On 2014-04-02, at 9:58 AM, Louis Proyect wrote: > On 4/2/14 9:43 AM, Marv Gandall wrote: >> I don't take seriously reports that the Putin government is trying to spark >> a civil war in the Ukraine which will further embroil it in confrontation >> with what it habitually describes as its European and American "partners". I >> think it is scrambling to stabilize the situation and to secure an agreement >> which will, at best, give the Russian-speaking provinces more autonomy >> within Ukraine. > > I agree. The purpose in crossposting the article (and the Foreign > Affairs article) is simply to show the affinity between Putin and the > European far right.
You have persistently argued the Ukrainian far right played little role in the recent protests and formation of the new government. If I understand you correctly, you have have now taken it a step further by suggesting that it is instead the Putin government - rather than groups like the Right Sector and Svoboda - which has more "affinity" with the ideology and symbols of fascism. These are precisely the talking points used by Western politicians and pro-Western commentators to portray the Ukrainian right nationalists and their EU-US sponsors as the targets of Russian aggression, rather than as the instigators of the current crisis. I think that is a nonsensical interpretation of what has transpired, but it makes your reliance on outfits like the US-based Institute of Modern Russia to make your case more comprehensible. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
