EU sends advisers to help Ukraine bring law and order to rebel areas

[geek tragedy]

Source: Guardian (UK)

The EU has parachuted a team of security advisers into Kiev to assist the Ukrainian government in imposing the rule of law in rebel districts, in a provocative move likely to further inflame relations with Moscow.

Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, agreed last week to requests from the Ukrainian authorities for urgent help in bolstering the country's security services.

An initial £2m is being provided by the EU to fund the unarmed advisers, but further money is expected to be committed as the conflict between the government and pro-Russian dissidents continues after the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/27/eu-ukraine-security-advisers-rebel-areas

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The EU is also readying serious sanctions against Russia's financial sector. Bad nerd for Putin and London's amoral financiers.

[DonCoquixote]

1. stupid

America followed Europe into two world wars and a cold war...if they want Ukraine, let them take it.

[ballyhoo]

2. Idiotic to the max. I wonder if Russia

has begun to negotiate with China for all its natural gas needs yet?

[freshwest]

4. They have been for years. Can't come to agreement on the price.

[ballyhoo]

6. Bet they will when Russia gets kicked out of the Swift

System and concurrently announces it will take ANY currency for payment of its gas. This below is so scary makes one start breathing fast. This is what is going to happen. And the West thinks it can stop it by declaring war as the president talks about reducing corporate taxes. Only dunces don't know what is happening. The US is about to be targeted.

[dipsydoodle]

12. Can't come to agreement on the price......

Yes that remains ongoing despite the fact the $400 billion contract was sorted late May. Last mention had been that the price
would likely match which Germany pays. NB priced in US$s solely for comparison : payable in local currencies.

The lower the floor price the better as that seriously affects the economics of shipping by other countries.

Some refs here http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/08/russia-japan-gas-idUSL3N0ON13L20140608

[zeemike]

8. That would be a great alliance.

China could destroy us financially and Russia could bled us dry fighting and supporting proxy wars.
Then China could make it's move in the east, and we could say or do nothing...

And of course the obvious thing is that all sides have nukes and any one that started it could destroy the world.
But I guess it will be like a spectators sport where there is a cheering squad that is there to make you think we cannot lose...and they will cheer till the end...which will probably come as a flash of light, a mighty roar and a mushroom cloud.

[joshcryer]

9. Yeah, being civilized is idiotic.

There's no other option but to allow looting and kidnappings and murder. That's how it works Latin America I guess.

[ballyhoo]

10. And exactly what is your reference country

to be civilized?

[joshcryer]

11. One with little to no looting, robbery, kidnapping, and murder?

What the fuck else?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

Maybe 3-4 countries under the 1.0 rate are bad.

[PosterChild]

13. +10 (nt)

[freshwest]

3. 'parachuted?''greeted enthusiastically by international terrorists?''meddling?'

It's all too much for me.

[conservaphobe]

5. About time they got serious about this.

They've been asleep.

[24601]

7. But hey Ukraine - you fucked up - you trusted us. You won't make that mistake again - nor

will any others.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Ukraine