Ukraine and Russia event discussion

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/10/us-ukraine-crisis-defence-idUSKBN0H51CJ20140910

[Putin] said Russia must ensure it develops high-precision weapons in the next few years, although he also said, "Someone might want to start a new arms race. We are not going to take part in that, of course."

Russia is slated to spend over 20 trillion rubles ($536.81 billion) on the modernization of its army, which still largely relies on Soviet-era weapons and arms technologies.

...

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http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/poll-most-europeans-think-eu-should-offer-ukraine-membership.story

A major annual survey of public opinion in the United States, Russia and Europe found that 52 percent of Europeans believed the EU should offer membership to Ukraine, while 43 percent of respondents were opposed.

That's kind of surprisingly high.

especially now that ukraine is the least eu-ready it has been in the last decade

Sixty-eight percent of Americans surveyed backed Ukraine becoming a member of NATO but Europeans were about evenly split with 46 percent saying Ukraine should become a member of NATO and 47 percent saying it should not.

support for nato in ukraine is at 44% as of july, with 34% against

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til """novorossiya"""' has its own official news agency

http://novorossia.today/

i feel like clicking on this would get me added to a list

i hope it's the list of getting paid by russia for propaganda

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http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/09/11/russia-says-air-strikes-in-syria-would-be-act-of-aggression-without-un-vote

russia absolutely adores these kinds of situations and secretly jumps for joy every time the us engages in a behavior that may be interpreted as illegal because then it can scream 'hypocrisy what about amerikkka kosovo kosovo syria so therefore i can do what i want !!' and deflect all criticism while bullying its neighbors into oblivion

because as we are all well aware

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/serbia-caught-middle-ukraine-25344174

Moscow is also issuing quiet threats that it could drop its endorsement in the United Nations for Serbia's opposition to the independence of Kosovo

lmao

some friend you are, russia

russia doesn't actually give a shit about adhering to any moral code

[silvertone]

who does

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me

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I wonder how Russia would react to Ukraine building a border wall. Probably as an act of war, but on the other hand, Russians love walls

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/ukraine-starts-building-defensive-wall-along-border-with-russia/506828.html

lol

a pitifully futile effort on ukraine's part, but how sad that it has come to this

[ME##]

Mr Poroshenko, erect this wall!

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101994880/ukraine-vows-return-to-union-with-crimea


and just how does he plan on accomplishing this, i wonder

The annexation of Crimea [...] will be reversed not by military force, but by an "economic and democratic petition" Poroshenko declared.

lol

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what's even funnier about this

"We have a significant problem. They said we lost the Crimea. No, we had an invasion in Crimea - but Crimea will be back together with us," he said, speaking at the 11th Yalta European Strategy (YES) conference in Kiev.

this year they were forced to hold pro-eu the yalta european conference in kiev because yalta is in crimea

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"I am proud to be Ukrainian. I feel myself a full member of the European Union family," [Poroshenko] said.

lol oh my god

this article is a barrel of laughs

most europeans didn't even know what or where """the""" ukraine was until a few months ago

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http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/serbia-caught-middle-ukraine-25344174

Moscow is also issuing quiet threats that it could drop its endorsement in the United Nations for Serbia's opposition to the independence of Kosovo

lmao

some friend you are, russia

http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics.php?kosovo-to-introduce-sanctions-against-russia

0wned

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although now serbia will make a point not to introduce sanctions out of spite rofl[/spoiler]

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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/russian-authorities-raid-ikea-office

[ME##]

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/russian-authorities-raid-ikea-office

rt.com/news/authorities-actually-in-rush-to-buy-late-back-to-college-supplies-for-children-at-ikea

[silvertone]

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/russian-authorities-raid-ikea-office

c/p pls