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Originally Posted by CarlosTheGaucho
I think somebody is getting more and more desperate filtering "news" and "sources" to support the mighty multimedial anti Russian hysteria.
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Yup, poor misunderstood Russia. Now the media is reporting that Russia is saying it's troop deployments and movements in Eastern and Southern Ukraine are "merely training exercises".
From the NY Times --
Russia's Shifting of Border Force Stirs U.S. Worry
By MARK LANDLER
The national security adviser, Susan E. Rice, expressed skepticism that troop movements on the border of southern and eastern Ukraine were merely training exercises.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/22/wo...=37692144&_r=0
However, the very next headline in today's NY Times....
As Sanctions Start, Russia Feels a Sting
By STEVEN LEE MYERS and NEIL MacFARQUHAR
With the onset of sanctions, Russia's stock indexes opened sharply lower and agencies threatened to cut the country's creditworthiness, but President Vladimir V. Putin's oligarchs stood by him.
And so it begins. If bullets, or missiles, fly over this, I'm sure it won't be Putin's fault. Right?