Posted on 09/11/2018 9:04:41 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Russia’s Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov has openly called for the annexation of two eastern Ukrainian regions amid media reports of a possible escalation of hostilities.
Ukraine has been at war for control of the Donbass region after an uprising of pro-Russian separatists there in 2014. Russia has been accused of stoking the conflict that has claimed thousands of lives and displaced more than 1.6 million people, a charge that the Kremlin denies. Separatist leaders quoted by Russian state media have claimed that Kiev is readying an offensive in the region following the assassination of Alexander Zakharchenko, the leader of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People's Republic,” late last month.
“If I were in the place of the president, I would immediately accept Donbass into Russia,” Zyuganov was quoted as saying by the state-run RIA Novosti news agency Monday.
Russia has recognized passports and other identification documents issued in separatist-held areas of eastern Ukraine, where the Russian ruble is already a commonly used currency, for a year and a half.
Zyuganov, who has been a staunch proponent of recognizing Donetsk and Luhansk as entities independent of Ukraine, suggested the annexation would bring an end to “the banditism.”
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Sweden took up all the attention Sunday, but Russia held their regional elections on Sunday as well and the Communist Party made some gains largely due to controversy over pension reforms.
I wish Russia would annex DumAss.
We’d lose Pelosi, Warren, Obola, Schumer, Harris, Ginsberg, Will, Soros, ...
Western Ukraine should secede and join the EU.
Ukraine’s long term interest is to look West and ridding itself of the Russian dominated Donbass would assist it.
I’m pretty sure DumAss is already a useful tool of Russia.
I’m pretty sure DumAss is already a useful tool of Russia.
Unfortunately for Donbass and Crimea - thats where the proven or suspected gas deposits and future pipelines lie
Purely coincidental to the conflict of course
So what, local groups do not decide what country they belong to or should La Raza have the right to make parts of California Mexican again? There would be no war without russian troops and equipment.
By your logic then every county in the southwest USA that has a majority of Spanish speakers ‘rightfully’ belongs to Mexico.
And why do you insist that it took the US to instigate a coup against a tyrant who built himself a Czarist palace at taxpayer expense? Don’t you think the Ukrainians are capable of dealing with Russian gangsters all on their own?
Ukraine f***ed up when they trusted the west and gave up their nukes.
Uhhhh...pretty sure my unemployed millennial grandson, who lives in my daughters basement doesn’t want to be a Russian.
Ohhhhh...donbass... the state/region.
Never mind.
Problem is that the Donbass is rich in coal iron ore and industry. Petro Poroshenko needs to decide if he is Russian or Ukrainian
About what you would expect.
Language defines a people, their culture, their life, and their morals by how they voluntarily CHOSE to lead their lives in their homes and family.
It is how Poland, Czech, Spain, Portugal, and the Baltic and - yes - the many smaller Balkan enclaves trapped behind and inside larger oppressing regimes and dictatorships - maintained their unique countries since the Roman era.
Ha, ha, you beat me to it. Every time I see that name, I first think “dumbass”.
Not popular with those obsessed with Russia, but this is not our problem. It’s not even Europe’s problem. Europe’s problem is their committing suicide by Islam.
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