Current Ukraine crisis..What do you think? 1st stage to another cold war?

[lhorenzoo]

Ukraine mobilises for war, calls up reserves

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​its inevitable ...

[poche]

RED ALERT: For MOTHER RUSSIA..
Red Alert 3 For Mother Russia - YouTube

[Istudyante-Ni-Pikoy]

Ayay mga CHix pa raba ang mga Ukrain. If war insist, just kill the bad guys not the decent Ukrain ladies. ^_^
RedCross please prio the Ukrain ladies if war exist. ^_^

[M.A.D.]

The crimea was a gift from Russia to the Ukraine. In this case majority of the inhabitants in the crimea are of russian descent. Even if the russians may have sent some armed troops in unmarked vehicles so as not to provoke a sign of military invasion, which the pro-EU dissidents may have accussed Russia of doing, they still won't be able to do anything since the crimeans have a greater bias towards towards Russia.

There is more ethnic similarity with the east ukrainians with that of the russians, should ukraine be balkanized the east(which may include crimea) may join Russia. The problem with the west and the rest of ukraine is that once this happens they may not be able to get natural gas from russia for heating as well as aid of the remaining $15B part of which $3B has already been given out while the rest has been withheld because of the situation.

Also, Russia is hedging her natural gas bet by putting a pipeline that may pass under the black sea and may pass through bulgaria and finally into the EU. So whatever happens, it is the west ukraine that will be at a losing end.



Ukraine U-turn: Gazprom kicks off Bulgarian part of South Stream

Ukraine U-turn: Gazprom kicks off Bulgarian part of South Stream ? RT Business

Published time: November 01, 2013 12:59

The problems in the Ukraine started around November last year. So it's quite obvious they are constrained by time.

On other unrelated news:

Afghanistan Mineral Riches Won

There's your 'war on terror'.

Hehe not making the same mistake again

[Dorothea]

If Crimea was a gift given to the Ukraine, bawion diay kung dili sapoton ang Russia? Murag Indian giver.
@æRLO --- didn't Putin "steal" Robert Kraft's Super Bowl ring? mentally unstable jud ning tawhana. He takes what he wants even if it's not his for the taking.

[M.A.D.]

If Crimea was a gift given to the Ukraine, bawion diay kung dili sapoton ang Russia? Murag Indian giver.
@æRLO --- didn't Putin "steal" Robert Kraft's Super Bowl ring? mentally unstable jud ning tawhana. He takes what he wants even if it's not his for the taking.

Crimeans may actually have a better future with Russia compared to the EU. Haha nobody said they would take it back. But choosing between the EU and Russia, crimeans would prefer russia. Besides, there are more ethnic russians in the crimea.

Crimea’s parliament calls for referendum on region’s future - FT.com

The transfer merited only a paragraph in Pravda, the official Soviet newspaper, on Feb. 27, 1954. The story was one long sentence and dense with detail. Here's what it said:

"Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet transferring Crimea Province from the Russian Republic to the Ukraine Republic, taking into account the integral character of the economy, the territorial proximity and the close economic ties between Crimea Province and the Ukraine Republic, and approving the joint presentation of the Presidium of the Russian Republic Supreme Soviet and the Presidium of the Ukraine Republic Supreme Soviet on the transfer of Crimea Province from the Russian Republic to the Ukraine Republic."

"Gifted" because Khrushchev's transfer was ostensibly to mark the 300th anniversary of Ukraine's merger with the Russian empire. And he probably didn't think the Soviet Union would be gone less than 40 years later.

How the case of why Crimea was given to Ukraine is actually a complex decision. Times change, borders change, even the people residing in a state change. Crimea probably had more ethnic Ukrainians before they were booted and replaced with russians.

Crimea: A Gift To Ukraine Becomes A Political Flash Point : Parallels : NPR

[Dorothea]

^I doubt if Ukraine would give up Crimea that easily, if indeed Russia decides to "seize" it. I just worry that if Putin gets what he wants, this will embolden China to go after what it wants too. And what does that mean for us?

[M.A.D.]

Actually it's the people living in the crimea who gets to decide what to do with their future. Apparently Ukraine since independence has been plagued by corruption, etc. If they want stability then they would rather secede and join Russia or become autonomous and be recognized by Russia.

^I doubt if Ukraine would give up Crimea that easily, if indeed Russia decides to "seize" it. I just worry that if Putin gets what he wants, this will embolden China to go after what it wants too. And what does that mean for us?

"We have not asked NATO to send troops. This land belongs to the Russian world. We would like everyone to remember that. It's a millennium-old history. The people of Russia and Ukraine belong to the Russian world," Konstantinov said.

Crimea to seek larger-than-autonomous status at referendum

[wak_wak]

Mura wala na mu attend sa G8 ni Putin..

US, Canada and UK ni withdraw na.. France, Germany, Italy and Japan for sure mo follow pud ni..

Cguro si Putin nalang usa mag G8, mag G1 nalang diay sya ani..

[kidynamite]

wa ko kasabot aning america.. ug sila gani mang ataki ug laing nasod ok ra... like sa iraq ug afganistan. pero krn magpapapel daun.. nanghadlok pa ang negro ni putin.