What does Putin want with Ukraine

[Mnementh]

Nem said:

Mnementh said:

 

A democratic referendum about the status of crimea was from the beginning the plan of the pro-russian government of crimea. The referendum is underway, it will already happen in March.

I don't know why you bring up communism, all countries involved are capitalist countries. I don't think there are any communist states left in the world, maybe cuba, but I'm not sure.

Theres amix of communism with capitalism in Russia, China and north korea. All of them still have dictatorships in their own way. If Russia  was a proper democracy, this wouldnt be as much of a problem, as we would know that theres no way Putin wouldnt have dreams of grandeur for sure.

 Theres a problem with referendum option. Who is gonna organise it? Russia certainly doesnt have the credability for it. They will cheat for sure. So, ukranian authorities have to do it. Will Russia retreat to let that happen? Somehow i doubt it.

Is something wrong with the elections for russian parliament in a way that it isn't wrong in the US for example? Sure, Russia has guided democracy, as the US and most european countries. Propaganda, some hurdles in the laws for the elections, discrimination for some groups of people (like less election machines in regions with more blacks in the US) happens in all these countries. So I would learn to know, if Russias democracy is in any way less "proper" than the democracy we have.

The same problem faces the next election for Ukrainian parliament. Parties that were strong in the south or the east at the last elections of Ukraine are forbidden outright in Kiew now or are facing repressions, like frozen bank accounts, plundering of flats of politicians or aggression against them. That's including the winners of the last election, the Party of the Regions. That's no base for 'proper' democracy.