Epstein Secrets

ine also zeroed in on Ukraine's sup- posed lack of respect for minority rights, a problem that Moscow had not raised during the administra- tions of Viktor Yanukovych or Leonid Kuchma. Neither Ukrainians nor informed observers in the outside world believed that Ukraine was faced with a civil war. This was entire

which 33,000 troops rehearsed the invasion of Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark." The Russian navy has held multiple, large-scale exercises in the Black Sea to defy NATO, assert its control over Crimea, and threaten Georgia.1° Russian and Abkhaz separatist officials have announced what amounts to a mer

n in Europe and especially with the Ukraine where for the past year, Ukraine has been plunged into chaos. Mass protests against pro-Moscow President Viktor Yanukovych led to his ouster in Februar= 2014. That sparked a spiraling crisis: a fledgling interim government in Kiev looked on as Russia first seized and t=e

Russian centers to the north, including Moscow. The Turkic descendants of the Mongol Golden Horde formed their own Khanate along the northern rim of the Black Sea. 1650 to 1812 40 Fast forward a few centuries, and you see how the land that's now Ukraine la= on the margins of competing empires. It was a reg

raine became Ukraine 'shun Maroon March 9, 2015 For the past year, Ukraine has been plunged into chaos. Mass protests against pro- Moscow President Viktor Yanukovych led to his ouster in February 2014. That sparked a spiraling crisis: a fledgling interim government in Kiev looked on as Russia first seized and th

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planned "Eurasian Union" as the core of a new Russian mini-empire. Turns out, however, Ukraine had other ideas. It overthrew Moscow's man in Kiev, Viktor Yanukovych, and turned to the West. But the West — the E.U. and America — had no idea what to do. Russia does. Moscow denounces the overthrow as the illegal w

is administration carries the weight of a feather. But better that than nothing. Better still would be backing these words with a naval flotilla in the Black Sea. Whether anything Obama says or does would stop anyone remains questionable. But surely the West has more financial clout than Russia's kleptocrat