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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.

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[-] st3ph3n@midwest.social 69 points 4 months ago

They've also made noises about the sale of Alaska to the United States by imperial Russia being illegal. Good luck with that, shitheads.

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 37 points 4 months ago

Trump would give them Alaska if Putin asked...

[-] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

They can have the Palin family

[-] argentcorvid@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago

Idk he might have enough sense to get something out of it. Likely personally, but I don't think even that guy could give it away

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Of course, Trump's companies would benefit, same as when they were paid off by the Saudis, but the US wouldn't get anything.

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