Putin had all of the Ukraine in his pocket. Now he is forced to settle for the welfare leeches of drunkards, criminally insane and homos.
Only the takers will vote to join Russia, if it comes to that.
The reason Russia doesn’t want to annex eastern Ukraine is because its population expects benefits from Russia.
Crimea on the other hand has a ship-building industry, oil and natural gas and has a strategic warm water port. In the future, Crimea could even boost the Russian GDP.
No sane Russian politician will want eastern Ukraine with its heavy smokestack industries and lack of exploitable resources.
That is why Russia is happy with the present deal concluded Thursday with the West.
~Putin had all of the Ukraine in his pocket. Now he is forced to settle for the welfare leeches of drunkards, criminally insane and homos.
Only the takers will vote to join Russia, if it comes to that~
I don’t know. Western Ukraine is an ox and a cart, all the industries are situated in the East and they are working for Russian market.
Closer ties with Russia is actually good for working people but it is not clear would they keep a cost advantage in Russia being part of it or not.
It is a major difference in labor cost that makes Ukrainian manufacturing goods marketable in Russia in the first place.