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Ukrainian steelworkers and minors rout pro-separatists.
NYT via the Globe ^
| May 15, 2014
| Andrew E. Kramer
Posted on 05/17/2014 4:23:03 AM PDT by meatloaf
"... thousands of steelworkers fanned out Thursday over the city of Mariupol, establishing control over the streets and routing the pro-Kremlin militants who seized control several weeks ago."
(Excerpt) Read more at theglobeandmail.com ...
TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: minera; oligarch; putin; ukraine
The move by Ukraine's richest man which allowed his employees to voluntarily counter Putin's pro-separatists has accomplished in a matter of a day what at one point looked like a matter of extended violence. It's game over for Putin.
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posted on
05/17/2014 4:23:03 AM PDT
by
meatloaf
To: meatloaf
So they have children fighting in the streets?
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posted on
05/17/2014 4:28:31 AM PDT
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: saganite
To: meatloaf
My thought is Putin got what he wanted....... Crimea
He persisted so he could back out and give Obma et al a win. They will all crow over the victory in East Ukraine and Crimea is gone. That is actually happening
Win win
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posted on
05/17/2014 4:40:57 AM PDT
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
To: saganite
Steelworkers and children hit hardest.
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posted on
05/17/2014 5:24:46 AM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: saganite
Steelworkers and their minors.
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posted on
05/17/2014 5:30:24 AM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: saganite
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posted on
05/17/2014 7:35:20 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
To: saganite
Apparently. :) sometimes I surprise myself by entertaining I can be.
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posted on
05/17/2014 7:50:55 AM PDT
by
meatloaf
(Impeach Obama. That's my New Year's resolution.)
To: mountn man
The pregnant woman, just left of center, lighting a cigarette is a nice historic touch.
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posted on
05/17/2014 11:06:27 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(If I offended you, you needed it.)
To: meatloaf
This is the main reason why Putin hasn't gained the whole Ukraine and why Yanukovich lost-- when Yanukovich decided to use brute force to suppress the Maidan demonstrators, the bulk of his fellow oligarchs backed off, probably not out of concern with Maidan per se but because the use of such means would have meant the loss of any legitimacy for the Ukrainian government and the total reliance of the oligarchs on Russian power.
There was no sense in crushing the opposition if it meant inviting the Russian wolf into the sheep pasture.
Even Lukashenko in Bielorussia has backed off of some the closer "economic" cooperation with Putin because he knows the Russians would simply come in and elbow him aside.
Putin has such a bad reputation even his allies are afraid of him.
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posted on
05/17/2014 12:03:01 PM PDT
by
pierrem15
(Claudius: "Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out.")
To: pierrem15
Putin never had a chance at the entirety of Ukraine. He isn’t loved by everyone in eastern Ukraine. It’s even worse in western Ukraine.
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posted on
05/17/2014 4:25:20 PM PDT
by
meatloaf
(Impeach Obama. That's my New Year's resolution.)
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