My ex is an Russian speaking, Russian-Ukrainian! She was in the crowd that night when RUSSIAN snipers shot and killed 80 to 90 people. She continues to fight for Ukraine.
Rb ......... You are just trash that chats up children go watch some ralf harris video and dont bother wasting your time with me . Spend it on the children
It seems that Ukraine has in fact a capable leader that is the patriot I earlier stated was needed. The indecision of the interim government and top "Brass" is what allowed Crimea to be taken. I think that blankets should be sent until the west can co- ordinate the reverse flow of gas. The flow from the eastern aggressors should be stopped until occupied lands are vacated. Just as the bridges in Donetsk are a target, an attempt to build a bridge across the Kerch narrows is a target and the "pro-Russian rebels" will probably destroy it to stay in eye of the Kremlin. (Hey, I am learning political phrasing)
I’ve had a theory for some time now,,, that Russia isn’t just waging war on Ukraine to steal the rest of their fuel,,,, but to keep their numbers, their population.
Russia is a dying nation, with many wanting to leave Russia for a better future,,, and a population that is getting older, with fewer children being born.
“Russia is one of the few countries with a negative growth rate, and its 2014 population is estimated at 142,072,744, a decrease from 2013’s estimate of 142,572,794. It's currently the 9th most populous country on earth, despite being one of the largest. “
“A specter is haunting Russia today. It is not the specter of Communism—that ghost has been chained in the attic of the past—but rather of depopulation—a relentless, unremitting, and perhaps unstoppable depopulation. The mass deaths associated with the Communist era may be history, but another sort of mass death may have only just begun, as Russians practice what amounts to an ethnic self-cleansing.
Since 1992, Russia’s human numbers have been progressively dwindling. This slow motion process now taking place in the country carries with it grim and potentially disastrous implications that threaten to recast the contours of life and society in Russia, to diminish the prospects for Russian economic development, and to affect Russia’s potential influence on the world stage in the years ahead.
Russia has faced this problem at other times during the last century. The first bout of depopulation lasted from 1917 to 1923, and was caused by the upheavals that transformed the Russian Empire into the Soviet Union. The next drop took place between 1933 and 1934, when the country’s population fell by nearly 2 million—or almost 2 percent—as a result of Stalin’s war against the “kulaks” in his forced collectivization of Soviet agriculture. And then, between 1941 and 1946, Russia’s population plummeted by more than 13 million through the cataclysms and catastrophes of World War II.
The current Russian depopulation—which began in 1992 and shows no signs of abating—was, like the previous episodes, also precipitated by events of momentous political significance: the final dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of Communist Party rule. But it differs in three important respects. First, it is by far the longest period of population decline in modern Russian history, having persisted for over twice as long as the decline that followed the Bolshevik Revolution, and well over three times as long as the terrifying depopulation Russia experienced during and immediately after World War II.
Second, unlike all the previous depopulations in Russia, this one has been taking place under what are, within the Russian context, basically orderly social and political circumstances. Terror and war are not the engines for the depopulation Russia is experiencing today, as they have been in the past.
And finally, whereas Russia’s previous depopulations resulted from wild and terrible social paroxysms, they were also clearly temporary in nature. The current crisis, on the other hand, is proceeding gradually and routinely, and thus it is impossible to predict when, or whether, it will finally come to an end.”
It is my prediction and my expectation that in the near future, as more rational thinking comes to power in Russia, then at that time all this wasted humanity and property will be Putin's legacy. With continued world pressure, Yanukovych will held accountable in the Hague. Though historically, Russian government has been oblivious as it again operates today, the reality is, business will close it's doors to such ruthlessness. The cost of doing business will be too high and other avenues will be taken that leave Moscow out of the deal. The perceived ruthlessness and threat of disruption of energy will mandate business in the west to find more stable business partners.