Are western sanctions over Russia’s support of Eastern Ukraine separatists, the declining price of oil, and the sharp decline of the ruble causing significant enough pressure on the Russian economy to change Putin’s stance on the Ukraine?
In a recent report the United Nations estimated that of the 454,000 people who had left Ukraine by the end of October, more than 387,000 went to Russia. The Eastern Ukraine problem is defined by the fact that many people in the region feel closer to Moscow than Kiev. However almost 400,000 refuges, independent of whether they are ethnic Russians, is not what Russia …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
