Miscellaneous Musings

Why do so many not trust Mr Putin? He is ex-KGB allegedly and he still wants to impose his influence  on the countries that once formed the...

See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31463007 . See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-31470645 . The president of Ukraine i...

Has the bear won? After marathon peace talks about the conflict in East Ukraine, a ceasefire is agreed.  I hope this is a fair and just outc...

So far, this conflict has claimed at least 5400 lives. Lives simply wasted. The latest peace suggestions by France and Germany seem to have ...

European leaders are trying to get a new peace deal for Ukraine, a crisis region where already 5400 lives have been lost. This is such a was...

See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29082574 . I do hope the ceasefire announced for Ukraine holds. In the west we tend to hear one...

Time is marching on and still no proper investigations have been carried out. The separatists and Russia are looking ever more guilty by bei...

If Russia is innocent then why is it not doing far more to help international investigators gain full, unhindered, access to the crash sit...

For the life of me, I find it hard to make sense of the crisis in the Ukraine.  The western media seems to put all blame on Russia, but I ha...

See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27204009 . Russia is getting upset by NATO "cold war" behaviour and sanctions - wel...

No, but the signs are ominous. As in all conflicts, it depends on who you are listening to. The Russians believe they are in the right t...

The West's attitude on Crimea is puzzling. Until 1954 it WAS part of Russia until the then Russian leader "gave"  it to Uk...