>>Two things have to happen before the tanks roll. The Olympics have to end and there has to be some threat, real or trumped up, against the gas pipelines that bring gas to western Europe from Russia that pass through the Ukraine.<<
Ukraine in Crisis: Gazprom Declares European Gas Exports ‘Pumped in Full’
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/ukraine-crisis-gazprom-declares-european-gas-exports-39-085111943.html
The pipelines are not being cut yet.
CC
You are 100% on, Vlad’s number one domestic asset is the gas, anything that puts that in jeopardy is worth tanks to him and his ruthless interior minister. Look at Syria , that was all about a new pipeline that would threaten the pipeline that runs thru Ukraine.
This has the potential of being a changing moment in Eurasia.