When the Soviet Union broke up, the Russians kept control of the Black sea port of Sevastopol, where their Southern fleet was based. It , alongside the gas pipeline, is their main strategic interest in the Ukraine.
At any sign of a threat, the Russians will roll over the country in order to protect those interests.
If the Scots vote for independance and we leave the nulear fleet in Faslane, then the Faslane council vote to rejoin the UK, do you think the Brits would do anything less drastic ?
At any sign of a threat, the Russians will roll over the country in order to protect those interests.
If the Scots vote for independance and we leave the nulear fleet in Faslane, then the Faslane council vote to rejoin the UK, do you think the Brits would do anything less drastic ?