Given the demographic decline among Russians I suspect the Chinese will
move in in no time.
PI
On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Francine Ponomarenko <
[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I suspect for many Ukrainians this aggression and invasion and
> appropriation of land in violation of the Budapest memo, will mean being
> neutral is very stupid.
>
> And his talk if making "an agreement" that no one has a right to meddle
> anymore is just going to be not worth anything any more.
>
> Putler changed everything. Now let's just see what happens when China
> moves in on Russian land, the Chinese have been settling there now for some
> time, marrying Russian women, etc.
>
> China will have to go in and protect their people, I guess too.
>
>
> On Sunday, 23 March 2014, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Belarusian President Says Crimean Annexation 'Bad Precedent'
>>
>> http://www.rferl.org/content/belarus-lukashenka-crimea-precedent/25306914.html
>> By RFE/RL
>> March 23, 2014
>>
>> Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka says Russia's annexation of
>> Crimea is a "bad precedent," but acknowledged that the region is now a "de
>> facto" part of Russia.
>>
>> "When it comes to recognizing or not recognizing [the annexation of
>> Crimea], Crimea is not an independent state unlike Ossetia or Abkhazia,"
>> Lukashenko told reporters in Minsk when asked on March 23 about his refusal
>> to endorse the Russian annexation of the peninsula. "Crimea today is a part
>> of Russian territory. You can recognize or not recognize that, but this
>> will change absolutely nothing."
>>
>> While indirectly criticizing Moscow for annexing Crimea, Lukashenka said
>> the Ukrainians have brought the crisis on themselves by allowing years of
>> corrupt leadership.
>>
>> He said Ukrainian authorities "provided the reason, or at the very least,
>> the pretext" for the current situation.
>>
>> Lukashenka added that Ukraine should not join international groupings
>> such as NATO.
>>
>> "Ukraine should stay a united, undivided, integral state that is not a
>> member of any block because it would be very sensitive both for us and for
>> Russia if, for example, NATO's military would deploy in Ukraine tomorrow,
>> this we can't allow to happen," he said. "This is our global interest. So
>> we have to make an agreement that nobody has a right to meddle in Ukraine
>> anymore."
>>
>> Earlier in March, Moscow sent several warplanes to Belarus at
>> Lukashenka's request. Lukashenka had said Belarus offered to host 12 to 15
>> Russian warplanes on its territory to counter NATO's increase in the
>> deployment of its warplanes to member countries near Ukraine.
>>
>> Lukashenko said on March 23 that the Russian warplanes will stay in his
>> country "as long as Belarus and Russia want."
>>
>> Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russian forces were deployed across
>> Crimea last month to protect the rights of Russian speakers.
>>
>> Only eight percent of eastern Belarus's population is ethnic Russian. But
>> Russian is the dominant language spoken across all of Belarus -- raising
>> concerns in Minsk that Russia could target Belarus in the future using the
>> same justification Putin gave for the seizure of Crimea.
>>
>> Lukashenka, who has been in power for nearly two decades, is criticized
>> by the West for his crackdown on the opposition and free speech.
>>
>> Minsk heavily relies on economic and military support from Moscow.
>>
>>
>> With reporting by Reuters, ITAR-TASS, Interfax, and "Foreign Affairs"
>>
>>
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