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With no ask or expectation, if anyone wants to apply their own personal sanctions against Putin because of his actions in Crimea and potential invasion of the rest of Ukraine then please just don't buy any goods with a barcode digital code beginning with '46' eg barcode 460009-040147 is an item...

Bad day for Ukraine with Russia effectively serving notice on annexing Crimea. Back to Downing Street tonight to urge Cameron to keep UK's promise in Budapest Memorandem. Pretty grim mood.

He's not an expat, but you are right about the pessimism about Russia's intentions. All very scary.

Thank you. As do we all.

Brother in law got his callup papers for the Ukrainian Army today *sad*

Stop it, my sides are splitting ! Or they would be if it wasn't so serious.

That doesn't matter really ( in the overall picture ), as Europe at this time has record high reserves, and Norway would be able to step in after a few months to easily take up the shortfall in supply of Oil and Gas. Oh, and the Arabs still have a drop or 2 of Oil they'd love to sell. In fact...

Actually it had been planned for months. The Russians and Americans always give the other advance notice of ballistic missile launches so as there arn't any 'misunderstandings' that a nuclear strike has been launched.

The Ukrainian Commander asking the Russian soldier if he was really going to shoot at the Soviet flag was a piece of history that will be remembered.

You are so right. No one is talking of declaring war on Putler, just a wall of resolve and commitment, with sufficient military backup, so he knows it's simply not worth it to march further into Ukraine as he pleases.

Yes, family has been called up. Fearing air strikes at the moment. Desparately need a US no fly zone.

Oh dear. It is not just Crimea. Full scale invasion is days away. I'm actually off to the US Embassy in an hour our so to join the protest at US inaction and breaking it's agreement to guarantee Ukraine against invasion.

G8 looks like being G6 with Canada indicating it will pull out as well. All the money and time spent on the PR for the Winter Olympics to show Russia in a positive light thrown away by Putin in just a few days.

Thankfully Putin can't invade Ukraine without breaking the terms of the nuclear decommissioning treaty signed with the USA ( which sent Ukrainian USSR nuclear missiles back to Russia, and in return guaranteed the territorial integrity of Ukraine ). Putin is seething, but this a major ( and...

Democracy in name only in the Ukraine now. Yanukovich is Putin's puppet who increased his own Presidential powers after election ( no 'House of Lords' or independent judiciary to stop him ). The opposition want him to resign, go back to the previous constitution, and hold new elections. He...

Good to see Lviv declaring independence from Kiev yesterday and the army there surrendering and burning down it's own barracks. 10s of thousands trying to get into Kiev now but so far prevented by police. Problem is Yanukovich knows he faces jail for corruption,or worse, if he gives in. He...