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Thanks for posting this insight! I am in Europe and I am really scared about that the situation between Western World and Russia could escalate even more. Secon

by reirob 12y ago

Thanks for posting this insight! I am in Europe and I am really scared about that the situation between Western World and Russia could escalate even more. Second Cold War is not far away now. I deeply hope that both opponents US/Europe/Ukraine and Russia will find a diplomatic way out of this situation that will allow to carry on. The world has so many other problems - ecological, economical, viral, terrorists - to care of. I have sympathies for Ukraine, but it really pisses me off that we are on a brink of war and this because in a small part of Ukraina (in proportions to europe/world) there are people who want to separate. It's crazy. Just let them vote and if they want, let them go instead of having them as a burden blocking you in your future adventures. The situation with Scotland and Catalonia is/was similar, but there was no need to such drastic measures. Especially that we Europeans and Russians share the same continent. We should learn to live together. Sorry, it's my opinion, it's not about technology, but had just to leave my chest.

stfnppv 12y ago
The cold war never ended, buddy. It's just that Putin feels comfortable enough now to show his teeth.
- guard-of-terra 12y ago
  Actually it did end with Russia losing not just overseas allies, not just Eastern Block, but even Ukraine and Belarus. Thus casting Russia back into XVI century.
kravietz 12y ago
Stay cool, there will be no war. It's going to stay a regional conflict fueled by a small group of Russian nationalists, slowly turning Donbas into yet another blackhole like South Ossetia or Abkhazia.
- reirob 12y ago
  I really wish and hope that you and all the other people with the same opinion will be proved right. I am worried that some unpredictable accident or irrational decision will turn this into a new nightmare. After all a huge majority of Russians support Putin and his politics. With more and more isolation and bad economy in Russia, Putin might maybe at some point feel that he has no other way to keep his "honor/dignity" in the eyes of his people and might start a war. After all we do not know what happens in the heads of powerful men in this position and he might feel by the NATO expansion quite encircled. Let's hope that people at power, including Putin, do not make any irrevocable things.

by reirob 12y ago

stfnppv 12y ago

The cold war never ended, buddy. It's just that Putin feels comfortable enough now to show his teeth.

guard-of-terra 12y ago
Actually it did end with Russia losing not just overseas allies, not just Eastern Block, but even Ukraine and Belarus. Thus casting Russia back into XVI century.

kravietz 12y ago

Stay cool, there will be no war. It's going to stay a regional conflict fueled by a small group of Russian nationalists, slowly turning Donbas into yet another blackhole like South Ossetia or Abkhazia.

reirob 12y ago
I really wish and hope that you and all the other people with the same opinion will be proved right. I am worried that some unpredictable accident or irrational decision will turn this into a new nightmare. After all a huge majority of Russians support Putin and his politics. With more and more isolation and bad economy in Russia, Putin might maybe at some point feel that he has no other way to keep his "honor/dignity" in the eyes of his people and might start a war. After all we do not know what happens in the heads of powerful men in this position and he might feel by the NATO expansion quite encircled. Let's hope that people at power, including Putin, do not make any irrevocable things.