Now that the dust is beginning to settle on the war in eastern Ukraine, Putin is becoming more and more emroiled in Syria and Transnistria.
As reported by Moldova.org,
"A military exercise with the participation of approximately 350 soldiers
from the Operational Division of Russia’s troops took place in
Transnistria from September 29th to October 2nd. The information was
released by the Agency RIA Novosti." (moldova.org : 02/10/2015)
His foray into Syria has, unfortunately for him, not resulted in the diminishing of his pariah status on the international scene.
At the recent Valdai Conference, at which he,
".....launched a stinging attack on US policy in the Middle East, accusing Washington of backing terrorism and playing a “double game” (Shaun Walker (right): The Guardian : 22 Oct., 2015),
it did not go unnoticed that he also said,
“Fifty years ago, the streets of Leningrad taught me that if a fight is inevitable, you have to hit first.”(ibid Shaun Walker) (my emphasis)
But at this conference he revealed himself in his criticism of the US.
He stated that,
"The imposition of a fake legitimacy of actions, whenever a certain activity needed to be justified, or certain inconvenient regimes needed to be deposed"
This is precisely what he, himself, has done in Ukrainian Crimea, and is attempting to do in Ukraine through his proxy war in eastern Ukraine.
Even with the current ceasefire seemingly holding, and both Ukraine and Putin's Russian soldiers and rebel proxies withdrawing heavy armaments from the frontline of the war,
"Ukraine's former deputy defence minister, Leonid Polyakov, predicts Putin will be back with a new plan on Ukraine....
"Instead of provoking combat engagements they shifted emphasis to training sabotage units and multiple detachments they send one after another to Ukraine just to wreak havoc and undermine trust of population in Ukrainian authorities." (Ukraine Today: Oct. 26, 2015) (my emphasis)
Added to which,
"Direct flights between Ukraine and Russia will stop on Sunday, as new sanctions initiated by Kiev come into effect." (BBC News : 24 October 2015)
Furthermore, Madeline Chambers reports that,
"Ukraine will not
pay off its debt to Russia if Moscow does not agree to join in a
restructuring deal involving other creditors, Ukrainian Prime Minister
Arseny Yatseniuk told German business daily Handelsblatt.
"We cannot treat Russia differently from other international creditors,” Yatseniuk told the paper, adding if Russia does not agree to the terms offered by Kiev, "then we will impose a debt moratorium and not service the credit.” (Reuters :
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk was speaking in Germany, Ukraine held local elections.
"The October 25 elections were held in a calm atmosphere and in accordance with international standards", head of the ENEMO mission Zlatko Vujovic at a press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday, October 27, according to Interfax-Ukraine." (Ukraine Today : Oct. 27, 2015)
As an indication of Ukraine adhering to international standards during its elections,
"Local elections in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol, a key location on
the line separating Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists, were
abandoned on Sunday after a local commission rejected paper ballots as
inaccurate.
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko ordered an investigation into the snafu, and voters may get the chance to try again in November." (Volodymyr Verbyany and Yulia Surkova : Bloomberg Business : October 25, 2015) (my emphasis)
(pic. above: Activists block the printing of election ballots in Mariupol.
They claimed more were being printed than necessary in order to falsify
the election result. Photograph: Irina Gorbasyova/EPA)
The ballot papers were printed by a company owned by non other than the oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, a former ally of Yanukovych.
The Ukrainian oligarchs may, indeed, still wield enormous economic power in Ukraine.
But their political clout is slowly on the wane.
(to be continued)
As reported by Moldova.org,
"A military exercise with the participation of approximately 350 soldiers
from the Operational Division of Russia’s troops took place in
Transnistria from September 29th to October 2nd. The information was
released by the Agency RIA Novosti." (moldova.org : 02/10/2015)His foray into Syria has, unfortunately for him, not resulted in the diminishing of his pariah status on the international scene.
At the recent Valdai Conference, at which he,
".....launched a stinging attack on US policy in the Middle East, accusing Washington of backing terrorism and playing a “double game” (Shaun Walker (right): The Guardian : 22 Oct., 2015),it did not go unnoticed that he also said,
“Fifty years ago, the streets of Leningrad taught me that if a fight is inevitable, you have to hit first.”(ibid Shaun Walker) (my emphasis)
But at this conference he revealed himself in his criticism of the US.
He stated that,
"The imposition of a fake legitimacy of actions, whenever a certain activity needed to be justified, or certain inconvenient regimes needed to be deposed"
This is precisely what he, himself, has done in Ukrainian Crimea, and is attempting to do in Ukraine through his proxy war in eastern Ukraine.
Even with the current ceasefire seemingly holding, and both Ukraine and Putin's Russian soldiers and rebel proxies withdrawing heavy armaments from the frontline of the war,
"Ukraine's former deputy defence minister, Leonid Polyakov, predicts Putin will be back with a new plan on Ukraine....
"Instead of provoking combat engagements they shifted emphasis to training sabotage units and multiple detachments they send one after another to Ukraine just to wreak havoc and undermine trust of population in Ukrainian authorities." (Ukraine Today: Oct. 26, 2015) (my emphasis)
Added to which,
"Direct flights between Ukraine and Russia will stop on Sunday, as new sanctions initiated by Kiev come into effect." (BBC News : 24 October 2015)
Furthermore, Madeline Chambers reports that,
"Ukraine will not
pay off its debt to Russia if Moscow does not agree to join in a
restructuring deal involving other creditors, Ukrainian Prime Minister
Arseny Yatseniuk told German business daily Handelsblatt."We cannot treat Russia differently from other international creditors,” Yatseniuk told the paper, adding if Russia does not agree to the terms offered by Kiev, "then we will impose a debt moratorium and not service the credit.” (Reuters :
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk was speaking in Germany, Ukraine held local elections.
"The October 25 elections were held in a calm atmosphere and in accordance with international standards", head of the ENEMO mission Zlatko Vujovic at a press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday, October 27, according to Interfax-Ukraine." (Ukraine Today : Oct. 27, 2015)
As an indication of Ukraine adhering to international standards during its elections,
"Local elections in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol, a key location on
the line separating Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists, were
abandoned on Sunday after a local commission rejected paper ballots as
inaccurate. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko ordered an investigation into the snafu, and voters may get the chance to try again in November." (Volodymyr Verbyany and Yulia Surkova : Bloomberg Business : October 25, 2015) (my emphasis)
(pic. above: Activists block the printing of election ballots in Mariupol.
They claimed more were being printed than necessary in order to falsify
the election result. Photograph: Irina Gorbasyova/EPA)
The ballot papers were printed by a company owned by non other than the oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, a former ally of Yanukovych.
The Ukrainian oligarchs may, indeed, still wield enormous economic power in Ukraine.
But their political clout is slowly on the wane.
(to be continued)
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