Would You Support War Against Russia?

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[Dobby]

The Crimea is massively a part of Russian interest. Head of Russia's black sea fleet in Sevastapol a lease which expires in roughly 25 years. The historic connection between the Crimea and Russia plus its majority Russian population make it important for Russia both strategically and culturally. Russia simply doesn't have the power to be expansionist. It has the military power, but economically it's simply too unsustainable to be expansionist. The Crimea is arguably the one region in the world that Russia feels it has most right to. It's not about to let it become part of some pro EU country.

The popular revolt was only supported by half the country. The other half want to be Russian.

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[Indy]

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Actually, Ukraine just isn't that important to agriculture. The EU produces 130 million tonnes of wheat annually. China is next at 125. India at 94. US at 60. France at 40. Russia at 40. Australia at 30. Canada at 30. Pakistan at 25. Germany at 22, Turkey at 20... And finally the Ukraine, at 15.

So, no, grain doesn't matter.

Your other point... I don't know what that means. Russia wants Crimea for prestige and cultural reasons, plus they want that naval base to be operational until the new one in an inferior location is done. Nothing at all to do with agriculture.