Ukraine

It's almost a civil war over there now. But one thing is really interesting. Who finances that riot?

Possible answers

The European Union : they want to expand their influence in Europe.
Russia: they provoke the conflict to divide Ukrainian society because it's easier to control a divided nation.
International Monetary Fund (inspired by the US and possibly the EU): because they need more borrowers as Romania and Hungary are no longer interested in loans that create an extra debt.
USA: American government who wants to control shale gas fields in the western part of Ukraine, which is possible after Ukraine signed $10 billion shale gas deal with American company Chevron.
Common people: after propaganda spread in media "Ukrainians want freedom". Of course media create that image for political purposes

Any other ideas?


Edited by LSDisease - January 23 2014 at 11:57

yeah it's possible 

ole-the-first wrote: I'm afraid that that kind of scenario is way too hard for Russian government Really, you have to live here to understand how lame the Russian government is. Actually, the whole Eastern Ukraine is on pro-Russian positions and the Western Ukraine is on more nationalist side. That's been this way for more than twenty years. Both parties are almost equally influential, so sometimes pro-Russian parties take control over Ukraine and sometimes the nationalists do so. The Russian intention is of course to have influence on Ukrainian politics, but rather by lobbying the already existing pro-Russian side.

Objectively speaking, Russian government is pretty well organized and influential. At least in comparsion with other governments in Eastern Europe. It's better for Ukraine to stay where they are. The EU is deader than dead.


Edited by LSDisease - January 24 2014 at 04:58

Oh yippee, another pointless conspiracy conspiracy.

Dean wrote: Oh yippee, another pointless conspiracy conspiracy.

I wonder if there's a conspiracy behind the creation of all of these conspiracies.... 

You forgot about the possibility of an extraterrestrial funding.

Conspiracies are then hatched by the targets of conspiracy theories to make the official conspiracy a little less conspiratorial... 

The T wrote: Conspiracies are then hatched by the targets of conspiracy theories to make the official conspiracy a little less conspiratorial...

Then the original conspiritors make sure that the more seemigly plausible conspiracy theories are always juxtoposed in the media - which they obviously control - with obviously ridicuouls theories - the queen is a lizard, the moonlanding was shot in Nevada etc etc - to detract crebility from them...

Complex isn't it...

The most insightful English-language overview of the political situation in Ukraine that I've read so far comes from oddly enough the usually hit-and-miss, and almost always cranky, right-libertarian webzine Taki's Magazine. Then again it's a guest contribution from Scott Locklin who's one of my favourite bloggers rather than one of their regular columnists.

LSDisease wrote: It's almost a civil war over there now. But one thing is really interesting. Who finances that riot? Possible answers The European Union : they want to expand their influence in Europe. Russia: they provoke the conflict to divide Ukrainian society because it's easier to control a divided nation. International Monetary Fund (inspired by the US and possibly the EU): because they need more borrowers as Romania and Hungary are no longer interested in loans that create an extra debt. USA: American government who wants to control shale gas fields in the western part of Ukraine, which is possible after Ukraine signed $10 billion shale gas deal with American company Chevron. Common people: after propaganda spread in media "Ukrainians want freedom". Of course media create that image for political purposes Any other ideas?

All of them are wrong: the riots are financed by the FEMEN!