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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
The Ukrainians were part of the Soviet nuclear program ... Russia took that over from the USSR -- so what is the point?
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All native Ukrainians are ethnic Russians. So course they were a part of the Russian Empire and of the USSR. They were involved into anything, including Soviet space and nuclear programs.
Russia did not just took over the Soviet nuclear program, it took over the whole Soviet legacy as well. Maybe you don't know what happened to Soviet Union in 1991, so I'll refresh it for your. The country was a bankrupt with negative budget and an enormous external debt. Nobody wanted to pay it... except Russia. It was the only post-USSR country which has agreed to pay out all the debt for itself, for the Ukraine, for Belorussia, for Georgia, for Latvia, for Armenia for Kazakhstan and for every single former Soviet republic which became an independent country. Russia has paid all the Soviet debts in full, and yes it took over the Soviet nuclear arsenal... with help of the Unites States BTW. The one who is ready to pay the commie debts is taking its shit too.
Furthermore. Russia is paying money for use of its own gas pipelines on the Ukraine and in Belorussia. It's paying for renting of it's own
space port in Kazakhstan. It was even paying for renting of its own naval bases in Crimea 'till it was annexed etc. Did you know that?