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Crimea Annexation Lacked Diplomatic Pretext

Putin's 2014 annexation of Crimea was uniquely lawless because, unlike historical annexations such as Hitler's of Austria or Saddam's of Kuwait that came with diplomatic preparation and territorial arguments, Russia had signed numerous treaties with Ukraine from 1991 to 2014 with no diplomatic demand for Crimea before simply grabbing it, ruining the post-1945 security order.

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Speaker

Garry Kasparov

Evidence Quote

we already reached a point where the fundamental element of the security system that was built after 1945 has been ruined and putin thought that's that's it so that's that's like an open invitation

Source

275 - The Russian War In UkraineMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:54:29 AM

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