While pro-Putin figures celebrate, some are more critical and fear a war could yet break out [File: Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters]
Al Jazeera: Russians bemoan Putin’s decision to recognise ‘republics’
While government-friendly media celebrate, many outside the corridors of power are critical of their president’s latest move.
Saint Petersburg, Russia – On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to officially recognise the breakaway, self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR, respectively) in war-torn eastern Ukraine.
The move has sent fears through much of Europe that this will give Russia a reason to launch a wider military campaign on Ukrainian territory, perhaps sparking open war.
While those fears surged in Western nations, in Russia, pro-Putin figures celebrated.
Press and commentators friendly to the government praised the decree, with Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of Russian state-owned news network RT and longtime advocate for the recognition of the people’s republics, known collectively as Donbas, calling it an “overdue decision”.
“Happy birthday, Donbas!” she proclaimed on her Telegram channel.
“Happiness lies not in euros, lads!” Olga Skabeeva, host of the Russia 1 TV channel wrote on her Telegram as the price of the rouble fell against the euro. “Long live the Russian world and Russian people!”
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WNU Editor: Among my large circle of family/friends/and contacts in Russia, everyone (with the exception of those I know who work for the government) are opposed to this political and military intervention in the separatist regions of Ukraine.
If you break it, you own it. And this involvement is not going to be cheap. There is also a very real possibility of escalating into a major war that has the potential of costing hundreds of billions of dollars. Sighhhh .... money better spent in Russia than occupying and rebuilding a messed-up Ukraine.
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People are people. So long the economy is good, people will approve. Everyone is at least a little bit irredentist.
WNU has said the sanctions will be eased or gone within a year. So the people won't suffer. Any distress the Russia is under economically can be made up with Chinese trade. The Washington mongrels have bene bought by the Chinese so they won't growl at China for helping Russia.
"I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, 'This is genius.' Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine, of Ukraine, Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that's wonderful," Trump said in an interview on "The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show."
The ex-President added: "So Putin is now saying, 'It's independent,' a large section of Ukraine. I said, 'How smart is that?' And he's going to go in and be a peacekeeper. That's the strongest peace force," Trump said. "We could use that on our southern border. That's the strongest peace force I've ever seen. ... Here's a guy who's very savvy. ... I know him very well. Very, very well." - Trump, on a conservative radio talk show.
Trump did not say he approved. Trump did say Putin had a good strategy for Putin's purposes.
Where is he wrong?
PS: I study strategy, operational art, tactics and weaponry of WW2. If respect the tactics or the weaponry of the Japanese or Germans it does not mean I admire the policies.
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-putin-plan-recognize-breakaway-212156109.html
trump and only leaders of two other despotic nations approved of an invasion of Ukraine.
Even the gop not on side of approval of Putin in this.
Trump pointed out it was an effective strategy. How do we know it was effective?
It worked.
Biden got all wee-wee'd up and pulled troops out Ukraine like the yellow dog coward he is.
I watched a documentary about uranium mining and its effect on an Ukrainian town.
Ukraine's Radioactive City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov1rSmwpfeU
Of course Biden is going to give up Ukraine and allow Putin to build more nukes.
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