Afghanistan for Russia

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Ukranians made their civilizational choice in favor of the western geo political orientation, and are defending it against russian aggression. Europe was a trigger, specifically the european association agreement that ukranian president yanokovitch was for some time seemingly ready to sign. The war in donbas that followed in 20 14 is presented as primarily an interstate war and not a direct continuationf the violent civil conflict that started before any military moves by russia.

An in-depth interview on the historical and political-economic context of the Ukraine crisis with Ukrainian sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenko. Read Volodymyr's work: truthout.org/articles/ukrainians-are-far-from-unified-on-nato-let-them-decide-for-themselves/ ponarseurasia.org/how-maidan-revolutions-reproduce-and-intensify-the-post-soviet-crisis-of-political-representation/ lefteast.org/ukraine-in-the-vicious-circle-of-the-post-soviet-crisis-of-hegemony/ lefteast.org/contradictions-post-soviet-ukraine-failure-ukraine-new-left/ Tony Wood on Russia: thedigradio.com/podcast/russia-beyond-putin-with-tony-wood/ Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig