Quote Originally Posted by helge
Would you agree that the coup might have triggered the unrest in the east and the 'de facto' taking of Crimea ?
I think the belligerent response by Russia was way out of proportion to the original provocation.

I think Putin does not even realise the consequences of his actions in terms of how such bare-faced aggression by a G20 world power sets back the progress of the world on its path to a time of global peace.

The Russian crime for me is far greater than the American one although I will concede that higher standards should be expected of the USA than of Russia given America's more advanced state of economic and political development.