What does Putin want with Ukraine

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Kasz216 said:

haxxiy said:

Seems like the EU and the US instigated Ukrainian revolt in the hopes the country would join the EU / NATO and quietly drift away from Russian influence. The Western leaders didn't predict either the influence of the ultra-nationalists of the Right Sector, or the willingness of Russia to protect their interests.

I predict mid-term economic uncertanity for Russia and their investments, due to sanctions, but the blow on the face of Washington and Brussels over their obvious inability to come together and do something effective while Crimea is annexed and Ukraine possibly falls to civil war will damage them the hardest.

Seems awful conspiracy theoristish, espiecally considering just how much of a disaster the Ukraine has been.

There were plenty of reasons for revolution without the need for provocation.

It's been no secret the Ukraine was about to default hard.  Meanwhile, the president was skimming off the top pretty heavily.

Janukowitsch did that all the time. But protest started, as he decided that the offers from Russia about avoiding the default seem better than the one from the EU. And we already know, that the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (a foundation linked to the governing german party CDU) financed some groups at the Maidan.