Russia vs Ukraine..

[El Kabong]

Awww princess thinks I want to read her wittle posts.....you're still blocked.....awwww poor baby

[Kirkland Laing]

Awww princess thinks I want to read her wittle posts.....you're still blocked.....awwww poor baby

You've surrendered again already? Fuck me. I've genuinely lost count of how many times you've unconditionally surrendered now but this has got to be close to my double hat trick.

[El Kabong]

I believe I said....


YOU'VE BEEN BLOCKED



....but then again you always did have issues with reality

[El Kabong]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/10/wo...-day.html?_r=0


Yup....nothing to see here

[Kirkland Laing]

I believe I said....


YOU'VE BEEN BLOCKED



....but then again you always did have issues with reality

You're still reading my posts even though you've surrendered yet again. Shameful.

[El Kabong]

Oh a bump to the thread...thanks for making sure everyone knows just how wrong you have been

[walrus]

you blame the US for funneling money into Ukraine while Russia was busy robbing the country. In the recent election, the separatists announced 96 percent of the people voted with them. Bullshit, when have ninety eight percent of people agreed with anything

[Gandalf]

5 billion dollars of middle class American taxpayers dollars spent on creating unrest in a far off country is a bit much though, isn't it? Oh, but it is to expand the influence of US multinational corporations, so using the 99%'s money to subsidize the aims of the 1% is justified? Look at who is now on the board of the Ukraine's largest gas producer. Conflict of interest much? At least in the old days these lunatics would pretend to be the good guys, but now they are outright Nazi-esque with the political hegemony and brute force.

The Farce Is Complete: Joe Biden's Son Joins Board Of Largest Ukraine Gas Producer | Zero Hedge

[Kirkland Laing]

you blame the US for funneling money into Ukraine while Russia was busy robbing the country. In the recent election, the separatists announced 96 percent of the people voted with them. Bullshit, when have ninety eight percent of people agreed with anything

In 1991 Yeltsin (Russia's leader at the time) voluntarily gave up Russian sovereignty over Crimea for the first time in history. The Crimean people were furious about this and the regional government organised a referendum. The exact same percentage (90 odd percent, whatever it was) voted in 1991 to remain part of Russia but Russia ignored the will of the people and handed it over to Ukraine. Rather than robbing Crimea, it'll cost Russia up to ten billion dollars a year to keep the lights on and pay the bills in Crimea. And Russia has been giving Ukraine in general billions of dollars of free gas for well over a decade now.

This part of the world has been crucial to energy markets since the Warsaw Pact fell apart. Part of my job since the same year, 1991, has been speculating on energy markets so I've been following what happens there for nearly quarter of a century now. This isn't something I suddenly started taking notice of when western media started covering it recently.

[Kirkland Laing]

Oh a bump to the thread...thanks for making sure everyone knows just how wrong you have been

Yes, you only have to read through it to see how wrong I've been.

Ukraine holds key to Putin's dream of a new union

By Timothy Heritage
MOSCOW Fri Nov 29, 2013







(Reuters) - Ukraine's refusal to sign a trade pact drawing it into Europe's orbit marked a victory for Vladimir Putin, winning him time to lure Kiev into a project for a trade and political bloc stretching from the frontiers of China to the edge of the EU.


The Russian president sees his "Eurasian Union", in which Ukraine would play a central role, as a future rival to China, the United States and the European Union. Some say he sees it as the president's personal political legacy - a strong force emerging from the ashes of the old Soviet Union.
"The Eurasian Union is a very important project for Putin. Without Ukraine, he will lose all enthusiasm for it," said Gleb Pavlovsky, a former Kremlin spin doctor who has also worked in Ukraine. "Without Ukraine, Putin's project is impossible."..........................




Ukraine holds key to Putin's dream of a new union | Reuters

[El Kabong]

Ukraine: 6 soldiers killed in ambush - CNN.com