Talk:Protests of Russian intelligentsia against the annexation of Crimea

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This article has been removed from ru.wiki by the fiat of mediators for Russian-Ukrainian relations subject. Сергей Олегович (talk) 06:19, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

The title is incorrect
The title is incorrect. In Russia, the event is *not* called an "annexation", virtually by anybody. The thing that people happen to protest about is, of course, not the hurt feelings of the Ukrainian state, and usually not the legal side of the matter (quite some of those who don't support the event don't think that the event was illegal, quite some think that it is impossible to determine whether it was legal or not, and many just don't care), but a number of issues that have little to nothing to do with the formal classification of the event, like economical losses (people may feel it is unfair that resources go to the Crimea and not to the regions of the Russian glubinka¹), or Putin's growing popularity based on populism for fools (people may not blame Putin on Crimea, but blame Crimea on Putin), or departure of the simple common sense² from the public space (the latter is a really pronounced common trait between the West and Russia, by the way). So, what people protest about is not an "annexation", and not a "reunification", but «присоединение», which is a politically-neutral term in the Russian language. - 91.122.2.120 (talk) 14:58, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

¹ a Russian word for periphery, but it is very special… ² in Russian called, "healthy sense", which is a good designation. ³ note that I didn't use the word "protest against", I used the word "protest about", which, though maybe not correct in English, is more to-the-point and generic.
 * By the way: existence of a symmetrical article would be logical, "Support of Russian intelligentsia of the «annexation» of Crimea", or whatever you call the event. The opinions are divided as natural, so both processes exist. - 89.110.6.108 (talk) 14:16, 14 May 2014 (UTC)