Putin Loses in Ukraine’s Election

nationalreview.com ^ | October 28, 2014 | The Editors

[Berlin_Freeper]

... Much can go wrong for Ukraine in the next decade, but not enough to transform the country into a victory for Putin. This time last year Putin controlled the whole of Ukraine through Yanukovych. Today he controls Crimea and three conflict-wracked provinces dependent upon Russian military support. His Eurasian Economic Union is faltering, and without Ukraine it is no match for other economic blocs. He has given a modest boost to NATO and now has its troops on Russia’s Baltic borders. Sanctions on Russia are weakening its economy and the interests of his kleptocratic supporters at a time when a falling oil price is independently threatening the revenue he needs to balance Russia’s budget. And the world knows that 3,700 people have died in eastern Ukraine, including the passengers of a commercial airliner, largely as a result of his policy.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Putin has three years to live

[Berlin_Freeper]

Mr. Putin said during a meeting with foreign journalists and Russian experts that the U.S. has failed to use its global power wisely over the past two decades, creating a new world order that is unilateral and unfair,

[Berlin_Freeper]

(Reuters) - Poland's parliamentary speaker, Radoslaw Sikorski, has been quoted as saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to Poland's then leader in 2008 that they divide Ukraine between themselves.

[Seeing More Clearly Now]

Echoes of Obama’s sending Putin the oral message that he, Obama, would have more flexibility after the 2012 election. Not impossible that Obama and Putin made a land deal, too.

[goldstategop]

Russia knew after Ukraine’s color revolution that it was essentially lost.

Its reconciled itself to that and wanted nothing apart from historically Russian Crimea.

As for the Donbass, there was always going to be a split, with or without Russian support.

The economic downturn the Kremlin faces would have happened with or without sanctions but its not going to force Russia to reverse course.

[chajin]

Evil always overplays its hand.

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, that is good news:

> Putin is allegedly being treated by an elderly doctor from the old East Germany whom Putin met decades ago while serving in Dresden for the KGB. The doctor has been trying various treatments including steroid shots, which would explain Putin’s puffy appearance.

http://pagesix.com/2014/10/24/cancer-rumors-swirl-around-putin/

[logic101.net]

To dictators like Putin and Obama elections don’t matter much, they just slow the agenda a bit.

[hubel458]

quote ‘’dictators like Putin and Obama ‘’

Damn shame, they seem to be working together,

The lip service obamola gives to Ukr, nato, and EU

and lack of any real aid is the proof. Ukraine will fight.

Do the fighting if we send proper aid, and they will

win, with proper aid and bills paid, If Ukraine wins a

whole bunch of the worlds problems caused by putler

goes away.Including a bunch of fascist libtards here

being propped up by the commies/fascists of the world......

[Impy]

Suck it, Vlad.

[GeronL]

Ukraine is not Russia, fascist Putin should get out of its business

[GOPsterinMA]

Despite his nefarious motives, Vlad is singlehanded keeping White, Christian culture alive.