Given the West's firetruckery for decades, imposing drones on weddings, coups on relatively stable nation states, financial sanctions on anyone who says "the USA is a terrorism sponsor" (see childish new "words always hurt the USA" Iran sanctions: http://theduran.com/us-iran-sanctions-are-a-tit-for-tat-measure-that-is-part... ) there are not so many options left for the families and people that remain in the Donbass region (Eastern Ukraine) - Russia will of course be absolutely vilified if they accepted the will of the people who live there (they're predominantly Russian - just like in Crimea) e.g. by way of referendum (if it were to happen, again, as happened in Crimea) We dalliance with crypto and virtual currencies, reminisce about WW2 oceanic data centre bunkers and dream of a floating super tanker "fully liberal dude, fully liberal" micro jurisdiction, yet the facts on the ground are that real people suffer the real death and destruction of the existing nation states/ world powers, and no floating ship is going to help them, at all, ever! Those "liberals" who proclaim "how wonderful it is that our glorious Western Democracies uphold The Rule Of Law (TM)(R)", appear to find every epithetic excuse to decry for example the Crimean referendum - and most likely without ever having read that speech which shall forever go down in history which speaks to the heart of all who can hear. We in our gilden shiny things cages, arm chair Supreme Pontificates, pass out disdain and cynicism like it's going out of fashion, shedding no tear for empathy of those who are at the coal face of a global geopolitical war and have lost friends, family and limbs as a direct result. "Oh but they're Ukraine's 'domestic terrorists' and Kiev is right to continue shelling its own civilians." "But it's a Russian invasion against helpless neo-nazi highway Banderites - and besides, what's a little pillaging and raping amongst CIA friends anyway? But a REFERENDUM?!?! HOW DARE THEY!!! THAT'S NOT HUMAN FREE WILL THAT'S RED STATE AGGRESSION!!!!" Of course ... hypocrisy never knew any self restraint nor bounds. The brittle, belligerent arm chair generals spewing their CIA approved rhetoric can neither be reasoned with, and care not for reality, let alone empathy and genuine human free will. "But I'm just doing my dirty CIA job - and soon I get to retire and THEN I'll do the right thing." Yeah yeah, heard it all before - save it for the grave! 5 reasons the Malorossiya declaration is a modest proposal that the EU, Russia and US should support http://theduran.com/5-reasons-the-malorossiya-declaration-is-a-modest-propos... DONETSK: Alexander Zakharchenko declares new state of Malorossiya http://theduran.com/donetsk-alexander-zakharchenko-declares-new-state-maloro... Poroshenko vows to restore sovereignty over Donbass after Malorossiya proposal http://en.apa.az/world-news/europe/poroshenko-vows-to-restore-sovereignty-ov... Stratfor on Twitter: "The rebels' proposal for a new state ... https://twitter.com/Stratfor/statuses/887434393597480961 Donetsk Republic Leader's 'Malorossiya' Proposal His Own Initiative https://sputniknews.com/politics/201707181055660081-dpr-malorossiya-kremlin/ Ukraine: A New State to Solve an Old Problem - Stratfor Worldview https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/ukraine-new-state-solve-old-problem (At least the "jnn@synfin.org" asset is a man with a big heart and plenty of empathy - intelligence++ all around.)