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To: marcher who wrote (185800)	3/28/2022 11:18:31 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 218908

Re <<rand>> saw that just, and immediately thought several thoughts - "where there is smoke ..." - "red flag" - "hand in the cookie jar" - "smoking gun" - "truth"

To: marcher who wrote (185800)	3/29/2022 9:10:21 AM
From: Horgad	2 Recommendations Recommended By ggersh marcher Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218908

Meanwhile, Russia is apparently taking steps to back the Ruble with gold. The currency war is coming to a head. They key will be if Russia's allies step up...I assumed that this was all planned and prepared ahead of time. So the question is if the allies will hold up their end of the bargain/planning... kitco.com

To: marcher who wrote (185800)	3/29/2022 2:17:44 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	1 Recommendation Recommended By marcher Respond to of 218908

From my friends in both Russia and Ukraine I am a bit suspicious of all those assessments. The disregard of the true Russian toward the Ukrainian is centuries long. I could go on and on. Neither country is a homogenous country and all have a mixture of ethnic groups with various inclinations, good or bad. As to Russia it is still ruled by a fascist totalitarian regime which now tends to be ultra nationalistic - so for those reading my post please understand what fascism mean and what ultra nationalism means. Ukraine somehow with all its minorities and dual religions came into being in the middle ages ( en.wikipedia.org ) and basically was a transition land without a steady ethnic composition like for example Romania which history goes back to Roman times called Dacia ( en.wikipedia.org )

To: marcher who wrote (185800)	3/30/2022 6:18:19 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	1 Recommendation Recommended By marcher Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218908

marcher would like to add to the whole post with some remarks. 1. Ukraine is not the only country that have extreme ultranationalists within their population in Europe. 2. Hungary for example still has this fringe group as are in many other European nations including Poland, Belgium or France, from the little I know. 3. Ukraine is not a homogenous country and it was a transition country, so I am not surprised that they have extremists. 4. The history of Ukraine going back to Roman times was a transition entity and a safe haven of all kind of people fleeing oppressions or being a serf this is how the Cossacks came into being 5. So its identity is a mixed bag, after the destruction of the loosely kingdoms 6. During the Iron Age, the land was inhabited by Cimmerians, Scythians, and Sarmatians. Between 700 BC and 200 BC it was part of the Scythian kingdom. 7. The flux of ethnic people transiting what is now Ukraine is difficult at least to follow and each left behind part of its ethnic population. ...... and the list is long of the various ethnic groups transiting trough the territory of today's Ukraine to Europe, I am aware of the Huns, Bulgars from the Volga, and others - therefor it was defined in antiquity as a "border region to what was then called civilization. As an example the Tatars ( en.wikipedia.org ) controlled what is now Crimea and soundings since around 1250 or so