Ukraine and Russia event discussion

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://sputniknews.com/russia/20141205/Putin-Orders-Cut-Budget-Expenditures-by-5-Percent.html

The cuts will not affect “expenditures for national defense and national security,” the presidential decree reads.

lol

everything at the cost of keeping the military afloat, in the style of a certain democratic people's republic

[Kalahari Inkantation]

https://twitter.com/GennadySimanovs/status/545087585719029761

[spoiler][/spoiler]

russians apparently lining up to get rid of the ruble in exchange for goods with stable values in the aftermath of yesterday's nosedive

if true, this is pretty much a form of bank run

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://sputniknews.com/russia/20141205/Putin-Orders-Cut-Budget-Expenditures-by-5-Percent.html

The cuts will not affect “expenditures for national defense and national security,” the presidential decree reads.

lol

everything at the cost of keeping the military afloat, in the style of a certain democratic people's republic

and speaking of which,

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/17/russia-invites-north-korea-leader-for-visit-idUSKBN0JV09E20141217

lol

[Kalahari Inkantation]

belarus is amazing

http://itar-tass.com/en/russia/765744

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/eurasian-union-s-future-murky-as-belarus-tensions-simmer/513174.html

lukashenko is singlehandedly bringing down the eurasian union

[Daddy]

>mfw russia's bff cuba is now improving relations with the US.

>mfw russia needs to be friends with north korea now

[Kalahari Inkantation]

russia is even losing grip over its closest bff

belarus is amazing

http://itar-tass.com/en/russia/765744

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/eurasian-union-s-future-murky-as-belarus-tensions-simmer/513174.html

lukashenko is singlehandedly bringing down the eurasian union

http://www.mk.ru/economics/2014/12/16/lukashenko-perestanet-molitsya-na-rossiyu-i-nachnet-torgovat-s-ssha.html

headline translates to "Lukashenko will cease to "pray for Russia" and begin to trade with the US"

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.rferl.org/content/belarusian-president-orders-trade-with-russia-only-in-euros-us-ollars/26750288.html

oh my god lmao

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.rferl.org/content/belarusian-president-orders-trade-with-russia-only-in-euros-us-ollars/26750288.html

oh my god lmao

and just to make this even more hilariously ironic, here's a headline from two weeks ago:

http://en.tengrinews.kz/politics_sub/Russian-official-says-dollar-euro-could-be-banned-in-Eurasian-Union-Kazakh-257751/

lmao but m-muh petrodollars !!

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/12/18/statement-president-ukraine-freedom-support-act

Progress... except they did ultimately remove the provision that would have made Ukraine a major non-NATO ally (along with Georgia and Moldova).

in other news,

http://www.dw.de/russia-sanctions-to-stay-merkel-says-ahead-of-eu-summit/a-18138454

til angela merkel does have a spine, even if it's only made of cartilage

[Kalahari Inkantation]

eurasian union members once again subverting moscow's rule

http://news.yahoo.com/crisis-hit-russias-top-allies-build-ties-ukraine-003145285.html

http://www.timesca.com/news/14786-kazakhstan-to-supply-coal-to-ukraine

it may be time to liberate the russian minority in north kazland

[Kalahari Inkantation]

the "eurasian" """economic""" "union" was inaugurated today, not quite dead on arrival but very much on life support

here's hoping it'll be all but dead by this time next year

[ME##]

Once the Donbas is its own country, EEU will be at full health

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123317069332125243

Frankly speaking, we all know that provoking military and political instability, regional and other conflicts is a helpful means of distracting the public from growing social and economic problems. Such attempts cannot be ruled out, unfortunately.

lol

yesterday, the """separatists""" launched a renewed offensive against mariupol, a(nother) city in which there was previously no significant separatist or pro-russian sentiment

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/24/ukraine-crisis-dozens-die-rebels-shell-mariupol

i sure am glad the """separatist""" idiots from transnistria were beaten back in odessa before it turned into another donetsk

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.wesh.com/national-news/obama-on-russia-large-countries-dont-bully/30910662

We have a profound interest, as I believe every country does, in promoting a core principle, which is: Large countries don't bully smaller countries.

lol

how utterly meaningless is a comment like this coming from an american politician, honestly

[ME##]

http://www.wesh.com/national-news/obama-on-russia-large-countries-dont-bully/30910662

We have a profound interest, as I believe every country does, in promoting a core principle, which is: Large countries don't bully smaller countries.

lol

how utterly meaningless is a comment like this coming from an american politician, honestly

especially one who perfected the doctrine on our usage of drones to police the middle east lol