Is Russia's Push To Federalize Ukraine Their Strategic Tactic To Split Ukraine Into Two

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U.S. Fears Russia Planning To Federalize Ukraine, Alarming Congress -- Washington Times

U.S. intelligence officials say Russia plans to force Ukraine to adopt a scheme to federalize and turn its southern neighbor into a quasi-province of the Russian Federation.

Additionally, recent assessments of Moscow’s motives indicate that a large-scale military intervention to take over Ukraine is a possible plan of action.

The push for a federalized Ukraine began shortly after the March 16 vote in Crimea declaring the peninsula part of Russia. The next day, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement calling for a new constitution in Ukraine to create a “democratic federal state” that would have a politically-neutral military. The Russians want regional entities with broad powers that would boost the power of ethnic Russians and Russian-language speaking Ukrainians.

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My Comment: U.S. fears are ignoring the reality of what is happening on the ground in Ukraine right now. I also called for the federalization of Ukraine in a post three weeks ago .... How The Crisis In Ukraine Should End .... and the reason why I proposed my idea at the time was because the Russian community in eastern Ukraine no longer trusts (nor do they feel safe) with the new interim government in Kiev. They feel disenfranchised because the President that they had voted for had been overthrown .... and they were further scared by the new anti-Russian laws that were being proposed by the new interim government in Kiev. As I had mentioned in my post .... a federalized Ukraine would quickly reassure the Russian community in eastern Ukraine that they would have some control over their culture and language .... and that there is a future for them in a new Ukraine. Unfortunately .... this interim government has made it very clear that they have no interest to do any radical restructuring of the Ukraine constitution .... leaving it to the new government to handle this issue. My only hope now is that there will be a Ukraine left when they finally get around to handling this "hot-button" issue.

As to U.S. fears that Russia is planning to federalize Ukraine as a scheme to turn its southern neighbor into a quasi-province of the Russian Federation .... I disagree. Federalizing Ukraine may actually save it from splitting apart .... a split that would destabilize the entire region for generations to come.