Funny how Putin is giving medals to the Russian soldiers who took part in the operation in Crimea. Even though there were no Russian soldiers there.
The problem is that you state information that everyone here already knows (that Russia was allowed 25000 military personel in Crimea Russian bases), hence the people you are talking with believe that your point is not this known information but that you interpret this information in some way and use this interpretation as an argument, which they don't agree with.
Case in point : most of the people still didnt and dont understand difference between garrisoned russian troops in Crimea, insurgents in Crimea and unknown "special forces" that may have been russian soldiers, and the civilians (either supportive or not) in the middle. They all did different things and they werent all russian soldiers
Thats the same fallacy we now see with Eastern Ukraine : the difference between russian troops on the border of Russia-Ukraine, insurgents in Ukraine and unknown "special forces" that may be russian soldiers, and the civilians (either supportive or not) in the middle. They all did different things and they werent all russian soldiers