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51. Thanks once again for a thought provoking post.

Sun Apr 6, 2014, 07:45 PM

Apr 2014

I appreciate your insight. It sure beats the "Putin- bad gay Russia red scare" mindset that permeates many posts here lately. As you wrote above it's the regular people who just want stability that are the victims, whether pro west or Pro Russia.

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Russia Supporters Storm Ukraine Government Buildings [View all] okaawhatever Apr 2014 OP

Ukraine president cancels trip over protests in eastern Ukraine dipsydoodle Apr 2014 #1

wel this will give Duckhunter935 Apr 2014 #2

The composition of the crowd sounds like the original protesters in Kiev, all ages, then. freshwest Apr 2014 #14

Not armed at all in the news clips I saw. dipsydoodle Apr 2014 #24

RT's coverage of the same events. go west young man Apr 2014 #26

Glad to see they could take time out from blaming the US and Nato for MH370, Benton D Struckcheon Apr 2014 #27

Maybe you could tell us all what to watch from Russia go west young man Apr 2014 #32

The part you seem to miss is that no real news organization Benton D Struckcheon Apr 2014 #39

So do tell where you will get the Russian perspective on things? go west young man Apr 2014 #41

There are things like Ekho. Igel Apr 2014 #44

An interesting perspective. go west young man Apr 2014 #50

One more time: It's. Not. News. Benton D Struckcheon Apr 2014 #46

That's bullshit. MattSh Apr 2014 #54

I also looked for what you mention about MH370... go west young man Apr 2014 #36

Coverage I saw was Sky News here in the UK dipsydoodle Apr 2014 #29

Did you see them break windows and shove people around like those guys Kiev did? freshwest Apr 2014 #30

Group 1 came along and upset the apple cart..group 2 was living off those apples. go west young man Apr 2014 #33

Please don't bame this on the peope of Ukraine. This is all a result of what happened in February newthinking Apr 2014 #56

Sorry, hope it didn't sound that way. I mean is this is a Ukrainian issue. I don't believe hardly freshwest Apr 2014 #60

If I were Ukraine, I'd let them protest and sit in the buildings, hold business TwilightGardener Apr 2014 #3

If the police don't protect protesters Putin will claim Russian speakers are being hurt and use that okaawhatever Apr 2014 #5

'300 machine guns..antitank grenade launcher..large number of grenades, five handguns..firebombs' freshwest Apr 2014 #11

At one point, protestors in Lviv allegedly overtook the armory there. amandabeech Apr 2014 #13

Thanks for that info. But that leads me to think that former Ukrainian government people were able freshwest Apr 2014 #15

What I wish is that everyone waits until the returns from the May election are in. amandabeech Apr 2014 #18

Gee, who could have predicted this? nt bemildred Apr 2014 #4

What is good for the goose is good for the gander cosmicone Apr 2014 #6

I realize that you are trolling, levp Apr 2014 #7

Yep, the fascists and neonazis wanted the whole enchilada. n/t cosmicone Apr 2014 #9

Yes, those "fascists and neonazis" like levp Apr 2014 #12

Knew this would come in handy Benton D Struckcheon Apr 2014 #22

This didn't happen "over the weekend". go west young man Apr 2014 #34

They also never stormed government buildings Bad Thoughts Apr 2014 #10

read the news again. cosmicone Apr 2014 #21

They did not storm them. Yanukovych ordered the guards to abandon the buildings. I'm sure he hoped okaawhatever Apr 2014 #37

We all watched the videos last month of them storming the buildings. go west young man Apr 2014 #42

Your argument is as specious as cosmicone Apr 2014 #53

Saying "I hope the Crimea becomes the perpetual liability for Russian taxpayers" is like saying... MattSh Apr 2014 #55

Euromaidan was not representative of the nation as a whole newthinking Apr 2014 #57

turn off Putin's Duckhunter935 Apr 2014 #8

Also will not reply to your Putin First trolling but to point it is Putin who is the dictator uhnope Apr 2014 #16

Why would you want all that liability for US taxpayers? amandabeech Apr 2014 #23

These are Putin's thugs uhnope Apr 2014 #17

Looks like a pretty broad swath of people. go west young man Apr 2014 #19

Indeed. dipsydoodle Apr 2014 #31

The protesters are. The 50 men wearing balaclavas who stormed the building looked like they knew okaawhatever Apr 2014 #38

The country was culturally divided before february newthinking Apr 2014 #58

Is this like the Tea Bagger protest... SoapBox Apr 2014 #20

Man they must be well paid. go west young man Apr 2014 #25

do you ever get tired spreading Putin's lies? uhnope Apr 2014 #28

Seems you don't like others opinions. go west young man Apr 2014 #35

lies are not opinions. You can't grasp that. uhnope Apr 2014 #47

Here's a little gift for you.... go west young man Apr 2014 #40

Next you'll say I don't like kittens uhnope Apr 2014 #45

Love the "mirroring projection" of your post. go west young man Apr 2014 #49

you confuse political opinion with political logic uhnope Apr 2014 #52

One protest was illustrative. Igel Apr 2014 #48

Thanks once again for a thought provoking post. go west young man Apr 2014 #51

The right wing is in Kiev, not the east newthinking Apr 2014 #59

And so phase two begins... Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #43

Yep davidpdx Apr 2014 #63

hoo boy ... and now the headline on the Russian version of Russia Today Bosonic Apr 2014 #64

English version here dipsydoodle Apr 2014 #65

More Neo-mob-democracy Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #61

Ukraine nationalists attempt storm on Kiev Supreme Court. dipsydoodle Apr 2014 #62

Bahrain is one country thats never going to get the neo-mob-acratic Jesus Malverde Apr 2014 #66