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Tag Archives: Ukraine
Russia in the long term
This is about how the dearth of strong regional civilisations near to Russia gives it a free hand, in for example, the Ukraine – Crimea crisis. A couple of weeks back, I posted Were you paying attention to history in … Continue reading
Putin’s Desperate Gamble Becomes Clear
The Russian army isn’t filled with Putin-bots (neither is the Ukrainian for that matter) but that’s what he’d like us to believe. ref: Ukraine: Russian troops thwarted in attempt to storm missile base in Sevastopol ref: Ukraine navy officers reject … Continue reading
Ukraine, Russia and the West
Ukraine is a post Soviet-Empire time-bomb on which the sticky finger marks of the EU and the US are visible. We are where we are (and as a normal citizen, I bottle up my irritation). Looking around the net, it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged EU, Germany, Guardian, intelligence, Merkel, Mother Bear, New York Times, NSA, Obama, Putin, Russia, Surzhyk, Ukraine, US, Washington, White House
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