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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kingcapton" data-source="post: 29874923" data-attributes="member: 424993">1.Tensions came to a head in 2014 after Ukrainians ousted a Russia-aligned president. Russia – under the dubious claim of protecting ethnic Russians and Russian-speakers from Ukrainian persecution – annexed the Crimea region of Ukraine in a move widely condemned by the international community.2.Russia wants to resist the further eastward expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), restore Russia's strategic depth, and reclaim its historical sphere of influence around its western borders. Ukraine is central to this goal.</blockquote>

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