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Putin Formally Annexes Crimea, City Of Sevastopol To Russian Federation
And there it is:
- PUTIN ASKS FOR CRIMEA, CITY OF SEVASTOPOL TO BE ADDED TO RUSSIA
- PUTIN SAYS WILL SUBMIT DRAFT LAW ON BRINGING CRIMEA INTO RUSSIA TO PARLIAMENT ON TUESDAY
- PUTIN CALLS FOR RATIFICATION OF TREATY ON CRIMEA, SEVASTOPOL
And the inevitable conclusion:
- RUSSIA, CRIMEA, SEVASTOPOL SIGN AGREEMENT ON ENTERING ACCESSION
- REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA CONSIDERED PART OF RUSSIA FROM DATE OF SIGNING AGREEMENT - KREMLIN
The Kremlin's official statement, google translated:
Treaty between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Crimea on the adoption of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Crimea and the formation of the Russian Federation signed new subjects March 18, 2014 in the Kremlin.
The document bears the signature of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin , President of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov , Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Crimea Sergey Aksenov and chairman of the Coordinating Council on the organization of the Sevastopol city administration for Life Sevastopol Alexey Chaly .
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Contract based on the freely expressed will of the peoples and voluntary obschekrymskom Crimea on a referendum held in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol city March 16, 2014 , during which the people of Crimea decided to reunite with Russia.
Republic of Crimea is considered to be adopted in the Russian Federation from the date of signing the Agreement . Since the adoption of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Crimea, the Russian Federation formed new entities - Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol.
The text of the Agreement includes a preamble and ten articles which set out provisions relating to the adoption of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Crimea and education in the Russian Federation new subjects , including provisions for the new territories of the Russian Federation , the citizenship of the population , public authorities of the subjects of the Russian Federation.
Under the Treaty, since the adoption of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Crimea education in the Russian Federation and new subjects to January 1, 2015 the transitional period during which resolved the issues of integration of new subjects of the Russian Federation in the economic, financial , credit and legal system of the Russian Federation , in the system of state authorities of the Russian Federation , as well as issues of military duty and military service in the territories of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol city of federal significance.
Legislative and other normative legal acts of the Russian Federation within the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol city of federal importance of the adoption of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Crimea and education in the Russian Federation new subjects , unless otherwise provided by the legislation of the Russian Federation.
Normative legal acts of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol , Republic of Crimea and the city with special status of Sevastopol operate in the territories respectively of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol city of federal significance until the end of the transition period or until the adoption of the relevant normative legal act of the Russian Federation and (or) the normative legal acts of the Republic Crimea, a normative legal act of the Russian Federation and (or) a normative legal act federal city of Sevastopol.
Normative legal acts of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol , Republic of Crimea and the city with special status of Sevastopol, contrary to the Constitution of the Russian Federation shall not apply.
Treaty shall be ratified in accordance with Article 15 of the Federal Law "On International Treaties of the Russian Federation" and in accordance with Article 10 of the Treaty.
And the English version, notably shorter:
Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Executing the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Crimea on the Admission of the Republic of Crimea into the Russian Federation and the Creation of New Constituent Entities within the Russian Federation.
The document reads:
1. To approve the draft Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Crimea on the Admission of the Republic of Crimea into the Russian Federation and the Creation of New Constituent Entities within the Russian Federation.
2. To consider it expedient to sign the Agreement envisaged hereunder at the highest level.
And futures, stocks, and risk in general is soaring, sending the Kremlin precisely the message it needs to know that there is absolutely nothing wrong with this. Perhaps if Russia had annexed all of Ukraine, or the Baltics, or maybe even Poland, the S&P would have soared over 2000 already?
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Land locked countries are screwed. Crimea's port is vital to Russia's defense.
In fairness, Russians and Jews, as you surely know, killed millions of Ukrainians first. I can't blame them with siding with the Nazis against the Bolsheviks. That said, that was quite a long time ago, and a marriage of convenience is one thing, but...
I'm not so sure Nuland, Feltman, Pyatt and the rest of the neocon crew, still buried, tick-like, in the American Deep State, are particularly intelligent or wise - I'm sure they figured they could basically use the street thugs to get their boy Yats into power, then throw them a bone, but mob psychology suggests that once it's had a taste of success (or blood) it will tend to want more.
Further conflict in Kiev and in the n/nw seems very probable.
The question is, when the next round of riots begin, perhaps this summer, how does the Putsch regime deal with it, and how much of the answer is 'foreign mercs'?
Who knows, and I do hope I'm wrong, but I think there's a good chance that a lot of the consequences of this latest neocon coup will be unintended.
I don't think this crew of Kissinger/Brzezinski acolytes care about consequences, intended or unintended. I think their goal is precisely chaos and a bloodbath. They've got "their boy Yats into power," so he'll turn over control of the revenue-extraction mechanism to the banks. When the rioting resumes, about the time Ukrainians realize their pay will be slashed, their benefits eliminated, their taxes multiplied and the cost of living will skyrocket, yes indeed "Yats" will bring in mercenaries to keep the lid on, sealed with blood. That's all part of the strategy. He'll be the new Karzai ("Mayor of Kabul"), or whomever is "in charge" in Iraq or Libya. Utterly dependent of US/EU muscle to keep his people from tearing him limb from limb, as long as he dutifully hands over the extractable financial wealth (=debt) of the people in Ukraine who have to work for a living. Keeping enough for himself to maintain a suitable lifestyle, of course. In Western banks, where Ukrainians can't get at it but his puppetmasters can, as an incentive for continued cooperation.
It's all upside for the US neocons who have run the State Department for 50 years. The bloody upheaval, if (when) it happens is on Putin's doorstep, like a ding-dong-ditch bag of flaming dogshit. Any refugees will go to Russia, where Putin will have to deal with them. The violent chaos sits right on top of one of the most important energy trans-shipment routes in the world. This will help the Europeans get in line to support some new energy trans-shipment route, maybe through...hmm....Syria?
See, once you rid yourself of little conceits like actual governance or responsibility and simply look at the world in terms of naked opportunity, you see how incredibly useful seemingly mindless violence can be. Doesn't matter how the violence turns out; the opportunities to capitalize on it are nearly endless. Yes, you have to be a complete fucking psychopath to see the world that way, but our system seems to be really good at cranking out psychopaths.
Stefan Bandara also mass murdered the Armenians in southern Ukraine.
this is an outrage
it will not stand
we cannot allow this to stand
we must not allow this to stand
this must not stand
this is now standing but in the future it will not stand.
i barry obarmy friend of israel state to you beliefers that we will continue to make a
stand against this stand.
Best part to all of this euphoria in Russia's "annexation" of a region that was always part of Russia is the fact that we brought them together through our own belligerent actions, just like what we perpetrated in post Yugoslavia, just like Afghanistan, just like Iraq, just like Libya, just like Syria...
Congratulations Russia for standing up to an embarrassing, incompetent and bumbling bully. I envy what you have as I thought I once had it but never did!
You've made history with your actions just as the United States in it's treachery and decadence has made it's own.
Maybe the US can carpet bomb Iraq again to feel good about itself.
Send in the ass clowns and re-open the rape houses in Iraq.
Send in the ass clowns and re-open the rape houses in Iraq.
What you talkin' bout? They never left???
President Remus (da man) got it all covered with that NDAA thang! He took the G.W. "thang" and made it new and improved without any help!
So relax...
Our boyz and girlz in uniform still obeyin the "unlawful" and if they don't like rape and torture central we outsource it to the mercs at 3 times the pay who will be doing it with a "smile"!
Same as it ever was!!!
Where's the outrage from John Kerry? The US obeys international law, except when...
John Kerry = Waffleman
Here's Hague the long haired, flailing around and sweating:
BBC, 1:35PM - The UK foreign secretary, William Hague, speaking in parliament, says joint naval exercises with Russia have been cancelled and export licenses for military items have been suspended.
Priceless!
UK is bankrupt. The only thing keeping it afloat is the real estate bubble that's about to burst.
God Bless the people of The Autonomous Republic of Crimea [the proper name which the Western Propagandists diligently obfuscated on all the reporting of this matter]. Finally a botched offshoot of the dissolution of the USSR is repaired to bring ethnic Russians home.
Russia will do something the USA will not do: protect its identity and the citizens who wear that identity proudly. As long as Putin is there, he will protect them from the American Thugocracy and its overLords in Central Banksterdom.
I doubt Putin's successor is going to be a Zionist central banker. That appears to be the preferred successor of the Neocons now. The West showed their cards on this fiasco. Dumb move.
Wonderful! Taiwan is next. Let us celebrate real leadership.
Liberate the Chinese speaking population of Taiwan.
Free Manchuria!
Free Palestine!
Looking from the other side - isn't this quite a sensible solution?
Eastern and Western Ukrainians have completely opposed goals, they were only united by who was robbing them - i.e. who was in power ATM. Now, they're still be robbed, but at least some public policy might be to their liking.
Also it is very good Global development (if Western powers don't push this into war). Right now fences between pastures were made sacred. Ukrainian fence was holding in all the cows branded with Ukrainian brand and milked only by Ukrainian governement (if it paid any dues to Russia or USA - it was only done later). Now Putin kicked the fence over, loughed about it and just took some cows that prefered to be milked by his cronies. Sacred fence of a border was demolished without some huge misery for the cows.
Now, if there is no war, this might fuel future secessions everywhere. Well, not in Russia, there cows actually like to be shaved and robbed as long as they can be a part of something "great". But what about for example USA? There are hard splits between coasts and central States. Also there are many European countries with minorities. Maybe they won't secede next year, but who knows what happens when there's a lot of misery from sth like a 2nd Great Depression? Also, secession is the best way against NWO-style monolythic supreme-power of central authorities. You can't really do much to people of Switzerland - small country, that has most power held by even smaller cantons. They dislike it some policy? They move to next canton and can still go for drinks with their friends, as it's just the next town over. While 350mln USA can kick it's citizens repeatedly in the balls and they will still scream "USA! USA!" like with war-zone conditiones imposed on civilians after one small bombing.
It's interesting to note that the only drama here is in the rhetoric. So far, everybody has done the obvious thing, and everybody has gotten what they wanted. Putin could never have allowed Crimea to get out from under Russian control. While the government of Ukraine was compliant, having Ukraine take responsibility and cover the costs of Crimea was a great deal for Russia. Russia could just rent what they wanted. Now the West has sponsored a coup and installed a Ukrainian government antagonistic to Russia, so Russia has to own Crimea, and take over responsibility and costs. No huge problem; Russia was getting a sweet deal and now that deal is over, but their need for Crimea hasn't changed so now they'll pay the ownership costs. Fine with them.
On the other hand, now the US/EU/IMF gets control over the government machinery of Ukraine, which is what they wanted the whole time. Ukraine's finances are a disaster, so they'll enforce the usual "disaster capitalism" remedy. Ukraine will oh-so-gratefully accept a package of loans, which allows them to pay the Western banks whatever they say they are owed, and then hands over control of the taxation system to those same western banks. The junta insiders will be allowed to siphon off as much of the loan money as they need to live like kings, while the people of Ukraine will see their pensions and benefits disappear, their pay slashed, their taxes raised exponentially, and their standard of living plummet to 3rd World status or below, as the cost of living won't fall.
So, despite all the huffing and puffing, everybody gets what they want (except the little people in Ukraine who are about to get hooked up to the Matrix to have their bodies and souls mined for debt). And the huffing and puffing itself is part of the plan as well.
The only real issue is what does the neo-Nazi genie do now that it's gotten out of the bottle. If the Banderists of Svoboda and Pravy Sektor start massacring Russians, Poles and Jews like they usually do, then there's going to be actual trouble. The problem with conducting foreign policy via professional terrorists is that then you have to deal with professional terrorists. As long as they can be kept far, far away from your own home, you can pretend that the ends justify the means. When they get pissy and fly your own airplanes into your own buildings, it does cause a management problem for you.
This whole thing is following the Kissinger/Brzezinski Grand Chessboard plan right down the line, with the added financial extraction cherry on top.
Russia may have an illegal alien problem with Ukraine in a few years as unemployment hits 50%.
There will be many opportunities for Russia to undermine and strangle Ukraine.
Once the media is back to talking about Hollywood trash, the fun begins.
That's why the other day it ocurred to me that the Russian military buildup along the eastern border of Ukraine may be more to keep Ukrainians in than to invade.
HAHAHAHA! Revolution, not!
However, life supported by empty promises from DC may spark a REAL revolution in Ukraine some day.
swmnguy,
Everything you said is "dead-on-balls" correct. Do you live in Ukraine or Russia?
One fact that has been overlooked by most of the media is that the UKraine government owes Russia an additional $4 Billion U.S. dollars in special loans (furnished under the auspices of the British government and British banks) and these loans become PAYABLE-IN-FULL IMMEDIATELY should the the Ukraine debt-to-GDP ratio exceed 60%.
Should Ukraine accept any loans from the U.S., EU, World Bank or IMF, Ukraine will exceed this 60% ratio and this $4 Billion USD from any loans given to Ukraine will have to be repaid to Russia immediately.
OUCH !
This is so boring.
Thanks Bernanke, for destroying price discovery and true valuation. I'm sure the world will be a better place now.
"And futures, stocks, and risk in general is soaring, sending the Kremlin precisely the message it needs to know that there is absolutely nothing wrong with this."
For this we can thank the Federal Reserve. All news is good news for asset prices when money is and remains free and credit is available for all!
waiting for Alaska...
Alaska recognizes Russia's interest in Ukraine and look forward to the support of our comrades when we annex British Columbia.
it was accelerated putins dragon against the bummer pampers attack.. the game is still on, but if bummer is not willing to sacrifice his queen (as markets) he cannot win...
Interfax news line:
17:25 - Chinese ambassador at Russian Foreign Ministry to discuss Ukraine, Crimea
17:08 - Russia appreciates stance of China, India on Crimea - Putin
17:18 - Putin: West's threats of sanctions "irresponsible, aggressive"
the upside of all this is that the supply of incredibly attractive eastern Ukrainian women is going to dramatically increase. while the DOS, EU and IMF storm troopers will take the pick of the litter (I shudder to think), i suspect many very attractive Ukrainian women will be looking to make a deal be it rent, buy or long-term lease...maybe that's the deal. you marry her and she provides you with a second passport via Ukraine?
To DogIsMyCopilot:
I have to be the one to break the news to you, BUT
the MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN are located in the southern and eastern parts of today's Ukraine (especially in ODESSA, which is where the REAL beauties go to live), as well as Crimea. The women from north and west Ukraine (at least the ones I have met personally on the beaches of Odessa) rank FAR BEHIND.
JACK! Don't make Me regret myself being married to a monster .. I hate you. Lol
Resurger:
Please don't hate me ... but I am married to a gorgeous woman from Simferopol, Crimea.
The women in Boston (where I lived for over 20 years) could not hold a candle to the women here!!!
They all dry up after 40! Babushka ladies with shopping bags and cart with no horse.
As John Kerry shits in his pants,
The people of Crimea celebrate with dance.
Barry Obama, puppet of the Banksters,
Recites from the teleprompter, "The Russians are gansters!"
Neo-cons and Nazis now cry in their champagne,
Our only goal was to recreate Charlemagne.
But the European Union still proclaims with a smile,
To all of our members, we shout "Mein Furher, Seig Heil"!
You know, I'm not so sure I disagree with Putin considering Obama's gang and the UN started this little coup in Ukraine with the "UN" snipers shootin' up the place. In 1994 (or so) Ukraine and Russia signed the 'Partition treaty' which allowed for 25k troops to be stationed in Crimea as well as a few thousand armored vehicles, certain types of ammo etc. So when Russia "invaded" with 16k troops and they only went to the bases (for the most part), do we really have a strong leg to stand on? Also, Ukraine is run by a bunch of Russian-hating Neo-Nazis that run every part of the government. Very important link everyone here should read:
http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Nazis-Even-Hitler-was-by-George-Eli...
I'm so happy for Crimeans to finally come out of the closet as Russians and admit it to themselves. It actually comes as a relief.
Why should Crimea affect stocks aversely? The market is finally normalizing against sensationalist headlines that really don't affect whether or not I'm going to go out for a meal tonight with my wife, buy new countertops from Home Depot, or
However, yesterday's snow here in Maryland did prevent me from wanting to go out and do any shopping and did shut down my office. I realized in the morning we had 2 eggs left in the fridge, and I decided I could survive. I didn't want to clean off my car, didn't want to brave nasty roads, and we ate oatmeal and frozen fruit instead.
What really affects profits and economic activity?
See, I can use rationalism to serve my agenda just like anyone who starts with an agenda.
For you, thankfully living in Maryland amongst the US .Gov's loving teet, economic delight flowers. There are ten folks to you're one that are having quite a different experience currently. I'm glad you are well. Enjoy it. Others are having one helluva a time and care not for S&P gains.
When I lived in Falls Church, Virgina even a half-inch of snow was enough to PANIC drivers. I remember in the late 1970's (maybe it was 1979-1980) there a HUGE snow storm that dumped about 3-plus feet, closing our road for days. The drifts totally covered our cars - only the antennas were visible! We and our neighbors had to "hoof it" to a supermarket near the Tyson's Corner area to get food. Finally, the people on our street and the neighboring streets shoveled out our streets BY HAND.
Having been raised in Massachusetts, I considered that event a REAL snowstorm.
Best wishes to the folks in Maryland, especially the Bethesda-Rockville area!
What about Obama's "costs"
Michelle is going to China to promote education. Another self-inflicted wound to American credibility.
She's meeting with the Chi-coms to cut a deal I'll bet. It's all part of the "flexability" of our foreign policy. Be too obvious if Barry went.
The end of the petrodollar is looming very near. It really is time to start stocking up on such basic things as food in a big way --not in anticipation of the end-of-the-world, but just to defend against the sudden and vicious price hikes in basic commodities that have now become inevitable in the months to come. Time to hunker down, boys and girls. There's a storm coming, but it's not conventional warfare. The US is already whipped six ways from Sunday, with nothing more than a grocery clerk in the White House to give us the change we have coming.
Maybe the USA should annex Canada as a show of world solidarity for the 'recovery'?
So if enough illegal immigrants can get into California then Mexico can annex that state as well?
My takeaway from all of this is that breaking off from the big empires spells doom. Ukraine had two choices, Russia or the EU. They can not exist as an independant nation, they failed at that. I think many of the former Soviet states are in the same boat. Look at Italy in history with all these city states that failed.
It could be that the PTB are showing us that right now. All this talk of spilting up America now is why they showcased this. We are not allowed to have a choice, Ron Paul 2012 made that very clear. Puppets only are allowed. I asked this Iranian guy I know a few years ago "do you think Ahmadinejad is one of them?" He said "they are all one of them"
I think this is true.
The next red lines will be drawn around Japan as a thrice-irradiated populace --at the same time as the rest of the world-- suddenly comes to realize that the defense treaty it has with the US has also become just another scrap of waste paper and the US government has begun talking about its next "pivot" point: Canada. After all, Sarah Palin can see Russia from her kitchen window...