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moondust

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9. Putin: Annexation of Crimea a "historic landmark"

Reply to uhnope (Original post)

Thu Jan 1, 2015, 04:06 PM

Jan 2015

Putin calls annexation of Crimea a historic landmark

"...that may end up destroying Russia's economy because for some reason the world does not look kindly on land-grabbing dictators," he failed to add.

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Crimea’s ‘return home’ shows love for motherland, says Putin [View all] uhnope Dec 2014 OP

The fool is delusional. Hulk Dec 2014 #1

yep Duckhunter935 Dec 2014 #2

Putin is right about one thing: it is a very important event in Russian history. BillZBubb Dec 2014 #3

They do say Motherland, don't they? Better than Fatherland or Homeland, I guess: freshwest Jan 2015 #4

There are two words. Igel Jan 2015 #6

"One ideological doctrine unites the far-right worldview, it is that of nationalism." pampango Jan 2015 #5

That's only because in the West Igel Jan 2015 #8

I think the point was that liberals/progressives/socialists can be (but often are not) nationalistic pampango Jan 2015 #10

Appropriate video... Cooley Hurd Jan 2015 #7

Putin: Annexation of Crimea a "historic landmark" moondust Jan 2015 #9