With Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in high profile meetings in the Russian capital of Moscow today, it is more clear than ever that he is intent on repairing ties between the two nations, strained in the years under former president Yushchenko.
But far more important than the meeting was a decree issued by Yanukovych today, in which he announced the dissolution of a government commission whose sole purpose was to secure Ukrainian membership in NATO.
NATO membership was long sought by President Yushchenko, who was voted out of office in a January election, and was vigorously opposed by Russia, who was loathe to see a traditional ally, and one with such a long, important border, join the rival alliance.
Yanukovich and his government won the election primarily with support from the Russian-speaking population in the eastern Ukraine, and his government is looking to further cement their abandonment of the NATO ambition with a law that will officially bar it from joining them in the future.
The move may forestall the confrontation over the Crimean port of Sevastopol, the seat of Russia’s Black Sea fleet for centuries and still rented by the Russian navy. If Ukraine was to join NATO, the former government made no secret of its intentions to oust the Russian from Sevastopol and potentially hand the port over to the alliance as a new NATO base in the region.
NATO, the vehicle created to propel forward the agenda of zionist NWO
This is good news for anybody who opposes the expansion of the American empire. The cold war's over assholes, we don't need a NATO anymore. Good for Yanukovych!
We could not have asked for better news. Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and even Kazakhstan should form a military alliance.
Thank god the Ukrainian government had the sense the American empire didn't.
Funny you should say that , If you dont like NATo II'am with you , I think NATO was just terrible in what they did to Yugoslavia . Not really much difference than Nazis