Quote Originally Posted by bytemare View Post
Это вообще был набор слов.

Quite amazing that CEO's from large American and west European companies change their positions to work in Russian companies -- this is ok. But one guy does this for Ukrainian company and he's greedy (although there's no mention of salary anywhere). Of course, everyone in Ukraine who wants something of a better life for themselves and children has been labelled a terrorist/nazi/killer. This hatred is completely for new for me.
You heard me so maybe you really do get what I'm saying.
Hunter Biden isn't the devil, Kiev isn't Moscow, and this isn't 1812. The Ukraine crisis was created by journalists and it's monitored in the social networks. It's on the most popular gaming platforms and it's a Beta version of World of Warcraft... with massive mods.
In a perfect world, it's a simple economic decision to choose the correct International agreements to improve the Ukrainian economy.
In the real world, it's been distorted into a coup d'etat and a possible civil war. How productive is that? There's no logic.

If Hunter Biden gets a job in Ukraine, the US will be accused of using him as a bargaining chip. If Russia even whispers that it likes ethnic Russians, Russia will be accused of supporting insurgents and destabilizing the region.
The media is Captain Obvious and the journalists are drama llamas. People are being damaged and even killed in Ukraine but what's being done to address the real $$ issues?
Imo, if foreigners really cared about the people of Ukraine, there wouldn't have been a coup d'etat, the demonstrations in Kiev would have stayed peaceful, and Ukraine would have gotten the $16 billion bailout from Moscow and would be creating new economic ties with Europe. If the West really cared about the people of Ukraine, they would have let Russia bailout Ukraine and added their support too.
The "West vs Russia" game is responsible for all the damages in Ukraine.

Now I'll ask you. Why was an obviously ethnic-Russian-hostile interim government hand-picked for Kiev? Also, how did installing the hostile government help the Ukrainian people or the Ukrainian economy?
Two words - Epic Fail.

Back on-topic. I believe all the sanctions against Russia are temporary. But even if they get worse, Russia survived and thrived for 70 years in isolation so no, I don't believe the sanctions will be anything worse than an inconvenience... for Russia.
But it could be very damaging for Europe. Great Britain was heavily damaged by sanctions under Napolean's Continental System. It's why he was spying on Russia from Poland in a Polish military uniform. It's also what led to the Battle of Borodino. Napolean believed that Russia was violating the System's sanctions and supporting Great Britain.

Well, now the tables have turned and John Kerry believes that France is violating the sanctions with plans to sell 2 amphibious warships to Russia later this year. So maybe the US will sanction France for that?
The sanctions are just wrong in so many ways. Businesses want profits and that creates suspicion and distrust. And even if the sanctions could prevent Russia from meddling in an impoverished country, how will Europe survive? Those countries are already suffering from the global economic crisis and there's riots over austerity. If it keeps getting worse due to sanctions on Russia, the Ukraine crisis could end up being just one in a long list. For references, see Spain and Greece.

@ Hanna. Thanks but yeah, it is really easy to get information on almost any topic with Google... and aeronautics and space are my 2 favorite topics.