The year 2011 is crucial for the relationship between Ukraine and the European Union: Kyiv and Brussels are negotiating an Association treaty that will include an unprecedented Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement. If successfully concluded, this would be the largest foreign treaty in the history not only of Ukraine, but also of the European Union. Anatoliy Martsinovskiy of the Ukrainian “Eurobulletin,” published by the Kyiv Delegation of the EU, interviewed Dr. Andreas Umland, member of the Valdai Discussion Club (valdaiclub.com), Associate Professor of Political Science at the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” (ukma.kiev.ua), and General Editor of the trilingual book series “Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society” (ibidem-verlag.de/spps.html). This interview was earlier published by the “Kyiv Weekly” and is reprinted here with the permission of its editors.
If one looks at the EU-Ukraine relations during the first half of the year, can one say that everything has been proceeding according to plan?
A.U.: There have been positive as well as negative developments. The talks on the Free Trade Agreement and the Association Agreement are proceeding more or less well. At the same time, developments inside Ukraine, in particular concerning violations of such principles as the rule of law, political pluralism and democratic procedure, are unsatisfactory. The situation with these issues is getting worse and worse.
Does the lawsuit against former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko pose a potential threat to the EU-Ukraine relations and the talks you mentioned?
A.U.: I think that it does, if the sentence is unreasonably tough and debars her from future political activity. Europe would consider such a sentence as an attempt to eliminate the main leader of the opposition, from the political process. It may be the case that Tymoshenko indeed violated certain laws and there is some basis for a lawsuit. In Ukraine, however, many of those in power violated and still violate the law, yet they are not prosecuted. The peculiar persistence in the prosecution of Tymoshenko suggests that we are facing a case of selective, politically motivated application of the law.
A few months ago, there were passionate discussions concerning Ukraine’s possible entry of the Customs Union of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. This would have made it impossible to sign the Free Trade Agreement with the EU, while the EU Association Agreement would have lost its significance. Do you think that this possible turn is already forgotten, or may the prospect of joining the Customs Union again become a topic of interest?
A.U.: I think it may become relevant again. If Tymoshenko is debarred from political activities, an escalation of the confrontation between the EU and Ukraine over this issue will be inevitable. It would result in a domino effect concerning other aspects of EU-Ukrainian relations, and the idea of joining the Customs Union may resurface.
However, it also appears that the process of rapprochement between Ukraine and the EU has already gone too far for Kyiv to venture such a flip-flop. This would trigger a negative social reaction towards the authorities. Besides, the Party of Regions hopefully understands that joining the Customs Union is a risky move. On the one hand, it may become an instrument of Russian political influence upon Ukraine—up to the point of a partial loss of the country’s sovereignty. I doubt that the Party of Regions or President Viktor Yanukovych are interested in this.
On the other hand, Russia and Belarus—as well as, to a certain extent, Kazakhstan—are wrapped up in their own problems concerning the further political and economic development and modernisation of their societies. It would be strategically unwise for Ukraine to join a Customs Union in which two member states are currently, at a crossroads of their development. It is unclear what will happen to Russia and Belarus in the near future, and what socio-economic as well as geopolitical paths these two countries will eventually choose. Joining an organisation with such an unclear future would be a dead end for Ukraine.
Of course, the EU too has problems, for example, concerning the future of the Euro-zone. Yet it is possible to envisage already now the ways in which the Union will eventually solve them – even if only on a long-term basis. The situation concerning the EU is, altogether, more predictable than that within the Customs Union.
You have outlined a possible position for the Ukrainian establishment with regard to the Customs Union. But to what extent do you find the many pro-European statements of those in power sincere? At the end of the day, the movement towards the EU implies a consolidation of democracy and pro-European transformations inside the state, which, for many, may turn out to be undesirable.
A.U.: Of course, there are doubts concerning the sincerity of the statements made by many Ukrainian officials with regard to their country’s movement towards the EU and its values system. Yet the idea of European integration is popular among the Ukrainian population, in all regions of the country, and this is to be reckoned with. Though European integration might be, for some members of the Ukrainian leadership, just a game, this game has already gone too far. In case they just throw up their cards, this would be costly in political terms. It will result in widespread disappointment.
As a matter of fact, I think that the negotiations with the EU, especially those concerning the implementation of the visa liberalisation roadmap, belong—in the eyes of many people—to the few positive aspects that are left, in the policies of today’s authorities. These negotiations still instil some hopes, and offer some prospects for the future of Ukraine. If the government and the Party of Regions are unsuccesful in bringing Ukraine close to the EU, that will result in a further loss of their popularity. If, on the other hand, they indeed manage to sign the Agreements with the EU, they will be able to say: “See, we have made a breakthrough in the relations with the EU, we are on our way to Europe.” I suspect that such a calculation is exactly what drives the current authorities’ seemingly strong desire to conclude the negotiations successfully.
And what does the EU expect and wish? Does it have any geopolitical plans regarding Ukraine, and should the EU have such plans at all?
A.U.: The EU is split on these issues. On the one hand, there is a clear desire to make Ukraine part of Europe—if not (yet) an EU member state, but a state that will follow the European model of development, and will form a part of a common security and trade zone in and around Europe. This is basically what the European Neighbourhood Policy is about. But on the other hand, there exists a different geopolitical paradigm, namely a need for balanced relations with Russia—a desire also conditioned by security and economic considerations. Moscow is very sensitive about Ukraine, and many EU states take this into account. An illustration of this position was the refusal to offer Ukraine and Georgia a NATO Membership Action Plan at the 2008 NATO Bucharest summit. This refusal came from influential EU member states that, for better or worse, argued against the Action Plan for the two countries.
The NATO issue is clear, this is a security issue. But what threat does Ukraine’s rapprochement with the EU or joining the EU pose to Russia?
A.U.: The Moscow political elite’s change of mood toward the EU after the start of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) initiative in 2009 speaks volumes. Russian analysts and politicians have begun to consider the EU as a competitor for influence in the EaP’s part of the post-Soviet space. The idea of a new “gathering of the lands” and of a renewal of some kind of empire, even if in a non-institutionalised form, is still alive in Russia. This is why I am afraid that, in the course of Ukraine’s further rapprochement with the EU, the tensions between the EU and Russia may grow – unless Russia itself changes, leaves behind the imperial paradigm, and stops defining her core national interests in terms of a revival of her former spheres of influence.
Looking at the EU-Ukraine-Russia triangle, the situation does not look encouraging: Russia seems to be against Ukraine joining the EU and the EU is currently also unwilling to discuss this issue, while in Ukraine the authorities’ behaviour with regard to European values spawn doubts. In what “angle” of this triangle should the radical change take place in the first instance, in order to change the situation for the better?
A.U.: It would be great if changes took place in all three “angles”. The EU should start considering Ukraine as a prospective member, Russia should leave behind her imperial paradigm, while Ukraine (and, ideally, Russia too) should take Western political principles more seriously. Of course, this scenario is difficult to imagine today, but everything changes quickly. Three years ago, it was also difficult to imagine that Ukraine would receive a visa liberalisation roadmap from the EU. Perhaps, in five years, we will already find ourselves in a different situation—especially in the case that the Free Trade and Association Agreements are signed and are going to be implemented. The most important task today is to finish the job regarding their conclusion. Such a move may by itself create an entirely new political reality, in Eastern Europe.
Ukraine aspires to attain the membership prospect within the Association Agreement. Is it so important?
A.U.: I think it is. The EU’s persistent refusal to give such an unequivocal promise are obviously determined by its many current internal problems and are somewhat understandable, against this background. In addition, Turkey and the countries of the Western Balkans are in queue for EU membership. To add Ukraine too to this queue is psychologically difficult. However, from my point of view, European leaders need to overcome their fears and should include Ukraine’s membership perspective into the Preamble of the Association Agreement. In fact, such a statement does not bind the EU to much. Turkey has been granted Candidate Status for Membership in the EU in 1999. But, as of now, it is still unclear whether Turkey will ever enter the EU. On the other hand, Ukraine’s (or any other European country’s) membership prospects are, in fact, already guaranteed in Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union. Therefore, the inclusion of this phrase into the Association Agreement would mean little substantive change of the current status quo for the EU and its member states. In fact, a formal declaration of Ukraine’s membership prospects would be beneficial to the EU, in view of Ukraine’s geopolitical significance.
But one can hardly hope that, if Ukraine were granted a membership perspective, Kyiv’s authorities would instantly start pro-European reforms and transformations—namely a process of real European integration.
A.U.: Naturally, in substantive terms, nothing would change quickly. But the political climate, in Ukraine, would change immediately. This would concern the mood of both—the elites and society. There would, for the first time, be a credible long-term perspective for the country’s development. Psychologically, this would be rather important for Ukraine and its citizens today.
On 1 July, Poland took over the Presidency of the EU. Can that be considered a positive factor for the successful outcome of the negotiations on the Association and Free Trade Agreements?
A.U.: Indeed, it is a fortunate concatenation of circumstances that Poland will preside in the EU in the course of the (hopefully) final stages of the negotiations. From my point of view, Ukraine’s most urgent problem is a lack of attention from most EU member states. With Poland, this is not the case. That is why its Presidency in the EU may be beneficial and productive for the EU’s future relations with Ukraine.
In its recently published report, Freedom House predicts that the former Soviet states, including Ukraine, may reach an impasse, when their regimes can be changed only through revolutions, since the democratic procedures do not work there. Is this a viable prospect?
A.U.: The concerns articulated by Freedom House are justified. In a worst case scenario, the situation could turn out to be dead-ended. A new popular uprising like that in 2004 may become inevitable. But this time, such a mass action of civil disobedience could result in a regional segmentation, or even in the final break-up of the country. In view of the growth of social polarisation, in Ukraine, in the past year, provoked by dubious “political technologies”, anti- and pro-regime demonstrations may de facto turn into anti-state activities. New movements may appear in which narrowly political demands will no longer prevail. Rather, they may be guided by deeper civilisational, national or ethnic ideologies which will greatly complicate the search for compromise, or may even exclude a peaceful solution. This would be an explosive situation.
These days, Ukraine celebrates the 20th anniversary of its independence. Considering the problematic situation with democracy, human rights, the problems with energy security, many citizens’ uncertainty about their future etc., what can Ukrainians celebrate on Independence Day? What can they be proud of?
A.U.: All the difficulties notwithstanding, Ukrainians can be proud of the establishment and survival of their state, as well as of the impressive revival of Ukrainian culture, during the last 20 years. It is also noteworthy that the Ukrainians have managed to prevent armed conflicts on their country’s territory, whereas this important aim has not been achieved in Russia (in the Northern Caucasus), Yugoslavia, Central Asia, Moldova, and the Southern Caucasus. Furthermore, Ukraine’s citizens have so far prevented the creation of a new dictatorship, as it has happened in Belarus or the Central Asian states. These and other achievements still make Ukraine a special country, in the post-Soviet context. The EU should duly acknowledge this fact, and finally grant Ukraine a membership perspective.
(Translated from Russian by Dr. Anton Shekhovtsov, Kreisau-Fellow of the George Bell Institute.)
I consider myself to be an Amateur Investigative Journalist, and I comment on matters following the Journalistic Code of Ethics of always being Honest as regards to Journalism, and of only stating genuinely held opinions.
The only requirement under the Journalistic Code of Ethics for any Professional or Amateur Journalist to be Honest, or to give only genuinely held opinions, is only if it is related to their Professional Writing or Writing for a Hobby, or while it is on their spare time, although they are entitled to.
The Journalistic Code of Ethics applies only to the Article or Comment that is written and published.
We should all know that stating opinions and giving analysis is only guesswork, possibly educated guesswork at best, and that this cannot be considered as having disregarded the Journalistic Code of Ethics.
This is especially true with regard to recent events, or with regard to future plans and intentions of certain Leaders of some Countries.
However, with regards to events that are years or decades old; most unbiased analysis is quite accurate, because we can all be wiser and more knowledgeable with the benefit of hindsight.
We know that England and Germany were originally against the Unilateral declaration of independence by the Albanians of Kosovo, even though they were in favour of stealing Serbian Land, and England, America, and Germany had to allow the farce of negotiations to appear to be taking place for the sake of the Europeans.
England and America knew of the Ahtisaari plan, because they were the ones who wrote it, and Ahtisaari simply presented it as his work, and received a Nobel Peace Prize.
I do not know if Germany knew that the Ahtisaari plan said that Kosovo would have NATO as its final authority, and NATO is just England and America.
If Germany had known of this aspect of the Ahtisaari plan, then they would have advised the Albanians to go through the motions of negotiations, but make sure that the talks and the Ahtisaari plan failed, because Serbia would not and did not accept the Ahtisaari plan, and so the Albanians could blame the rejection of the Ahtisaari plan on Serbia, even though they did not want it themselves, but could not tell that to America.
This is because the Albanians knew that if they were to Steal Serbian Land, they would have to follow America’s orders, even if it meant pretending to as keen on the Ahtisaari plan as England and America are.
The Ahtisaari plan has not been rejected at thew United Nations, because England and America refused to put it up for the vote, because they knew that the Ahtisaari plan would certainly be Vetoed, and consigned to the dustbin of history.
It should not surprise any of us that England and America would love to have the Ahtisaari plan in place that makes Kosovo an Anglo-American Puppet State.
This is because England’s and America’s intentions are known by the fact that the only thing they care about in the Ahtisaari plan is control over Kosovo that the Ahtisaari plan would have given them.
Germany was happy that England and America proceeded with the one sided Ahtisaari plan of rather than allow for proper and fair negotiations with no time lines between the Serbs and the Albanians of Kosovo, because they knew that Greater Albania was needed for their Nazi Fourth Reich that would Dictate over Europe.
After the Ahtisaari plan was rejected, Germany tried to get Serbia to agree to Kosovo’s Independence by means of the Troika made up of American Frank Wisner, Russian Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko and the EU’s (Read Nazi Germany’s) Wolfgang Ischinger, together with Serbian and Albanian Representatives that began on August 30, 2007.
Serbia should not continue to make the mistake of cooperating with those who pretend they love Serbia are its friends, when in reality they hate Serbia, and are its enemies.
In my opinion, any of these talks are just a set up like the Rambouillet talks were a set up for the Serbs by England, America, and Nazi Germany.
Serbia should SPEAK UP You Worthless, Worthless Idiots, just like Vuk Jeremic has been doing lately; but only more forcefully, and more judgementally, until these Albanian DOGS BEG to be Serbian Citizens, and until that Filthy Nazi German COW, until the HONKY English Pig, and until that Stinking American HONKY NIGGER pretends joins the Human Race, because this is the only thing these DOGS are ever capable of understanding!
You will COWER at Serbia’s Anus and You Will Repeatedly Kiss It, You Worthless HONKY NIGGER Obama, You Dirty English PIG, and You Filthy NAZIS of Europe.
DO You Understand That You Lowlife Vile Piece of Excrement Obama, You Dirty English Pig, and Do You Understand That You Other Rotten and Vile Nazis of Europe?
If I were the President of Serbia, there would be a lot less lying Western Journalists on this planet, and a lot of People who work for the Hague ICTY would be fertilizing flowers long ago.
I would put a reward on the life of Chief Hague prosecutor Serge Brammertz long ago, and the same who apply for the Judges of that Corrupt Kangaroo Court.
BEG, BEG, BEG to pretend to join the Human Race you Albanian DOGS, and you Filthy German COW, You HONKY English PIG, and you Stinking American HONKY NIGGER, and you Anglo-American Filth,; BEG, BEG, BEG, to join the Human Race.
The Thief or the Burglar has no consideration other than to steal when the opportunity comes, and they have no concern for their criminal behaviour or for the legitimate rights their innocent victims.
Talking to, or Negotiating with these types of People, is a complete and utter waste of time and effort, because as far as criminals and racists are concerned, their fundamental mindset applies as time goes by.
This Human Nature has been proved in America over and over, where the American Elites want illegal immigrants to compete against the Black citizens of America by gradually replacing the Black People with nearly White Mexicans.
We saw this with Alabama wanting to send non-Black and nearly White Mexican illegal immigrants back to Mexico, but the White Establishment by means of their Judge whose name happens to be Judge Blackburn as a sick joke of the White Supremacists and their House Negroes does not want Black People in America.
The White Establishment and their House Negroes are happy for the Black Americans and the Mexicans to fight among themselves and annihilate each other while the Whites and their House Negroes survive.
The History of Albanians proves that they do not want to live with any other race of People, and this same attitude that many White Americans have and always will have against Black Americans.
England, America, Nazi Germany, and most Albanians have always, and will always act in a criminal, underhanded, and psychopathic way, because they are purely and simply, the Scum of the Earth.
History repeats itself, and Tadic and his company of Puppets and Traitors are the Balkan equivalent of the shameful and disgraceful House Negroes for Serbia.
History repeats itself, and there are many European Union Countries who are the European equivalent to the shameful and disgraceful House Negroes for the Evil German Fourth Reich.
Serbia has sent a letter addressed to all United Nations Security Council Members, saying that they should prevent the Albanian violence that is sponsored by England, America, and Germany, because they have a responsibility to protect Citizens.
I do admit that I know next to nothing when it comes to the subjects of Economics, Banking, and Finance.
However, after considering that a Nobel Prize winner for Economics suggested that spending Money on an Alien Invasion of the Earth would create Full Employment, Balance the Budgets, and Pay Off the Debts.
It just goes to show us how useless many Nobel Prizes are, if this is a supposed Genius; then I think I am entitled to offer my opinions.
I hear that the Eurocrats say that the Euro is vital to keep the European Union together, but I think that Full Employment is what is needed for that rather than the Euro.
I think that the European Union should just have certain minimum standards, and they should have visa free travel; residency wherever its Citizens want, but each Country should have their own Currency.
It would be cheaper if the indebted Countries could pay off their Debts by manufacturing and selling cheaper holidays, services, and products, rather than paying interest on Loans.
The indebted Countries should default as last resort, rather than as economically more beneficial, and then they should borrow from the European Monetary Fund that lends Money ONLY to European Countries in their own Currencies.
One thing that we learned from NATO’s Illegal and Immoral War against Libya is that if that nation had been United, then NATO would have lost that war.
I hope that Libya is an example to other Countries to be United, and not let the Evil Anglo-America War Criminal engineer division against them.
The one thing that Libya lacked was surface to air missiles, and if Libya had these, then NATO would never have attacked Libya.
The point I am trying to make is that if every European Country has surface to air missile, and they are united, then Russia cannot do anything to them, and NATO is genuinely a relic that should be consigned to the dustbin of history.
Continental Europe should realize that England’s and America’s motives are not as pure as they would have others believe they are
They view the European Union as a Rival against their Hegemony, and they have plans to break up the European Union if it comes close to their power and influence.
What this means is that Europe should spend less on its Miliary, and that American presence on Continental Europe is a danger to Continental Europe.
Perhaps every European Union Country could have a type of Euro as their Currency, but they will be different Currencies with the name of the Country before the word Euro.
In other words, there could be the English Euro, the German Euro, the Greek Euro etc, but they would all be different Currencies with different values, just like the English Pound is Different to the German Euro.
I have read some of the comments made by the more Senior European Union Politicians, and the comments of the European Union’s Appointed High Officials.
Einstein said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and hoping that you get a different result.
They were discussing the situation regarding the finances of Greece, and how they want Greece to remain in the Euro Zone.
I know next to nothing when it comes to the subjects of Economics, Banking, and Finance; however, there just might be some aspect of one or more of my opinions that could be the right policy or could be modified or improved.
We know that there are several areas in the European Union that have Debt problems at the moment.
The one area that is most crucially in need of management to the European Union and to the rest of Continental Europe is Greece.
This is because it is in the Balkans and it is near Bulgaria and Romania, and Greece is the nearest Debt ridden European Union Country to the Eastern European Countries that may join the European Union one day.
I do not minimize the problems of Ireland, Portugal, Spain, and Italy, but they could be assisted by other methods, and they are surrounded by Countries that are in far better Economic shape that Greece’s region of the Balkans, and Eastern Europe.
Greece’s Debt is approximately 300 Billion Euros, and there could be several ways to pay it back, and one is for the European Union to pay the entire Debt, and have it funded by reducing its needless military spending until the Debt is all paid for.
Another is for the Debt to be treated as an interest free Loan, but with Greece having to pay it back the Principle only in fifteen years, and the interest payments are paid for by the European Union’s reduction in its needless Military spending.
There is the option of Greece Defaulting, and of going back to the Drachma or Greek Euro if it sounds better, and then having proper Economic and Budgetary policies.
There will not need to be too much austerity measures, but Greece should make sure that everyone, even its Politicians are paying their fair share of taxes.
This situation is new for the European Union, and even if the European Union lost the entire 300 Billion Euros, which it will not, then they will know the results of that policy, and if it makes sense, and if it works.
A bigger Country like Italy could borrow the Money from a Country that has the Money to lend, and there should be no suspicions as to why a Country would want to lend that Money, other than that it has the Money, and it wants to earn interest on that Money as any Bank wants to, and does.
I have not thought of any suggestions for Ireland, Portugal, and Spain, because I have only thought of these possible policies for Greece and Italy just before I started writing this comment.
The only requirements under the Journalistic Code of Ethics for any Professional or Amateur Journalist are to be Honest, and to give only genuinely held opinions on their published Articles or comments.
These requirements only applies to their Professional Writing or Writing as a Hobby, and it does not apply to how they conduct themselves on their spare time, although they are perfectly entitled to apply the same standard at those times if they wish to.
What this means is that Professional and Amateur Journalists are free to tell all the lies they want in their private lives, and that if they do then they have not violated the Journalistic Code of Ethics.
I have already admitted to lying when I want to, but I have stated that there are no intentional lies in the comments I write.
I go looking for the News behind the News in order to contribute to the Public Debate.
I consider myself to be an Amateur Investigative Journalist, and I comment on matters following the Journalistic Code of Ethics of always being Honest as regards to Journalism, and of only stating genuinely held opinions.
I have thought on the other three Countries in the European Union who I did not mention in my other comment.
They are all in one corner of Europe, and they are Ireland, Portugal, and Spain.
The shared problems of these Countries would indicate that they are better friends at this time, then what they were when times were more affluent.
This is because they realise that they need to help each other, and I hope that they have been sharing their thoughts on how to resolve this problem.
This principle of friendship, should be reflected in the fact, that none would want charity unless it was unavoidable, and that those Countries and Banks who would be part of the solution would not want to profit of the misery and misfortune of others.
What this means is that interest rates should be at zero or at least very low, and that any dealings have all Parties as contributors and winners.
Certain European Union Countries want to be in the Euro Zone, and that is their business, but the Euro Zone does not resolve the Debts.
The Euro Zone does not resolve the fact proper Economic policies should be pursued.
What this means that the wealthier European Union Countries must not under any circumstances take advantage of those European Countries who have taken on too much Debt.
The European Union is stressed enough already, and all it might take is for some natural disaster like floods to undo any of the attempts to rescue the Financial System, and then a Major Default will be unavoidable.
Any Country or Bank that wants to participate in the Euro Zone rescue should seriously think about that, and they should take their time to reach a fair, just, and equitable arrangement that benefits everyone equally.
We all need to know that there are many things in this world that are really opposite to what they appear, or what the words spoken or written would suggest if it were not an attempt to deceive the Gullible.
Many Albanians might understand this from the time if they look at their own recent History in the Balkans.
It Could be that The European Union and America have already withdrawn their support for the Unilateral declaration of independence by the Albanians of Kosovo, but they just do not know how to tell them this.
It Could be that the European Union wants to Fully Implement the SAA Agreement with Serbia, and they want the Albanians not to object too much over even some semblance of Justice for their Innocent Host Country.
It Could be that Serbian Police will soon be on the Albanian Border with Serbia’s Province with Kosovo, and that the Serbian Army who is the Protector of Law-Abiding Serbs and Albanians will soon be performing their duties in Serbia’s Province of Kosovo.
It needs to be understood that I use the words it COULD be, and I guess that only time will tell.
It Could Also be that all the suspicions People have for Tadic and company are true, and only time will tell us that.
We have seen how Germany insists that selling Eurobonds is not the right thing to do.
We are back to the Third Reich, where instead of the German Army murdering the subhuman Europeans, it is the German engineered Financial Crisis that is doing it at no cost to the Fourth Reich.
Germany cunning used the Albanians to prove to all of Europe, that different races cannot and should never trust each other to live in the same Country.
Germany is especially pleased with this Fact being totally accepted in Britain and America, in order for the White and Black to kill each other, in those Countries, because the German Army could never invade Britain and America these days to do the killing.
They arrived in the territory of the Gerasenes on the other side of the Sea of Galilee. As Jesus stepped out of the boat, a man came out of the tombs and met him. The man was controlled by an evil spirit and lived among the tombs. No one could restrain him any longer, not even with a chain. He had often been chained hand and foot. However, he snapped the chains off his hands and broke the chains from his feet. No one could control him. Night and day he was among the tombs and on the mountainsides screaming and cutting himself with stones. The man saw Jesus at a distance. So he ran to Jesus, bowed down in front of him, and shouted, “Why are you bothering me now, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Swear to God that you won’t torture me.” He shouted this because Jesus said, “You evil spirit, come out of the man.” Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He told Jesus, “My name is Legion Six Thousand, because there are many of us.” He begged Jesus not to send them out of the territory. A large herd of pigs was feeding on a mountainside nearby. The demons begged him, “Send us into the pigs! Let us enter them!” Jesus let them do this. The evil spirits came out of the man and went into the pigs. The herd of about two thousand pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea and drowned (Mark 5:1-13).
Time will tell if it was Barack Satan Obama, David Satan Cameron, and Angel Satan Merkel who asked the invisible demons to torture the Serbian President and most of the Serbian Parliamentarians in the invisible realm.
We all know that machines and infrastructure needs to be maintenance, serving, and repairs.
With this fact in mind, people can raise suspicions that a repair, servicing or maintenance of a machine or an infrastructure was a conspiracy, rather than unavoidable, because of the very nature of man made infrastructure and machinery.
With this certainty in mind, a person could sow suspicions in a person’s mind that his car’s engine broke down, because his former business partner was getting even for being robbed by that person.
Even though that entire situation is a lie, if the person’s car engine does break down one day, which it most certainly will, then this will raise the likelihood that he will think it was the work of his former business partner getting even for being robbed by that person.
If the former business partner denies the allegation, then the only Just Course of action to pursue is that the Presumption of Innocence is Presumed, unless other found differently in an Unbiased Court of Law.
It is good for a country to have natural resources, because it enables that Country to buy things that it does not have, but any Country that relies more than that on its natural resources it not really a Country of any significance, and resource poor Japan has proven that fact.
We all know that Russia’s Gas infrastructure to Europe will at times need maintenance, servicing, and repairs.
However, at such times, certain European Countries could think that they will need to withdraw their Illegal and Immoral recognition of Kosovo Albanian Unilateral declaration of independence, and sing like a bird that Slobodan Milosevic was innocent to speed up repairs of any Gas infrastructure, then this is what they might do, even though the two things are not related.
This is because these countries Academics and others will suggest that these things are related.
There could be People who are speculating that if they were a need for repairs on Russia’s Gas infrastructure that supplies Gas to Europe, who would think that is because America needs to by up European Companies cheaply in order to protect the American Dollar at the expense of the Euro.
The only Just Course of action to pursue is that the Presumption of Innocence is Presumed, unless other found differently in an Unbiased Court of Law.
We know that there will be an Election in Russia soon, and possibly America could use such a situation to try to change the Government.
Russia will of course deny that it could ever possibly be held accountable for the damage that naturally and inevitably occurs as a result of normal use and aging of infrastructure, as they cannot defy the Law of Entropy.
There could be groups in Russia who will accuse the Russian Government of doing it deliberately in order to weaken NATO, and protect Russia, and so the money it costs now is cheaper in the long run.
However, in my opinion, those making such allegations will need to provide evidence before the Russian People could accept that as a proven fact.
There could be groups in Russia who will accuse the Russian Government of doing it deliberately in order to help Serbia, and to increase Russia’s influence in the Balkans and Eastern Europe.
However, in my opinion, those making such allegations will need to provide evidence before the Russian People could accept that as a proven fact.
There could be groups in Russia who will accuse the Russian Government of doing it deliberately in order to purchase the Most Profitable Companies in Europe at a Cheap Price, so that Russia’s business expands and bring more Money back to Russia.
There could allegations made certain Russia Opposition Parties that the Russian Government did this to blackmail the Russia Voters to vote for Russia’s Strategic Future Interests by backing the Government, and Voting for and Re-Electing the Government.
If there are many Documentaries on Kosovo on Russian Television in the final week of the Election Campaign, then the Opposition Groups may try to use that as evidence for the allegations they are making.
People could make allegations that Italy wants Money from the European Union, or they will withdraw their support for Kosovo Albanians Illegal and Immoral Unilateral declaration of independence, and that they will sing like bird that Slobodan Milosevic was innocent.
Again, in my opinion, those making such allegations will need to provide evidence before the Russian People could accept that as a proven fact.
We know that the German People are Highly Educated, and if they suspect that they have no Gas because of the Kosovo Albanians, then they will want the German Government to withdraw their support for the Illegal and Immoral Kosovo Albanian Unilateral declaration of independence.
Germany could try to save Europe, but all of Europe along with Germany will suffer, and so it logical for Germany to walk away from this European Union.
Germany tried to conquer Europe twice, and both times, all of Europe was destroyed, and, this time, if Germany tries to save all of Europe it will destroy all of Europe.
Belarus could give land to Poland, if Poland give land to Germany, and France will never give land to Germany, and so anything East of Germany is where they should spend their Money, because Europe is too be to rescue, even if France would give Germany back their stolen land.
They say that what is needed is more Europe, and a Closer Europe, but if we read Proverbs Chapter 1, we will see that those who advocate a Common Currency with one Budget described as having a common money bag will come to grief, and such a Europe is not in Ukraine’s interest.
America and the European Union will secretly debate signing a SAA Agreement with Ukraine and paying all of Ukraine’s Gas Bills, because Europe needs the Gas, and America does not want to be implicated in any suspicion of being in a Joint Conspiracy with Russia against the European Union, and Angela Merkel does not want to be accused of asking the Russians to switch off the Gas in order to speed up the break up of The European Union and NATO.
It is good for a country to have natural resources, because it enables that Country to buy things that it does not have, but any Country that relies more than that on its natural resources it not really a Country of any significance, and resource poor Japan has proven that fact.
Any Country that relies more than that on its natural resources it not really a Country of any significance, and resource poor Japan has proven that fact.
Russia might consider using cheap Indian and Chinese workers to build railroads and other infrastructure, but only after they have put their own People to work, unless it is very remote territory.
The Indian and Chinese workers could work 6 days a week for 4 weeks, and then go home for 3 weeks, before starting their next four week working shift.
If a building has a Rotten Foundation does not matter how much you renovate and patch it up, it will Collapse, because it is built on a Rotten Foundation.
Europe is faltering once again, because it is built on a Rotten Foundation of Neo-Nazism, and a Rotten Foundation of a shared Currency, and a Rotten Foundation of Countries not having their own Central Bank that lend them Money.