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davewashdc

04/27/07 3:58 PM

#32071 RE: eik #32070

I would bet a lot of Russians would consider at least the ukraine a part of Russia. Thus, the noise lately from putin growling about another arms race, while the ukrainians duke it out as to the long term future of their country and its long-standing "alliance" with mother russia.
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Lochan

04/27/07 7:41 PM

#32075 RE: eik #32070

EIK wrote: "In Russia when they say 'in Europe' it means 'outside of Russia'. It’s kind of fuzzy, but Ukraine, Poland, Czech, etc. (I would say Eastern Europe or 'former Soviet block') doesn’t fit definition as well."

From the days of Peter the Great.