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it's on
*** Why Russia no longer fears the West
*** Who are the Crimean Tatars, and why are they important
*** Is it too late for Ukraine to take back Crimea (yes)
Poland is worried (Not This Shit Again is Poland's House Motto). The US can't be arsed but are being pressured to take action. Between imminent conflict and Ukraine's economy hot potato status, the EU's questioning itself over and over if pressing the integration issue was worth it at ll.
Red zone map: https://twitter.com/petunder/status/440163184784052224/photo/1
eta: lmao - "You don't just, in the 21st century, behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped-up pretext," Kerry told CBS program Face the Nation. (x)
"The West told Putin to get lost over Ukraine," said Sergei Markov, a pro-Putin political analyst and director of the Institute for Political Studies in Moscow, underlining the depth of hurt Putin felt over Ukraine. Accusing Western powers and international organizations of trying to ignore Moscow in talks on financial assistance for Kiev, Markov said: "What we are saying is that if there are any U.N., IMF, G8 agreements without consultations with us, then we will see them as illegitimate." (x)
Analysts said U.S. economic sanctions would likely have little impact on Russia unless they were accompanied by strong measures by major European nations, which have deeper trade ties with Moscow and are dependent on Russian gas. "What the United States itself can do is relatively limited," said Steven Pifer, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who is now at Washington's Brookings Institution think tank. "The question is can you get the Europeans on board?" (x)
*** Who are the Crimean Tatars, and why are they important
*** Is it too late for Ukraine to take back Crimea (yes)
Poland is worried (Not This Shit Again is Poland's House Motto). The US can't be arsed but are being pressured to take action. Between imminent conflict and Ukraine's economy hot potato status, the EU's questioning itself over and over if pressing the integration issue was worth it at ll.
Red zone map: https://twitter.com/petunder/status/440163184784052224/photo/1
eta: lmao - "You don't just, in the 21st century, behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped-up pretext," Kerry told CBS program Face the Nation. (x)
"The West told Putin to get lost over Ukraine," said Sergei Markov, a pro-Putin political analyst and director of the Institute for Political Studies in Moscow, underlining the depth of hurt Putin felt over Ukraine. Accusing Western powers and international organizations of trying to ignore Moscow in talks on financial assistance for Kiev, Markov said: "What we are saying is that if there are any U.N., IMF, G8 agreements without consultations with us, then we will see them as illegitimate." (x)
Analysts said U.S. economic sanctions would likely have little impact on Russia unless they were accompanied by strong measures by major European nations, which have deeper trade ties with Moscow and are dependent on Russian gas. "What the United States itself can do is relatively limited," said Steven Pifer, a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who is now at Washington's Brookings Institution think tank. "The question is can you get the Europeans on board?" (x)
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it's europe's hot potato since they pressed for integration and the power of meaningful sanction is with them, considering russia is mostly economically tied to them, not the united states.
the US does have a plan involving banks and freezing oligarchs' assets, for the record. the problem is that it would be a lot of hassle for a problem that isn't america's and that would jeopardize us-russia alliances in cases like iran's.
eta: actually, i've gotta belatedly correct myself bc i was wrong. "can't be arsed" DOESN'T correctly characterized the US' position. they're super arsed. extremely arsed. mega arsed. for reasons that have nothing to do with ukraine itself. unfortunately (for them), europe isn't collaborating.