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tornado34jh

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1. This is the same reason that Ukraine had Euromaidan

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Dec 1, 2024, 11:28 PM

Dec 1

Viktor Yanukovych stopped EU-Ukraine association agreement, now Georgia wants to join EU, but of course Russia doesn't want to. But many of the same things such as corruption, oligarch influence, etc. are in play here.

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This is the same reason that Ukraine had Euromaidan tornado34jh Dec 1 #1