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Originally Posted by finnbow
The pressure upon Yanukovych by Putin to bail on his plans for developing closer ties with Europe (against the wishes of a majority of Ukrainians) was itself an intervention by Russia. Putin is a kleptocratic, deceitful weasel, plain and simple.
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The clear goal of the US and the EU was to fold Ukraine in to the eurozone and also NATO. This was a clear and deliberate provocation and another violation of the entente between the US and Russia regarding NATO expansion. There's a lot not to like about Putin but, in this case, I think he has been pretty restrained.
John