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FarCenter

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11. Very unlikely. Russia would not want the problems of having the western Ukraine.

Reply to SCUBANOW (Reply #9)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 09:23 PM

Mar 2014

It is the south and east that matter. The Don Basin was the industrialized "Ruhr Valley" of Russia. The western part was formerly part of Poland and/or Austria Hungary and is quite different.

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Well the escalation in the Ukraine is worrisome [View all] nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 OP

It must be the fluoridated water Brother Buzz Mar 2014 #1

"Gentlemen. You can't fight in here. This is the War Room!" FarCenter Mar 2014 #2

Mein F�hrer... I CAN WALK !! Brother Buzz Mar 2014 #3

The Crimeans were told something fascinating today, though. Igel Mar 2014 #4

It is always... complicated, isn't it? nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #5

And they will wind up in prison if they geek tragedy Mar 2014 #8

Yep Duckhunter935 Mar 2014 #6

Special forces but they are still nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #7

I predict Russia will take all of Ukraine. SCUBANOW Mar 2014 #9

I am not so sure nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #10

Very unlikely. Russia would not want the problems of having the western Ukraine. FarCenter Mar 2014 #11

We should make the remaining part of the Ukraine the 51st state. rickford66 Mar 2014 #12