Ukraine in 48-hour ultimatum to east's pro-Russia activists

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25. I think of it as more of a flop.

The flip was when the Euromaidan were billed as rightist thugs bent on a coup but the group taking over the buildings (and holding hostages) were deemed virtuous, pious souls.

The flop would be saying that the response by Taruta et al. is legitimate.

Ultimately the Duma may have handed Ukraine a way out. The Ukr press, if I read it correctly, says that the Duma's passed a bill offering financial support and expedited Russian citizenship to any Ukrainian citizen who moves to the Rostov area, Saratov (I think), or the Khakassia Republic. (You can have fun with Wiki sorting out the Khakassia geography; I keep wanting to morph it into "Cardassia".)

My spidey sense says this is the quo being offered pro a posterior quid, in a prime example of effect and cause a la Russe. It will be suggested that Ukraine find a way to come up with an anterior offer of the same sort of deal--since there are many Ukrainians living in Russia, not just the Crimea, none of whom are saying they're having a pleasant time of things--mirroring the kind of ethnic partition that was so common a couple of generations ago.