Ukraine and Russia event discussion

[ME##]

unless russia implodes again, china will never, EVER cause trouble in/with russia over land or resources, even if it might still be bitter about the soviet/russian empire transgressions against it that are ancient history by now

just like the ussr is ancient history? leputinface

[Kalahari Inkantation]

lol

putin may be looking to replicate the ussr as closely as possible but he can only get so far with 1/5 of the participants

and just like today's china would never touch russia, today's russia would never touch china, it's simply not powerful enough to get away with that anymore

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/505354.html

bye bye bulgaria

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/505354.html

bye bye bulgaria

and immediately after this

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28854089/bulgaria-suspends-south-stream-project

i ing lol'd, heartily

i hope all russia's bullying accomplishes is to inspire even more vandalism of the leftover symbols of soviet oppression

[ME##]

[spoiler=putin with the removal of western slander][/spoiler]

[YPrrrr]

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/505354.html

bye bye bulgaria

poor lawlz

[ncba93ivyase]

bulgaria will someday conquer the russian empire

[Kalahari Inkantation]

one can only hope

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://charter97.org/en/news/2014/8/19/111741/

oh god lol

belarus amazes me

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/20/ukraine-conflict-draining-economy-hampering-reforms-pm-yatseniuk.html

yup

that's the whole purpose of this manufactured conflict lol

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2014/08/ukraine-says-seized-10-russian-soldiers-201482692425117550.html

hours later:

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/art_n_ideas/article/russia-claims-captured-soldiers-crossed-ukraine-border-by-accident/505867.html

i mean really

[Kalahari Inkantation]

not directly related, but take a look at what happened in israel after ceasefire negotiations commenced:

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Poll-finds-huge-fall-in-PMs-approval-rating-372293

The poll found that 50 percent of Israelis were dissatisfied with Netanyahu and just 38% were satisfied – a 17% drop since a poll broadcast Thursday night and a massive drop since his approval rating hit a peak of 82% on July 23 after ground troops entered the Gaza Strip.

this is exactly the scenario putin is trying to avoid, and why he will stop at nothing short of an outright victory in ukraine

and victory means kiev de facto relinquishing control in the donbas, creating another permafrozen conflict that will keep ukraine chained to russia at the hip against its will and prevent it from ever moving forward politically, much like we see in moldova and georgia today

in the past few days, putin's irregular forces have staged an offensive far south of donbas, as far as the shores of the sea of azov

i suppose it makes sense that russia would prefer for its new buffer state to not be landlocked

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/27/finland-sweden-strengthen-ties-nato?CMP=twt_gu

beautiful

[Kalahari Inkantation]

also, it's been confirmed: russia itself has now invaded ukraine

this is surreal

[ME##]

when does shock and awe start over moscow?