It looks like USSR drop a lot of landmines to keep the former Republics under Moscow. Ossetia at Georgia, Donetsk/Crimea at Ukraine, Transnistria at Moldova, wonder how many more of these "ethnic landmines" are there...
The landmines are there because Soviet leader saw it as their right to give Russian land away right left and center.
By the way, you know that Southern Denmark was for 60 years a part of Prussian Germany, but chose to reunify with the historical country of origin? Those "landmines" as you put them, will only explode as long as some party, interested in destabilising the region and defaming Russia, decides to pull the trigger.
Russian President Vladimir Putin Address re. Malaysian Airliner Catastrophe in Ukrainehttp://futuristrendcast.wordpress.com/2014/07/21/address-by-russian-president-vladimir-putin-re-malaysian-airliner-catastrophe-in-ukraine-72114/I have received a number of questions from frustrated readers regarding what some think is a weak response to the accusations that Russia is responsible for downing the Malaysian airliner in Ukraine. We all know that, as Goebbels said (or was it Machiavelli? Not much difference really), so the lie would be believed, it has to be monstrous. Ukraine and US are the faithful students of Hitler, Goebbels and other fascists. They live by it.
Here is what one reader says: “It looks like Russia is losing the info war over the Malaysian plane, perhaps badly. Has Putin given any speeches about it? He could have said “The US pulled off a putsch, installed a government full of radicals who idolize the Nazis, and want Russian speakers expelled or treated like dirt. All as a means to harm Russia. Then they regularly flew fighter jets next to commercial planes on their bombing runs. So, even if the Nazi resistance army shot this plane, which is doubtful, the responsibility lies with those who control Kiev.” Not only did Putin need to say this, but the Russian government needed to buy ad space around the world for this. In Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Amsterdam, and Berlin. You have seen some of the Anglo media; it is talking about a world war. Truth might have defeated the Nazis, but not before tens of millions died. I have read many who say that Russia or the separatist army must be guilty because of their responses.”
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Russia is restrained because they are waiting for the Malaysian crash commission to start working, and to make their own conclusions. Because, if said commission is even remotely unbiased, there can only be one conclusion: Kiev shot down the poor Malaysian airplane.
The last I’ve heard, the Kiev junta is keeping the investigative commission in Kiev, where they have to sit and ‘negotiate’. Negotiate what exactly?
Incidentally, Putin is still calling on the "international community" to investigate, but no one wants to listen:
Putin: Taskforce at Malaysia MH17 crash site not enough, full-scale intl team neededhttp://rt.com/news/174268-ukraine-mh17-crash-putin/