Posted on 05/14/2014 8:02:23 AM PDT by se99tp
There is something unusual (and cynical) that the occupation of Ukraine by Russia is combined with simultaneous demand to pay out billions of dollars to Russia for past and future supplies of Russian gas in not yet occupied part of Ukraine. Actually in the occupied as well, as the Russian gas was supplied in the Crimea and Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
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More likely scenario: Putin sues Ukraine for the trouble he is is going thru in order to maintain the safety of ethnic Russians. /sarc/
When we wanted Alaska we bought it fair and square from the Tsar.
When we wanted the Louisiana territories we bought them fair and square from France.
I suppose it’s too much to ask for Russia, who really does have compelling reasons to acquire a year round warm water port, to negotiate a fair price and buy the Crimean Peninsula fair and square from Ukraine?
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