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 Regarding other "points" -- I see you're only saying "I bet you know nothing" to me, what to argue here. 

But if you want to speak about how this started in 2014, -- I saw myself how it started in Crimea. The gangs of local thugs were gathering around the office of pro-russian deputee Kolesnichenko in Sevastopol every day throughout February 2014. This was the next building to the office where I worked back then. The cops who beat people in Kyiv during winter 2014, fled into Crimea, when it became clear there'll be consequences for them for what they did. There was Russian military base already, and they never reported to Ukraine on the number of troops located there (they had to, according to the agreement). And then in late February Russians took over Crimean parliament, and then all the local cops bravely took their side.  That was it - enough to let Russian armed forces in.

Later on, in March or April 2014, Girkin (Strelkov), the colonel of FSB of Russian Federation, with a gang of armed Russians, crossed the Ukrainian border and took the City of Slaviansk. A pro-Ukrainian deputee from Kramatorsk or Druzhkovka has been kidnapped and then found in Seversky Donets river with his throat cut. A 16 y.o. boy was killed by that people when traveling by train between Sloviansk and Kyiv, as far as I remember. These two were first victims AFAIR. Girkin, a Russian citizen, became so called minister of defense of "DNR". And Borodaj, a Russian citizen, became the "head" of that formation. They both lived in Moscow before and after these events. This is what everyone needs to know about DNR, in first place. 
 And then the people of that region voted over 90% to become part of the Russian federation.  Basically Ukraine is a corrupt nation, that has squandered it's post Soviet opportunity since almost day one.  
 1) Yeah and Russia is a citadel of freedom and honesty.
2) What the fuck is "nation". How you define it.

Ukraine has a corrupt state, that's true. Yet Russian Federation is even more corrupt, and far more evil.

People don't want to change one prison for another one which they perceive as a worse one. Those who want to live in Russian Federation are free to do so. Instead, they want to force everyone around to live  according to RF "law".

To be clear, -- to me personally it's not about the land. But it's definitely about why these wonderful people, elected into Russian parliament from Chechnya and Buryatiya, and so on, would write "laws" that are going to be applied to me? 
 😂

So you tried to get into bed with the most corrupt entity in history currently, The West...

😂

Well done, you chose a "partner" that is imploding. 
 You are on your own.

Our enemy is at home. 
 Cut down the hypocrisy then. When you say the United States should not help (“meddle”) - stop blutring out these ‘corrupt nation’ whatever arguments. Just admit you don’t care about some ex-soviet republik, or may even have resentiment towards its people, as @jackspirko seems to have. And that it’s too lucrative to deal with Russians to be at least neutral about their enemies. 
 See above. 😂

And No I don't think I will, because they are. 😂 
 Just FYI, I don't start lying just to preserve everyone's warm & fuzzies... 
 "nation" is not a subject. it cannot be "corrupt". it does not have any particular characteristic. it's only a set of people having passport issued by the same state.

once you start doing judgements on a "nation"(s) -- it's you who become a nazi. 
 If the state is shit it is because most want em there or tolerate them being there & the state is corrupt.

And that tells you what? 😂

You know? That entity allegedly running the show... 
 And what I said is you chose to get in bed with the "West" which is not a "Nation" & IS currently the most corrupt entity as a whole. 😂

I'm from one of the little vassal states...

Speaks volumes. 
 We have a whole host of terms just to avoid calling things what they really are. 😂

So we can pretend everything is above board... 
 P.S. that like was an accident, screen froze.

I need to find another client. 
 Nice cultural whitewashing by the way, a nation is the same as it ever was & if things really break down everywhere it'll be evident what it is from what forms in the vacuum. 
 I ain't in the "US" & have zero say on what TPTB do anywhere... 😂

Facts are simply facts. 
 Who is your enemy?
What do you think he/she/them/xi will do to you?
Why does your enemy want to do these things to you?
How will abandoning the US's alliance structure help you to stop/avoid them doing these things? 
 Let's make it simple shall we? Those who wherever you are treat the population just like livestock...

If you are ready for that lesson, you'll know who & if you aren't, no amount of explanation will do it.