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Originally Posted by Shnabdabber
Wonder how much of this has to do with your bolded point...
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2...appiness-Index
Would seem that this nationalist attitude has distracted Russians from internal issues, no doubt.
I'm not really sure what to make of this whole deal. Keep hearing from the west how actions in eastern Ukraine are undemocratic, meanwhile a former EU banker has been put into official power of the country by western interests with no election, Russia clearly is instigating unrest in Ukraine, westernization of nations on Russia's borders... it just stinks all around. |
It's a risky thing for a country with so many national minorities (20% of the people living in Russia do not identify as Russian and make up regional majorities in some large areas). There could easily come a point where national minorities start to feel threatened enough to act.