Posted on 03/21/2014 2:44:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Citing the right to intervene wherever Russians are deemed to be in trouble, Vladimir Putin has set a possible precedent for future Russian intervention across Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
This map, from Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty, highlights the regions in neighboring countries that have the highest concentrations of Russian citizens, ethnic Russians, and native Russian speakers.
Kazakhstan and Belarus, both countries with large Russian populations, are already within Russia's sphere of influence. Both countries are members of the Eurasian Economic Community and have strong ties to Russia.
Still, according to Wikistrat senior analyst Mark Galeotti, Russia could take advantage of political instability in either country to send in troops. Again, Russia would justify these movements as peacekeeping.
Likewise, the Moldovan region of Transdniester is fairly ripe for Russian intervention. The region, a generally unrecognized breakaway state, already houses Russian soldiers. Pro-Russian politicians in the region have also officially asked the Russian parliament to draft a law allowing them to join the Russian federation following the events in Crimea.
Meanwhile, Russian intervention in either Latvia or Estonia is highly unlikely due to their NATO membership, but this has not stopped Moscow from voicing concerns over the treatment of ethnic Russians in eastern Estonia.
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RE: So, should we be watching Estonia?
from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonia#cite_note-Societal_survey-202
Estonia has a Population of 1.3 Million.
Here’s the breakdown by Ethnicity:
Ethnic groups (2013)
69.8% Estonians
24.8% Russians
1.7% Ukrainians
1.0% Belarusians
0.6% Finns
0.2% Tatars
0.2% Jews
0.1% Latvians
2.7% Others
Modern Estonia is a multinational country in which 109 languages are spoken, according to a 2000 census.
67.3% of Estonian citizens speak Estonian as their native language, 29.7% Russian, and 3% speak other languages.
As of 2 July 2010, 84.1% of Estonian residents are Estonian citizens, 8.6% are citizens of other countries and 7.3% are “citizens with undetermined citizenship”.
Since 1992 roughly 140,000 people have acquired Estonian citizenship by passing naturalization exams.
According to surveys, only 5% of the Russian community have considered returning to Russia in the near future. Estonian Russians have developed their own identity – more than half of the respondents recognized that Estonian Russians differ noticeably from the Russians in Russia. When comparing the result with a survey from 2000, then Russians’ attitude toward the future is much more positive.
This is exactly the excuse Hilter used to annex the Sudetenland. People of German decent were being “raped and murdered” and the democracies of the West were feckless.
Obama can’t even play the part of Chamberlain, the Russians don’t respect Obama enough to make the case, they just do it.
Or the Fairfax district in Los Angeles.
Obama will probably foment a revolution with the Chechen’s next. When your backing Al Quida in Syria it’s no leap. Obama is the Che Guevera of world wide Jihad.
I think Belarus actually wants to be part of Russia again.
So long as there is fear, occupation is not required
The fear produces a hegemonic condition and relation
Lukashenko envisaged himself as the leader of a new Soviet Union, but Putin kinda put an end to those dreams.....They don’t always get along.
“Demographics is Destiny”. So what happens when California votes to sucede from the U.S. and join Mexico ?
How ‘bout Brighton Beach? I hear its on his to-do list too.
The Russian River Valley?
If these countries were smart they would bus the Ruzkies back to Russia and let Vlad deal with it.
The street where Rush Limbo lives.
Those countries with large Russian populations should right now be planning on how to return to Russians to Russia with all due speed.
Russia would like to add more people.
Its the demography, stupid. And Moscow has admitted as much.
Some do. The vast majority of Belarusians speak Russian and have friendly feeings towards the fraternal “big sister” Russians.
That’s Putin’s March bracket picks.
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