again, his history only goes back 250 years (and is consequently basically useless in explaining the ethnic divisions), but he's at least confused by this.

of course, there's a big russian naval base there. forget about the cold war, this is a discussion of the factors underlying the crimean war.

i'll come back to this in a few hours. it looks like it has to develop properly.

http://rt.com/op-edge/ukraine-crimea-west-policy-942/