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2014-02-25 Europe

UhOh: Russian Ships Carrying Soldiers Said To Be En Route To Sevastopol

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Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-02-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 IMO Russia will secure Sevatopol + other key Ukrainian or Crimean RussBases, but nothing more than that unless somebody escalates by doing something beyond-stupid.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-02-25 02:20|| 2014-02-25 02:20|| Front Page Top

#2 That's more like it.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-02-25 04:15|| 2014-02-25 04:15|| Front Page Top

#3 And how about raising gas prices by, say 5%?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-02-25 04:16|| 2014-02-25 04:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Check the number of Russian ships off of Syria and see if there is some 'displacement' elsewhere.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-02-25 08:51|| 2014-02-25 08:51|| Front Page Top

#5 Another Soviet Georgia in the works...

Posted by 49 Pan 2014-02-25 11:16|| 2014-02-25 11:16|| Front Page Top

#6 More than half the population of Autonomous Crimea is said to be ethnic Russian. And there are more than 22,000 Russiaan military at Savastopol. Thus, any "incident" -- foolish or contrived -- could lead the Russians to invoke "the Georgian solution."

Posted by Jomomp Fillmore8551 2014-02-25 21:38|| 2014-02-25 21:38|| Front Page Top

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