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Re: Ukraine
Post by Tenshinai   » Mon Mar 24, 2014 5:46 pm

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Taras_Potatos wrote:Now I get it. You are reading the picture entirely wrong. Yanukovych IS Putins puppet.


And if that was actually true, he would have acted in the best interests of Putin.
He didn´t. He acted like a greedy, powermongering idiot.

Taras_Potatos wrote:You know? Back in 2004 he greeted Yanek several times before inauguration.


:roll:

By that logic, your current government are stooges of EU and USA, just like Tymoshenko.

Sorry, doesn´t work like that. Politicians run off meeting with potential leaders in other nations all the time. That´s business as usual.

Taras_Potatos wrote:Our army was systematically corrupted. One fact. L’viv was military center of this region for last 400 years, by all regimes and 2013 this bastard decided to move Western Operational Command to Rivne under the guise of reform!


Eh... I´m sorry, is that supposed to be proof of his evilness or something?

That´s a puny, barely even noteworthy change compared to what current government here has been doing the last 7 years.

And the morons HERE are just doing it because they´re cheapskates and morons.

First rule of politics, don´t attribute to malice what stupidity can explain.

Taras_Potatos wrote:And don’t say a single word about election in 2015! Look at this! One of Yaneks residence. http://open-ua.com/kiev_region/mezhigorie/en/ And his cronies are cut from the same piece of cloth. You really think that this man would allow any free election?


As free elections as Ukraine has already had, very likely yes. If he lost(not a guarantee even with free elections up until the revolutionary mess), he would probably have run off with a crapload of public money, but he wasn´t showing any real signs of making himself a lifetime dictator.

Taras_Potatos wrote:And all the time we transported all gas dedicated for EU, sometimes from our own storages.


Eh, no. Even your own government that was involved have stated, several times, once even by a minister on a live news broadcast, that Ukraine was diverting gas, not the other way around.

Taras_Potatos wrote:The episode that you describes was a masterful trap set by Gasprom and oligarch Dmytro Firtash(The owner of the gas) and performed by Yulia Tymoshenko.


:roll:

A trap? Russia adhered to an international agreement about reducing/removing subsidies on gas prices. They did so in Russia, they did so with export prices, and then spent 2 years with Ukraine trying to not pay the same prices as everyone else. Even including Belarus!

If it was a trap it was incompetently done by Russia. And do you really think that they would do something like THAT, so poorly?

Taras_Potatos wrote:Fond of ruSSian propaganda?


Not really. No more than i am fond of anti-Russian propaganda. And there´s about a million to one ratio of the latter compared to the former right now. Actually it´s probably much worse than that.

And the thing is, i saw a lot of it coming. Before the anti-Russian propaganda flooding began, even just from regular media it was obvious what was happening, that the EU and USA were meddling in Ukraine and that it was just a matter of time until Russia would do something.

Then came the latest "revolution"... Oh yeah, great idea to make absolutely sure something was going to happen.

Taras_Potatos wrote:Are you still sayng something ‘bout nazi?


Why wouldn´t i? They modelled themselves on the original German NSDAP, but off course they can´t use the exact same "politics" or ideology as that would mean that they declare themselves as "untermensch".

So instead they went nationalist. Have you bothered to check some of the things they´ve been saying over the last decade?
Nationalist fanatic lunatics seems to be common within the party.

And the "Greater Ukraine" stuff? I mean hello? They are actually arguing for absorbing parts of Poland, Belarus, Lithaunia, Romania and Russia... Eh... Marvellous ideas... No. Just no. Those kind of people in charge of the military and you think Russia doesn´t have a kneejerk reaction?

Doesn´t even matter any longer at that point who´s right or wrong. Which is why it was so utterly stupid to push it to that point.
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Re: Ukraine
Post by Dharma   » Wed Mar 26, 2014 7:18 am

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Tenshinai wrote:
Taras_Potatos wrote:Fond of ruSSian propaganda?


Not really. No more than i am fond of anti-Russian propaganda. And there´s about a million to one ratio of the latter compared to the former right now. Actually it´s probably much worse than that.

Situation is reversed in Russia, and Taras_Potatos, being Ukrainian, far more exposed to the propaganda from Russian state channels. People tend to see opposite side's lies much more clearly than own's. Adverse effect of the propaganda on the other side of conflict is pretty mach guaranteed. It is really unnerving to see how people starts hating each other, starts to say - jokingly for now - how it would be great to see Moscow/Washington/whatever in cinders...
Imposing such mindset on citizen for political gain doesn't feels like good long-term survival strategy.
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Re: Ukraine
Post by Tenshinai   » Wed Mar 26, 2014 1:30 pm

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Dharma wrote:It is really unnerving to see how people starts hating each other, starts to say - jokingly for now - how it would be great to see Moscow/Washington/whatever in cinders...
Imposing such mindset on citizen for political gain doesn't feels like good long-term survival strategy.


Yeah, really NOT the smartest idea. It does make me recall however how much shouting there were in 2001 and a few years ahead on how USA should "glass" the middle east or Iraq or Afghanistan or Iran and a few other more or less stupid variants.

(including a fair number of idiots talking about Kazakhstan, Pakistan or any of the other 4 -stan in the area because they couldn´t even be bothered propagandising nuclear holocaust against the right place)

Dharma wrote:Situation is reversed in Russia, and Taras_Potatos, being Ukrainian, far more exposed to the propaganda from Russian state channels. People tend to see opposite side's lies much more clearly than own's. Adverse effect of the propaganda on the other side of conflict is pretty mach guaranteed.


Problem is that there ISN`T more than one side of the propaganda right now.
It´s already to the point where it has become ridiculous. So onesided that anyone who spends even a second thinking about it SHOULD notice. :roll:

Oh and BTW, you should recall that EU and USA are paying for "distrubution of information" in Ukraine since several years now(this crisis did not just pop out of nowhere). Russia isn´t doing anything like it, so i doubt very much that he´s seeing more of Russian propaganda. More likely the opposite would be my guess.
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Re: Ukraine
Post by MAD-4A   » Wed Mar 26, 2014 4:41 pm

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smr wrote:The reason I care about this story is that my family came from the Ukraine in 1903 or 1908. During WW2 the family that remained in the Ukraine were wiped out by the Germans and the Russians. As result, I say fight for what is right and setup a government that is for the people. As to the EU, Russia, USA, and other governments that wish to project their political agenda, I say hands off! Provide economic and humanitarian assistance to the winners. None of these governments have a white hat concerning these problems. Some of these difficulties are being orchestrated for political agendas that are not in the best interests of Ukraine or other governments. Just my 2 cents were of rhetoric towards the cause of the Ukrainian people and freedom.

My 1 big irk here is: you say "hands off" but then you ask for "aid" make up your mind – either its one or the other. It pisses me off when countries tell us “hands off, let us do what we want” then when they’re in trouble (from doing their own thing) they turn around and beg for help. You want “hands off” fine but its “ALL HAND OFF”. Or listen to us & let us help.
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Re: Ukraine
Post by pokermind   » Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:41 pm

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namelessfly wrote:http://conservatives4palin.com/2014/03/obamas-bracket.html

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Re: Ukraine
Post by Dharma   » Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:44 am

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Tenshinai wrote:(including a fair number of idiots talking about Kazakhstan, Pakistan or any of the other 4 -stan in the area because they couldn´t even be bothered propagandising nuclear holocaust against the right place)

So that is why now we are called (at least officially) "Kyrgyz Republic" instead of "Kyrgyzstan"?! :shock:

Finally something good came out from the Russian invasion: Ukraine now enjoys widespread international support, financial included. It is chance to improve Ukraine's economy, but containing government's corruption will not be easy. We had very similar revolution here, and results was borderline positive at best.
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Re: Ukraine
Post by namelessfly   » Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:15 pm

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I just saw this article.

The condemnation of the Russian annexation of Crimea is far from unanimous.

http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/united- ... id/562337/

Only 11 opposed but nearly 100 either opposed, abstained, or chose to not be present (defacto abstain)

Putin will win Crimea plus carve off a chunk of Ukraine.
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Re: Ukraine
Post by Tenshinai   » Fri Mar 28, 2014 12:55 pm

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Dharma wrote:So that is why now we are called (at least officially) "Kyrgyz Republic" instead of "Kyrgyzstan"?! :shock:


:lol:


Dharma wrote:Finally something good came out from the Russian invasion: Ukraine now enjoys widespread international support, financial included. It is chance to improve Ukraine's economy, but containing government's corruption will not be easy. We had very similar revolution here, and results was borderline positive at best.


As i expected, IMF got involved the other day and did so with their usual idiocy. Ukraine will be forced to reduce public expenditures drastically, in return for loans.

Oh they might be lucky and be the 1/10 that actually gets something positive out of it, more likely, it will be yet another case of crash and burn with IMF then in unison crying out "we had nothing to do with that, it´s their own fault!".
:roll:

My condolances to Ukraine, chances are very high that you are now officially screwed.
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Re: Ukraine
Post by Michael Riddell   » Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:34 pm

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namelessfly wrote:I just saw this article.

The condemnation of the Russian annexation of Crimea is far from unanimous.

http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/united- ... id/562337/

Only 11 opposed but nearly 100 either opposed, abstained, or chose to not be present (defacto abstain)

Putin will win Crimea plus carve off a chunk of Ukraine.


Humph - it's the United Nations.

'Nuff said.

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Re: Ukraine
Post by pokermind   » Fri Mar 28, 2014 2:18 pm

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Our president is not consistent on the issue of borders I love this graphic:

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