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A map to understand Ukraine crisis
2014-02-21
WaPo provides a linguistic / political map that explains the problem in a nutshell, and talks about why the problem is darned near intractable. There's going to be a lot more bloodshed in the weeks ahead.
Posted by:Steve White

#5  Interesting how they are selectively pruning the protestors with.... head shots.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-02-21 17:01  

#4  And they'll probably take more than they gave, it's the way of dealing with czars and empires.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2014-02-21 15:46  

#3  And might be part of Russia again soon enough. It would be one way to solve the problem.
Posted by: Steve White   2014-02-21 12:48  

#2  The other factor is that a large part of Southeastern Ukraine was added to the country relatively recently (by Nikita Khrushchev). Before that, the areas had been part of Russia for hundreds of years.

Al
Posted by: Florida Al   2014-02-21 12:31  

#1  What odds are the bookies in Ireland and elsewhere placing on Russia stepping in after the olympics?
Posted by: 3dc   2014-02-21 08:39  

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