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Originally Posted by photon
I was talking to someone who is Russian today and that was what he was saying, that the rightful president requested the intervention and that the government in power now is a terrorist government and Russia is moving to stabilize and protect people from the illegitimate government.
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Except for that many view revolution as illegal, this is not a popular opinion. Because average Russian, being Russian, would ask, why would Russia spend its resources and take all those risks for the sake of merely protecting people in another, albeit neighboring, country when we have so much problems at home. Majority of Russians, being no naives, understands that we are pursuing our own interests - rightfully or wrongly - rather than ideallistically protecting simple people from scary illegal government.