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Originally Posted by nik-
Right, so build your own, on your own ample coastline on the Black Sea.
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They do have Russian coastline naval bases, but seizing the ones in Crimea prevent an possible hostile naval presence in the Black Sea.
Russia has a main export base in Novorossiysk, But the main naval base is in Crimea, and that's a Russian base in what's considered a foreign country that is vulnerable.