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Originally Posted by FlameOn
So yea... that Ukrainian Naval base that the standoff happened at before. Seems like the Russians finally made it into the base and smashed up the electrical rooms so the rest of the base can't be used.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26408115
The G7 nations have cancelled all preparatory work for the G8 summit in response to Russia's actions and refusal to back down. They've issued a condemnation of Russia's military buildup. Looks like the G8 summit might not happen in Sochi later if this situation doesn't calm down.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26412914
A former ambassador to Russia has written a very long open letter regarding the situation in Russia. Among the issues he discusses is Russia's continued willingness to use force, in both brutal and efficient manners, flies right in the face of a continued western decline. Putin is counting on Western weakness. For some countries a show of strength may be necessary for them to back down though I don't think the EU, Obama (and by extension the uninformed American public) will have the political will for that. Money is the problem. The west have mostly become nations run by wealthy careerists who do not have the backbone to start the uncompromising show of strength necessary to reverse the Russian incursion into the Crimea. He also points out other Baltic nations may be in trouble if the West does not respond.
Excerpt from the article. I don't want to post too much of it.
http://www.businessinsider.com/mosco...-crimea-2014-3 |
While I neither support Russian action, nor pretend to know the plans of everyone involved, I don't think the view presented above is correct. It is not Russia's step in the alleged campaign to restore USSR or something like that. It is more like after US coup in Ukraine succeded, Russia realized that the next step is kicking their naval base out, so Putin had to take immediate action to hold onto Crimea now that he de facto lost Ukraine.