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The Times: Russia in a hurry to take Ukraine under complete control

Written by smoc

Friday, 19 March 2010 07:52

Russia is hastening to include Ukraine in the sphere of its full control, therefore Putin was quick to invitate the Ukraine's new pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovich to join the customs union between Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, the Times reports.

The paper also notes that with Ukraine included in this union Moscow will get a full control over the territory of the "Big Four" republics of the Soviet era, with a combined population of 213 million, that extends from the European Union to China.

"Its centre would be in Moscow, where Putin is expected to regain presidency in 2012 for up to 12 more years".

The Times also notes that Moscow has already announced a possibility to create till 2012 a "currency union" and to begin to sell energy in rubles.

The newspaper also notes that, taking control over Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and other neighboring countries, "Moscow has a chance to strengthen its positions.

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Recent Russian troop exercises simulated an attack on Poland and the suppression of an uprising by the Polish minority in Belarus, claims Wprost magazine.

Wprost writes that it has seen documents which show that troop exercises near Poland’s border in September portrayed Poland as "a potential aggressor."

The magazine also claims that 30,000 Russian troops practiced not only defensive manoeuvres: they also rehearsed landings on the beaches of Kaliningrad - a Russian controlled corridor linking it with the Baltic Sea - which was used to simulate Poland’s northern coast.