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Who’s winning Georgia Part 2

August 10, 2008 - 6:51 am - by Richard Fernandez
neolex
2008-08-10 19:06:54

Internal divisions within Ukraine are greatly exaggerated by Russia. There is not short-term danger of any uprising of any of the Ukrainian regions. However, there are other levers, mostly economic that Russia can pull, that would cost the elites associated with Ukrainian govt (or in opposition to it) billions of dollars. As such, Ukraine will not do any grand-standing.