Ukraine

I wonder why CounterPunch calls it Debaltsevo when the name is Debaltseve. There seems to be a certain bias inherent in calling it by the Russian version of its name.
 
Mischief said:
I wonder why CounterPunch calls it Debaltsevo when the name is Debaltseve. There seems to be a certain bias inherent in calling it by the Russian version of its name.
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Russian language is spoken in Ukraine, in particular in the eastern provinces. The Russian version of the name may be appropriate if the city is in an area where Russian is spoken a lot.
 
I didn't think there was anything below a Depression. If the US Government had stayed out, this never would have happened. The people of Ukraine have suffered a lot in their history.
das_nut said:
Do people take Counterpunch as a legitimate news source?
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Not saying much, but it's more reliable than Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC combined. You can throw in the Associated Press as well.
 
The US stayed out of Moldova and Georgia. It didn't prevent them from seeing Russian troops. I doubt Ukraine would have been different.

The problem was the three way race that put the pro-Russian Yanukovych in power. More people voted for his opponents, but since the vote was split between two other people, Yanukovych got a plurality of the votes. Yanukovych turned towards Russia, the population and parliament turned against Yanukovych, Yanukovych fled to Russia, it looked like Ukraine would turn back towards the EU, and then aided the rebellion with equipment and troops, and annexed Crimea in violation of their treaty with Ukraine.

I'd like to think Russia isn't pulling their foreign policy out of their behinds and they have some master plan, but the evidence doesn't support that view. Russia's feeding its own people BS, but the sanctions and dropping oil prices are hitting Russia hard. That doesn't bode well for long-term stability. And with Putin's attacks against the monetary oligarchs, he will likely end up forcing a showdown he was trying to prevent.
 
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