Sochi; trouble's brewing again

[MicrosoftBob]

So is it really Russia trying to stir things up or this their more to this ?

[Mich the Tester]

I wonder if the Daily Wail intended to suggest 'humans' and 'gays' are somehow different?

Pussy Riot, a performance-art collective involving a loose membership of feminists who edit their actions into music videos, has become an international flashpoint for those who contend Vladimir Putin's government has exceeded its authority, particularly restricting human and gay rights.


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[MicrosoftBob]

I wonder if the Daily Wail intended to suggest 'humans' and 'gays' are somehow different?

Wasn't that a bestseller "Humans come from Earth, gays come from Uranus"

[d000hg]

Gays are all humans but humans aren't all gays.

[suityou01]

So is it really Russia trying to stir things up or this their more to this ?

Russia don't really think of the Ukraine as a proper country. They are pulling it back under their control. The last thing they is for the PM to resign. They want to let this spiral out of control, then mop up and say "told you so" and (further) embarass the west.

[doodab]

Russia don't really think of the Ukraine as a proper country. They are pulling it back under their control. The last thing they is for the PM to resign. They want to let this spiral out of control, then mop up and say "told you so" and (further) embarass the west.

The trouble is the Ukranians look at Poland where the economy has boomed and they think "**** that, the EU with it's complex legal frameworks and rule of law is a much better bet than an economy based on oligarchs and mafioso". Putin wants to build a trading bloc to rival the EU but the way he's going about it based on coercion means it will fall apart at the first opportunity. If they get involved without popular support they are looking at another Chechen conflict, and one thing they don't have is popular support.

[suityou01]

The trouble is the Ukranians look at Poland where the economy has boomed and they think "**** that, the EU with it's complex legal frameworks and rule of law is a much better bet than an economy based on oligarchs and mafioso". Putin wants to build a trading bloc to rival the EU but the way he's going about it based on coercion means it will fall apart at the first opportunity. If they get involved without popular support they are looking at another Chechen conflict, and one thing they don't have is popular support.

Doesn't bear thinking about.

[MicrosoftBob]

The trouble is the Ukranians look at Poland where the economy has boomed and they think "**** that, the EU with it's complex legal frameworks and rule of law is a much better bet than an economy based on oligarchs and mafioso". Putin wants to build a trading bloc to rival the EU but the way he's going about it based on coercion means it will fall apart at the first opportunity. If they get involved without popular support they are looking at another Chechen conflict, and one thing they don't have is popular support.

It all went wrong when Yeltsin made Putin his annoited sucessor, I can't imagine that was by choice though

[Wanderer]

BBC News - Pussy Riot whipped at Sochi Games by Cossacks

young ladies being whipped - mmmmmm

Surely the headline should be "Pussy Whipped"....