Putin: Washington behind Ukraine events all along, though flying lowhttp://rt.com/news/155732-putin-usa-behind-ukraine-crisis/“I think what is happening now shows us who really was mastering the process from the beginning. But in the beginning, the United States preferred to remain in the shadow,” Putin said, as quoted by RIA Novosti.
Hahahahahaha! So USA set up Ukraine as a trap by destabilizing it, and idiot Putin completely fell for it by attempting to invade it, just as USA planned? What a moron XD
And DEAR GOD, do you read any sources other than Russian propaganda bullshit? Based on all these news reports, you would think that Ukraine is on the brink of civil war, with fascists taking over the government, and everyone else freaking out and trying to escape the imminent fascist rule. While the actual news, coming from the people actually living there, is more along the lines of the people currently in power are helpless to do anything, and everyone in Ukraine is just worried about Russia invading them, and thinking they may have to fight off Russians.
Rassah, sorry for a late reply, I was travelling.
You misinterpret the statement by Putin. He didn't fall for it, he is reacting (or more like not reacting well enough) to the events that unfold and that were ignited by NATO/EU. NATO/EU agenda was Ukrainian economic subversion and military bases, not setting a trap for Putin.
As for sources, I also read Western propaganda bullshit. I also talk to people. In Germany, I met an acquittance, who has relatives both in Ukraine and Russia. German media is also full of anti-Russian propaganda, but not to such a great degree as, say, UK. There is a large Russian minority in Germany, many of whom have relatives in Ukraine, to whom they call. And people get cognitive dissonance between what they read in Mass Media and what they hear from relatives. So German media (with the exception of Bild) try to keep things a bit more real. They do they own investigative reporting, rather then just re-printing NATO-vetted news.
There is a difference between Russian propaganda and Western propaganda. Russian media have a tendency to exaggerate the significance of some events. "Making an elephant out of a fly" so to speak. Western media twist the truth, tell half-truths or present outright lies. Western media would be the ones to call white for "dull, off-beat and discoloured", while black would be depicted and "bright, vibrant and full of life".
There are some in the Western media who tell the truth, like this reporter from The Guardian:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/29/ukraine-fascists-oligarchs-eu-nato-expansionhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/30/russia-ukraine-war-kiev-conflictYou can read the words of a Western journalist, whom you seem to trust more, so I don't need to recap the events for you.
As for being scared. Yes, people are scared. Scared of the unknown, scared of what to expect from next day, scared of provocations, of not knowing who to trust. According to my acquaintance in Germany, there is also a growing frustration with Russia, with wondering why there is no help coming from the East.