BBCNEWS Political Thinking with Nick... June 4, 2024 09:40:00
And so i always thought it was very odd that in the break—up of the soviet union, the relationship with ukraine accepted the presence of the us huge naval base there, but didn't do anything about the question of the ukrainian control, if you like, of crimea. but i guess the reason i raise it is because it seems to me there's a danger. it looks as if you, because you're interested in the history, you're always looking for an explanation for russian behaviour. you're always looking for an explanation that maybe the west got it wrong. you, if you like, give them the benefit of the doubt. wherea...