foreign relations may have taken a hit, but the popularity of the government and national morale in general has improved tremendously.
Jingoism on the march. I wonder what will happen with the national morale when effects of the upcoming recession will hit Russian economics
As such, I don't think any further military intervention is required, because with the retarded way the new government of Ukraine has been going about business, it'll fall apart all by itself in short order.
Common Russian belief - Ukrainians are retards who can't manage their own country.
You know what the difference with your country? A colony named Siberia, That one. With Oil and Gas
A lot of Crimean Russians are half- or quarter-Tatar.
So what? That never was a problem in any genocide
Now the Tatars. Tatar genocide by Russians is a fucking ridiculous idea.
Sure. And Tatars just forgot 1944
Back in the nineties, they used to evict people from premises because apparently, the bones of their ancestors lie in the foundations, and move in
Mostly because of support of Ukrainian government and they failed to get most of their homes back, getting inferior land.
Third, Ukrainians whining about the rights of Tatars are starting to piss me off, because the Ukrainian government has been stepping all over those
Unfortunately it is true... Ukrainian government did almost nothing for Crimean Tatars You see, most of the time we had government that huge majority of Crimeans voted for, including Yanukovitch who got 75%+ of votes in Crimea. So yep, Crimean Tatars didn't got enough support from the Government, because it was
pro-Russian and that exactly what Russians of Crimea wanted. That is especially true for the local government of Crimea.
for the whole period of Ukrainian occupation
You made me laugh here