Posted on 03/17/2014 1:31:24 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
As Russian forces took control of Crimea in the last few weeks, Russian media started referring to a broad belt of land in southern Ukraine as Novorossiya, or New Russia.
The revival of the Tsarist-era name plays well with Russian voters and harks back to a remark in 2008 when President Vladimir Putin told NATO leaders the area contained "only Russians". Six years on, Ukrainians are worried that comment is starting to look prophetic.
With Russia's armed forces holding war games near the border and Moscow threatening to intervene to halt violence against Russians in Ukraine, some fear Putin will not stop at Crimea and may try to grab more territory in the east and south.
Some Russians dream of annexing most of eastern and southern Ukraine, cutting the country in half and extending Moscow's reach to the border of Transnistria, a breakaway sliver of Moldova that has strong Russian ties.
"It's clear that the Kremlin's actions ... will be aimed at acquiring this whole piece of land up to Transnistria - and, of course, the eastern regions (of Ukraine)," Russian political commentator Yulia Latynina said on Ekho Moskvy radio.
Doing so would dramatically raise the stakes in the biggest dispute between Russia and the West since the Cold War and increase the danger of direct military conflict.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Is California next for Mexico. Stay tuned!
Russia is pushing for a federal Ukraine where the west and east have greater powers than a weak central government.
Of course Russia need not invade - it merely has to make sure if it doesn’t get it its way, it can help to break up the country.
Ukraine is too rich a geo-political prize for the Kremlin to easily let wriggle out of its grasp.
Actually it is more likely that a secession would be FROM the USA to an independent state ( not to be annexed to any country ).
Would the EU even recognize say, Texas if she did secede?
And so are California, Arizona and New Mexico.
I fully expect he’ll find a way to make them part of his new Russian Empire. He fancies himself the new Peter the Great with the manners, couth, and principles of Stalin.
Pottsylvania can't be far behind.
I believe we need to break South California from the rest of the state—A Republic. The date for the referendum and Declation of Unilateral Independence should be April 1! Our interum President—Michael Reagan-—New Capital—Santa Barbara. State Motto: “Kowbunga!”
Would the EU even recognize say, Texas if she did secede?
Of course they will.
Transnistria for trasnistrians~!
Free Trannys Unite!
Reuters is full of communists and Islam-fascists.
Of course they are signaling Russia’s intent in this article. They heed their master’s voice.
If the posts against the Crimean referendum is any indication, half of the people on here wouldn’t recognize Texas.
And they're welcome to it. :^)
The Transnistrians? I hereby reserve the name for my next punk combo.
I kind of figured that Obama was set on opening our
military to Transnistrians, is’nt that what he was
just talking about?
I owned a transistrian radio in high school.
Russian Media is also referring to Ukraine as a Republic belonging to Russia, because it was part of the USSR.
As if Putin’s Russian empire is not large enough.
Pity they have no border with Mexico.
Once they get back Alaska, they will!
And instead of Churchill or Roosevelt, we have a Hawaiian cabana boy with a phony SSAN in the White House.
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