Ukraine's European Revolution?

[The Minsky Moment]

If we make enough threads, Putin will never be able to annex all of them.

[Malthus]

Help! I'm a Russian speaker, and I'm being oppressed in this thread!

[Zoupa]

The problem isn't Poland. The problem are the Baltic States. They:
-have significant Russian minorities
-are former Russian/Soviet Empire territory
-are NATO members

The Russians in the Baltics for the most part are not interesting in going back to Russia, which would involve joining a country with half the per capita GDP.  The situation in Ukraine is opposite.

I don't think that matters at all. This isnt some grassroots protesting in eastern Ukraine (at least not entirely) at the moment, and in any case Putin and GRU will do and invent what they want. The only public opinion that (sorta) matters is the Russians in Russia proper.

[Queequeg]

lulz

I missed you guys.

Zoupa!

[The Minsky Moment]

Help! I'm a Russian speaker, and I'm being oppressed in this thread!

I know for a fact that you are a Uke sympathesizer, which makes you a Nazi, which makes you self-hating, which let's face it we suspected all along.  The fanatical pro-circumcision propaganda wasn't fooling anyone.

[Tamas]

The problem isn't Poland. The problem are the Baltic States. They:
-have significant Russian minorities
-are former Russian/Soviet Empire territory
-are NATO members

The Russians in the Baltics for the most part are not interesting in going back to Russia, which would involve joining a country with half the per capita GDP.  The situation in Ukraine is opposite.

I don't think that matters at all. This isnt some grassroots protesting in eastern Ukraine (at least not entirely) at the moment, and in any case Putin and GRU will do and invent what they want. The only public opinion that (sorta) matters is the Russians in Russia proper.

Which is exactly what I said in the other thread! 

Welcome back, Zoupa!

[Zoupa]

If I was a homofag I'd be in love with Sheilbh, so I chose his thread. Sorry. 

[Queequeg]

Help! I'm a Russian speaker, and I'm being oppressed in this thread!

I know for a fact that you are a Uke sympathesizer, which makes you a Nazi, which makes you self-hating, which let's face it we suspected all along.  The fanatical pro-circumcision propaganda wasn't fooling anyone.

He's a Tatari jihadist who is a liason for Banderovtsy.

[Eddie Teach]

What is with you people and feet?

It's because they're poor. Owning shoes is a sign of status.

[The Minsky Moment]

We could hypothetically be looking at simultaneous attacks from . . ., Belarus and an already compromised Belarus.

Also from Pinsk and Byelorussia.

[Syt]

If Zoups, the Asian-screwing Quebecer, chooses this thread, then so shall I!

http://en.itar-tass.com/world/727785

MOSCOW, April 14. /ITAR-TASS/. A special operation in the southeast of Ukraine ordered by the Kiev authorities can lead to a civil war in the country, Russia's Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Andrei Kelin told Rossiya 24 television on Monday, April 14.
"It is known that they (authorities in Kiev) are planning to begin a counter-terrorism operation against peaceful demonstrators who have simple demands - greater autonomy (for regions) and the status of Russian (as a second official language)," he said.
According to Kelin, the Kiev authorities are forming troops made up of "patriots". "All this can lead to a civil war. And this is a matter of serious concern to us," Kelin said.

[Zoupa]

I'm a frog living in Quebec, big diffference. It's a thread about screwy ethnicities after all 

[Norgy]

Right now, I think the Ukraina would mess up even a chicken Kiev.

[PJL]

I am now convinced Russia will annex all of the south and east of Ukraine, and that nothing short of war will stop them. Someone posted this at the Paradox OT forum (a beacon of sanity in that madness thread):

https://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/UKRANIANMILITARYDISPOSITIONS_RUSIBRIEFING.pdf

Some very interesting points, on deployments and Ukrainian factories that make a number of critical parts for the Russian military. Which means sanctions are likely to be counterproductive.

[PDH]

I would like to think that this thread has the most in common with the valiant Ukrainian resistance to Moscow.