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2014-03-19 Europe

Putin signs Crimea treaty, Russia suspended from G8

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Posted by Fred 2014-03-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 I may be wrong, but I still haven't found anyting yet on the MSM-Net to indicate that Russia's parliament as a body or entity, + independent of Putin [andor Medevedev?], has formally approved the annexation or accession of the Crimea to the RussFed.

Ergo LEGALISM + PCORRECTNESS-DENIABILITY = PUTIN STILL HAS A DIPLOMATIC WAY OUT TO AVOID SANCTIONS + WAR WHILE RUSSIA ALSO STILL GETS ITS VERSION OF "GITMO" IN THE CRIMEA/BLACK SEA???

Plus also a major opportunity for Russia's Orthdox Church to assert + show itself on near-Vatican-style global scale.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-03-19 01:36|| 2014-03-19 01:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Angela Merkel: RU will stay a G8 member.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-03-19 08:20|| 2014-03-19 08:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes, the German 'Greens' who made their country more dependent upon imported gas. The same 'Green's' in this country who want to make sure no gas is available for export. Watermelons - green on the outside, red on the inside.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-03-19 08:37|| 2014-03-19 08:37|| Front Page Top

#4 I see Vlad also has a 'pen and a phone.'

Posted by Besoeker 2014-03-19 08:49|| 2014-03-19 08:49|| Front Page Top

#5 And bullets, Besoeker. Billions of bullets. Same as the Zero man. The difference is which direction the guns point.

Posted by Glenmore 2014-03-19 09:17|| 2014-03-19 09:17|| Front Page Top

#6 The president of the Russian Federation replied "Poshli nahuy dolboeobi!". Which, freely translated, means "I'm very, very hurt by your censure. In fact, I'm wounded to the depths of my sensitive Russian soul."

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-03-19 09:29|| 2014-03-19 09:29|| Front Page Top

#7 The difference is which direction the guns point.

Uh, their guns are both pointing in the same direction at the same people.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-03-19 10:44|| 2014-03-19 10:44|| Front Page Top

Posted by Besoeker 2014-03-19 12:16|| 2014-03-19 12:16|| Front Page Top

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