tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post3689423591877605939..comments2024-03-26T22:57:21.033+00:00Comments on Random Views: Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Czechoslovakia: an exciting historico-geographical-political quiz. With a lot riding on it.David Beesonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00393977902379776532noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post-6521713893956775642014-04-12T07:40:26.822+01:002014-04-12T07:40:26.822+01:00The analogy doesn't hold: my fear is that Russ...The analogy doesn't hold: my fear is that Russia is playing the same role within its region (including Georgia and Moldova as well as Ukraine) as Serbia played in ex-Yugoslavia. There's no sign of Ukraine behaving towards its East in the way that Serbia behaved towards Kosovar Albanians (or, for that matter, towards Slovenes, Croats or Bosnian Muslims).David Beesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00393977902379776532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post-20386940993244397222014-04-12T07:40:25.673+01:002014-04-12T07:40:25.673+01:00The analogy doesn't hold: my fear is that Russ...The analogy doesn't hold: my fear is that Russia is playing the same role within its region (including Georgia and Moldova as well as Ukraine) as Serbia played in ex-Yugoslavia. There's no sign of Ukraine behaving towards its East in the way that Serbia behaved towards Kosovar Albanians (or, for that matter, towards Slovenes, Croats or Bosnian Muslims).David Beesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00393977902379776532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7520303675367700778.post-34844027038931608572014-04-10T06:50:15.031+01:002014-04-10T06:50:15.031+01:00You could easily have used other comparisons, for ...You could easily have used other comparisons, for example how Kosovo seceded from Yugoslavia.<br /><br /><br />SanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com