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To a degree, but there are plenty of colonisations that were simply created through economic greed by both sides, not always at the point of a barrel.

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I cant think of the last actual colonisation by the European powers as was..... obviously I dont count the incidents that surrounded the 2nd world war.

Ukraine was also looking for closer ties with the EU. There are in fact a number of different levels of 'deals' that the EU offer to non-EU states. One of which is a 1st level trading and cultural arrangement, which gives some entry level freedom for trade in both directions without the normal...

Carefully ignoring Russian colonial history right through the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th century of course. Key differences are that the rest of the European powers colonised the new world whereas Russia expanded East and South....and is continuing to do so......you need to support your own...

Fook off you patronising piece of dour.... dimwittedness, try reading something other than the Anarchists Handbook.....get a bit broader in your analysis of events..it may just help you achieve a balanced opinion. Try not to quote my comments after you have edited them to suit your party line...

I am not going to prolong my involvement in this thread, I will simply say that if you measure yourself and your beliefs by that article, laden as it is with empty rhetoric, half-truths and carefully manicured assumptions, then my decision to abandon ship is justified, ... I am off,..... before...

Written by that well known apologist Pepe Escobar, fresh from his regular appearances on Russia's RT network, Iran's PressTV, Al Jazeera's The Stream and The Voice of Russia's Burning Point............. go figure.

Exactly,............ the US has already said it can supply what Russia does, ( I guess they would love the business), but the principle is sound, starve them out,.... its a corrupt, sham democracy, Putin is a clown of the highest order, flexing his jingoistic muscles to fan the flames of...

The difference being that RT is state funded, state managed and state censored,... even though it broadcasts in English,..... what is broadcast is exactly in line with Russian state policy ( Putin policy),..... at least on Fox News and stations like that, you may get a particular slant ( US...

....a third of it yes, though Russia's economy will collapse in a heap without those sales.....Putin can't afford it.

Hardly the type of fella to have a quiet pint with that's for sure.... but of course he's hardly wholly representative of the hundreds of thousands of ordinary Kiev protesters.

So the complete opposite of your views on Syria then.

So fook the Ukrainians themselves then,...... your comments are nothing more than I would expect,.... how about the needs of the people who are happily Ukrainian, and are happily living in Ukrainian territory but suddenly find a foreign army swanning around the place as if they own it?....

Most of Ukraine's gas fields are in the north-east of the country,...... so there could be your main reason for the Russians getting 'bolshy', they may have an eye on those and the outlets on the Crimea.

Who was,..... Syria was fundementalist organisations,.... and those guys were fighting a bloody jihad to the death,..... rich or not, they were simply fanatics. ..... I think they can be viewed slightly differently to a few anarchists or nationalists who may throw bricks and bottles at the...

I think Putin is trying to flex a muscle or two on the back of the Olympic feel good factor, he is testostorone driven....... Crimea will be a difficult one to resolve, the Russians are NOT bothered about the general welbeing of Russian speakers down there,... they are flapping about the...

On a roll here,.... yes it wasn't either of you, it was Seagullovergrimsby....... in one of your quotes DIP......... anyway, back to Ukraine.

Of course he was,..... but it certainly wasn't on the 'lets cosy with the Russians' ticket.... that only emerged latterly..... a bit like Clegg and the tuition fees issue.... lol. Funding by who?.... spurious rumour that has no basis in reality yet. Do you remember the first few weeks of these...

Equally, you dont have to be Ukrainian to have reservations about closer ties with the 'Bear' to the north and east of you.