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Russia May Condemn "Annexation" Of East Germany
Who says the Russians, increasingly isolated by the west (Europe and the US threatened over the past 24 hours to escalate sanctions yet again) and increasingly more welcome by China, India and the rest of the non-western world...
... don't have a sense of humor? Days after the speaker of the Russian Duma, Sergei Naryshkin, faced scathing criticism of Russia's
annexation of Crimean peninsula when he spoke at the Parliament Assembly
of Europe, he has come up with a novel suggestion when he asked a committee to study a proposal to condemn the reunification of Germany in 1990.
The logic: (unlike in Crimea) there was no public referendum to merge the two nations, which in turn goes to the legality of the most powerful nation in Europe, a nation, which however as the following maps demonstrate, is still quite divided in most aspects despite over 25 years of unity:
More from DPA:
Russian lawmakers said Wednesday that they will discuss a proposal to condemn West Germany‘s "annexation" of East Germany.
Sergei Naryshkin, the speaker of the State Duma, ordered the lower house of parliament‘s international affairs committee to look into the proposal from a Communist Party deputy, Russian news agencies reported.
The deputy, Nikolai Ivanov, said that the committee should prepare a declaration that condemns the annexation of the German Democratic Republic by West Germany. "Other than in Crimea, no public referendum was held in the GDR," Ivanov said according to the Duma‘s homepage.
Moscow made Crimea a part of the Russian Federation in March, after a controversial referendum that was condemned by the West for being held under the presence of Russian troops.
Naryshkin has said that it would be wrong to compare German unification with Crimea.
"By the logic of those who call (Crimea) an annexation, you can easily say that the Federal Republic of Germany annexed the German Democratic Republic," Naryshkin said on Sunday. He added that Russia was against such logic, the RIA Novosti state news agency reported.
East and West Germany unified in 1990, one year after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. The unification was explicitly approved by the Soviet Union and the Western allied powers who had overseen Germany‘s partition during the Cold War.
And, if that fails, there is always the matter of the Confederate South...
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"with the crisis in Ukraine, the post-war order in Europe is being called into question. This post-war order is founded on the principle of territorial integrity. Nearly 70 years after the end of the Second World War, borders in Europe are being altered in a manner which makes it seem as if the law of he who is strong is superseding the strength of the law. " A. merkel http://www.bundesregierung.de/Content/EN/Reden/2014/2014-05-12-us-handel...
West Germany was the first who broke the international law and post-war borders in Europe by annexing DDR. After the annexation of German Democratic Republic in unlawful way, Germany made a precedent for the redrawing of all European borders. After DDR, the borders of USSR and Yugoslavia were broken and redrawn by the NATO countries in unlawful and undemocratic way.
At this point on, the revision of all European borders is a fair game.
actually NATO moved the borders of Serbia in 1998 and breached the 1975 Helsinki Treaty
if I remember correctly, yes. but I was vaguely of the impression the whole thing had a UN mandate? or part of it? honest question
It depends. The whole thing was sealed under UNSC Resolution 1244. But if you start digging deeper, it all started with KLA vs. Serbian Military/Police forces clashes. In the media, KLA was presented as "freedom fighters" instead of terrorist organization they really were. Serbs at that point were already heavily demonized by the western media. Triggering event was "Racak massacre". If you look at wikipedia page about "Racak massacre", you'll find out that to this day there is no clear, unbiased consensus as to what really happened. In the end, "Racak massacre" was used as an excuse to start the bombing.
Getting your info from Wikipedia is about as reliable as getting Tooth Fairy updates from a dentist you don't know.
So no, it doesn't "depend."
Racak "massacre" was an OSCE FAKE.
Kosovo-Metohija = stolen by US/NATO force from Srbija.
As per Nuremburg Standard, Bill Clinton, Madeleine Albright, and Wes Clark are, by definition, war ciminals.
Dick Holbrooke is, too, but he's already in Hell, so...
Riga after USSR occupation
http://youtu.be/vhtah0Hi4h8
and 20 years later
http://youtu.be/VPZgkLX3MIY
http://youtu.be/HOTLkZCCqaI
Yes, it takes lot to get on normal civilised standards after ruskie occupation.
Indeed.
Iraq and Afghanistan have been global models of how occupation should be accomplished.
So, instead of enjoying your freedom, you have to shove it into everyone's face how different, great and better than Russians you are. Sorry to have to break it to you, but nobody gives a shit. The amount of hatred from Latvia towards Russia is approximately the size of Russia, while Russia sees you as an irrelevant mosquito. It is pathetic to see a nation use so much energy and effort to prove it is better than Russia. Want to prove it - achieve something great, new scientific breakthrough, something worthy of praise and recognition from the whole world. Don't bother replying, I don't give a shit. Have a nice day.
Dont worry we are proud of our culture :) ruskies could not break us even under 50 year of russification:
http://youtu.be/TYIgwyML7WQ
http://youtu.be/WeovGfNEEsk
I don't hate ruskies, they have suffered from brain damage under USSR and Putin regime - their inteligence is great but unfortunatly oppresed at all regimes. So we can't be mad at them, because we understand they are manipulated by regime.
Looks like General Patton was right. Should have annihilated the Russians while we had the chance in WWII.
Looks like we have a bunch of Ruskie lovers here.
Mr.Homogoat your petty nation would have been turned into radioactive ash too
You're new here, right?
So says Mr. Dimon's girlfriend.
Even a homo 's got a right to dream.
The fact that you didn't means you never had the chance ;-)
Ok, now that's funny.
Those dumbass Europeans haven't noticed but they have been annexed by the USA.
Those dumbass Americans haven't noticed but they are a totalitarian corporate state.
It's about time.
In the other news:
The Consulate General of Poland denies visas to Ukrainian citizens of military age
However, they can still go to Russian Federation:
Ukrainians Quit their jobs and leave the country fleeing to Russia from the mobilization of entire villages
Interesting thing I have just discovered is that https://translate.google.com/ site no longer translates RT (Russia Today) articles in Russian when you copy past the URL for translation. However, Radio Svoboda articles in Russian are translated with no problems. Draw your own conclusions.
Google betrays Wikileaks journalists and Eric Schmidt is in bed with State Dept.......Google was founded by a Russian and an American no doubt as an NSA cutout
Is there a statute of limitations? Or do we have to let go of Hawaii?
I figure it *will* happen, one day...
...the globalist game plan is to break soveriegn states, up (i.e., China to lose Tibet, Xinjiang, HK, etc.).
LOVE the graphs - fantastic!
The first nations in canada have wanted their country back for awhile now as well!!! I assume it's the same in the U.S. Neither country's population had a vote.
The first nations in canada have wanted their country back for awhile now as well!!! I assume it's the same in the U.S. Neither country's population had a vote.
The first nations in canada have wanted their country back for awhile now as well!!! I assume it's the same in the U.S. Neither country's population had a vote.
Not a good move, best to leave East Germany alone and let it stabilize. It's not like Crimea at all, the German economy is strong and they have a good lifestyle. Russia doesn't need more territory to manage on a limited budget. It would only be seen as provocation.
"(Europe and the US threatened over the past 24 hours to escalate sanctions yet again)"
Talk among the US and its allies of ratcheting up sanctions against Russia seem to follow military defeats on the ground in E/Ukraine. In the past 2-3 days it seems Ukraine forces have taken another hammering from the separatists and are in retreat. More sanctions follows...
Clearly, West Germany must be destroyed because they produce too much trash.
/Agenda 21