Problem it not a vote for Independence for those that do not want to be part of Kiev. It is a vote to be absorbed by Russia. There is not one remaining Ukrainian Oblast the is majority Russian ethnicity.
Posted on 04/06/2014 9:36:37 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
(KIEV, Ukraine) — Crowds of pro-Russian demonstrators stormed government buildings Sunday in two major cities in eastern Ukraine, where secessionist sentiment has sparked frequent protests since Ukraine’s Russia-friendly president was ousted in February.
In Luhansk, 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of the Russian border, hundreds of people surrounded the local headquarters of the security service and later scaled the facade to plant a Russian flag on the roof.
In Donetsk, to the southwest, a large group of people surged into the provincial government building and smashed windows. A gathering of several hundred, many of them waving Russian flags, then listened to speeches delivered from a balcony emblazoned with a banner reading “Donetsk Republic.”
Eastern Ukraine was the heartland of support for Viktor Yanukovych, the president who fled to Russia in February after months of protests. About half of the region’s residents are ethnic Russians, many of whom believe Ukraine’s acting authorities are Ukrainian nationalists who will oppress Russians.
Ukraine’s interim authorities deny they are infringing the rights of the ethnic Russian population and accuse Moscow of trying to sow instability. Russia has moved large contingents of troops to areas near the Ukrainian border, and speculation is strong that unrest in eastern Ukraine could be used as a pretext for a Russian incursion.
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How about NATO membership?
Good question.
No to Putin.
No to the EU.
Yes to NATO.
No to NATO Libyan type of operations.
Its evident that unless a way is found to create a space for Russian speaking Ukrainians - the country won’t last for much longer.
All of this is due not to Russia but to the fact Kiev has a legitimacy problem. It can continue to deny it or take steps to address it.
Thanks Seizethecarp.
Russia isn’t done taking over sovereign territory yet
Sad to see some cheer this on
Problem it not a vote for Independence for those that do not want to be part of Kiev. It is a vote to be absorbed by Russia. There is not one remaining Ukrainian Oblast the is majority Russian ethnicity.
Ethnic distribution of Ukraine.
I think if the idiots who negotiated the Budapest Memorandum would have returned Crimea to Russia in exchange for Ukraine keeping their nukes, it would have avoided a lot of trouble down the road.
But that’s what you got with Clinton, the man who broke up Yugoslavia.
“Don’t know the rate in rubles.”
Ah...my broker is bullish on the ruble against the dollar.
The ousted president was a Russian stooge who now wants the Russians to give Crimea back to the Ukraine.
Putin is just trying to make a land bridge to Cremea —Thats all. He will get it too—Kiev should give him this much—and get Russia to give them something in return—like cheap Gas for Twenty Years—maybe forgive a debt?
Lol...you really enjoy imbibing that USAID koolaid don't you?
LOL ! So what the “real” support ?
Soros may be a bad guy, but Putin is worse.
What if this is Soros and Putin working together to create a pretext for Russia to subjugate Ukraine? It is quite possible, as many belive that Soros worked for the KGB and now works for Russian intel.
Gee let's see.
Excluding Crimea that's now gone, there are zero oblasts in Ukraine that have a population of ethnic Russians that is greater than 40%.
Yet you think the majority of the people in some of the oblasts would rather be a part of Putin's Russia.
But of course.
Lol.
If you’re confident in your analysis then I’m sure you’ll agree that any region that wants a voter referendum on the issue of staying or leaving Ukraine, should have one.
You’re not against the democratic process are you?
Even if an oblast was a majority ethnic Russian I would still support an honest referendum in that oblast.
“If a few thousand Mexicans got together and protested in Corpus Christi, demanding that it be given back to Mexico completely, you would support the US govetnment just rolling over?”
Before, or after, the US Government had been overthrown by Soros-financed anarchists?
Well, OBVIOUSLY, the priest, the boy, and the woman are “PAID RUSSIAN PLANTS AND SPIES!!!” according to the Free Republic late-night Banderas Brigade.
Why not ? Why not in Russia too ? Tatarstan, Dagestan, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Tuva Republic. Mmmm democracy ?
Your comment, number 42, Putin’s catamite.
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