December 18, 2013, 4:58 am
...White House Spokesman Jay Carney (click here) indicated that Washington was unimpressed by the deal, saying it would "not address the concerns" of the thousands of protesters camped out day and night on Independence Square over the last weeks.
"The Russian government made a decision to invest part of the National Welfare Fund to the amount of $15 billion in Ukrainian government securities." Putin said at a ceremony with Yanukovych....
...Putin also said Russia's state energy giant Gazprom would now sell natural gas to Ukraine at a price of $268.50 for 1,000 cubic metres -- a substantial discount from the current level of around $400....
..."I would like to calm everyone down, today we have not discussed the issue of Ukraine joining the Customs Union at all," Putin said.
On the day she was sworn in for a third term at the helm of Europe's top economy, German Chancellor Angela Markel warned against getting into a "tug-of-war" with Russia over Ukraine. "A confrontation would not lead anywhere," she said in an interview with public television....
The West is still trying to ostracize Russia in a way that would destroy it. As a result, Russia is not attempting to create an independent Customs Union built similarly to the European Union.
The West always has this idea it has power over Russia. When is the global community going to come to terms with peace and the path to peace? Creating a one world government isn't going to work. Not because a military struggle may secure it, but, because it is idiocy to follow a path of war to benefit Wall Street.
This is Ukraine politics.
18 December 2013
Last updated at 00:10 ET
...Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko (click here) told pro-EU protesters in Kiev Mr Yanukovych was betraying Ukraine's independence.
This is Ukraine politics.
18 December 2013
Last updated at 00:10 ET
...Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko (click here) told pro-EU protesters in Kiev Mr Yanukovych was betraying Ukraine's independence.
"He has given up Ukraine's national interests, given up independence," Mr Klitschko, a former boxing champion, told the crowd on Tuesday.
"[President] Yanukovych used our country as collateral. According to our sources, he has agreed to a bailout from Russia and put Ukrainian plants, strategic industries, heavy industries, aviation and energy manufacturers up as collateral against it. We want to know what exactly he did put up as collateral, and his reasons for doing it."
He called on the Ukrainian president to hold a snap election....
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Soldiers of the UNR Army in front of St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kiev.
The Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore and the Ukrainian–Soviet War ended in 1917. War and the destruction of infrastructure doesn't promote economic growth. If the Ukraine is ever going to be a sovereign nation with potential to improve the lives of it's citizens it has start somewhere.
I realize Yanukovych is not the popular choice and his image laced with fear of oppression and old world hatred, but, where is the Ukraine going to get a better opportunity to grow it's economy and relieve it's debt?
None of these economic plans erase the past or make the world ignorant of any future problem. So, what is the issue, really? Who is in office and what market place is preferred? That political impetus is far different than the region is used to. I think there is room for growth from both Russia and Europe and in time it will occur.
In the year 2013 with the soon beginning of 2014 the world has come a long way to seek peaceful and economic standards to define nations. If we can proceed with non-proliferation our children might have a real shot at eliminating such threats to life.
Is there something wrong with that I don't get?
Because you see, every time the USA has assets in place, it inevitably becomes an issue of tensions and war. "American interests" have been the cause of more war than any other nation on Earth. The West should think about that for a while.
Now, about that enormous unnecessary US Industrial Complex....that chronically threatens war without end and global stability. Not to mention enormous USA National Debt.
None of these economic plans erase the past or make the world ignorant of any future problem. So, what is the issue, really? Who is in office and what market place is preferred? That political impetus is far different than the region is used to. I think there is room for growth from both Russia and Europe and in time it will occur.
In the year 2013 with the soon beginning of 2014 the world has come a long way to seek peaceful and economic standards to define nations. If we can proceed with non-proliferation our children might have a real shot at eliminating such threats to life.
Is there something wrong with that I don't get?
Because you see, every time the USA has assets in place, it inevitably becomes an issue of tensions and war. "American interests" have been the cause of more war than any other nation on Earth. The West should think about that for a while.
Now, about that enormous unnecessary US Industrial Complex....that chronically threatens war without end and global stability. Not to mention enormous USA National Debt.
Surge Seen in U.S. Oil Output, Lowering Gasoline Prices (click here)
I would think this would be enough reason for oil barons to stop coveting the Russian oil assets. How much power does a nation need? How much money does one person need? When does the 'wanting' of Wall Street come back into the realm of reasonable while the Middle Class flourishes and the Poor have upward movement? Too much to ask?
Ah, the "Evil Russian Empire," will it ever die? I like John McCain and I certainly like him better than some of the other options in Arizona politics. He has a nice wife and a lovely daughter. Can someone please give him a makeover that is modern day and a better byline? Perhaps one that moves him ever so slightly away from threatening war in the Third World at every turn?
Ah, the "Evil Russian Empire," will it ever die? I like John McCain and I certainly like him better than some of the other options in Arizona politics. He has a nice wife and a lovely daughter. Can someone please give him a makeover that is modern day and a better byline? Perhaps one that moves him ever so slightly away from threatening war in the Third World at every turn?
“Harry, I’m going to go kick the crap out of you,” (click here) McCain reportedly told Reid minutes before he took to the floor of the upper chamber of Congress to lay into Democrats for ushering in a “black chapter in the history of the Senate.”
One might notice, since the filibuster has been busted, most of the votes in the Senate have carried a greater than 60 vote margin in favor of the measure. Why didn't that happen before? Perhaps, Senator McCain can explain that.
