Russian servicemen confiscate weapons in Crimea region - Interfax

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17. "Hero city."

Ah. Says a lot about nationalism: It's a city where a lot of Russians lost their lives defending Mother Russia against the fascist hordes. It's like saying "US Marines, ma'am, from San Antonio, home of the Alamo, here to defend you against the Mexicans." Esp. since the usual portrayal of Ukrainians, when not bumpkins, is as Hitler-defending Jew-killing anti-Russian fascists.

Pure jingoism. Which will be ignored by many here.


It's also a city that isn't under the autonomous part of Crimea, but land that's simply Ukrainian. So the new Crimean leader's authority doesn't, according to the published rules of the game so far, extend there.