AzureKite: If even one of ex-USSR countries was really prospering, there would be no need to force others to stay within the grasp, be it by assigning puppets as rulers or moving armies. This USSR-ish way of thinking is what pushes some countries away, instead of drawing them closer. Unfortunately, USSR is what some people still want to go back to, which is the road to nowhere, IMO
Rodor: Rodor: Let's begin from the start (and keep in mind that father of my father was a 100% "ukranian" born in Yelisavetgrad, now Kirovograd, and my roots by father line lead to Zaporozhskaya Sich).
1) There's NO Russian, Ukranian and Belorussian nationality, they are the ONE divided nation. They have ONE generic genetics, history AND LANGUAGE. "Ukranian language" is an artificial thing mostly made by Shevchenko (although his personal diary is written in pure "russian").
Sure, let's draw the genetics back to the monkeys or Adam and Eve, whatever the preference. That would also be one nation. Language cannot be easily made up, let alone made up by a single man. It is a thing that depends on people and develops with them for centuries.
Rodor: 2) Ukraine often forgets that it is obliged to Moscovia in very fact of its existence (I' m talking about Khmelnitsky and his life full of eternal betrayal of everyone). And we won't dive deep into history in times of the War for Halych-Volynia Succession.
And if we talk about USSR, so it were "bloody commies" who gifted about 75% of modern ukranian territory to UkSSR so please - shut your mouth about it.
Whatever the case it is a small price for all the famines and genocides of the centuries. Even commies recognized the land not as Russian Soviet Republic, but as Ukrainian Soviet Republic.
Rodor: 3) Russians in their turn also often forget about Kievan Rus' and the source of future Moscovia.
4) I'm nationalist and I have respect for all other nationalists from all other nations. But "ukranian nationalism" builds itself ONLY on negation of russian nature of Ukraine. If you don't like the word "russian" replace it with whatever you like but to reflect the historical truth.
And who said that ukrainian nationalism is formed only on negation?
I do realise that the roots of Russia and Ukraine are the same, but it doesn't mean that the future should be same too. Do you really think that "nation" is something that can hold on for centuries and millenias without change, division and mixing? And I personally don't limit the word "ukrainian" to a nation. It is a citizenship.
Rodor: 5) Only dumbasses could name the events in Ukraine "revolution". It's a plot of international gang of oligarchs against other international gang of oligarchs. Sharks are fighting for prey.
Plots are something that we can speculate on, but no nothing about them.
Rodor: 6) Only dumbasses could applause this bald thief Putin's plan of Crimea annexation.
Yet the fools are numerous.
Rodor: If it would be "revolution", so the victoriouos masses should proclaim their solidarity with brother russian people, suffering under the yoke of local Moscovian international gang of oligarchs.
Instead of that, we see the local Ukranian international gang of oligarchs licking the ass of euro-american local international gang of oligarchs and threathing the moscovian gang that is threating the ukranian gang in its turn and so on... While the common people are PROUD for all this situation. They are "independent"! Fools...
People of Ukraine lost their chance to throw the yoke off because the puppet masters calculate everything BEFORE and in advance. So if now Gods will save us from the idiotic war between the parts of ONE nation, the situation will be worse than before nonetheless.
All the "revolutions" are a struggle for power. We can dream all we like about throwing off tyrants and thieves by people alone, but someone always rides the wave and fills the power vacuum.