On September 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that the breakaway, Russian-backed Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” in eastern Ukraine have the right to independence.
Putin said:
“The U.N. Charter has a provision about the right of nations to self-determination. During the Kosovo crisis, the International Court of Justice ruled that if a portion of a territory, a portion of a country chooses to declare independence, it does not have to ask the central government of that country for permission. This was the case of Kosovo.
“Is the situation with the Donetsk Republic and the Luhansk Republic not the same? It is the same. Since they have this right – and they do have it in accordance with the U.N. Charter and the right to self-determination – they exercised it and declared independence.”
Абе, сега ми хрумна, щом Путин признава правото на Косово на самоопределение, демек да провъзгласи незвисимост, защо РФ не е признала Косово?