Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Ukraine Drops Neutral NATO Status


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Russia may be going broke due to falling oil prices; still, things in Ukraine are getting even more interesting with their vote to drop their neutral NATO status. 100 years after the outbreak of WWI, we are, quite possibly, on the cusp of a situation that could explode, or fizzle. What role will this moment play in the history as it is written 100 years from now? Interesting times. Here are a couple of articles from BBC news on the ongoing crisis:

Ukraine votes to drop non-aligned status - BBC News 

The Russians fighting a 'holy war' in Ukraine - BBC News

 

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RT is (unsurprisingly) biased towards Russia's viewpoint on political issues. Regardless of that fact, here are a couple of clips of recent commentary coming from RT: 

 

 






 




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