Ukraine crisis: Angry Angela Merkel questions whether Putin is 'in touch with reality'

Telegraph ^ | 1:42PM GMT 03 Mar 2014 | Tony Paterson, Berlin

[fabian]

Doesn’t matter..Putin still invaded it and now the cowardly trooper leaders will not disclose themselves as Russian.

[hummingbird]

"...Moscow-backed government set a referendum within 10 days on the decision in a dramatic escalation of the crisis over the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula."

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Seems like Crimea is not on a "dramatic escalation of the crisis."

Maybe Obama and Merkel are the ones escalation a crisis where their really isn't one as they speak it.

Obama and Merkel are huffing and puffing maybe for show of strength when in fact their is none and it shows their impenitence in foreign affair "reality".

Just sayin'.............

[hummingbird]

" I put a little red arrow there as it was another indication of his ‘secretiveness’."

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Which photo, I've missed it, I think.

I want to get that book by Dr. Lillian Glass

(http://www.drlillianglass.com/) just to classify Obama's body language.

We all know about his subservient bowing to Japanese leader and Saudi leader. That was a total 'tail between his legs' embarrassment.

[hummingbird]

"Doesn’t matter..Putin still invaded it and now the cowardly trooper leaders will not disclose themselves as Russian."

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Thanks for reply.

I thought Russians in Crimea were kind of like US in South Korea - that there was a certain number of Russians already there and that Putin was increasing presence by adding 6,000 more troops.

I think there is an agreement that Russia can have a set amount of military in Crimea - that and no more and, at this point, Putin has not gone over.

Any Freepers know about military treaty between Crimea and Russia?

I read it SOMEWHERE or I DREAMED it. So, I'm not really reliable!

[Marguerite]

“My understanding is that Crimea is an autonomous region, a little bit Russian and a little bit Ukrainian.”

60% of Crimea population are ethnic Russians, and speak Russian.
Other 28% are russophones.
12% of the population are Tartars (muslims).

98% of the population speak Russian.
At the last parliment elections, the Block Russia got 83% of votes, and it got 78 seats out of 81.

[potlatch]

[Which photo, I've missed it, I think.]

Red arrow is in the one you first replied to;

#35

Here is a slideshow of the Obama bows you spoke of. Obama actually gives Putin a small bow in it;