While the jury is still very much out on what kind of president Petro Poroshenko will end up being, Obama Administration officials are quick to paint his election as a rebuke to Russia, with Secretary of State John Kerry presenting Poroshenko’s victory as a vote for a “united Ukraine.”
Kerry went on to declare Ukraine’s future lied with “European institutions,” and not Russia. The eastern oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk, both dominated by ethnic Russians, by and large were not able to vote.
Obama declared Poroshenko’s victory a “first step” in Ukraine’s west-ward march, while Rep. Ed Royce (R – CA) presented it as a “big setback to Vladimir Putin.”
Presenting Poroshenko as solidly pro-West may be wishful thinking on the administration’s part, as the billionaire has served in governments across the political spectrum in Ukraine, including the last elected government, whose violent removal was cheered by the US.
Russia isn’t acting as though this is a defeat either, and they have expressed eagerness for direct talks with Poroshenko to restore normal relations. Though at the moment Poroshenko seems to be leaning West, his history is one of changing whenever it was to his political advantage, and right now even those who voted for Poroshenko are likely less clear on what they voted for than what they voted against, as the runners-up were largely more pro-West, and hawkish.
I never understood people who wer thinking and deciding for you.
So the US wants the EU to pay for all the mess it has created? That is one way to f*ck the EU. When will the EU and non-US NATO members realize they are being used as pawns b the US?
sort of like having a Republican President say he won fair and square but having New York state and California left out because they would vote Democrat!
"what they voted against, as the runners-up were largely more pro-West, and hawkish."
Excellent point, which I have not seen made elsewhere.
This particular oligarch has a long history of working with Putin, and for every anti-Russian statement he makes one about cooperation and a trade agreement with Russia.
I imagine that should Chocky meet with Putin he might hear some things that should give him cause for introspection. For a man with considerable business ties to Russia he walks a thin line. And if he figures the EU/US will bail him out, free of charge, he will be greatly disappointed.
For one, the recent polls are showing the American people are nearing the breaking point when it comes to US's involvement in the affairs of other countries at the expense of the American people's needs.
Russians constitute 38% of the population in Donetsk, 39% in Lugansk. Minorities of that size cannot "dominate". The domination came from the unidentified armed bands, which seem to be Cossack mercenaries. Also, never forget the difference between the American cloudcuckooland and the European reality. Ukrainians probably see the election as a victory for democracy and as a protection against the almost universally dreaded Russian invasion and/or annexation.
The only mercenaries in Ukraine is the Neo fascist government in Kiev and those that are supporting their inhuman acts against the right of people. Those whom are in business creating civil wars all over the world to have the sons of their politicians-Hunter Biden to grab people's wealth, those whom are in business stealing other nations wealth by creating momentum for them to steal, those who have the possibility and resources, as us state department has, to create blackwater mercenaries and organize them to kill unarmed men women and children protecting the politicians that are hired by vulture capitalism to safeguard their interests.
The results of Ukrainian elections are not a defeat for Russia but for Ukraine itself. Look the biography of Poroshenko and you will understand.Mercenaries or not the Donetsk region will never forget how the army killed people.The testimonies are not published in western press.It is a real shame for the so called free press.Even people who are not for separatism do not understand why the army shoot at them.That is why the ukrainian army is so actively chasing russian journalist. Western press do not understand or do not want to understand what happens.That is why the aggression must be stopped asap otherwise violence from both sides wil never stop.