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General Discussion / Re: Russia Watch Thread/Ветка о России
« on: January 31, 2015, 03:07:23 pm »I could perfectly understand it if the US and EU were equally condemning towards both Russian and Ukrainian violations of international law, but what we get is that while Russia gets opposed, Ukraine gets money and a pat on the head. Honestly, the whole situation kinda resembles the Chechen wars in reverse, regarding how the opposing sides are viewed by the Anglophone community.Better analogy would be Israel-Palestine conflict, but you get points for making me laugh with "Anglophone community".
But seriously, you can't be so naive that you think anyone (other than Russia) would push for sanctions against Ukraine when they are in a middle of a war, that would be playing straight into Russian hand when those "rebels" are effectively outside the reach of any legal repercussions since they can get safe haven in russia if things take turn for the worst for them, just like Yanukovych did. There would be nothing "moral" in handicapping Ukraine in favor of Russia, unless your definition of "moral" is "what is good for Russia".

), while ethnically Russian guys from Ukrainian - controlled parts of Donetskaya and Luganskaya oblasts go and fight for their country.