Posted by seumasach on September 16, 2014
As is now clear Obama won this one, wisely opting for strong words rather than strong action NATO has been left hanging out to dry
11th April, 2014
The commander of NATO is insisting that the West do more to protect Ukraine from a possible Russian invasion. But the Obama administration has other plans.
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Posted by seumasach on September 13, 2014
“They (Moscow) will outplay us,” Yatsenyuk warned. “Putin wants to get another frozen conflict and get his hands on our belly fat.”
I expected Yatsenyuk to settle down to a peaceful retirement in Florida but for some reason to continues to rant hysterically. Moscow or, rather, the Putin-Poroshenko combination has already outplayed him and he is the obvious, big, big loser
13th September
Yatsenyuk told a conference attended by Ukrainian and European lawmakers and business leaders on Saturday that he was convinced that Putin’s goal was “not just to take Donetsk and Lugansk.”
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Posted by seumasach on September 13, 2014
“Europeans, however, insist that they helped to broker the deal between Yanukovych and the opposition and cannot be held responsible for his sudden resignation and disappearance from the country.”
This is a very interesting line in apologetics from the Europeans, the first indication that they were caught out by the Yanukovitch gambit which left them with the embarrassment of supporting a government stuffed full of neo-nazis.
9th September, 2014
Russia’s relations with Europe have been badly strained over the Ukraine crisis. The two sides have fundamentally different perceptions of the situation, are suspicious of the other side’s intentions, and have already gone through a series of sanctions against each other’s economies.
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Posted by seumasach on September 12, 2014
EU-Ukraine trade pact postponed after talks between Moscow, Kiev & Brussels
12th September, 2014
Moscow scored a major diplomatic coup after Kiev agreed to postpone the enforcement of its Association Agreement with EU until the end of next year, following three-way talks between Russia, Ukraine and European Union officials in Brussels.
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Posted by seumasach on September 11, 2014
This looks suspiciously like a move towards the trilateral agreement over Ukraine whose rejection by the EU led to the current crisis
11th September, 2014
BRUSSELS, Sept 11 (Reuters) – The EU will offer Russia more time to adjust to a European trade pact with Ukraine, diplomats say, moving to ease bilateral tensions over an accord at the centre of the crisis in Ukraine as a ceasefire there takes hold.
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Posted by seumasach on September 11, 2014
11th September, 2014
MOSCOW, September 11 (RIA Novosti) – France is interested in stabilizing the situation in Ukraineand the Middle East and stands ready to work together with Russia to this end, Thierry Mariani, a member of the French National Assembly and a member of the French delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, said Thursday.
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Posted by seumasach on September 11, 2014
The Europeans are now in complete disarray and making complete fools of themselves over whether to “punish” Russia for instigating a peace process
11th September, 2014
EU envoys are to meet again today on when to implement new sanctions against Russia over its military involvement in Ukraine. Some members want more time to asses the viability of the truce.
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Posted by seumasach on September 10, 2014
9th September, 2014
RBTH presents a selection of views from leading Russian media on the latest developments in Ukraine, including analysis of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s visit to Mariupol and reaction to the ceasefire in Kiev, as well as news of the return of a number of refugees from Russia’s Rostov Region and the beginning of rebuilding in Donetsk and Lugansk
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Posted by seumasach on September 10, 2014
Russia’s UN Envoy Churkin: Dutch Report on MH17 Crash Investigation Inadequate
10th September, 2014
MOSCOW, September 10 (RIA Novosti) – A report on the investigation of a Malaysian Boeing crash in eastern Ukraine could hardly be considered international and independent as a preliminary probe has been conducted by Dutch experts under agreement with Ukraine and its findings are too vague, Russia’s Ambassador to UN Vitaly Churkin said Wednesday.
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Posted by seumasach on September 10, 2014
Dutch Safety Board (DSB) Report: Malaysian MH17 was Brought Down by “A Large Number of High Energy Objects”, Contradicts US Claims that it Was Shot Down by a “Russian Missile”
Michael Chossudovsky and Julie Levesque
9th September, 2014
According to the Dutch Safety Board (DSB) Report:
“Flight MH17 with a Boeing 777-200 operated by Malaysia Airlines broke up in the air probably as the result of structural damage caused by a large number of high-energy objects that penetrated the aircraft from outside.” (emphasis added)
While the report does not identify the nature of the “high energy objects”, the assessment suggests that the plane was perforated by “a large number” of unspecified projectiles or “bullets”.
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Posted by seumasach on September 10, 2014
Alexander Mercouris
6th September, 2014
The ceasefire agreement is the subject of intense discussion and has clearly left some people unhappy. I will make a few quick observations here before returning more fully to this subject later when I am under less time pressure than I am at present:
1. The ceasefire has been forced on Poroshenko and the junta as a result of (1) the disastrous military situation the junta now finds itself in and (2) the refusal of the NATO/EU powers to intervene militarily on his behalf to redress the balance. The last was again clearly reiterated by Obama at the NATO summit yesterday when he publicly refused even to supply the junta with weapons (NB: we should not take that seriously – weapons have already been supplied on a significant scale but clearly even the outward appearance of involvement through token public weapons transfers is being ruled out). Incidentally Obama’s talk about the importance of Article 5 of the NATO Charter was intended to underline this point. Obama brought up Article 5 not to “reassure the Baltic States” – which are not being threatened and do not therefore need this reassurance- but to underline to Kiev the point that as the Ukraine is not part of NATO it is not entitled to military help from NATO.
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