“The Ukraine has a long history of either being part of the Soviet Union or within that sphere,” he said. … “I don’t think it behooves us to tell the Ukraine what to do. … I’m not excited about saying ‘hey, let’s put the Ukraine in NATO’ to rub Russia’s nose in it.”…
In the wake of the Russia-Ukraine crisis over territory, Mr. … Orban said previously that Hungarians in Ukraine should get greater autonomy from Kiev. … Orban’s comment about autonomy for Hungarians in Ukraine was ill-timed, made when Ukraine was facing territorial claims by Russia.…
We posted earlier today on how the Russian adventurism in Ukraine seems poised to escalate into a full blown war. … emanating from the White House, statements which label Russia and Putin as culpable in the shootdown of Malaysia Air MH-17 over Ukraine … The situation in Ukraine grows worse every day.…
built, Russian commanded, and probably Russian operated anti-aircraft missile knocked a Malaysia Air plane from the skies over Ukraine … , Russia has shown no signs of letting the stigma of slaughtering innocents deter them from their mission of carving up Ukraine. … Russian military forces have fired artillery rounds into eastern Ukraine targeting Ukrainian military positions and plans to send even…
Of course, the shootdown of Flight MH17 by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine has everyone on edge, but there’s no reason to think … Why not ban travel to Pakistan, or Yemen or Ukraine, where a commercial airliner just got shot down, but instead they targeted Israel…
as well as publicly – my preference continues to be finding a diplomatic resolution within Ukraine. … He can’t cut the Ukraine separatists loose even if he wanted to. … It would be “too humiliating now that he has demonized the West and Ukraine.”…
Ron Paul is out in force claiming that the demonstrations in Ukraine that took down the pro-Russian President were “US Sponsored,” … crackpots like Ron Paul weren’t paying attention to troop and weapon movements across the border from Russia into rebel-controlled Ukraine…
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On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the downing of MH 17, what the world’s response will be toward Russia and if this could be a Franz Ferdinand moment.
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Putin’s action in Ukraine last year, there has been a chorus of commentary on his supposed strategic genius. … The rebel areas of Ukraine may not be Jeffersonian democracies but they weren’t intended to be. … They are a warning to Ukraine of what will happen if they continue their flirtation with the West.…
From Abkhazia in Georgia to Transnistria in Moldova to most recently Crimea and eastern Ukraine, Russia has sought to prevent Western … declared independence then it opens the door to destabilizing the entire region by means of the “hybrid warfare” Russia has used in Ukraine…
And, consistent with our strong and balanced approach toward Russian aggression elsewhere in the world, including NATO and Ukraine, … Ukraine is never going to be part of either the EU or NATO, Crimea being ripped away from it is merely icing on the cake. … Latvia and Estonia are being very reticent because they know what was done to Ukraine could be done to them.…
