President Poroshenko—like his forefather—Viktor Yuschenko (Ukraine’s president form 2004-2010) has played into the hands of the ultra-nationalists by establishing the World War Two-era neo-fascist Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) and Ukrainian Partisan Army (UPA) as the heroes of Maidan Ukraine’s national myth.
Until the West pressures Kiev to address its neo-fascist problem and stop supporting the radicals’ ideological orientation as state ideology, the Poroshenko administration and any successor will fail to comply with Minsk-2. So the next question is: Do Washington and Brussels want Minsk-2 to succeed or do they prefer the ‘frozen conflict’ status quo and why?Russian and Eurasian Politics
Who’s More in Violation of Minsk-2 – Kiev or Donbass?
Gordon M. Hahn | Analyst and Advisory Board Member of the Geostrategic Forecasting Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; Adjunct Professor and Senior Researcher, Middlebury Institute for International Studies at Monterey; Senior Researcher, Center for Terrorism and Intelligence Studies (CETIS), Akribis Group, San Jose, California; a Contributor for Russia Direct, www.russia-direct.org; and an Analyst/Consultant, Russia Other Points of View – Russia Media Watch, http://www.russiaotherpointsofview.com.
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Keeper quote here for what I was talking about before Tom. I like the Aussies. At least they are honest.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/turnbull-warns-property-prices-will-fall-under-labor-negative-gearing-policy-20160219-gmyq2k.html
Home owners across the country will see the value of the family home "smashed" under Labor's "very blunt, very crude" negative gearing policy, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has warned.
In a blistering political attack on the opposition's policy, which was unveiled last weekend and which restricts negative gearing to new properties while also reducing capital gains discounts available to investors, Mr Turnbull warned " this should put concern into the minds of every single house owner".
And in a clear sign the federal government is prepared to launch a massive scare campaign in the lead up to the 2016 election over the Labor policy, which is designed to save $32 billion over a decade, Mr Turnbull warned "Bill Shorten's policy is calculated to reduce the value of your home".
"The Labor Party's negative gearing policy and its wind back on the capital gains discount – its increase in tax on capital gains – is a very dangerous one. It's been very, very poorly thought out," Mr Turnbull said.
"The consequence of it will be a decline in property prices, every home owner in Australia has a lot to fear from Bill Shorten."
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