Crimea: Putin’s Triumph. Now the Confrontation Moves East to “New Russia” | Global Research

Crimea: Putin’s Triumph. Now the Confrontation Moves East to “New Russia” | Global Research

Nobody expected events to
move on with such a breath-taking speed. The Russians took their time;
they sat on the fence and watched while the Brown storm-troopers
conquered Kiev, and they watched while Mrs Victoria Nuland of the State
Department and her pal Yatsenyuk (“Yats”) slapped each other’s backs and
congratulated themselves on their quick victory.

They watched when President
Yanukovych escaped to Russia to save his skin. They watched when the
Brown bands moved eastwards to threaten the Russian-speaking South East.
They patiently listened while Mme Timoshenko, fresh out of jail, swore
to void treaties with Russia and to expel the Russian Black Sea Fleet
from its main harbour in Sevastopol.

They paid no heed when the
new government appointed oligarchs to rule Eastern provinces. Nor did
they react when children in Ukrainian schools were ordered to sing “Hang
a Russian on a thick branch” and the oligarch-governor’s deputy promised to hang dissatisfied Russians of the East as soon as Crimea is pacified. While these fateful events unravelled, Putin kept silence.