Putin on julkaissut tekstin, jossa todistelee Venäjän, Valko-Venäjän ja Ukrainan kuulumista yhteen. Tosin Ukrainan itsenäisyyskin on mahdollinen, mutta:
You want to establish a state of your own: you are welcome! But what
are the terms? I will recall the assessment given by one of the most
prominent
political figures of new Russia, first mayor of Saint Petersburg Anatoly
Sobchak. As a legal expert who believed that every decision must be
legitimate,
in 1992, he shared the following opinion: the republics that were
founders of the Union, having denounced the 1922 Union Treaty, must
return to the boundaries they had had before joining the Soviet Union.
All other territorial
acquisitions are subject to discussion, negotiations, given that
the ground has
been revoked.
In other
words, when you leave, take what you brought with you. This logic
is hard to refute. I will just say that the Bolsheviks had embarked
on reshaping boundaries even before the Soviet Union, manipulating with
territories
to their liking, in disregard of people's views.
Tällä logiikalla Petserin, Jaanilinnan ja Abrenen pitäisi kuulua Virolle ja Latvialle, koska ne kuuluivat silloin kun Viro ja Latvia 'liittyivät'. Viipurin ja Käkisalmen taas pitäisi kuulua Karjalan tasavallalle. Jollei sitten koko Moskovan rauhansopimus Bolshevikkien tekeleenä ole laiton ja pitäisi perua.
