Many Russian citizens and ethnic Russian in Crimea are adamant about developing closer ties between the two and blame the west for destabilizing Ukraine, but according to Radio Free Europe, “independent opinions polls conducted before the crisis show that an overwhelming majority of Russians opposed Russian meddling in Ukrainian politics as well as a possible military intervention in the country.” Some have become vocal and active opponents of the invasion, since Ukraine has not provoked violence. The independent Moscow Times critiques that Russia was hoping to provoke a “Georgian scenario in Crimea. In that conflict, Russia invaded Georgia in 2008 because that countrys troops attacked Russian servicemen, providing the perfect casus belli. But no such attacks took place in Crimea.” Yesterday, nonviolent anti-war protests took place in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Around 350 people were arrested in Moscow, according to The New Republic. Another Ukrainian-sympathetic rally with as many as 1,500 participants similarly shut down last week. Meanwhile, a larger pro-war demonstration went undisturbed. Even the Consul General of Russia in the Crimea admitted that claims that Russian citizens were killed by Ukrainians–one of the pretexts for the invasion–was unfounded. - Zenon Evans The pretext that Ukranians were killing Russians was right out of Hitlers playbook when he invaded Czechoslovakia, - JK reason/blog/2014/03/03/russias-propaganda-and-censorship-war-in
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:05:32 +0000
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