Quote Originally Posted by mirhond View Post
Newly appointed Ukrainian Minister of Defence recently promised a Triumph in Sevastopol. I believe Putin can't wait for such a move to righteously crush invaders.
mirhond---since you claim to be a Russian expert------you do realize that all the current sanctions in place against he Russian economy and elite Russians have cause massive damage to your economy---right mirhond?

Read the fine print they remain in place until the Crimea is returned which means sometime in 2015/2016 the Russian economy will be destroyed as it cannot continue for that long under the sanctions as it is now struggling even with the limited sanctions in place.

Not all the kind words you have for Putin nor his own "kind" words will remove the sanctions until the Crimea is returned.

Next it appears the Ukraine will the legal case against Russian for the annexation of the Crimea which will then "allow" the Ukraine to literally seize ships, plane, goods, bank accounts anywhere in the world to repay the damages caused by the Russian annexation---which is in the billions of dollars.

Oh and by the way the Crimea economy is tanking and the cost of food is now 78% higher under Russia than under the Ukraine---wonder why?

So who is crushing who---mirhond?