Ukraine mega thread

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Putin's plan | European Council on Foreign Relations (http://ecfr.eu/content/entry/commentary_putins_plan249)

very well written and probably dead on as to what Putin is trying to accomplish, and what he is willing to do to get there.

that is a good summary of the big picture.

i read an article on the russia-china pipe line (maybe it was from this thread) that russia really doesnt want to got that route bc china has been demanding that russia pay the construction cost and that would make the deal unprofitable for russia for the first 20 years or so and at this point china holds all the negotiation cards.

i read an article (maybe here) that the major oil companies are falling over themselves to tell russia that they will do business with them no matter what and somethign aobut tapping into shale north of russia.

To buoy shaky Ukrainian government, U.S. pledging aid and sending troops to E. Europe - The Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/biden-pledges-us-support-for-fair-elections-in-ukraine-and-to-weather-russian-economic-pressure/2014/04/22/461781ee-c9dd-11e3-95f7-7ecdde72d2ea_story.html)


Guess they don't trust Putin too much after all.

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Romania watches and wonders:

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Is there a series of irreverent political cartoons summing up the crisis? - Everything you need to know about the Ukraine crisis - Vox (http://www.vox.com/cards/ukraine-everything-you-need-to-know/is-there-a-series-of-pithy-political-cartoons-summing-up-the-crisis)

a few more of the above

In all seriousness


Person is driving past a Russian flagged military column for 2 minutes, and at the 10 second mark he turns the camera to his right, and another column of armored vehicles is waiting to join in. I don't know what roadway, or where this is located, but assume that it's on the border like the tweet says.



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Russian armored vehicles on the border with #Ukraine. #Sloviansk #DonetskRepublic #Russia

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yeah its on like donkey kong.

sad that it seems inevitable at this point that so many ukraines are going to die for a feeble but principled stand against russia.

real surprised by the 70-80% support rate putin is receiving in russia. even knowing the polls are kremlin sponsored and rigged.

i cant help but think thermal global nuclear war is definitely going to happen in my or my daughters life time.

what will i do leading up to it? working 50 hours a week, sitting in rush hour traffic 2 hours a day, spending time conversing with automated phone systems, yelling at a printer, getting bitched at by a woman who hates me and driving a car in the summertime with no ac. i wish i had the gumption to cut the cord and go live life instead of running out the clock.

OTM, fight the power!

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