Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post
You are really well informed on this! Hats off!
You're at uni, right? What's your major? I reckon you'd be perfect for Political Science.

I didn't even know about the 60,000 signatures list in the EU.
That's nothing though. The EU has, gosh can't remember, but something like 500,000 inhabitants. Should be no problem at all getting 1 mil signatures, just by showing people the pics of the Right Sector guys. (of course, they are not shown in mainstream EU media, but a lot of people are on to the fact that the covering is biaised.

Good to hear that Switzerland took a more pragmatic view. Switzerland is the most democratic country in Europe actually, but that's a different story. And its pragmatic.

Also interesting that some of the "pro-Russians" chose to ignore Putin's advice.

I'm not quite so much dyed-in-the-wool pro-Russia/Putin as you are but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate your posts, and the same goes for people like Basil77 and others. Everything that it-Ogo said made me think.

I just get an impression that the whole Donbass area simply doesn't HAVE a very clear national identity at all - it was "soviet" and now in the absence of that, it's both Russian and Ukrainian, or perhaps neither! And its obvious that there is a class and age related divide with as to who identifies more with Russia vs Ukraine.

From a Political Science perspective (I actually have a degree in that) it's wildly fascinating, but it's also incredibly upsetting.

My view is whatever will make the area more prosperous and allow the people there freedom and stability will be the best bet. I don't think that as an outsider I really should offer a strong view. But if I was to take a view I'd say that federalism ought to be win-win for all sides. I don't particularly condemn Russia though - Russia is just reacting to the coup d'etat and trying to look out for its interests on its borders, and for Russian speakers which I think is completely reasonable.
Thanks! I just knew there had to be a reason for Putin to wanna postpone the referendum so I looked for any recent articles. But no, I won't be ready for uni for 2 more years and then I may wanna major in Physics. Haven't really decided yet.
Btw, I know members here have very different views but I respect that and I always learn something from everything I read. And I totally do agree that federalism is the best solution. Anyway, at least the "round table" discussions can give Ukraine a chance to have a government that's fair to all the Ukrainian people. I really hope that works.