[AnAmericanAbroad]

A bill to impeach Yanukovych has been filed in the Rada. Things are moving fast, indeed.

http://en.apa.az/news/207503

[cuban leaf]

I think we should start a pool on how many hours after the Olympics closing ceremony Putin decides to invade.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Maybe they can dis-arm this unrest without having to resort to more violence. For a nation with painful memories of the USSR such links to Russia would be un-welcome (even if needed). But, this sort of bloodshed isn’t the answer. Both sides are wrong. Putin isn’t going to send in the tanks. He’s not Stalin. He can play a long haul game to bring Ukraine into his growing Empire. He doesn’t want a new USSR—Communism is dead and buried. That being said, Russian Nationalism is very much alive and a new Russian Empire is in the wind. Best bet, make a few concessions to Czar Putin, but keep independence and nationalism, make the best deal with him (other states have) and build the nation up. Violence doess little—The USA and EU will not come and save you—use your brain and not emotions to become a great land.

[gasport]

Excellent backgrounder-

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/mar/20/fascism-russia-and-ukraine/?insrc=hpss

[Zhang Fei]

I don't think Russian military intervention is an option. A number of Ukrainians have undoubtedly been Russified to the point they don't even speak Ukrainian. However, a Russian intervention could bring back memories, even among that segment, of the Holodomor. Ukraine has 4,000 tanks in its inventory. A unified Ukraine (roughly the size of Texas, pop 45m) could bog Russia down for decades without any Western financial or material assistance. With Western equipment and training, they could push the Russians out, inflicting a humiliating retreat that would take Putin's political fortunes down with it. Even a military quagmire would take Putin's poll numbers down. Imagine thousands of Russians coming back in body bags.

[AnAmericanAbroad]

Reports coming in hot and heavy that Yanukovych has fled Kyiv and is en route to Khariv.

[sergeantdave]

Yeh, whenever I want to know what’s going on in the world, I turn to the commie liars at Associated Press and the Washington Post. (Tons of sarcasm!)

[prairiebreeze]

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[central_va]

I know when playing Risk owning the Ukraine is critical in taking Asia.