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Originally Posted by CDSmith
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? |
My point is merely that this situation is far from black and white, although the media in most cases desperately try to paint it so. It wouldn't have to get to such extreme if West wasn't supporting an illegal coup in Ukraine in the first place. The economical interests of both parts - West and Russia, are now at stake. Which of course brings a conflict.
It's what's been happening over and over again in the past, usually with banana republics - first you try to bribe the current ruler to give you economical advantage, if he doesn't, you may want to try to overthrow him, that's the worst, most dangerous and unpredictable solution though.
Obviously, once the "balanced corruption" from Yanukovitsch got canceled in favor of the party that supported the coup, Russia simply had to react. Now that Putin is out of the bag there will be a whole lot of mess to deal with.
It's not a matter of "democracy" it's a matter of money and influence, the "democracy" tale is just something for the public opinion so they can justify whatever happens next.
This is actually a decent article related to this:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...hinking-russia