'..Putin’s peace plan .. a Russian occupation plan.' - Samantha Power

'It is time to pull the veil away from #Putin’s peace plan & call it for what it is: a Russian occupation plan. #Ukraine.'

- Samantha Power (Source, January 21, 2015)


'..never recognize as legitimate the Russian occupation and annexation..'

'..Western governments must say clearly that they will never recognize as legitimate the Russian occupation and annexation and that they will never recognize the government that does those things as legitimate either.'

- '..Ukraine and the West must understand what Putin is doing and call it by its rightful names: invasion, Anschluss, provocation, intimidation, and panic-sowing..'


Context '[Russia] may become a threat to the world. That is the worst thing that could happen to Russia.' - Yegor Gaidar

(Russia's invasion of Ukraine) - 'Russian offensives in .. Ukraine' - '..Russia continues to support the separatist militias..' - '..Just as in Soviet days..'

'..[Andrei Piontkovsky] says Putin will not stop at Ukraine..'

'..late 2016 .. Russian politics.' - '..an insipid colonel's panic-stricken fear of losing his power..'


To Nikolai Patrushev: '[Gaidar] warns Russia..'

'If Russia is to move forward, Pivovarov says, “we must cease to be Soviet people and overcome the Soviet in us.” '

'What Russia needs today is to learn how to develop steadily .. avoiding wars..' - Yegor Gaidar


'Rule of law emerges from property rights.' - Karen Dawisha ("Putin's Kleptocracy - Who Owns Russia?")