Crimea Annexation Debate

if the people in the place being annexed don't want to be part of the freest country in the world, who are we to say they're wrong

It's not annexation if you're not appropriating it

I think it’s not occupied land as in occupied by force against the will of the inhabitants. The majority of people of Crimea participated in the referendum of which one option was to join the Russian Federation and this choice got the most votes. There are conflicts in international law about “Self-determination versus territorial integrity”[0] which contradict each other like the people of a region want self-determination while the state says it’s illegal. Sometimes it doesn’t work like in Cata

It's not insulting. It's a threat to their sovereignty. It's comparable to if lots of map makers changed the borders of the US to give Texas to Mexico, and it was acknowledged by international companies operating there and it was taught to kids in school. Eventually, by massive popular belief, it would be nearly impossible to retain it under US control because everyone would think it's obviously part of Mexico, including vtoers. Of course there's no risk of that happenin

Only if you acknowledge illegal annexations.

Countries sometimes disagree about what is or isn't a country, and also on what lands/people are in what country.

Too lazy to look it up. But that seems to be a legitimate goal for country, the claiming back occupied territories I mean.

So annexation is ok in that case?

The US and Russia both have claims to sovereignty there!?

Given that both country consider the area to be their, I guess you could call the one you want.