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re: What does Russia get out of propping up the Assad regime?
Posted on 4/8/17 at 6:00 pm to Slippy
Posted on 4/8/17 at 6:00 pm to Slippy
Russia needs warm water ports. Syria provides that.
They have a port and submarine base in Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula which is why they annexed Crimea. They have a huge underground (inside of a mountain) submarine factory and base there in Sevastopol. The Soviet Union built almost all of their subs there.
They have a port and submarine base in Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula which is why they annexed Crimea. They have a huge underground (inside of a mountain) submarine factory and base there in Sevastopol. The Soviet Union built almost all of their subs there.
This post was edited on 4/8/17 at 6:05 pm
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Posted on 4/8/17 at 6:45 pm to Screech
There is a reason Crimea and eastern Ukraine are predominately Russian. Both were part of Russia for most of their existence. Chruchev gave both of them to Ukraine sometime in the 50s or maybe early 60s.
Frankly, I have no sympathy whatsoever for Ukraine in this matter. After all, it was the Russian dominated Ukrainian government that was duly elected, but overthrown by the current government at the behest of the Bush and Obama administrations.
Frankly, I have no sympathy whatsoever for Ukraine in this matter. After all, it was the Russian dominated Ukrainian government that was duly elected, but overthrown by the current government at the behest of the Bush and Obama administrations.
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