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Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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5. I thought you've been saying the 'indigenous population of eastern Ukraine'

Reply to another_liberal (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 10:42 AM

Feb 2015

were ethnic Russians, who spoke Russian.

You actually think that if they 'declare their independence', they're going to want to stay a tiny country that's largely devoid of resources, rather than immediately ask to be part of Russia?

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