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Minsk 2014.....The 3 (of the 13) points in the minsk agreement putin refused to recognise. 4. To start a dialogue on interim self-government for the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, in accordance with Ukrainian law, and acknowledge their special status by parliamentary resolution. 9. Restoration of full control of the state border by the government of Ukraine. 10. Withdrawal of all foreign armed formations, military equipment and mercenaries. Plus the biggest peace deal game breaker of course......invading the very nation the peace deasl was with, and with it a UN recognised sovereign nation. Just saying.....
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@libertarianbydefault So where is this expansion of the US regarding annexed territory? When you fail to find an answer then i will tell you that putin has already annexed territory in ukraine. Done in a totally defensive manner of course. No imperialism intended at all.
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@aar0n709 Putin invading ukraine isnt an assumption.. Poland borders it. So putin takes ukraine. Where do you think all the refugees are heading. Where do you think a guerilla war is going to be fought from. It isnt going to end like in ww2 with zelensky shooting himself in kiev and ukraine surrendering. A guerilla war fought on a NATO frontline would be interesting.
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@comment6864 Proper independance referendums are held with the host nation involved and all of the inhabitants taking part. Where is shaktar donetsk based now for example. Not at the point of a gun with an unfriendly neighbouring country involved. Plus it needs to be held in peaceful circumstances so both sides can make their case. Which could have been achieved through minsk but putin didnt want east ukraine. He wanted it all under his control. He could have just recognised the disputed occupied territory, which he did, and then created a bufferzone at the frontline. So protecting the ethnic russians from the supposed "genocide" he claimed was occuring. But he didnt tho as he wanted all ukraine. Still probably does.
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The thing is tho when all this with ukraine started it was russia that started it. My view is, that action, actually pissed us off, well it certainly did me. Coming from a civilised viewpoint mind. They, ukraine, stood by the US, same as my country uk did in the "war on terror" after 9/11. They lost people in the iraq insurgency same as us. How about returning the favour. No US lives on the line this time.
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hegemoney...................putin propagandists fave word
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Imperialism literally means to annex territory which they havnt done. Putin has tho. Wonder who the imperialist is.
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@90sStarterJacket Thats because france and germany vetoed ukraine and georgias joint bid to join NATO about 2006/7. They wanted a more friendly economical relationship with putin instead. No NATO for them being putins proviso. Hence france and germany involved with the minsk peace treaty that putin failed to implement his end and then broke it 8 years later by invading. Having used the 8 years to build up his military for it.
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Why are you asking for comments on a mearsheimer interview when its obvious its going to be bombarded with putin state funded propagandists and other far right conspiracists views , i have no idea. Just unsubscribed. Used to get your magazine through the post as well. Is andrew neil still involved or is he one of putins proxies as well now.
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@frankiehunter. I could write a novel too about how putins state funded tv and media lied to its people and to the ethnic russian speaking border regions of ukraine ever since he came to power 25 years ago. The russian language issue was one of many used to create the ethnic division required. Yanukovych was deposed by his people as he tried to reverse the decision made by the ukranian people in 1991. When they voted 92% to leave a union with russia. Yanukovych scrapped the plan to join the EU for one with the very nation they voted to leave in 1991. Thats why it was called "euromaidan". He also changed the constitution so he could jail his main political opponent yulia tymoshenko. He also ordered his special berkut police unit to open fire on unarmed demonstrators at maidan. 120 died with thousands injured. No way could he survive that bloodbath. The odessa fire was an accident that followed a day of anarchy when both sides lost people shot beforehand. The police and fire services failed to intervene and in some cases took sides. The smaller group of ethnic russians barricaded themselves inside the building and one of the many molotovs being thrown from both sides set it on fire so there was no exit. There are pictures online of ukranians outside erecting scaffolding to try and save people inside. 50 died but many others were saved. 400 odd were inside when the fire started. The official investigation is still open i believe. Many of those criticised or charged so far have left the country. Also regarding nazis just 2% voted far right in ukraines last election with no mps elected. Much lower than other democracies. The former leader and founder of the private militia azov stood in that election and got knowhere. Azov, another target of putins propaganda has long been depoliticised and brought under the control of the professional ukranian army.
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@alphabetaxenonzzzcat MSM is that the western main stream media that has tons of various media outlets from the left, right and centre politically giving the checks and balances so the people can decide for themselves the truth. Or is that putins MSM that does one view only, or else. You know the one that was funded 1.9 billion usd last year by his mafia duma..Half spent on state tv/radio st home and the other half on RT etc abroad. Maybe some of it going to assist certain people with their views regarding it too.
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@gregbuser4690 I dont remember petro poroshenko being elected by the US state department.
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@Heeroyui752 Putins interests are imperialistic not strategic. His version of the third reich is his new "greater russian world" empire that would rival the west once again like his beloved ussr used to do.
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@Madoldcatlady Because he spent 14 years trying to do it politically with his puppet yanukovych. When that failed he used the 8 years after minsk to build up his military for the invasion/special (3 day regime change) military disaster.
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@dogukan127 They already have annexed territory. Something western democratic countries have never done post ww2. Agree that putin has already lost. He wanted total control over all ukraine, especially kiev, not just the east. He failed trying to create a corridor to odessa too. Hes waiting for trump to get in now. I suspect that some kind of agreement might be reached at some point with ukraine likely ceding territory in exchange for them to join NATO. Tho the decision has to be taken by the ukranians themselves as they are the ones being invaded and having their villages, towns and cities flattened and their citizens , including many civilians, killed.
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@sofiyagrober2180 Googled autocracy......An autocracy is a system of government in which a single person or party (the autocrat) possesses supreme and absolute power. The decisions of this autocrat are subject to neither external legal restraints nor regularized mechanisms of popular control. The bit to note is the term single person. The other parties all tow the kremlin line which is the putin/autocrat line .He has also made himself above the law and no doubt election manipultion is rife. Along with preventing any viable opposition from standing against him. As stalin once spoke of an election "its not the votes that count, its the people that count them".
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@northernstar3960 Afghanistan was not a disaster as it was a part of the 20 year "war on terror" which has been won now as there hasnt been any major terror attacks on the west since leaving afghan. Trying to impose democracy and civilised behaviour was a failure tho both in afghanistan and iraq. Tho iraq does have a form of democracy which might improve over time.
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@robrob9050 Wouldnt be stupid if it was your country being invaded and your family and friends threatened.
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