Good post. Thanks
TB2K.com thread on Ukraine has much information, pics...
200+ planes nearly all jets, left Ukraine with human and cash cargo... “Oligarchs”!!?? meanwhile, Guzman goes down...
Russian gas pipelines at stake, divisions historic east/west
inflaming. language, nationality, religions...
pics of presidents palace, zoo, garage, documents being fished out of water...
Next stop: Venezeula?
Ukraine doesn’t need the Crimea. Its problem isn’t a lack of land - it’s the passel of corrupt deals made with Russian oligarchs with the imprimatur of Ukrainian pols bought by Putin and his clique. They should just ditch the land and agree to go their separate ways. Alignment with the EU should see Ukraine rapidly catch up with Russia in per capita income despite Russia’s superior raw materials endowments. Poland’s number is about the same as Russia’s and this is with none of Ukraine’s (or Russia’s) mineral resources.
The 2014 Ukrainian Maiden Revolt
(Jeff Head’s outstanding photo essay.)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3126051/posts
Last I read, Crimea is preparing to secede from the Ukraine.
It should be a peaceful process.
We have our own Crimea here. It stretches from sea to shining sea.
There are ethnic groups who suffered staggering cruelties in the first half of the twentieth century whose stories are all but forgotten for lack of having contemporary political appeal. The Ukrainians are such a people.
Crimea was originally a part of the Russian SSR, until Khrushchev gave it to the Ukrainian SSR in the 50s.
Khrushchev was boss of the Ukraine, under Stalin.
The Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet is stationed in the Crimea. If the new Ukrainian government nullifies the agreement made by the previous government with Russia to extend the Russian lease there, don’t be surprised if Russia moves to take over the peninsula.