“Can you tell me the difference between Crimea and Kosovo.”
Absolutely.
Crimea - according to Russia - did not belong to Russia. Crimea is now illegally occupied by Russia after the Russians engineered a rebellion by the local Russian population. Ethnic and religious minorities - especially the Ukrainians and Tatars - have protested this but to no avail. Some of them have been abused by Russian thugs. Russia’s seizure of Crimea has not been internationally recognized by any notable country.
Kosovo was populated overwhelmingly with Albanian Muslims but was part of Serbia which is overwhelmingly Orthodox and Serbian. Kosovo declared itself an independent country in 2008 which was about a decade after Serbian forces - which had been abusive and at times downright murderous to the Albanian Muslim Kosavars - were forced out of Kosovo by an international coalition. Kosovo is recognized as an independent country by 110 nations around the world. Now it is an independent country and has been de facto accepted as such by Serbia which is now trying to normalize relations with it.
And there you go.
“I actually think these situations aren’t equal, but I would appreciate your vision, Vlad.”
It has nothing to do with “vision”. Those are the facts.
“Would you be so glad to share your opinion?”
No. I only stated the facts above. Opinions are not necessary nor helpful in the matter.
I appreciate your somehow thoughtful and detailed answer but in order for you to be consistent and your answer complete you need to use the same criterias describing both situations.
Otherwise, someone reading it may think you have an agenda.
I believe you are objective and it is not the case, but would you please try again to remove all doubts?
You said Muslims are persecuted in Crimea but what about Christians in Kosovo? You hint Serbs are a minority in Kosovo (as if it justifies their suffering) but are Muslims a majority in Crimea? Are any mosques burning or cemeteries desecrated in Crimea? What about Kosovo? You said there were Serbian troops trying to keep Kosovo (which was theirs since 1389) but wasn’t there Ukrainian army in Crimea?
It would be also nice for your further analysis if you would evaluate a fact that Crimea was part of Russia since 1783 (while Ukraine was never near a place at the time) and Kosovo a part of Serbia since 1389. Also the facts that Crimea was only declared part of Ukraine by a questionable executive order of Communist dictatorship and that Kosovo wasn’t 90% Albanian as far as before WWII (while Crimea was and still is majority Russian since before American Revolution).
I also like how you are stressing a fact of international recognition of Kosovo as such an important think making the most difference.
Why won’t you call your representatives to make your government recognize Crimea? It would make it as great and funny as Kosovo after all. Or not?