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levp

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2. I am very, very left...
Wed Dec 11, 2013, 05:16 PM
Dec 2013

...but Lenin is no friend of mine.

Secondly, is European Union for "far right nationalists" only? To be sure, there some in Kyiv's Independence Square - just like there were some anarchists in Zuccotti Park. But they do not constitute a majority in any way.

"The poll by GfK Ukraine found that 45% favored the association agreement with the EU, while only 14% said they want to join Belarus and Kazakhstan in a Russian-led economic bloc called the Customs Union."
(WSJ)

Ask yourself: if you lived in Ukraine and had to choose, would you prefer Russia or Western Europe as your main ally? Before answering, consider hundreds of years of Russia treating Ukrainians as their servants (at best) or literally starving them to death ("Holodomor of 1933&quot . Also consider Anna Politkovskaya, RIA Novosti, Pussy Riot, Sergei Magnitsky and so on.

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nothing like a bunch of right wingers iamthebandfanman Dec 2013 #1
I am very, very left... levp Dec 2013 #2
Oh, id never deny the iamthebandfanman Dec 2013 #3
Considering... levp Dec 2013 #4
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