Crimean speech of Vladimir Putin
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On 18 March 2014, Russian president
In the same place, Putin delivered another speech on December 4, 2014 that also picked out the Crimea as a central theme.[5]
Overview
In the beginning of his speech, Putin said that a
Putin recalled the ancient
The President stressed that in the heart of the Crimean people, Crimea has always been an integral part of Russia.
Putin condemned the West's reaction to the events in the Crimea and sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian politicians. Russian President expressed gratitude to the people of
Putin assured that Russia will not seek confrontation with the West and the East, and stressed that Russia and Ukraine — are one people. Ukraine will continue to live millions of Russian citizens, which means that Russia will always defend their interests.[6] In the speech Putin also insisted that Russia had no intention to invade other regions of Ukraine, saying "we don't want a division of Ukraine, we don't need that."[7]
Putin's speech lasted 45 minutes. During the speech, Putin used the term "natsional-predateli" ("national-traitors") which is a calque from the German term Nationalverräter.[8][9][10]
Reactions
Glenn Kessler from The Washington Post reported that several of Putin's statements were "dubious and false." In particular, he disputed Putin's claims that the referendum was legal and unrigged and that the Supreme Soviet had no authority to transfer Crimea from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR. He also accused Putin of making a false equivalency between the annexation and the United States's support of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia.[11]
Daisy Sindelar of Radio Free Europe criticized Putin for minimizing historic and current Soviet and Russian persecution of ethnic minorities, denying the legitimacy of Viktor Yushchenko's government after the Orange Revolution, and falsely stating that Ukraine was planning to join NATO before the annexation.[12]
Bob Dreyfuss of The Nation noted the speech's "aggrieved evocation of Russia's history and its religious, Russian Orthodox overtones" and that "by annexing Crimea, Putin is almost certainly fueling the fire of the most extreme nationalist elements in Kiev. Unless the situation changes soon, what had been a dangerous minority of radical-right elements in the new Kiev government could gain huge new momentum, making Putin's inflated claims a self-fulfilling prophecy"[13]
In a BBC News article, Bridget Kendall called Putin's pledge to protect Russian minorities in the former Union republics "A veiled reminder for other former Soviet republics with Russian-speaking minorities to send a message that, as in Ukraine, Mr Putin views Russian compatriots there as part of a single Russian nation - and therefore conceivably might make moves to ensure their protection too, if he felt they needed it," citing Moldova's Transnistria and the Baltic states as specific examples.[14]
In an interview with Tamara Zamyatina on ITAR-TASS, Colonel-General Valery Manilov praised Putin's speech, saying "Vladimir Putin in a dignified manner rebuffed the cravings of our opponents from the US and Western countries to misrepresent the results of the Crimean referendum. Particularly convincing was his criticism of the EU officials who recalled the existence of international law in connection with referendum, although they more than once encroached on its provisions in Serbia, Iraq and Libya."
The British government's response to points made by President Putin lists 7 points, among them the Crimean "referendum", the accusation of terror, pogrom and murder as well as the legal status of the Ukrainian government; " (...) Parliament (...) remained unchanged and was elected in a free vote of the people in Ukraine. The interim government was approved by an overwhelming majority in a free vote in the Ukrainian Parliament, including representatives of Yanukovych's Party of the Regions."[15]
Barack Obama gave a speech on March 26, 2014 to counter many of the arguments made by Putin. Obama stated that the historical relations between Ukraine and Russia did not give Russia the right to dictate Ukraine's future. He also denied Putin's claim that the Russian minority in Ukraine was in danger and argued that the Russians actions against Ukraine were undemocratic and constituted brute force.[20]
Future President Donald Trump criticized the Obama administration after Putin's speech on a Today interview, saying that "Putin has eaten Obama's lunch, therefore our lunch, for a long period of time" and expressed concern that Obama would "do something very foolish and very stupid to show his manhood."[21]
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See also
- Munich speech of Vladimir Putin(10 February 2007)
- Valdai speech of Vladimir Putin(24 October 2014 in Sochi)
- History of Crimea
- Foreign policy of Vladimir Putin
- Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
References
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- ^ Address by President of the Russian Federation Archived 2014-07-30 at the Wayback Machine (English transcript from The Kremlin, Moscow)
- ^ [1] Путин: Вношу в парламент закон о вхождении Крыма и Севастополя в состав России | (Putin: I bring to Parliament a law on the entry of Crimea and Sevastopol to Russia) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-06-10)
- ^ "http://eng.kremlin.ru: Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly (full text)". Archived from the original on 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
- ^ The Duty of Care in International Relations: Protecting Citizens Beyond the Border Archived 2023-09-07 at the Wayback Machine by Nina Graeger and Halvard Leira, Routledge (July 2019)
- ^ Russia President Vladimir Putin signs treaty to annex Crimea after residents vote to leave Ukraine Archived 2022-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, CBS News (18 March 2014)
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- ^ "Natsional-predateli or die Nationalverräter". March 21, 2014. Archived from the original on June 9, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
- ^ "Fact Checking Vladimir Putin's speech on Crimea (video)". washingtonpost.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-22. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
- ^ "Putin's Crimea Address Rewrites History". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
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- ^ "Crimea crisis: Russian President Putin's speech annotated". BBC News. 2014-03-19. Archived from the original on 2022-03-26. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ^ In response to President Putin's address to the Russian Parliament Archived 2014-08-16 at the Wayback Machine March 21st 2014
- ^ "Putin's words over Crimea 'terribly reminiscent of Hitler'". euronews. March 20, 2014. Archived from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2022.
- ^ "Three myths about Putin's Russia - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
- ^ Шустер сравнил риторику Путина с речью Гитлера в Рейхстаге. Во время эфира «Шустер LIVЕ» ведущий Савик Шустер провел параллель между выступлением президента РФ Владимира Путина и речью Адольфа Гитлера. — gordonua, 21 Марта, 2014 22:59 Archived 2014-05-27 at the Wayback Machine(in russian)
- ^ Украинский делегат на заседание Совета Европы по Крыму пришел в футболке с надписью «Putin = Hitler» — Postimees.ru, 26 марта 2014 Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ James Warren. "President Obama calls Vladimir Putin's reasons for taking Crimea 'absurd'". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on 2014-04-26. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
- ^ "Donald Trump: 'Putin has eaten Obama's lunch' on Ukraine". TODAY.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ^ Gingrich, Newt (2014-03-25). "Inside the mind of Vladimir Putin". CNN Digital. Archived from the original on 2021-03-23. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ^ Andrey Piontkovskiy (2015-02-18). ""Путин сделал ставку на ядерный шантаж" – Андрей Пионтковский". ARU.tv. Archived from the original on 2015-02-27. Retrieved 2015-03-01.