On The Crimea Referendum
Okay, Crimea has had its referendum, and apparently over 95% of those who voted, chose to align with Russia. I don’t know the full context of the politics in Crimea.…
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Ukraine: Russia punts ball down the field to gain time
Lavrov to punt … So Kerry and Lavrov met and walked on a soccer field, during a six-hour discussion of events in the Crimea and Ukraine. At the end of…
Ukraine: You don’t want your Banker have this conversation
Putin testing the waters … The central bank of Russia has just taken over control of a Russian unit of one of the Ukraine’s largest banks, which is controlled by…
New government in Kiev not exactly ‘revolutionary’: demonization of Russia
Top – Kiev government officials / Beneath – billionaire oligarchs Igor Kolomoyski and Sergey Taruta It comes as no surprise that the so-called “democratic revolution” in Ukraine basically boils down…
Let’s Not Kid Ourselves. We’re Backing Anti-Semitic Fascists.
Your Country is on Their Side The Guardian’s Seumas Milne dismembers the rank hypocrisy of our position on Ukraine, the role we played in creating this crisis and the villainous…
A Cold War of Washington’s Own Making
It’s refreshing to see that, this time, we’re not all falling for the official line, the Washington line that lays the blame for the Ukrainian fiasco at Moscow’s feet. Washington…
Could Putin Snap?
Now this is worrisome. It is a transcript compiled from verbatim notes of a meeting between Russia’s Vlad Putin and German chancellor Angela Merkel that led Merkel to conclude her…
Is Passive Resistance Putin’s Achilles Heel?
Vlad Putin is strutting about Crimea with a huge chip on his shoulder just waiting for some Ukrainian hot head to knock it off. He’s got bases surrounded, soldiers and…
Intervention and Dissention…
The Ukraine crisis: John Kerry and NATO must calm down and back off The Guardian 2 Mar 2014: Jonathan Steele: The hysterical reaction to Russian military movements in Crimea won’t…
CanadiAnt Gov’t reduced to ‘gestures’ on Ukraine, say former top envoys
Inspired by these stories: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-reduced-to-gestures-on-ukraine-say-former-top-envoys-1.2557882 http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ukraine-standoff-being-monitored-by-canadian-government-1.2558118
Aghhh. My Head Is Going to Explode!
“You just don’t invade another country on phony pretext in order to assert your interest.” That pearl of wisdom yesterday from the secretary of state of the United States of…
Thoughts on the Ukraine Situation
There has been an enormous amount of speculation around the Ukraine situation on social media today. First, let me be abundantly clear: I do not support the Russian actions towards…
Putin Flips the Switch – Russian Troops Enter Crimea
Wakin’ the Neighbours, Putin Style The Washington Post reports that U.S. officials have confirmed that Russian forces are across the Ukrainian border. The U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity…
Look Whose Flag is Flying Over Southern Ukraine
The Russian flag waves over the Crimean parliament building in Simferopol. It’s beginning to look as though Moscow is not going to let Crimea fall to the interim Ukranian government…
Putin Mobilizes His Troops. Is He Bluffing?
It’s just the thing that pro-Western Ukrainians have been fearing – but also anticipating. Russian president Vlad Putin has ordered combat units to mobilize, supposedly for a snap exercise. It…
The Fall of Victor Yanukovych
With Ukraine teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, the country’s deposed ex-president, Victor Yanukovych is finished. The fugitive former prez is being charged with the murders of protestors as he…
What Befalls Putin’s Potemkin Village?
Now that the Olympics are over and the athletes and tourists – and their wallets – have packed up and left what does the future hold for host city Sochi,…
Hungary ’56, Czechoslovakia ’68, Ukraine ’14?
Ukraine’s pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych, has been sent packing. The parliament has turned on him and proclaimed him constitutionally unable to carry out his duties. It is being reported that…
Canadian Athletes: Smart Like Tractor, eh, Putin?
Vladimir Putin and the Horror at Canada House http://montrealsimon.blogspot.ca/ Why are you even surprised, Simon? The fact that they are involved in the ‘owe-limp-icks’ tells you everything you need to…
Russia: Sochi Olympics 2014 and corruption
Last evening I watched a program on CBC on Sochi Olympics 2014. The corruption in Russia is incredible. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Jean-Claude Killy, Chairman of the…