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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lol did he feel this way when Turkey occupied their native Crimea? Crimean Tatars are basically Turks.  Why wasn’t it Ukraine colonizing them? It’s not like they were governing  themselves.[/quote]

Since real American's won't know what the troll is saying, let me narrate Moscow's storyline for you.

Moscow's position is that Crimea is "predominantly Russian."  Here's the backstory:

"In 1783, the peninsula was annexed by the Russian Empire"
"Most Crimean Tatars (about 300 000 people) left their homeland and settled within the borders of the Ottoman Empire. The Russian government introduced benefits for immigrants from the north, trying to colonize and ‘Russify’ the peninsula. Yet, in 1897, Crimean Tatars still constituted the majority of the local population (36%), with Russians being the second largest nation (33%)."
"In 1944, massive deportation was conducted by the USSR after the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs had accused Crimean Tatars of treason, collaboration, and defection."
"from 600 000 to 1.5 million Russians moved to Crimea as of 2021, while 30 000 Crimean Tatars were forced to leave the peninsula"
"Absent Russian citizenship, one cannot get a job, use medical services, open a bank account, buy a credit card, sell a house, or get a license plate."
"if they do not receive a foreign residence permit, they may be regarded as displaced persons and thus deported."
https://icds.ee/en/crimean-tatars-in-the-vortex-of-war-a-decisive-moment-for-the-nation/

"the Soviet Union adopted a policy of “Russification” for the peninsula. Crimea was “Russified”: Any study of the Tatar’s native language was banned, ancient Tatar names were erased, Tatar books were burned, and their mosques were destroyed."
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/crimean-tatars-and-russification

"The Atesh guerrilla group is active behind Russian lines"
“Atesh is very deep underground,”
“There was not a single arrest among Atesh members, but they are working inside Crimea territory blowing up targets.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/17/the-underground-crimean-tatar-group-taking-up-arms-against-russia[/quote]

Exactly right - Russia had no ethnic, cultural or other presence whatsoever in Crimea prior to the 1940s.  The tatars, on the other hand, had lived there for hundreds of years and were forcibly displaced.  They should have a right to return to the lands of their parents and grandparents.[/quote]

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