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Ukraine signs trade deal with EU, Russia hangs on to Crimea.Follow

#1 Jul 06 2014 at 1:30 AM Rating: Good
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Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko says his country has paid "the highest possible price" to achieve the goal of a free trade agreement with the European Union -- a goal reached Friday when he signed the deal at a summit in Brussels.

Earlier in the day Poroshenko called the signing "historic," despite negative reaction from Moscow. Russia's deputy foreign minister said Ukraine's move is "fraught with serious consequences."

Russia's deputy foreign minister said Ukraine's move is "fraught with serious consequences." A Kremlin spokesman also told Russian state media that Russia will take action to protect its economy if it is negatively affected.

The EU trade agreement was at the center of the political uprising that drove former Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych from office earlier this year and later led to Moscow's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, where loyalty to Russia runs high. The conflict has turned deadly with clashes between Ukrainian soldiers and pro-Russia separatists in the east.


Well. That was rough. In ongoing news, Pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country are now losing badly to the government. They have been shelled out of a city beginning with S. The separatists are feeling abandoned by Russia. Someone somewhere said that Russia will go for ALL of Ukraine, if it goes for it seriously. It won't actually throw itself into carving bits off the east. At the moment Russia seems content with Crimea, although its language is still belligerent.
#2 Jul 06 2014 at 1:44 AM Rating: Good
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Russia never cared for anything but Crimea, they got that and I don't see Ukraine getting it back anytime soon.
#3 Jul 07 2014 at 7:06 AM Rating: Good
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Yeah, I think Putin did what he intended.

He got Crimea - oil, pipelines, what have you.
He got some street cred, some notoriety.
He shamed the western world to some extent.

He paid with some sanctions.

Deals done. Russia didn't come out to bad in the end.
.....Ukraine might need some family counseling.



Edited, Jul 7th 2014 3:06pm by Elinda
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#4 Jul 07 2014 at 7:35 AM Rating: Good
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One step closer to rebuilding the USSR.
#5 Jul 07 2014 at 7:38 AM Rating: Good
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Elinda wrote:
Ukraine might need some family counseling.
I just hope it doesn't develop into Munchausen like Iraq.

Edited, Jul 7th 2014 9:38am by lolgaxe
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#6 Jul 07 2014 at 2:34 PM Rating: Good
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His Excellency Aethien wrote:
One step closer to rebuilding the USSR.
Rejoice Liberals! Rejoice!!
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#7 Jul 07 2014 at 3:50 PM Rating: Decent
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Uglysasquatch wrote:
His Excellency Aethien wrote:
One step closer to rebuilding the USSR.
Rejoice Liberals! Rejoice!!

Liberals? This is a conservative wet dream. Bring back our old enemy and another several decades of long-term, low-key warfare. Throw in another witch hunt for good measure.
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#8 Jul 08 2014 at 9:26 AM Rating: Excellent
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His Excellency Aethien wrote:
Russia never cared for anything but Crimea, they got that and I don't see Ukraine getting it back anytime soon.
This.

He's perfectly willing to watch Ukraine struggle to keep its head above water for a few years. Between war crimes against the separatists and the failure of the corrupt western-backed government he'll have all the propaganda he needs to keep everyone else in line. Besides Crimea is already set to be a drain of resources over the next few years, and you can't imagine Eastern Ukraine would have made the checkbook balance any better.
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