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March 5, 2014 0

​US hypocrisy over ‘Russian aggression’ in Ukraine

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Links US hypocrisy over ‘Russian aggression’ in Ukraine March 5, 2014 ( Nile Bowie for RT ) -  As divisions deepen between the eastern and western regions of Ukraine, the backers of the putsch regime in Kiev portray Russia as a reckless aggressor to absolve their own responsibility for engineering the crisis. A woman and a young boy walk past pro-Russian self-defence activists standing guard in front of the Crimean Cabinet of the Ministers in Simferopol on March 2, 2014. (AFP Photo / Genya Savilov) While denunciations of Moscow have streamed out of western capitals in recent days over the standoff in Crimea, it should be understood that the political crisis currently unfolding in Ukraine could have been wholly avoided

March 1, 2014 0

Thanks a lot, Khruschev

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Tweet The news from Crimea is unsettling , partly because it’s not entirely clear to me whether it’s bad to have Crimea reattached to Russia in some form. From a utilitarian perspective, removing the most eastern-oriented portion of Ukraine from its electoral politics would pretty much guarantee a western-oriented political outcome.

February 27, 2014 0

The Nazi Coup in Ukraine

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Links The Nazi Coup in Ukraine February 27, 2014 – Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.com appears on RT to provide his analysis of the latest developments in Ukraine.