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  • Why the eruption in Kiev could set off a tsunami that will engulf us all...

    02/23/2014 12:29:40 AM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 127 replies
    The London Daily Mail ^ | February 22, 2014 | Mark Almond
    Television pictures of revolutions can make them seem like a spectator sport. Having Vitali Klitschko, the world heavyweight boxing champion, playing a starring role in the events in Kiev reinforces that impression. But the implosion of the Ukrainian state in the last 48 hours is a political earthquake. Chaos in Kiev could set off a tsunami that will toss Western Europe from its moorings too. It is a mistake to think we are watching from a safe distance. Maybe Ukraine is as foreign to the British people today as it was when an obscure crisis on its southern coast in...
  • Slava Ukraini-Glory to Ukraine

    02/22/2014 1:48:56 PM PST · by No One Special · 33 replies
    The Streetwise Professor ^ | February 22, 2014 | The Professor
    Events are unfolding at a furious pace in Ukraine. I decided not to blog about them last night, because I knew that whatever I wrote would be superseded within minutes, and that was definitely the case. The same is probably true now, but enough has transpired to justify some comment. Yesterday saw the negotiation of a deal between the opposition leadership and Yanukovych in which the president made major concessions, including a return to the 2004 constitution (with much more limited presidential powers), the resignation of the interior minister, and the creation of an independent investigation overseen by the EU....