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In reply to the discussion: Russia: Constitutional Court Upholds ‘Foreign Agents’ Law [View all]The Magistrate
(95,244 posts)On the over-all point, you overstated by a factor of ten, and on the particular by a factor so much greater as to be risible. You are attempting to claim that it is solely due to U.S. funding the people of Ukraine rose to oust Yanukovich, and you fall desperately short in the effort. Why you see it as a problem that a U.S. diplomat expressed support for the crowds which had risen peaceably against him, and which were attacked by his riot squads, and then began to fight back against their brutal actions, quite escapes me. I acknowledge there has always been a humorous tone to U.S. comments on such things, a sort of 'don't you treat those demonstrators like we'd treat them here' hanging over such comments, but that does not affect the validity of the desire of the people in the streets for an end to misrule, and in this case, for their country not being put back into Russia's orbit, to come slowly but surely under its dominance once more.