President Obama says he is preparing “costly sanctions” against Russia in retaliation for their involvement in Crimean secession, saying the US will “isolate Russia” and seriously damage their economy.
The details of the sanctions are scant, but Secretary of State John Kerry said it would include seizing the assets of Russian citizens abroad, travel bans, and potentially kicking Russia out of the G8.
Obama went on to declare Putin “on the wrong side of history,” and demanded that he immediately withdraw all Russian forces from the Crimea. The Crimean parliament is planning a referendum on secession from the Ukraine, and a possible accession back to the Russian Federation.
State Dept. Press Secretary Jen Psaki went on to say that the US is “not just considering sanctions” against Russia, and that the US is planning a series of moves against Russia to follow the sanctions themselves.
Notice how quickly the 'coalition of the dummies' Obama, Hague included, came out in support of the illegal coup which seized power by force and whose members have no elected Mandate from the people of the Ukraine.
Supporting Molotov cocktail throwing terrorists is not conducive to peaceful relations with the Russians and since the EU has already assured Yanokovych that he would be exempted from any sanctions and since they can't charge the Opposition behind the fiery siege in Kiev then who exactly are these mental midgets going to charge for the "unjustified use of excessive force by the Ukrainian authorities".
The putative leader on the wrong side of history in the one whose troops are in Afghanistan.
It's time for world governments to tune out the rantings of this shallow pretender.
The western democracy is totally collapsing, all that wars haven't produced any thing but more of an economic and political headaches for EU and USG. Germans are sucking the last breath of Greece and rest of the Europe, NATO is busy cooperating with fascist in Ukraine, so goes for rest of western falsified democracy cooperation with wrong crowd as Saudis, Wahhabis and their affiliated barbarians, in Syria Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan and etc. The tyrants of Persian gulf, the apartheid regime as Israel, the Neo, old and ok'd fadcism, but above all their falsified democracy, were people's life's are effected and is what people questioning more then anything. So, now that their political (wars) investment not gaining anything they turn to their last trick in their hypocractic selves by sanctioning yet another nation, this time Russia, a world economic power which USA and EU cooperating with. Iran is under sanctions for last 30 years, Iran is not even half the size of Russia nor the population is nor Iran is industrialized and self sufficient as Russia is, adding to European and USA economical decline, now they want to go further and create a real time 1930 economical situation preparing for Third World War.
Oh dear – might not work too well. Why do I get the feeling that this is an EU "fuck you" to Obama and that stupid harpie, Victoria Nuland.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/03/ukra…
I think it's safe to say no western Europeans will die to defend the corrupt, fascist and neo-Nazi putschists in Ukraine or help their stupid American handlers.
It's high time that the world isolate the United States and finish off its predatory economic hegemony. In the meantime, the Europeans will pay the price for allowing themselves to be DC's puppets, as the Russians cut off the natural gas and Europe yet again becomes a battlefield. If the Europeans had any pride, Nuland's sneer would be the battle cry as Europe joined Russia in driving the United States off the stage of history.
Do you really believe the Twin towers were blown up by terrorists?! Wanna know the name of that terrorist?.. Three letters only: the fist one is "C", the second one is "A".
Boring… :/
A demagogue competing with Bush for how much he can isolate the US. It is already considered by far the greatest threat to world peace, including by Ukrainians.
The ruble has barely budged today (although the bank intervened to protect it), and it will probably stabilize as the situation in the Crimea remains stable. Ukraine's poor economy and illegitimacy of government could lead to civil war, which will turn attention away from the Crimea.
As for banking sanctions – forget it. Financial markets would collapse if the City collapsed, and London's bread and butter is illicit fund from Russia. Isolating is also not a possibility if you are familiar with a map. China is on the other side of Russia and it would be more than happy to win that country to its side.
You can look at the Winter Olympics for clues about what's going on in the Asia-Pacific region. Two countries sent their athletes out waving miniature flags from the host nation, and these two countries sent their most important leaders to the opening ceremonies. The two countries were China and Japan.