Quote (fender @ Sep 16 2023 12:21am)
cute, kremlin-approved framing.
https://sites.utu.fi/bre/crimea-crimean-tatars-and-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/a fair peace would see ukraine regaining all of its illegally occupied territory. as a compromise, it would promise to hold internationally surveilled, fair referendums once those regions are rebuilt and crimea's russification process is reversed, in order to determine their future. should there be a genuine desire by the majority of their inhabitants to become "independent" or russian provinces straight away, ukraine commits to honoring that and international borders will be redrawn peacefully.
I'm aware of the fact that the Crimean Tatars exist. What percentage of the Crimean population do they represent? By my reckoning, Crimea has had a Russian ethnic majority since at least the 1930s, and the Tatars a minority even before that crazy genocidal Georgian deported Crimea's Tatars. By "reverse" Crimea's russification, I can only imagine you mean removing the Russians who have lived their for generations; either that, or you mean to say that their language and culture needs to be replaced. Is that a legal opinion to express in Germany?
Your definition of peace looks a lot like victory for Ukraine. We might as well say that the Russians want peace, and they'll have it once rump Ukraine installs a Ukrainian Lukashenko. As it stands, I don't think it's likely that Russia will ever agree to give up the land bridge connecting Crimea to Russia. Ukraine, on the other hand, will not accept even a Russian withdrawal to 2022 borders. As a result, both sides want the war to continue.