tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post5253471557160486979..comments2024-03-20T01:06:12.181-04:00Comments on MEI Editor's Blog: When the Crimea Was a Muslim PowerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-52513385685466379382014-03-06T10:23:27.527-05:002014-03-06T10:23:27.527-05:00This great reveiw of the Crimea issues leaves out ...This great reveiw of the Crimea issues leaves out one crucial part of the history: the white slave trade was a major part of the Khanate's economy for centuries, supplying both the slave market in Istanbul and via private Genoese ships markets further south in the Mediterranean. It is estimated that over 2 million Ukrainians and Russians met this fate during this period.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-54900525507930240262014-03-04T01:49:40.065-05:002014-03-04T01:49:40.065-05:00Putin's aims are three: the Black Sea Fleet, t...Putin's aims are three: the Black Sea Fleet, the Black Sea Fleet, and the Black Sea Feet, though rarely mentioned by Western commentators... Since Catherine the Great Russia has fought for warm water access. This isn't fully about Ukraine; it's about Sevastopol, Russia's critical southern naval base, now leased from Ukraine. <br />Their Guantanamo, in a sense.Michael Collins Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07398326467953722017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-25304545821565562352014-03-03T14:13:55.528-05:002014-03-03T14:13:55.528-05:00Nice to have this perspective on the Ruisso-Ukrain...Nice to have this perspective on the Ruisso-Ukrainian crisis. Probably means no support in Turkey for Putin's aims, whatever they are. David Macknoreply@blogger.com