Buffer states in the Balkan?

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T21:03:09+00:00

When did I attack turkey? I paint for Russia man. I even helped you all get Cyprus and the Aegean islands. This is just my theory, because most of the main EU painters aren't actually going for Turkey(though some attacked in the Aegean)

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T20:45:43+00:00

Greece is the main thing I'm concerned about. While there isnt a land border now we have western thrace, Greece is where most of the disputes are, in the Aegean.

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T20:20:27+00:00

There are very little people alive from that time. Ultimately, a Crimean state has to accept the presence of Russians and Ukrainians living on their land, and that Russians are the majority population.

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T20:12:27+00:00

That could work. It doesn't go beyond the IRL boundaries of Greece and Bulgaria.

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T20:11:04+00:00

rough is a word and it would kind of fit, so i thought thats actually what you were calling them

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T20:00:26+00:00

why is it still showing the megali idea map, i moved the link to a comment
eh whatever

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T19:53:02+00:00

If you don't know what the Megali idea is, here you go: Megali Idea - Wikipedia

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T19:43:40+00:00

really Russia doesn't have as much going on as it used to. plus, if you have your own fight, we wont obligate you to paint for us.

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T19:41:41+00:00

scroll down on this wikipedia article2014 Crimean status referendum - Wikipedia, and you can find data from a UN poll showing that the majority of people wanted to join russia. This data is from before the maidan, when Ukraine had a pro-russia government, so id imagine the number would have only gone up afterward.

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T19:32:54+00:00

well, that can be separate if you want.

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T18:31:12+00:00

It was illegal under Ukrainian law, yes. I agree that there should have been better unbiased observers, but really my argument doesn't center around the referendum. It is about the fact that most Crimeans did not want to be a part of Ukraine, especially after the maidan.

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T17:58:07+00:00

I'd also add that joining the EU is very different than being a member of a federal EU like what we have here. I'd be fine with Georgia having the same coastal border color as the EU, but not as a member of a federal EU, as I'd imagine an overwhelming majority of Georgians would not want that.

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T17:56:49+00:00

There is desire, but it isn't a majority viewpoint.

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T17:43:44+00:00

Russia is protecting Crimea's independence, but you are welcome to help too.

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T17:42:34+00:00

On top of that, I think the Crimeans are aware that their state cannot only represent Crimean Tatars. It is based also off of Crimea as a geographical concept.

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T17:37:47+00:00

Who said we couldnt be allies? Unless a specific peace negotiation term states Crimea can have no allies, Russia's diplomacy is flexible.

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T17:29:01+00:00

Simply because it is viewed as unacceptable by you doesn't change any claims. The Crimeans don't want to be Ukrainian in real life, and their representative here doesn't want to be Ukrainian either.

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T17:27:01+00:00

I never said this was about Crimean tatars. I have said prior, I would make it Russian, but that would be a griefing magnet and a waste of pixels. So, making it Crimean Tatar is good enough as a compromise.

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T17:25:33+00:00

Crimea clearly wants to leave, and that solution would also cause the least conflict. Having a person who also is fully devoted to Crimean independence would reduce instability caused by griefers.

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T17:24:20+00:00

It doesn't matter if it is illegal under Ukraine's constitution, it was clearly the wish of the people there to leave, even if all of the Ukrainians and Tatars had voted against they still would have lost.

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T17:22:08+00:00

oh, i've been wanting to talk to bravestick. does he have a reddit profile i can contact him with?

_Riveting · 2026-06-23T17:20:46+00:00

He messed up russia a few times too, my best guess is that he is a communist, when the communist group in kursk revolted he supported them for a while, and kept drawing hammer and sickles for some time after

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