03:01 21-12-2013
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The New York Times:
The deals signed in Moscow earlier this week have been widely portrayed as a Russian victory over the West. In fact, the agreements represent a lifeline for Ukraine’s parasitic model of governance, prolonging a fundamentally unsustainable status quo for perhaps another year.
It is only the geopolitical gamesmanship between Russia and the West that enables this dysfunctional system to continue. The winner this week was that system. Russia, the West, and, most importantly, the Ukrainian people, will continue their 20-year losing streak.