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In the 1950s he surprised by giving them crimea. >> pete: stalin had just died and effectively he said to try to ease relations with the ukrainian republic, which is part of the soviet union we said we will transfer crimea over to you because we believe we will always be the uss are so it's still ours but it's yours for administration purposes. later on that would become quite relevant. >> brian: also if you talk to russians or soviets back then they never were comfortable with that wife did you give up this rich area but now both share a naval station there until 2001. >> pete: very important...

Kutcha he ends up taking over for about 10 years. as they continue to push west, in comes vladimir putin and poison. >> pete: poison, that was in 2014. victorian covic. part of the orange it. russia denies it. he wanted. this is a key point comes into play. pro-nato expansion that becomes a key part of ukrainian politics starting in the 1990s, 2,000s, 2010. do they join nato or not. putin pushes russian stooges they get pushed out and ukrainian independence waffles back and forth. >> brian: as they rise up and remember john mccain in that reasoning. we cut to it a few times on "fox & friends."...