Analysis : NATO Expansion at Heart of Ukraine Crisis - ABC News
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The Kremlin claims it had Western assurances that would not happen. Now, Moscow’s only buffers to a complete NATO encirclement on its western border are Finland, Belarus and Ukraine.
The Kremlin would not have to be paranoid to look at that map with concern.
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It began with prolonged pro-Western demonstrations in the Ukrainian capital. The upheaval caused corrupt, Russia-friendly President Viktor Yanukovych to flee to Moscow nearly a year ago. The political turmoil broke out after Yanukovych — contrary to an agreement with the European Union for closer trade and political ties with the pan-European political and trading bloc — backed out and accepted Russian guarantees of billions of dollars in financial aid.
À marquer d’une pierre blanche ! Un article de fond de l’AP qui donne dans le factuel, sans faire de Putin-bashing. Il faut dire, l’auteur a été 12 ans correspondant à Moscou,…