Russian lawmakers have submitted a draft bill to the State Duma that would rewrite a chapter of history by nullifying the Soviet decision in 1954 to transfer Crimea from Russia to Ukraine. The move appears aimed at establishing a legal basis for Russia to argue that Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula which it claims to have annexed from Ukraine in 2014, was never really part of Ukraine to begin with. The draft, submitted by a lawmaker from each of Russia's two houses of parliament, describes the 1954 handover as arbitrary and illegal because no referendum was held and Soviet authorities had no right to transfer territory from one constituent republic to another without consent.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian lawmakers have submitted a draft bill to the State Duma that would rewrite a chapter of history by nullifying the Soviet decision in 1954 to transfer Crimea from Russia to Ukraine.

The move appears aimed at establishing a legal basis for Russia to argue that Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula which it claims to have annexed from Ukraine in 2014, was never really part of Ukraine to begin with.

The draft, submitted by a lawmaker from each of Russia’s two houses of parliament, describes the 1954 handover as arbitrary and illegal because no referendum was held and Soviet authorities had no right to transfer territory from one constituent republic to another without consent.

  • Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I’m not usually one to call someone else a shill but I think the person you’re replying to might be one. You’re 100 percent right and they seem hell bent on trying to legitimize Russia for some reason. Even though your comment isn’t even that confrontational.

    • cygnus@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      I don’t know… Usually shills won’t take the time for such long-form content with citations, other than Putin himself with his “it started with the Kievan Rus” diatribe with Tucker Carlson. I’m assuming they just misunderstood what we’re talking about.