Re:Ukraine crisis: Parliament abolishes anti-protest law
by IgorPartola on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @10:39AM
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Him not signing them was pro-Russian. The EU treaty was ready to go, when Yanukovych suddenly turned around and refused to sign it. That was the pro-Russian move.
Re:Ukraine crisis: Parliament abolishes anti-protest law
by mtrimpe on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @10:46AM
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And let's not forget a certain quid-pro-quo which precipitated the deal: http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/12/17/putin-offers-ukraine...
Re:Ukraine crisis: Parliament abolishes anti-protest law
by guard-of-terra on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @10:44AM
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"The EU treaty was ready to go"
Did it mystically became ready to go, or did Yanukovych's apparatus made concrete steps to getting the EU treaty ready despite being Russian puppet?
If he is a Russian puppet, how this EU treaty ever got on the table?
Re:Ukraine crisis: Parliament abolishes anti-protest law
by forgottenpass on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @10:54AM
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OK, you already provided clarification for his statement. Now it looks like you're being pedantic for no good reason or just trying to start shit with IgorPartola.
Re:Ukraine crisis: Parliament abolishes anti-protest law
by guard-of-terra on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @11:08AM
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Right now my comments look like I'm wrong and I don't understand where.
Re:Ukraine crisis: Parliament abolishes anti-protest law
by girvo on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @07:38PM
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That it was pro-EU while going through the process of getting the treaty ready, but to snub it at the last minute for Putins favour is very very pro-Russian, if you will. Far more so than doing some paperwork, anyway.
Re:Ukraine crisis: Parliament abolishes anti-protest law
by guard-of-terra on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @07:16AM
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Then maybe he's not a puppet but actually an actor who tries to extract bonuses from multiple parties by raising stakes?
I.e. get EU treaty ready to be signed, extract power from Russia based on the fear of this treaty going live. And then try to extract more power from EU based on the fear that Russians are overtaking.
But that's not what puppets do.
Whoa, so him almost signing euroassociation papers (doing all the necessary work) was a very pro-Russian move?