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With these referendums, the Russians are saying: We can’t beat them, so let’s claim their territory, and hope for the best. That, in effect, is what Putin is having his puppets in the Russian-back Ukrainian regions of Luhansk and Donetsk do. Russian-installed leaders in occupied areas of four Ukrainian regions set out plans for referendums… Read more.
Donald Trump famously invited TV cameras to watch his cabinet secretaries say what an honor it will be to serve him, the country be damned. Vladimir Putin showed his former puppet yesterday that real strongmen instill fear more than finagle flattery. He invited TV cameras to watch his spy chief and other national security advisers… Read more.
Pro-Moscow insurgents in eastern Ukraine declared independence Monday and sought to join Russia, undermining upcoming presidential elections, strengthening the Kremlin’s hand and putting pressure on Kiev to hold talks with the separatists following a referendum on self-rule. (Associated Press, May 12, 2014) While President Vladimir Putin gobbles up even more of Ukraine, Western leaders are… Read more.
