If Ukraine attempts to join the Germano-Polish west, which exploited her people cruelly up to the 17th century, then the Moskale (Ukrainian for Russians) will show who is boss. And maybe – maybe – it is for the good of us all. Europe needs a functioning Russia much more than a semi-functioning Ukraine. ~Norman Stone, The Daily Telegraph

And I thought I was hard on the Ukrainian nationalists!

Via The Russian Dilettante.