Tag: Sir Malcolm Rifkind

Crimea and Chechnya Differ Only in that One Wanted to Join Russia and the Other to Leave, British MP Says

August 3, 2014

Staunton, August 1 – Sir Malcolm Rifkind, chairman of the Commons Defense and Security Committee, says that the difference between Crimea and Chechnya is that “Crimea wanted to be part of Russia and Chechnya did not” and that Russia “instantly” recognized the right of the first and used military force to deny that right to […]