Ukraine

[Gangerolf]

I don't know. But I don't think the Ukraine will be joining the EU any time soon. Especially not if EU-Russia relations get worse than they are now. The Ukraine may get "Finlandized".

[Gangerolf]

More news:

- New election December 26

- Yanukovich is running!

[Ned]

Originally posted by Gangerolf
I don't know. But I don't think the Ukraine will be joining the EU any time soon. Especially not if EU-Russia relations get worse than they are now. The Ukraine may get "Finlandized".

Finlandized?

Please explain.

[BlackCat]

Don't do anything that may annoy russia to avoid an invasion.

[Odin]

Afraid of Russia? The Finns need a spine, Russia wouldn't dare invade Finland if it joined the EU, it would lead to WWIII.

[Dis]

I figure I should get on post in this thread before it is closed.

[BlackCat]

Originally posted by Odin
Afraid of Russia? The Finns need a spine, Russia wouldn't dare invade Finland if it joined the EU, it would lead to WWIII.

Actually, that was the main problem - to avoid WWIII. I guess that there are some finns on this site that can explain it clearer.

[Kassiopeia]

The term dates back to the Cold War, when Finland, as it happens, was not part of the EU. Back in the 1930s the western Allies had promised Finland support during the Winter War, but it never really materialized, and this was what caused such scepticisim when it came to the west running to Finland's aid in case of a Soviet invasion - which in turn meant bending over backwards in a paradoxical attempt to be friendly with the USSR but not to appear leaning too much in that direction.

[BlackCat]

Originally posted by Serb


I have a stunning argument for you- Yanukovich won this election with 3% lead.

Game over.

You lose.

Yanukovich didn't play fair - ie fixed the election.

game restart.

Putin may loose.

[Serb]

BS.
He has been robbed.

Putin may loose.

BS. He is not one of the candidates.

[BlackCat]

Originally posted by Serb
BS.
He has been robbed.

Surely - after investing so much i election fraud it's unfair that he looses.

BS. He is not one of the candidates.

Of course he is not, but his puppet is.

[Serb]

Originally posted by BlackCat


Surely - after investing so much i election fraud it's unfair that he looses.

Just how much?

Of course he is not, but his puppet is.

The only puppet there is Yushenko.

[Serb]

Originally posted by Saras


Serb, you're pathetic. Adamkus alone is 100x the statesman your Putin clown is.

I recall you said that Adamkus is clown. IIRC, you didn't vote for him?

Putin
Partiya
Komsomol

[Serb]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph
Thou shalt not insult the Lord God!

I see your way crossing with a KGB employee in the near future.

KGB

[Serb]

Originally posted by Saras
Cool resolution. Now they will themselves incite riots, AND blame EU.

So all those loosers on streets of Kiev, were actually a Russian agents, right?

US CIA wussies have a lot to learn

Unfortunately, they know how to owerthrow governments way better than anyone else. Whole this crap reminds me the article about their coup in Iran. Nothing has changed since that time.