Let me tell you what is going to happen, first of all the world economy
right now is so horrible it's going to be impossible for the United
States or nations from Europe to actually impose any sanctions against
Russia that have any teeth to them. As of right now President Putin and
Russia aren't even squirming when it comes to easing off of the
situation in Ukraine. Just as is pointed out in this article, France has
a chance to hurt Russian and President Putin militarily without firing a
shot by with holding these ships from being delivered to the Russian
Navy.
Here is the problem, France and President Francois
Hollande, just like the rest of the world is facing a bleak economic
future, at least for the near future and this deal for the Mistral class
amphibious assault ship has been a big boost for the people living and
working in the Saint-Nazaire area. If France decides not to deliver on
this contract because of the Ukraine crisis it would critically hurt an
area where building these ships have been the only economic bright spot
in quite a while, the unemployment rate would skyrocket and of course
President Hollande and his Socialist Party would most likely loose power
and with the world economy in the state that it's in I'm sure there is
no other customers out there who would be interested in buying them, in
which case France would take a major loss because by International Law
they would have to pay Russia back the money already paid, even if the
money ended up frozen in the west, eventually it would go back to
Russia.
So what is going to happen? Ukraine is going to fall,
most of it is going to become part of the Russian Federation and other
portions may decide to go for their own form of independence and right
now I believe it is already to late to stop what is happening unless
President Putin himself put a stop to it. The only other person I can
see who may be able to stop the fall of Ukraine is ex- President
Yanukovich and I'm pretty sure he likes the way things are going right
now.
Vladimir Putin called: He wants his warships - Fortune Features
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