Hmmm….Does Irish MP above say how she plans to negotiate with Putin to “meet him in the middle” with diplomacy? I’m trying to see where the recent (I can go back hundreds of years but recent) conflict originates from to try & figure out where she would start? What she would offer??
In November 2013, a wave of large-scale protests (known as Euromaidan) erupted in response to President Yanukovych's
sudden decision not to sign a
political association and free trade agreement with the
European Union(EU), instead choosing closer ties to
Russia and the
Eurasian Economic Union.
In February of that year, the
Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) had overwhelmingly approved of finalizing the agreement with the EU. Russia had put pressure on Ukraine to reject it.
(a major flip-flop against the Ukrainian peoples representatives in parliament, taking away their voices by their President unilaterally. Got it)
These protests continued for months and their scope widened, with calls for the resignation of Yanukovych and the
Azarov Government. Protesters opposed what they saw as widespread
government corruption and
abuse of power, the influence of
oligarchs,
police brutality, and violation of
human rights in Ukraine.
(Hmmm….Oligarchs…so financial rape and state sanctioned strong arm tactics Got it)
Oligarchy, government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small and privileged group for corrupt or selfish purposes. Oligarchies in which members of the ruling group are wealthy or exercise their power through their wealth are known as plutocracies.
www.britannica.com
Repressive anti-protest laws fuelled further anger. A large, barricaded
protest camp occupied
Independence Squarein central Kyiv throughout the 'Maidan Uprising'.
(Well, so far, I can see where Trudeau was afraid of the “Trucker Convoy” and behaved the Asshat that he is in this light anyway. Interesting….makes me wonder who are Canada’s Oligarchs now, but OK, and this explains some of the reactions to Trudeau in the EU in Brussels recently)
So then in Ukraine the protests escalated, the President goes into hiding, & the Ukrainian Parliament vote to toss him out on his arse that same day. The President says the vote (by parliamentarians in parliament, in a majority vote) wasn’t legal, as he isn’t getting his way, so who does he ask for help to get it? Da’ Bears…I mean the Russians…how ‘bout those apples? Hmmmm….who would’ve been threatened by Ukrainian parliamentary majority vote in this situation so a natural Alliance for the ousted President.
What does Russia do when the Oligarchs power & finances through their puppet is threatened
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_of_Dignity