Ukraine's Problems Are Just Beginning

Losing Crimea to the Russian Federation is the least of Ukraine's problems and ironically  the start of them.  Without Russian support, Ukraine's economy will suffer and nobody is quick to offer help.  There is talk, however, but talk is cheap. [1]  So what happens now?

The best scenario that can unfold, in my imaginary world, would be for the Ukrainian Orthodox church to change its name to Russian Orthodox church.  That way, at least the church-goers would receive assistance from the Russian Orthodox church, which means they would receive, indirectly, support from Russia.  When their lives are comparably better than those non-church goers, Ukrainians would realize how much better off they could be under Russia than under the EU.

Under the EU, all Ukrainians would have is a symbolic loan from the west they can never hope to pay off. [2]  They would, in effect, be slaves of the west.  Slavery is not what Vladimir Putin wants for the Ukrainians.  I believe he respects them and wants them to have dignity.  He sees them as a part of Russia but some puppet Ukrainians of the west would rather become a part of the secular west, and rise to the level of decadence and self-absorption of a Godless society because they have been paid off, perhaps with the equivalent of 30 pieces of silver adjusted for inflation over two millennia (but more likely political power than currency), to betray their own country.

I have never been to Ukraine but somehow I have an affinity toward the Ukrainians.  I like their ethnic costumes, music and dances.  I wish all Ukrainians well and a future that rejects corruption and temptations but retains all of Ukraine's rich traditions.



[1] I think the phrase originates from this truth: cheap people without money can only talk.
[2] When Ukraine has need of a "$35 billion over two years to stave off bankruptcy" there are certain voices who are offering a measly $1 billion.  What imaginary world are they in?  Certainly not mine.