Originally Posted by
M.A.D.
In the case of EU, Germany is actually hesitant to reprimand Russia since russia is their biggest supplier of natural gas. Plus among the G8, germany would not wish for Russia out since there is no platform for direct recourse.
Ukraine since then has always been unstable. Too bad it is geographically located in a strategic point that serves as a buffer between europe and russia. There's always something cooking in that part of the world.
If Russia's meddling in Ukraine may not seem justified, we don't know what Putin knows. But it is still too close to Russia's backyard no matter what protests the international community may stage, Putin can just ignore it. But the whole of ukraine is no longer that relevant to Russian interests, since they have decided to detour a nat gas pipeline across the black sea and going through bulgaria and finally to EU.
Worse case scenario is the east and southern part of Ukraine goes with Russia, with the west and north joining the EU. I doubt the ones joining the EU will have a stable economy since the EU is still restructing it's fiscal and monetary system, to add to the fact that the ECB is different from the US federal reserve since in this case EU member nations can have unchecked deficits while being financed by richer members, adding a poor performer like ukraine is going to be a headache. Getting the ukraine to join the EU is the worst fiscal/monetary decision since letting greece in without checking their financial health. LOL this really looks like some sort of influence-peddling right smack in Russia's backyard since there is no economic or financial basis for getting Ukraine on board the EU.
The decision ultimately rests with germany. Germany is really hesitant on this one as they don't want to lose out on Russian natural gas at the same time germany may not want to provide adequate financing to a country as poor and corrupt as ukraine.
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