Украина4

Овен, смотрите сюда.

Его спросил журналист:
После событий в Украине изменилось ли Ваше личное отношение к Владимиру Путину? Если да, то в какую сторону?
Т.е., имхо, спросил:
Изменилось ли Ваше отношение к Путину после истории с Крымом и поддержки Россией сепаратистов?

А он ответил:
Да, изменилось. Раньше я считал его серьезным политиком, мыслящим глобально, а оказалось, он на уровне:
Если вы оскорбляете лорда нам, мы вам тоже написаем в щи

Сужу по тому, как тот же МакФаул высказался недавно:
In response to this second failure, Putin struck back and annexed the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. Before this year, I do not recall Putin ever devoting a major speech to defending the “oppressed” Russians in Crimea or criticizing Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s 1956 giveaway of Crimea to his comrades in Ukraine. But Putin’s newfound focus on these alleged injustices from the past helped him justify and complete quickly his occupation of Crimea.

и:

After annexing Crimea, Putin hinted at running a similar play in eastern Ukraine. He reminded the world that the territory he has now started to call “Novorussia” (New Russia) was once part of the Russian empire, and criticized those Bolsheviks who gave this land away. His media took to calling this the “Russian Spring,” claiming in an aggressive campaign that this was practically an echo of the Arab Spring, with Russia as the liberator of the repressed ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine; on Twitter and the Russian social network VKontakte tens of thousands were mobilized to push for Novorussia independence. But that’s effectively all over now. The rebels in eastern Ukraine failed at rallying majorities in eastern Ukraine to embrace their separatist cause. And eventually the Ukrainian military pushed back, recapturing many cities and villages initially captured by the insurgents. Today, Putin never mentions Novorussia. He realizes that “liberating” this region is no longer attainable. Strategic mastermind? I am not so sure.
So now, Putin is holding out for a minimalist objective in eastern Ukraine – a situation best described as constant turmoil and contested sovereignty, which would make the region similar to other so-called “frozen conflicts” in Georgia, Moldova and Azerbaijan left over from the breakup of the Soviet Union but never officially resolved. If the rebellion can fester for years or even decades, then the new regime in Kyiv is less likely to consolidate and the West is less likely to push for EU or NATO expansion to Ukraine, or so the Russian logic seems to go.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/08/putin-the-not-so-great-109711_Page2.html

Только по запаху.
Каждый раз, когда приезжаю куда-то, замечаю, что бензин пахнет по-другому.

Конечно был. Банки, заводы, пароходы - были госсобственностью, а больше ничего и не надо.