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UTVOLFAN said:
I know, I'm kinda bummed. However, I get plenty of Arepas and Tajadas, so its a decent consolation prize.
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Just out of curiosity, how do you fund your "excursions"? Is war/turmoil photography that lucrative?
 
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Interfax is reporting that a group of armed men have seized the international airport in the capital of Crimea.
 
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volprof said:
Don't have an article to link but apparently Russian forces have amassed at the Ukrainian border.

Russia's explanation: we're just staging previously planned military exercises that have absolutely nothing to do with the situation in the Ukraine.

Russia just made a funny joke.

Seriously though, this might get ugly. I hope not for the people in the Ukraine.
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I called it days ago. Remember Georgia? Going down almost exactly the same way.
 
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vol4eva said:
Interfax is reporting that a group of armed men have seized the international airport in the capital of Crimea.
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Also reporting Crimean Berkut units deployed to the Perekop isthmus to prevent "invasion".
 
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This is going down. I really hate it for Ukraine. Such bull****! But, as an American, I suppose I have no room to talk.
 
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volprof said:
This is going down. I really hate it for Ukraine. Such bull****! But, as an American, I suppose I have no room to talk.
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Anyone want to take bets that these, "Unknown armed men" are Russian special forces?
 
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volprof said:
Just out of curiosity, how do you fund your "excursions"? Is war/turmoil photography that lucrative?
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Is it lucrative? Not even close, we're all horribly, excruciatingly underpaid. That said, we do it for the love of the job, not for the money. I fund it by taking assignments, or just funding it myself and hoping to sell when i get there. It's a crap shoot, but thats what happens when you choose a career chasing the bang bang.
 
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The next step is Russia issuing citizenship to supporters living in Crimea. Then, Russia can use the reasoning of "protecting their citizens" to justify invading the region. At the end of the day, Russia wants the port, and they're going to go all in to get it.
 
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Nice

The top law enforcement official for ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, who is now a fugitive fleeing mass murder charges, had planned an even greater bloodbath to suppress the EuroMaidan anti-government protests, according to Batkivshchyna Party lawmaker Hennadii Moskal, who said he has documents to prove his allegations.

Had the plans been fully executed for what was code named operation Boomerang and operation Wave, more lives would have been lost than the nearly 100 people who died during clashes between protesters and police since the start of EuroMaidan on Nov. 21. Most of the deaths came on Feb. 20 when sniper fire shot from behind police lines or riot-control police killed many protesters.
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The alleged plan called for the deployment of 22,000 police officers, including 2,000 Berkut riot police, and 224 SBU anti-terrorist Alpha Group officers, including seven snipers. In addition, 17 SBU agent-provocateurs were supposed to infiltrate the protester encampment on Independence Square, and four groups of two to three SBU officers were to be engaged in the center of Kyiv to attack residents, damage property and engage in other subversive activities designed to undermine the protest movement.
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Oh Russia

Russia's interior ministry is inviting former Ukrainian policemen who leave Ukraine to join their ranks in the Russian provinces. They can sign up after acquiring Russian citizenship, it says. During the violent unrest this winter, Ukrainian police officers, and especially the elite Berkut unit, were accused of crimes against protesters, including murder.
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@AP 11m

BREAKING: Ukraine's State Border Guard says coast guard base surrounded by about 30 Russian marines.
 
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Burhead, I appreciate the contibutions you bring on foreign policy. You appear to stay on top of these issues... :salute:
 
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Burhead said:
Oh Russia
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So Russia is basically derailing the democratic process in another country (despite claiming the protesters derailed it and are to blame) and is openly defying lawmakers' calls for Yany and members of his police force to be held accountable and potentially placed on trial?

That's rich.

But, once again, as an American, I feel like I'm only capable of standing on one foot in this argument. We've played the Russian role here numerous times throughout the last half century for better or for worse.
 
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volprof said:
So Russia is basically derailing the democratic process in another country (despite claiming the protesters derailed it and are to blame) and is openly defying lawmakers' calls for Yany and members of his police force to be held accountable and potentially placed on trial?
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Russia is? Or the Russian Ukrainians?
 
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