Suspicion & concern +1. foxnews/world/2014/03/07/pentagon-confirms-report-russian-air-defense-drills/ FTA The Russian parliament has scrambled to introduce legislation that would simplify the procedure for Crimea to join Russia. According to current constitutional law, Russia can only annex foreign territory by an agreement initiated ... by the given foreign government. Because Crimea is still legally Ukrainian territory, that would entail signing an agreement with new authorities in Kiev, who have condemned Russian moves in the region. New legislation would sidestep that requirement, according to members of parliament, who said a new bill could be passed as soon as next week. Seems to have some similarity to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov-Ribbentrop_Pact) ... the treaty included a secret protocol that divided territories of Romania, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland into Nazi and Soviet spheres of influence, anticipating potential territorial and political rearrangements of these countries. Thereafter, Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939. So, as Brad Paris would put it, what next, friends?
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 15:27:33 +0000
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