Whataboutism again Norwegian. The Russian troops had no legal right to be in the Crimea (except for the naval base). You’ve spoken to many people is such a vague term without much evidence to back it up or a good reflector of overall opinion. The vote was declared invalid by the UN, but of course Russia doesn’t care about that. The media is pretty tightly controlled in Russia so I’d be surprised to find a documentary that was against the takeover tbh.
Quite frankly, I don't care about the UN declaring the vote invalid because I know how the people in Crimea voted and that's all that matters. The countries that recognized the vote as invalid all had their own interests in mind. I told you, go see for yourself and talk to the local populace in Crimea, or find reports from western journalists that have been down there and have spoken to the local populace. Why on earth would anyone make a documentary against the reunification? Media is not tightly controlled at all, and people are free to do as they please. I know many people in Russia who are opposed to Putin, people who support Navalny etc. and nothing bad has happened to them. They're all living freely, nobody's harrassing them or oppressing them. They're openly sharing their views and there's no threat to them. And before you come to me with "hurr durr Russian police shut down their rallies", yes they did, because they were unsanctioned. They are blocking roads etc. causing trouble in the city, which of course would cause the police to have them be moved so that traffic could resume as per usual. If they actually would apply to hold their rallies and get a designated area for the rallies (which they have done in the past and it has happened with no problem) the police wouldn't touch them.
You need to take away this bullshit Western "hurr durr Russia is so bad no freedom" that you have and keep in mind that Russia is no longer the Soviet Union and is now a free democracy.
I've never heard of "whataboutism" before, but from a quick google search it seems like it's a simple term for you to try and discredit the facts me and Gojkov are presenting, when showing YOUR hypocrisy. The facts about Kosovo remain facts.
Have a good day. I'm not interested in discussing this any further because you're so blinded by the anti-Russian propaganda, so I don't think I'll be returning to this topic.
