Ukraine Police Back Off After Failing to Stop Protest [Free Republic]Maybe Vladi's superhuman powers are not as great as we think.
First, take off your NWO approved beer goggles and stop pretending the Russians are even involved on the ground in Kiev.
Next, acknowledge the simple fact that a just few hundred Ukrainian police cleared off the couple of thousand refuseniks who were blocking the streets around the capital last night, while leaving their "camp" in place. That task was done on purpose as stated by the Ukrainian Interior Minister Vitaly Zakharchenko yesterday and (big surprise) misreported by western media.
Finally, consider what the EU deal was actually offering the Ukraine...a decade or more of IMF imposed serfdom with the concomitant loss of national sovereignty, in exchange for relaxed travel restrictions and some hopium about 'building a common infrastructure'. Compare that to Russia's legitimate offer of some immediate financing on favorable terms, and maintenance of Ukraine/Russia trade existing agreements including the transshipping of Russian gas to Europe.
The Europeans over played their hand in trying to force a deal, while the Russians (as usual) are playing a deeper game. Its gonna take more than some East European hippies "refusing" to go home in sub-zero weather, or their dopey neocon rooting section in the West to change things in Kiev.