There was also the pending decision to apply for EU membership - if successful (which is likely) it would cut Russia off from Crimea possibly indefinitely. It also would make life cheaper/easier with respect to that huge pipeline project.Russia's targeting Ukraine because of its ownership of Crimea. Putin plans to drill for oil on Crimea's coast after they've successfully seized the territory. That's currently his plan A. Should this plan not succeed, he may shift his focus elsewhere and the Balkan states could be in danger. It would be good to have backup troops stationed there but it seems like there's a shortage of troops as NATO is currently fighting various wars in the Middle East. Only signatory countries and countries that have existing military agreements with NATO members will be able to send troops. The UN can't send their peacekeeping troops unless there's an existing conflict.
So you mean they'd stop supporting those rebels? I think they've already supplied them with several weapons, enough to last for months. And this kind of baffles me. Isn't Russia a part of Asia? Why would it want to join EU?There was also the pending decision to apply for EU membership - if successful (which is likely) it would cut Russia off from Crimea possibly indefinitely. It also would make life cheaper/easier with respect to that huge pipeline project.
No not Russia joining the EU - Ukraine joining it.So you mean they'd stop supporting those rebels? I think they've already supplied them with several weapons, enough to last for months. And this kind of baffles me. Isn't Russia a part of Asia? Why would it want to join EU?
...and that is the point. Before the troubles there was a goof chance Ukraine would have been accepted -why not plenty of other poor ex-CIS states have joined. If that had happened, then the oil fields of Crimea would be a much harder get for Putin - he would have to start a world war to get it.There is no way the EU would accept Ukraine. There is no stability or proper rule in Ukraine right now, just a more Western puppet installed instead of a Russian puppet. EU is also crumbling on its own at the moment with Greece and Spain thinking about abandoning the Union. Why the hell would the EU (Germany as the leader) want to take on a fragmented liability that will need to be bailed out and may cause even more problems for the EU with Russia? Russia is very important to the EU for their trade, and I highly doubt that it would risk hurting itself more than the EU already has.
Much of what is reported on television and media is quiet skewed with no factual backing, but that is how propaganda works. If dedollarization continues, there will be a war, and it will be the US who will be the instigator like it has been in recent decades for its FIAT currency world domination.
That is not true, Spain won't leave the EU and I don't think Greece will leave either. I do agree that Ukraine can't join now, but they can certainly join NATO and that is something the Russians don't want, NATo right up to their borders.There is no way the EU would accept Ukraine. There is no stability or proper rule in Ukraine right now, just a more Western puppet installed instead of a Russian puppet. EU is also crumbling on its own at the moment with Greece and Spain thinking about abandoning the Union. Why the hell would the EU (Germany as the leader) want to take on a fragmented liability that will need to be bailed out and may cause even more problems for the EU with Russia? Russia is very important to the EU for their trade, and I highly doubt that it would risk hurting itself more than the EU already has.
Much of what is reported on television and media is quiet skewed with no factual backing, but that is how propaganda works. If dedollarization continues, there will be a war, and it will be the US who will be the instigator like it has been in recent decades for its FIAT currency world domination.