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In all honesty I don't see any reason for the Donbass opolcheniye to hit Ukrainian positions at this point. It's obviously clear that no offensive is in the making, and they are interested in retaining their positions. Ukrainians on another hand feel bitter, so they shoot "for the hell of it," just for the sake of destruction.
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With out a war, many of the war lords on the Russian side would lose their raison d' etre- and the Russian economy does not exactly have alot of employment alternatives to former war lords accustomed to running private feifdoms.
I don't believe they need an employment in Russia. In fact Putin is weary of them, the murder of people like Mozgovoy, Bednov is quite telling.
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That aside, my guess is that the region under Russian "liberation" is well on its way to becoming a failed mini state (or "states" as the various war lords enjoy autonomy).
It was Kremlin's decision to keep LNR and DNR separated.
Besides, do you see Ukraine as a "successful state?" I see it as a failed "maxi-state."
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The fact that a certain number, perhaps even most of these war lords are not local, but Russian imports and have little personal interest in the area's vitality is going to accelerate the failure.
No, the "war lords" are indeed local, they are not "Russian imports." Part of the fighters ( former officers included I'd guess,) are "Russian imports." They have good reasons to be there I believe.
It takes two to fight. With out a war, many of the war lords on the Russian side would lose their raison d' etre- and the Russian economy does not exactly have alot of employment alternatives to former war lords accustomed to running private feifdoms.
That aside, my guess is that the region under Russian "liberation" is well on its way to becoming a failed mini state (or "states" as the various war lords enjoy autonomy). The fact that a certain number, perhaps even most of these war lords are not local, but Russian imports and have little personal interest in the area's vitality is going to accelerate the failure.
Most of what you call "war lords", are in fact locals. Many of so called "rebels" came from Russia yes, but not because of money, they want to protect their relatives still living in eastern Ukraine, and they want to save those Ukrainians who unwilling to accept the rule of forcefully installed Nazi government.
Putin will never let West to have eastern Ukraine, no way, I would not be surprised if Russia either moves its troops into Donetsk or Donetsk will declare itself part of RF in very near future.
Eastern Ukraine same as Crimea is Russian land, and will always remain so, regardless of how many stinky CIA operatives gonna work against this.
Before I didn't know about the chorus. They look very intelligent and nice. But we all know there are many both progressive tolerant people in Ukraine and homophobic too.
Politicians in the west don't care about the real cost of these militaristic endeavors of theirs. Stalin said casualties were just statistics. Western politicians give insincere apologies and bomb again the next day.
Me and my daughter just got off the train from Seatac airport to downtown Seattle earlier today. She's off doing her volunteer thing at the UGM and I came here to the library downtown. On the way we met 2 guys from Odessa Ukraine. Both 20 to 25 very smart and well dressed. Seems there here taking part in a program for work visas and came to do the paperwork to get a green card. Anna (other daughter) wasn't with us so the conversation was hard as Ukrainian is different from Russian in ways but I got some good first hand information.
They're here as indentured servants essentially. They are supposed to work in the restaurant industry of Seattle as laborers or whatever. They are paying an agency to come here and find work. I didn't ask specifics but you can imagine the debts these guys are incurring doing this. They say there are no jobs in Ukraine and the people are going to extreme measures to find means to survive. People are living hand to mouth, by any means necessary to feed themselves.
I don't think the junta is going to be around a lot longer.
Foreign Policy Magazine. I agree. It's just a step but will we ever see it? These guys have their own personal armies which they are using in the east against Novorussia currently. To stop Ukraines corruption you'd have to tear the country to pieces to do it. The west is so corrupt itself they couldn't do it right.
raine’s oligarchs are its biggest problem. If there is a single obstacle to establishing a functioning state, a sound economy, and true democratic accountability, it is the tycoons who control the country.
The oligarchs first emerged in the years following Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. They grew rich by gaining privileged access to the gas market, expropriating companies from private owners, trading with state enterprises on advantageous terms, and privatizing those same firms at pennies on the dollar. The crooked dealings that lie at the root of their fortunes give them a vital interest in keeping state officials corruptible, the economy rigged, and the rule of law weak. A world in which regulators abide by the rules, prosecutors and judges behave scrupulously, democratic procedures hold leaders accountable, and market competition works as intended is one in which the oligarchs cannot live and work.
i see "ukrainian democracy" hit donetsk yesterday yet again....
ссуки позорные !
Вы знаете, на 9ое Мая мне сильно захотелось собраться на Тайм Сквайре и спеть Катюшу.... както осталась эта мысль со мной....
Да кстати, я на танке по польше так и не покатался
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An unexpected visit to Kiev
