The Minsk Morning After: The Heist of The Year: The Orange Blossom - Valentine Day Special - Great Train Robbery! "The Minsk agreement is likely to be only a sticking plaster,” said Oliver Carroll, a Kiev-based foreign correspondent using the British term for Band-aids... It was left to my waiter to articulate most succinctly the feeling here on the ground this morning. “Minsk— phah!” he said glumly, as I drank my orange juice." - Why Is Putin Smiling About Ukraine? In Kiev, Everybody Knows - The Daily Beast | "A bad deal that also allows Russia to carry on interfering in the rest of Ukraine wouldn’t really be progress at all," said Wilson. The leaders who met in Minsk promised to remain engaged to ensure the implementation of their agreement. But neither the Ukrainian government nor the rebels have changed their fundamental demands: the rebels for independence, the government for the unity of the country. ...the long term remains as uncertain as ever." - VOA | » Nobody has firm belief in success of Minsk deal – Poroshenko - aysor.am 13/02/15 11:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
The Heist of The Year: The Orange Blossom - Valentine Day Special - Great Train Robbery! The ransom paid: the ancient peninsula and $3bln+. More loot to follow(?!) The Great Train Robbery The Great Train Robbery S01E02 Published on Dec 21, 2013 Watch this show The Great Train Robbery : A Copper's Tale Artist Frank Sinatra Category People & Blogs License Standard YouTube License Minsk Talks - GN Paul Hackett / Reuters Why Is Putin Smiling About Ukraine? In Kiev, Everybody Knows - The Daily Beast Friday February 13 th , 2015 at 12:53 PM 1 Share David Patrikarakos KIEV — The thick carpet of snow that covers central Kiev lends the city an artificial air of calm. In Independence Square, scene of the EuroMaidan revolution last year, the cafés and restaurants are full, and in the surrounding streets people hurry to and from work, wrapped up tightly against the cold. Designer shops sell Levi’s jean