Ukraine Heats Up

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by MikeG22

No I'm thinking of Crimea which is at the heart of this conflict.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/27/wo...pe/russia.html

Hmmmm.... seems I may have been a little too optimistic about the Crimean Muslims. I watched the video of the demonstration, trying to see whether the Muslims appeared to be Tatars, an Asiatic people. It looked as if the demonstrators on both sides were, like the Chechens, Slavic Europeans. Maybe this is the result of the Right Sector's supposed plea.

John

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Hmmmm.... seems I may have been a little too optimistic about the Crimean Muslims. I watched the video of the demonstration, trying to see whether the Muslims appeared to be Tatars, an Asiatic people. It looked as if the demonstrators on both sides were, like the Chechens, Slavic Europeans. Maybe this is the result of the Right Sector's supposed plea.

John

From the article:

The anger of a Muslim community known for its peaceful ways and its general lack of interest in radical strains of Islam highlighted how the political tumult in Kiev has stirred a riptide of conflicting passions throughout a country of 46 million that is now struggling to stay together.