Crimea, Ukraine - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Crimea, Ukraine Index / Locations Transcripts Macon Phillips ...to what they're doing in not just Crimea , but in Donbas and Eastern Ukraine... DJ Patil ...the midterms. Midterms are happening; Crimea is happening; Ebola is happening. M... Derek Chollet ...and talk about Russian annexation of Crimea , which I imagine at the time would'v... ...very quickly. And the seizure of Crimea —my recollection, it was acknowledge... ...had been less greedy and had not taken Crimea and had only fought an irregular war i... ...invasion and illegal annexation of Crimea , our role at the Pentagon was twofold... ...you're thinking that illegally annexing Crimea or [unclear] in Ukraine as a test o... ...relations, and a bit on Russia and Crimea and NATO. A topic we didn't get to wa... Show more... Michael McFaul ...this is before the invasion of Crimea . I thought a way to maybe discuss i... James Clapper ...eastern Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea . You end up two years later thinking ... ...have influence in and over Ukraine. The Crimea was a long-standing complaint with th... ...[Nikita S.] Khrushchev that gave the Crimea to Ukraine back in the '60s. So Puti... John Brennan ...second term. Obviously, the takeover of Crimea , the use of Russian proxy forces an... ...correctly, that he could move into Crimea , he could move into eastern Ukraine... ...sanctions that the takeover of Crimea did. So the Russians, and the Chinese... Susan Rice ...mentioned, we had Russia's invasion of Crimea and Ukraine, and we had the rise o... Chuck Hagel ...Ukraine and takes control of the Crimea . So we had a lot of things going on... ...border of Ukraine and be satisfied with Crimea . They were challenging all along tha... ...responding to what Putin engineered in Crimea ? That was a jolting gong fo... ...for that. We've mentioned Russia and Crimea a few times. I just want to make sur... ...The Russian invasion and annexation of Crimea , I know that was right around th... ...with Russia's move into Ukraine and the Crimea . I think, first, if you look at th... ...Russian—they'll get emotional about it. Crimea was a situation where the Russians ha... ...their big military facilities in Crimea . About ninety-five percent of th... ...percent of the population of Crimea are Russian nationals. The Ukrainia... ...in Kyiv was paying no attention to Crimea , to helping those people in Crimea... ...to Crimea, to helping those people in Crimea . They didn't have electricity a lot o... ...didn't send any money down there. So Crimea was pretty easy pickings for Russia... ...not making excuses for Russia to take Crimea . But these are just facts that a lo... ...not going to go to war with Russia over Crimea or eastern Ukraine. Then, how could w... Show more... William Taylor ...because the Russian annexation of Crimea brought your— Twenty fourteen... ...would leave Donbass. This was not on Crimea , Crimea is real hard. But on Donbas... ...leave Donbass. This was not on Crimea, Crimea is real hard. But on Donbas, we mad... ...response to the Russian annexation of Crimea and concern over the Donbas... ...Ukrainians after the invasion both in Crimea and in Donbas. The administratio... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Democrats Democrats go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Healthcare Healthcare go to the Elections and Campaigns Elections and Campaigns go to the Asia Rebalance Asia Rebalance