Ukraine (closed; covers till August 2014)

[mirhond]

If there is a collapse in the East, does Ukraine consider Crimea. In other words, if in two weeks Ukraine foces have control of Donetsk, do they make any further actions to reclaime Crimea?

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.

[BrentWilliams]

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.

Maybe.

Another interesting fallout will be(or not be) is NATO expansion. In five years, it will be ineresting to see if Sweden, Finland, and Ukraine have NATO membership.

[Stan]

...In five years, it will be ineresting to see if Sweden, Finland, and Ukraine have NATO membership.

Sweden and Finland ?

Finnish officials described the “Russophobia” claim, made by Putin’s senior political adviser, Sergei Markov, as “unfounded” and “alarmist,” while Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said the embedded meaning in Markov’s remarks smacked of a return by Russia to old school “Cold War intimidation.”

Don't dream, not happening !

[OUTLAW 09]

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?