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine and threats to use them. No threat, no use of nuclear weapons by Russia was carried out.


Russia officially denies all accusations of violating the Budapest Memorandum. On March 4, 2014, President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin expressed the opinion that if the events associated with the Euromaidan are qualified as revolutionary, then it follows that a new state has been formed on the territory of Ukraine, in relation to which Russia has no contractual obligations . On March 19, 2014, the Russian Foreign Ministry accused the United States and the European Union of violating the provisions of the memorandum, which supported the opposition during the Euromaidan. In particular, they expressed threats of imposing sanctions against the Ukrainian authorities. All this, according to the department, had a pronounced orientation against the sovereignty and political independence of the country. As mentioned above, the Russian side emphasizes the fact that the Russian Federation had no obligation to force the local population to remain part of Ukraine against their will, especially since not only was nuclear weapons not used, but not a single shot was fired during Crimean events. Thus, there is no need to talk about Russia's violation of the Budapest Memorandum.