Putin’s ‘New Russia’ Takes Shape In Eastern Ukraine

[Purveyor]

Fielding questions during a live phone-in last month, President Vladimir Putin described regions of eastern and southern Ukraine as a “New Russia” that could one day return to Moscow’s control.

Now that vision is taking shape.

Russia’s widely condemned annexation of Crimea in March and Putin’s increasing rhetoric about protecting Russian-speakers abroad had raised fears the Kremlin was gearing up to seize new territory.

Those worries were allayed when Russian troops failed to pour over the border after separatists in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Lugansk said weekend referendums had overwhelmingly backed breaking away from Ukraine.

Putin’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insisted Wednesday that Moscow had “no intention” of sending in troops to eastern Ukraine.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/15/putins-new-russia-takes-shape-in-eastern-ukraine/

[Fred Sanders]

1. And the fascist coup installed government takes shape in Kiev.......how true and easy is that ?