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El amigo Frederico Forsyth, curioso que opine eso cuando lleva hablando de todas las marrullerías que hace USA desde hace tiempo (Como por ejemplo, dar luz verde a irak para atacar Kuwait, previo a la guerra del golfo, o falsificar fotos de satélite para que arabia saudí creyera que estaban metiendo tanques en su territorio.Yo, personalmente, creo que el acuerdo se hará esperar. Rusia tiene un momento muy positivo, y lo lógico es que se reafirme en su papel. No es el momento para ella de hacer concesiones, máxime cuando la opinión pública esta con Putin en casi todas partes (Da igual que medio leas, el país, el mundo, el Washington Post o Zerohedge... el medio dirá lo que le manden, pero los comentarios de los lectores ponen a caer de un burro a USA/EU y comprenden o apoyan lo que ha hecho Putin -evitar otra guerra genocida-)Se ha reafirmado en el geoestratégico. Ahora le toca el político y militar. Y mucho me extrañaría que no aprovechara las circunstancias actuales para presionar el tema; que tiene, de momento, mucho recorrido.
El amigo Frederico Forsyth, curioso que opine eso cuando lleva hablando de todas las marrullerías que hace USA desde hace tiempo (Como por ejemplo, dar luz verde a irak para atacar Kuwait, previo a la guerra del golfo, o falsificar fotos de satélite para que arabia saudí creyera que estaban metiendo tanques en su territorio
[...]Entre tanto, si el PP se hubiera mostrado alguna vez digno de algo, diríamos que juega a dos bandas, pero yo creo que es simplemente descoordinación; y la izquierda esta completamente epileptica... solo decir que con tal de no hablar de rusia (vayan, por favor, a publico.es, es para deshuevarse) estan intentando resucitar el 11M... y en la sección internacional hablan todo lo poco que pueden de crimea.[...]
Obama And Putin Are Trapped In A Macho Game Of "Chicken"CitarThe U.S. government and the Russian government have both been forced into positions where neither one of them can afford to back down. If Barack Obama backs down, he will be greatly criticized for being "weak" and for having been beaten by Vladimir Putin once again. If Putin backs down, he will be greatly criticized for being "weak" and for abandoning the Russians that live in Crimea. In essence, Obama and Putin find themselves trapped in a macho game of "chicken" and critics on both sides stand ready to pounce on the one who backs down. But this is not just an innocent game of "chicken" from a fifties movie. This is the real deal, and if nobody backs down the entire world will pay the price.
The U.S. government and the Russian government have both been forced into positions where neither one of them can afford to back down. If Barack Obama backs down, he will be greatly criticized for being "weak" and for having been beaten by Vladimir Putin once again. If Putin backs down, he will be greatly criticized for being "weak" and for abandoning the Russians that live in Crimea. In essence, Obama and Putin find themselves trapped in a macho game of "chicken" and critics on both sides stand ready to pounce on the one who backs down. But this is not just an innocent game of "chicken" from a fifties movie. This is the real deal, and if nobody backs down the entire world will pay the price.
Voters in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Crimea who vote in the March 16 referendum have two choices – join Russia immediately or declare independence and then join Russia.So the choices are “yes, now” or “yes, later.”Voting “no” is not an option.The lack of choice wouldn’t surprise anyone familiar with how Soviet or Russian elections are run.The Crimean parliament released the design of the ballot that will be used for the referendum, which will be taking place as thousands of Russian soldiers are in control and – it appears – Russian President Vladimir Putin is calling the shots..Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov has annulled the referendum as illegal and unconstitutional, but the pro-Kremlin Crimean authorities who took power on Feb. 27 do not recognize the legitimacy of central government and have said they will proceed with the vote.The ballot asks two questions and leaves no option for a “no” vote. Voters are simply asked to check one of two boxes:Do you support joining Crimea with the Russian Federation as a subject of Russian Federation?And:Do you support restoration of 1992 Crimean Constitution and Crimea's status as a part of Ukraine?That Constitution declares that Crimea is an independent state. The questions are written in Russian, Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar, the three most widely spoken languages on the peninsula, and the paper carries a warning in all three languages that marking both options will invalidate the ballot.Volodymyr Yavorkiy, a member of the Kharkiv Human Rights Group, says that not only is the referendum completely illegal, the ballot for it doesn't stand up to any criticism.“There is no option for ‘no,’ they are not counting the number of votes, but rather which one of the options gets more votes,” says Yavorskiy. “Moreover, the first question is about Crimea joining Russia, the second – about it declaring independence and joining Russia. In other words, there is no difference.”He says with no choice available, “it's clear what the result will be.”Mykhailo Malyshev, head of the Crimean parliament's commission on referendum, said the election will have 1,250 polling stations equipped with web cameras for the vote.“We have a desire and preparations for installing web cameras at polling stations. They can play a great role during the vote, and if technically it is possible, the web cameras will be installed,” UNIAN news agency quoted him as saying.Malyshev also said that 2.5 million ballots will be printed. However, according to the Central Election Commission data, as of Feb. 28, 2014 there were only just over 1.5 million voters in Crimea.The Central Election Commission, which has also said that the Crimean referendum is illegitimate, took an emergency decision on March 6 to close off the state register to all authorities of the autonomy. In its ruling, the commission said it was doing it “to protect the database of the State register of voters from unsanctioned use of personal data and unsanctioned access and abuse of access.”
Diaporama sobre Ucrania del 900 hasta hoy (francés)De hecho, historicamente, es cuna de Rusia,
Diaporama sobre Ucrania del 900 hasta hoy (francés)http://www.la-croix.com/Actualite/Europe/DIAPORAMA-Depuis-le-Moyen-Age-l-Ukraine-un-territoire-dispute-2014-03-08-1117030De hecho, historicamente, es cuna de Rusia,en 900 San VLadimir rey de los Rous' se convierte al cristianismo en el s13, La Rous' se convierte en Rusiaen el s14, invasion de los tartaros que conservan Crimea hasta el s16
Los varangios, varegos, varengos o varyags (del nórdico antiguo: Væringjar; en griego: Βάραγγοι, Βαριάγοι, Varangoi, Variagoi; en ruso y ucraniano: Варяги, Varyagi/Varyahy) eran vikingos suecos1 2 que fueron hacia el este y el sur a través de lo que hoy es Rusia, Bielorrusia y Ucrania, principalmente en los siglos IX y X....Según la Crónica de Néstor, o Primera crónica del Estado medieval del Rus de Kiev, recopilada aproximadamente en 1113,3 los grupos varegos incluían los escandinavos conocidos como rus, al igual que algunos conocidos como suecos, normandos, anglos, gotlanders, etc.4 Pero debido en gran parte a consideraciones geográficas, la mayoría de los varegos que viajaron y se instalaron en el Báltico oriental, Rusia y los territorios del sur, vinieron de la zona de la Suecia moderna Forte.5
As Ukraine crisis deepens, Russia's neighbors boost defenses By Andrius Sytas and Pawel BernatU.S. fighter jets go to Lithuania as the crisis in Ukraine deepens. Poland talks about modernizing its military. Latvia calls for more defense spending. Traditionally neutral Sweden calls for a "doctrinal shift" in defense. After a sense of playing second fiddle for years while NATO's eyes were on wars such as Afghanistan, some European countries near Russia's borders are now planning to spend more money on defense as well as hoping for more NATO resources .Many government officials in the region have felt for years that their warnings of Russian assertiveness have fallen on deaf ears in Washington and with NATO. Suddenly, as Russia seizes control of Ukraine's Crimea region, they are relishing new-found attention - and with it plans to expand defenses from fighter jets to missile systems.Some plans may be small in European terms - Lithuania's total defense budget, for example, is around 280 million euros ($390 million). But, often accompanied by anti-Russian rhetoric, the moves reflect how the region's security is now back on the agenda."After the events in Ukraine, the Russian aggression, the need to increase spending will be better understood by Lithuanian people, and there will be more support for it," Lithuania Defence Minister Juozas Olekas told Reuters.President Vladimir Putin's justification for intervening in Ukraine to protect Russian speakers there has alarmed many in the Baltics, which have their own ethnic Russian minorities whose rights Moscow says are being undermined.The Baltics and Poland were all part of the Soviet bloc until just over two decades ago. They have long harbored deep suspicions about Moscow's intentions in the region as they increasingly turn to the West. All are now members of the European Union and the NATO military alliance."There has been a concern that U.S. and NATO are focusing on other parts in the world, such as Afghanistan or China, and not giving enough attention to Eastern Europe," said Allan Sikk, a senior lecturer at the School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies at University College London.After Russia's military intervention in Georgia in 2008, NATO was reported to have organized a Baltic defence contingency plan - something new for the region, but on which the alliance declines to comment."My guess is that there is a longer term change now in the cards, and it will be a major change," said Sikk.LONG CRITICAL OF RUSSIAThere is an element of "I told you so" in the Baltics, a region that has long been one of the most vocal against Russia.Even before the Ukraine crisis, the region was worried about Moscow. NATO scrambled jets more than 40 times to check on Russian jets approaching Baltic borders last year. That compares to once in 2004 when NATO first began patrolling here.The Pentagon is now ramping up the number of U.S. fighter jets on a NATO air patrol mission in the Baltics and do more training with Poland's air force."Russia is a threat to the whole of Europe. And Europe must finally understand what it is dealing with," Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite said in Brussels on Thursday.Only a few years ago Grybauskaite called for a defence spending freeze. Now she has become more hawkish."Life always gives many corrections, including to political decisions," Grybauskaite said. "Regional security is very important. Certain changes (to defence spending) are likely."In the last few years Polish officials have questioned, in private, whether the Obama administration is fully focused on the security of NATO members in Eastern Europe. Many felt let down after Obama scaled back a planned missile defence shield.Even before the Ukraine crisis broke, Poland planned to spend some $45 billion in the next decade to build a new missile defence system and upgrade its weapons systems, including transport helicopters and tanks.After Russia's build up in Crimea, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was even more bullish. "The conflict," he said "should accelerate the modernization of the Polish army."The U.S. military will send 12 F-16 fighter jets and 300 service personnel to Poland next week for a training exercise that has been expanded since the Ukraine crisis.In Sweden, which has strong ties to the Baltics, Finance Minister Anders Borg said Russia was "a bit more erratic and unpredictable" and called for more defence spending.His statement came a day after Sweden moved two fighter jets to Gotland, a Baltic island almost demilitarized in recent years due to spending cuts. Deputy Prime Minister Jan Bjorklund called this week for a "doctrinal shift" in Swedish defence policy. There has been talk of Sweden fully joining NATO.Still there are limits and talk of increased defence may fade if they is a quick resolution to the crisis.Lithuania only spends about 0.8 percent of its GDP on defence. Its abilities to increase defence spending are restricted by its plans to adopt the euro, above all the need to keep the budget deficit under control."The only change will probably be more praise for the army, but not more money," said Kestutis Girnius, an associate professor at Vilnius Institute of International Relations and Political Science.
¿A alguien se le ocurre porqué Rusia se pone tan farruca?Crimea ya es Rusa, es cuestión de tiempo, con o sin referéndum, sin que los rusos tengan que hacer nada.¿Se temen que si ahora se repliegan el oponente militarizaría Crimea? Eso no lo van a permitir, quedarse con su base militar alquilada en territorio OTAN. Pero... e igual estoy flipando... Es que ni siquiera así. ¿USA (Ucrania con apoyo logístico USA, supongo) se metería a ocupar Crimea en la puerta de Rusia, con media población echada al monte y dispuesta a todo? Nadie puede ser tan necio. Si los rusos se retiran de Crimea, el que entre de fuera está condenado. ¿o no?Entonces, si Rusia está en un Win-Win, ¿porqué no deja que acabe la partida? ¿Estarán ganando tiempo para algo? Ahora mismo no dejan ni entrar a los observadores de la OSCE.