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​US hypocrisy over ‘Russian aggression’ in Ukraine
March 5, 2014 0

​US hypocrisy over ‘Russian aggression’ in Ukraine

By News Desk

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

Russian Troops Surround Two Military Bases in Crimea; Kerry Warns Russia Could be Expelled from G8
March 2, 2014 0

Russian Troops Surround Two Military Bases in Crimea; Kerry Warns Russia Could be Expelled from G8

By News Desk

The New York Times reports Ukraine Forces Are Ill Equipped to Take Crimea Back From Russia Crimea has always been a vital base for the Soviet and then Russian Navy, serving as the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet, which has controlled the waters off southern Russia since 1783. After a period of tension following Ukraine’s independence when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, Russia got to keep its base in Crimea on a lease, extended until at least 2042 by the now-ousted president, Viktor F. Yanukovych

Thanks a lot, Khruschev
March 1, 2014 0

Thanks a lot, Khruschev

By News Desk

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.