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Putin: Crimea is as sacred to Russia as Temple Mount for Judaism and Islam - World Israel News | Haaretz

In his annual speech, Russia's president defended the Kremlin's aggressive foreign policy, saying the actions are necessary for his country's survival.
By The Associated Press, DPA and Haaretz | Dec. 4, 2014 | 12:39 PM
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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during his annual address to the Federal council (the two houses of the Russian parliament)at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 4, 2014. Photo by AFP


Crimea is as sacred to Russia as Jerusalem's Temple Mount is to Judaism and Islam, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday in a hawkish annual address, in which he defended Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula.

In the speech, Putin said that Kremlin's aggressive foreign policy was necessary for his country's survival. Russia annexed the Crimea in March and was later accused of supplying pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine with ammunition and manpower.

In the annual state-of-the-nation address at the Grand Kremlin Palace, Putin referred to Crimea as Russia's spiritual ground. He called the region "the same as Temple Mount in Jerusalem for those who confess Islam and Judaism. And this is exactly how we will treat it from here for ever," Voice of America reported.

He also said that national pride and sovereignty are "a necessary condition for survival" of Russia.

"If for many European countries, sovereignty and national pride are forgotten concepts and a luxury, then for the Russian Federation a true sovereignty is an absolutely necessary condition of its existence," he told a full room of Cabinet ministers, lawmakers and community leaders. "I want to stress: either we will be sovereign, or we will dissolve in the world. And, of course, other nations must understand this as well."

More than 4,300 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine in what the West and the Ukrainian government says is a conflict fueled by Russian money.

Putin once again expressed his displeasure over the toppling of Ukrainian Presidential Viktor Yanukovych but did not offer any insight into what Russia's next actions in eastern Ukraine could be.

Although Russia is boosting its national defense budget Putin said it is not going to get involved in an expensive arms race. He said unspecified "unusual solutions" are at the nation's disposal.

"No one will succeed in defeating Russia militarily," he said.
 
Putin: Crimea is as sacred to Russia as Temple Mount for Judaism and Islam - World Israel News | Haaretz

In his annual speech, Russia's president defended the Kremlin's aggressive foreign policy, saying the actions are necessary for his country's survival.
By The Associated Press, DPA and Haaretz | Dec. 4, 2014 | 12:39 PM
2158773637.jpg

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during his annual address to the Federal council (the two houses of the Russian parliament)at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 4, 2014. Photo by AFP


Crimea is as sacred to Russia as Jerusalem's Temple Mount is to Judaism and Islam, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday in a hawkish annual address, in which he defended Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula.

In the speech, Putin said that Kremlin's aggressive foreign policy was necessary for his country's survival. Russia annexed the Crimea in March and was later accused of supplying pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine with ammunition and manpower.

In the annual state-of-the-nation address at the Grand Kremlin Palace, Putin referred to Crimea as Russia's spiritual ground. He called the region "the same as Temple Mount in Jerusalem for those who confess Islam and Judaism. And this is exactly how we will treat it from here for ever," Voice of America reported.

He also said that national pride and sovereignty are "a necessary condition for survival" of Russia.

"If for many European countries, sovereignty and national pride are forgotten concepts and a luxury, then for the Russian Federation a true sovereignty is an absolutely necessary condition of its existence," he told a full room of Cabinet ministers, lawmakers and community leaders. "I want to stress: either we will be sovereign, or we will dissolve in the world. And, of course, other nations must understand this as well."

More than 4,300 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine in what the West and the Ukrainian government says is a conflict fueled by Russian money.

Putin once again expressed his displeasure over the toppling of Ukrainian Presidential Viktor Yanukovych but did not offer any insight into what Russia's next actions in eastern Ukraine could be.

Although Russia is boosting its national defense budget Putin said it is not going to get involved in an expensive arms race. He said unspecified "unusual solutions" are at the nation's disposal.

"No one will succeed in defeating Russia militarily," he said.

Well I'll back up mr Putin in the Ukraine and Crimean issues, despite the Russians downing a civilian plane filled with innocent Dutch people, but I'd like to hear from the Russian leadership what other eastern-EU regions they consider vital to Russian defence. I'm pretty sure Crimean isn't the only spot on their agenda, and telling the world about it sooner rather than after the next conflict elsewhere in eastern-EU has started, is a very smart thing to do. Gives people like me time to massage American and EU leaders on the topic.
That missile defence shield planned for Poland (anywhere east of Italy in fact), I'll keep trying to prevent from being built. What else is on ur list, Russians?...
 
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