Crimea River
"Пожежа починається з іскри." (Fire begins with sparks.) –
Ukrainian proverb
"We all want to believe in impossible things, I suppose, to persuade ourselves that miracles can happen." –
Paul Auster, The Book of Illusions
"He possessed the logic of all good intentions and a knowledge of all the tricks of his trade, and yet he never succeeded at anything, because he believed too much in the impossible. Surprising? Why so? He was forever in the act of conceiving it!" –
Charles Baudelaire
“Дай с ногото ́к — попро ́сит с локото ́к.” (Give him a ngernail — he will ask for a forearm.) –
Russian Proverb
You drove me, nearly drove me, out of my headWhile you never shed a tear Remember, I remember, all that you said –
"Cry Me A River," wrien by Arthur Hamilton, immortalized by Ella Fitzgerald
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THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO
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A walk around the fringes of nance
By Grant Williams
17 March 2014
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Contents
Paralysed ECB Leaves Europe at the Mercy of Deation Shock from China ..................19Bundesbank Warns ECB Against Overstepping Boundaries .......................................20Parallels to 1914? What History Teaches Us about the Ukraine Crisis .........................21In-the-Know Insiders Are Dumping Stocks .........................................................23Russia Must Stop U.S. Expansion in Ukraine .......................................................24Jilted U.S. Investors and Debtors on the Run .....................................................26How China's Ofcial Bank Card Is Used to Smuggle Money ......................................27Fire-Sale of US Treasuries Is a Warning of Acute Stress across the World .....................29Russia Counts Cost as West Tightens Sanctions Noose ...........................................30
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(Marina Lewycka): Public clashes between Ukrainians and Russians in the main square in Sevastopol. Ukrainians protesting at Russian interference; Crimean Russians demanding the return of Sevastopol to Russia, and that parliament recognise Russian as the state language. Ukrainian deputies barred from the government building; a Russian "information centre" opening in Sevastopol. Calls from the Ukrainian ministry
of defence for an end to the agreement dividing the Black Sea eet between the
Russian and Ukrainian navies. The move is labelled a political provocation by Russian deputies. The presidium of the Crimean parliament announces a referendum on Crimean independence, and the Russian deputy says that Russia is ready to supervise it. A leader of the Russian Society of Crimea threatens armed mutiny and the establishment of a Russian administration in Sevastopol. A Russian navy chief accuses Ukraine of converting
some of his Black Sea eet, and conducting armed assault on his personnel. He threatens to place the eet on alert. The conict escalates into terrorism, arson attacks
and murder.Sound familiar? All this happened in 1993, and it has been happening, in some form or other, since at least the 14th century.
So begins an article in the UK
Guardian
this week, written by a British novelist of Ukrainian origin, Marina Lewycka; and amidst all the furore surrounding the events in Ukraine these past couple of weeks, it's important to gain a little perspective in order to understand the history surrounding the country's fractious relationship with Russia and its recent dalliance with European suitors.
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