There is crisis in the Ukrainian government. The president is loosing his support to a more and more Russian friendly population. EU and NATO does not like that, and they will probably with propaganda, pressure and money try to help the western friendly president to stay at power, regardless of the democratic forces in the country, as EU and NATO and USA stands for true democracy… as long as others thinks the same as them… otherwise it is not democracy but ignorance to the true principles that they value so much.
In near future the western medias will report from Ukraine as to how president Viktor Justjenko is being bullied by Russian influence and how Russia will push him away, and how his former ally premier Julia Timosjenko has gone away from the true western way and; lo and behold, are not anymore so positive to EU and NATO… the western rhetoric will probably increase during the coming year, as we then will understand that when NATO place advisers in Ukraine to aid their lapdog, president Justjenko, it is merely to help him against the evil Russians trying to take over his country as they were trying with Georgia…
It would have been much easier in Ukraine, if all of Russian ethnicity could not vote, as then the democratic process would be much more fair, and EU and NATO membership would be a piece of cake… because our ideals of democracy is that it is better not to let those who think different have any saying… that is true EU democracy…
At least that it the democracy EU and NATO fully accept and praise when it comes to Estonia and Latvia. Often have the democracy in these countries been mentioned and it does not seem to bother much that approx. 30% of the population have no rights to vote.
When Estonia and Latvia became independent from Soviet Union, a lot of people of Russian ethnicity were living in the country. Most of these had moved there when it was part of Soviet Union during 50 years until 1991… 50 years is a rather long time, and the people moving there were normal people, not suppressors, but were equally exposed to Soviet suppression as those of local ethnicity.
When Soviet Union collapsed, the Russian Federation offered all former citizens of Soviet Union to get citizenship in the new Federation. Most Russians living in Estonia and Latvia, felt no connection to the Russian Federation, but would rather be part of building the new countries and felt part of those, so they rejected the Russian offer, and waited for the new government to be set up. However one of the first things the new governments did, was to reject citizenship to all of non local-ethnicity unless they could prove that their ancestors had lived in the countries before 1939, and as Estonia and Latvia had been part of Russia for 200 years before, some ethnic Russians could thus receive citizenship… but the majority of those of non local ethnicity had come during the 50 Soviet years, and were therefore to be non-citizens. Many then accepted the offer from the Russian Federation and got a citizenship from there, but remained living in Estonia and Latvia with a permanent residence permit. But many did not, and are today stateless persons within the EU.
Other former Soviet republics like Ukraine and Lithuania granted citizenship to all living there at the time of independence, and thus today they are true democracies.
The fact that Estonia and Latvia could become members of EU and NATO is a downright disgrace. How could we allow countries that suppress their own population and letting ethnicity decide whether you can become a citizen with rights to vote and have any influence on your own society, to become part of organisations that are based on democracy…?
The situation in Estonia and Latvia are very similar to that of South Africa during the apartheid, where the colour of your skin decided your rights. That we did not agree with and we in western Europe and USA and also Russia in fact, was very much involved in putting pressure on the local government to abandon that cruel and idiotic thing.
But when it comes to our own backyard it is very OK, as those of Russian ethnicity might not vote like we would like them to, so therefore we do not talk very much about this, but keep it down and are only irritated that the ethnic Ukrainians could not have done the same… however Lithuania is a full democracy and there the majority voted for EU and for NATO, so it may be possible to do so. Of course the ethnic Russians there are not such a big group.
But would those of Russian ethnicity put a misbalance into things…? Would they not, if they were treated equally look what would benefit their country most and do the right choices…? Is that not what democracy is about…? Had they not been suppressed and kept out of influence, most of them would have supported what would be the best for their country… they would much easier have integrated language like and even cultural… EU membership might still be a reality in that kind of democracy… NATO membership however would be doubtful, wherefore USA and NATO of course are very much satisfied with the Estonian and Latvian suppression of a third of its population with an ethnicity that is different.
It was however much easier in South Africa, as there you could immediately see who to suppress, in Estonia and Latvia it is kind of ridiculous, as everybody looks the same, so there it is merely a matter of genealogy. Sounds a bit more like Nazism I think…
Could we not get a better democracy throughout EU if we revoked the citizenship from those in EU who cannot prove that they descend from someone who lived in Europe before the first enlargement of EU in 1973… then there would be less people to vote about things and many laws would be much easier to get though, especially suppressing laws about those non-citizens then…
It would still be democracy as that is what two of EU member states are doing today with the good will of the EU…
