Thread: Ukraine, the EU and Russia (suspension of EU - Ukraine talks)

Yes, it's sad. There is something very sad about borders separating families.
You ought to be like we are in Scandinavia. Friends with open borders, leaving the past behind and supporting each other through ups and downs. Since you more or less have a language in common.
I talked to some people in Ukraine, and it seemed literally all of them had family, friends or both in Russia.

Seems to me that Ukraine needs a strong leader who can set a course and stick with it until things start improving. Not idiots who beat each other up in parliament and sell out their country to the highest bidder.

I read a comment by Putin, which seems to suggest that he thinks foreign interests are behind ongoing protests in Ukraine. What do you think of that?

Originally Posted by Hanna

I read a comment by Putin, which seems to suggest that he thinks foreign interests are behind ongoing protests in Ukraine. What do you think of that?

It's not really certain. Of course there are foreign interests. Ukraine would prove as quite a boost to European economy (although it might be fatal for the Ukrainian economy), and one more factor in political games with Russia.
But it also should be noted that the modern Ukraine actually was created after the collapse of USSR, and its modern borders include at least two quite different territories: Eastern Ukraine and Western Ukraine. The Eastern one is much more Russian than the Western one, whose people are the most of those who now stand in Kiev and demand to continue the integration with EU.