Russia’s Territorial Claims and Independence Votes: A Speaker’s View

I believe that it's

not their territory. It's historically the territory

that belongs to Russia, and people who live

on that territory voted for their independence,

first of all.

And, uh, secondly, they voted

for, uh, reuniting with, uh, Russia.

So we can't even really talk about any territorial losses.

Of course, that's up for discussion. Depends on the point of view.