Protests began picking up in southeastern Ukraine only yesterday, and already today the demonstrators are declaring the creation of an independent Republic of Donetsk along the Russian border.
Since the pro-West takeover of Ukraine, this is the second attempted secession, after the Crimean Peninsula successfully broke off and gained accession into the Russian Federation last month.
Unlike Crimea, Donetsk doesn’t have historically claims to independence, and the city itself has only existed since the late 19th century, when it was created by Welsh businessman John Hughes as a steel town.
Ukraine’s government is continuing to portray the whole situation as a Russian plot, and fearing an invasion. The demonstrators have indeed courted such a move, saying Russian “peacekeepers” could help them follow the Crimean track.
Where the Republic of Donetsk goes from here is anyone’s guess, but the protesters have said they intend to hold some sort of referendum courting Russian annexation, in the same manner as Crimea, by May 11. Russia has given no indication if it would welcome Donetsk the way it did Crimea.
How the world changed. Thirty years ago, East European countries were trying to get out from under the iron curtain. Today East European countries are trying to get into it.
That's because there are no "iron curtain" exist in Russia, those day that you are talking about, EU so as USG could provide for people from Russia, now EU cannot nor have the capacity or means providing for anyone, even Europeans go hungry.
unless things take a nasty turn, Putin is not going to do anything in these places. In fact it a amusing reversal of the previous situation which makes things a little awkward for the DC gang
Best wishes to the Peoples Republic Of Donetsk!
Well, they did declare the independence of the Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic in 1918. It only lasted for 36 days but…it's something, right?
People all over the world are sick and tired of capitalism social injustice and economic slavery, they are looking for ways to be free from the concept, it is USG and EU governing system and its social economic unjust which needs to be questioned not the rights of Ukraine or the American people, it is these system that have declared wars on human dignity and humans rights for last 65 years. The present self proclaimed government in Ukraine is the entity of western militarism-capitalism system, the people of eastern Ukraine knows that, to keep their dignity in what they have achieved and the sovereignty, and keeping their territory intact, without being slave to Kiev self proclaimed government, not being able to practice their language, or having their voice heard, or their tv channels are being cutoff and etc, their right becomes their demand.
Particularly well expressed. Long live the peace-loving people of the Peoples' Republic of Donetsk!
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. . . people in the east were heartened to see a move into government by multimillionaires with no interest in extremist turmoil or a neo-Nazi revival, “particularly when they are of Jewish origin.”
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They are coming. It won't be pretty.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101501269
http://www.monsanto.com/whoweare/pages/ukraine.as…
http://consortiumnews.com/2014/03/16/corporate-in…
Sounds like a provocation by the Kiey Krazies. Putin wont fall for it.