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.

  • @cygnus@lemmy.caEnglish
    4•4 months ago

    Does any of that contradict my statement which triggered this tangent of yours? I said “The USSR’s seat was never officially given to Russia - they sort of just kept occupying it and no one told them to stop.”

    These snippets from your citations say the same thing practically verbatim. I’m not sure why you’re so bent out of shape about this.

    Members were notified that Russia claimed it was not a “successor State” but a “continuing State” with the support of the former republics of the USSR, and there was no opposition

    Members said nothing at the first meetings at which “the change” was reflected.

    They all knew and could see there was a change but no words were spoken on the matter.

    • @Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      5•4 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•4 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.