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Originally Posted by Boreas
Yeah, but without the Maidan coup, there would have been no separatist movement for Russia to support as happened with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, so no pretext for intervention.
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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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Last edited by finnbow; 01-31-2015 at 07:16 PM.
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01-31-2015, 07:12 PM
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