Thread: Что произойдет в восточной Украине? (Eastern Ukraine?)

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Originally Posted by www.newsru.co.il/israel/25apr2014/uk_ru_115.html

В пятницу, 25 апреля, около посольства Российской Федерации в Тель-Авиве, расположенного по адресу улица а-Яркон, 120, прошел очередной митинг в поддержку Украины, против политики Кремля. Для участия в акции собрались около 70 человек.


В то же время, у посольства Украины (ул. Иермиягу, 50) под лозунгом "против хунты и за юго-восток Украины" свою акцию проводили сторонники курса руководства России. Несколько десятков участников этой акции заявляли о росте "фашистских" настроений на Украине.

In my opinion the situation with Finland is quite different. Already in 1905 (after the murder of Bobrikov in 1904 and strike action in 1905) Nicolai II granted Finland autonomous status (as actually was also the case under Alexander II). Independence was declared in 1917 and acknowledged by the new powers to be in Russia. Hence Finland was never part of the Soviet Union (and not in their hearts and minds). This is quite different to Ukraine, which economically and culturally was an integral and essential part of the Union. A man of the soil (Nikita Chruschtschow) becoming General Secretary in CCCP is a reflection of how much the Ukraine was part of the system. Thus Russia is a lot more sensitive to developments there, than it is to Finland. It does obviously help that Finland keeps fairly neutral as you rightly say - it is not seen as an enemy anywhere (though this was not always the case - in 2nd WW Finland did have an allegiance with Germany)