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Originally posted by TheEpitome1920
I have just caught up on what is going on. THAT is HORRIBLE.  Do they have any idea who did it?
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I don't think so. What happened to Yushchenko, in terms of the poisoning, terrible.
Also, what I think is so important, is what may now be happening in Russia (sliding back from democratic reforms,) and how this possible slide-back is manifesting in Russia's willingness to support a fraudulent election of a government that is sympatico with Russia. The dominant sphere of nations are those that share Atlanticist views. These are basically the NATO nations. On the European side of the Atlantic Ocean, the EU is the European specific organization that represents this. As it expands, Europe's economic interdependence expands, and with this, peace and prosperity expands among these nations. Yushchenko wants to bring Ukraine into this sphere (which is also tied into North America,) and away from Russia's shrinking sphere. I've hoped, since the fall of the Berlin Wall (which I watched on CNN in my Phi Psi house,) that Russia, and other former Warsaw Pact and USSR nations, would become part of this. So far things have moved in this direction.
I wish that Putin would see that Ukraine becoming part of the EU (which is anything but a done deal) would help pave the way for Russia's eventual membership, and that this would be a good thing for Russia.