After failure of Yanukowych's policy Ukraine needs new parliamentary and president elections, certainly not war.
Why Putin is trying to wage war against Ukraine? Why he needs to separate Crimea from Ukraine?
Russian political power is based on the income from fuel exports. Ukraine is confirmed to have large deposits of
methane clathrate in the bottom of the Black Sea. So in next 10-15 years Ukraine will become exporter of gas what makes it potential economic rival.
So Russian officials emphasize that in government of Ukraine there are nationalists, even if Yatseniuk declared that they are respecting every minority in the country so they are working on a new law on languages.
I am also concerned about nationalist sentiments of party
Svoboda, but gladly they do not have
prime minister.
@ Ike:
1. Rus is not Russia. Grand Duchy of Moscow became the Tsardom of Russia in 1547 along with coronation of Ivan IV the Terrible.
Rus was established in 9th century as the federation of East Slavs.
2. Ukrainians ware named Little Russians, Ruthenians and Ukrainians in different times. Map shown by you named them Petis Russes. Right before Soviets there was
Ukrainian People’s Republic.
Here is map showing Ukrainian-speaking area in early years of 20th century.
3. Today after 71 yeas of ocupation by the Soviets many Ukrainians speak Russian language, but they are still Ukrainians. Ethnic Russians make only 17.3% of population of Ukraine it iis lower ratio then in Latvia(26.9%) and Estonia(25.6%).
Russian language in Ukraine:
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Ukrainian language in Ukraine:
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Edit:
Here is more detailed map.
Protests against war in Moscow.