"the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the [20th] century" -Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the collapse of the Soviet Union...
"World democratic opinion has yet to realize the alarming implications of President Vladimir Putin's State of the Union speech on April 25, 2005, in which he said that the collapse of the Soviet Union represented the 'greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.'..."
"The more I see and read about Mr. Putin, in power since 1999, and his 'managed democracy,' the more apprehensive I become about the future of Russia and the safety of its neighbors.
If Putin believes that the dissolution of the Soviet Union into 15 independent states represents the 'greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century,' then it follows that Putin might well believe he should do something to repair the loss..."
http://web.archive.org/web/20090415000000*/http://www.hooverdigest.org/053/beichman.html
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The demise of the Soviet Union was the 'greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century', Putin said in 2005.
http://www.thetrumpet.com/article/11102.30640.0.0/asia/moscow-puts-the-soviet-squeeze-on-neighbor-nations
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"Putin said Stalin deserves statues in his honor "
There are no Ukrainian separatists in Eastern Ukraine and Crimea
THEY ARE RUSSIAN MASKED THUGS - soldiers!!!!
Ukrainians had enough of Soviet “paradise” they want to be free in their own country and own government, not Putin’s “protectorate”!!!!!!
There is skunk John Bachelor (.com) show on WABC 770 from 9:00 pm who keeps bringing Princeton “professor” harping on how Hitler is taking over Ukraine and Putin trying to save it.
Outrageous!!!!