I forgot about those very stupid European Countries which import a substantial amount of energy from Putin.

That's true.
EU even more dependent on Russian gas
Despite vows to reduce reliance on Russian gas, the percentage of Russian gas in Europe has only increased in recent years.
https://www.thenational.ae/business/energy/eu-even-more-dependent-on-russian-gas-1.695131
But is it all EU countries?
No of course not!
Here in the Nordic EU countries, we are not at all depending of energy from Russia.
Only Finland that even let Russia constructing their nuclear plants.
As for the Central Europe, countries like Germany, Poland and a couple of other countries from the former CCCP (Russian acronym in Cyrillics for the English USSR). They are very dependant on Russian Energy.
But hey:)
I see that the US is now exporting energy, more than ever, so perhaps it's not a problem anymore.
Perhaps they should thank Trump for this:)

I see that the US is now exporting energy, more than ever, so perhaps it's not a problem anymore.
Perhaps they should thank Trump for this:)

That was happening before Trump the cause is fracking, not political.

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I see that the US is now exporting energy, more than ever, so perhaps it's not a problem anymore.
Perhaps they should thank Trump for this:)

That was happening before Trump the cause is fracking, not political.

Yes, but what happen if Russia start fracking. I don't think they started yet...

And what will be the reaction of Non-Russian European Governments and their businesses if (when?) Russia invades and occupies Ukraine?

Silly fantasies still live, for many years...
Also the aliens from outer space can invades and occupies Ukraine

Also the aliens from outer space can invades and occupies Ukraine

LOL
зелені чоловічки.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin has clearly stated that the little men in green were not part of Russian Armed Forces,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_green_men_(Ukrainian_crisis)

It's both strange funny and ha-ha funny that so many Russians still belive in the Putin/Kremlin narrative.
Good news is however that Putin is not so trusted by the Russian public anymore.
Strangely enough Putin is still very popular...
Hmm. Why do I come think of Trump?

I didn't know that Crimea was invaded and occupied by Russian aliens from outer space.

Crimea is not Ukraine. It was a will of people of Crimea. Now there is no any invaders in Crimea.
Will be Putin the president of Russia, or not Putin, or anti-Putin, anyway, overwhelming majority of Crimean people don't want be Ukrainian.

Now you're ridiculous Igor.
Crimea has belonged to many countries over the years. Russia is one of them.
Crimea remind me of Ã…land that now is an autonomous part of Finland.
Despite they all speak Swedish and a will to be part of Sweden.
The League of Nations said no to that.
Today the United Nations say that Crimea is not Russian.
Blin!
Perhaps Finland should claim Karelia back and Germany claim Kaliningrad/Königsberg back.
And Sweden claim all of Finland back and also perhaps Ingria/Ingermanland where St Petersburg is now, hometown of Putin, back.
Won't work though because Sweden didn't relocated it's citizens to these regions as much as Russia has done invading places like Crimea.

Sigh...
https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1092091235874103298

Russian propaganda mill has been busy churning out fake narratives that Ukrainian land is actually Russian & that Ukrainians would be more than happy to be occupied/annexed/colonized by #Russia. U.S. withdrawal from the INF treaty provided another pretext.
Top Kremlin propagandist Dmitry Kiselyov says he is certain that — in a hypothetical race between Putin and Poroshenko — 9 out of 10 Ukrainians would vote for Putin as the next President of #Ukraine.

Then sigh again...
https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1092112381776404482

#Russia's state TV showcases advanced weapons systems, including the Sarmat missile, designed to hit targets inside the US using the South Pole route. The tagline: "From these weapons, there is no salvation."
[Curiously, this tagline was omitted from the transcript of the show.]

Alas Ukraine:(
Newly uncovered evidence going back to 2015 suggests that the Ukrainian white nationalist Azov movement has been systematically co-opting American right-wing extremists to advance the former's own international agenda.
https://www.unian.info/politics/10448706-defend-the-white-race-american-extremists-being-co-opted-by-ukraine-s-far-right-bellingcat.html
Bellingcat has confirmed that in January 2016, Azov, via its online podcast, was in contact with the late Andrew Oneschuk, an imminent member of the violent American neo-Nazi organization Atomwaffen Division. On Azov's podcast, Oneschuk discussed issues facing Americans that wanted to join Azov, and expressed interest in learning methods of attracting youth to nationalism in America.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/02/15/defend-the-white-race-american-extremists-being-co-opted-by-ukraines-far-right/
Well if not Ukraine does something to stop this BS they can kiss the EU goodbye that they eagerly want to join!

A video address the head of the UOC (Ukrainian Orthodox Church) Representation to European International Organizations, to the officials of the UN, OSCE, EU and other countries due to the facts of large-scale violations of human rights in Ukraine and the real threat of escalation of religious conflicts - http://news.church.ua/2019/02/18/a-video-address-the-head-of-the-uoc-representation-to-european-international-organizations-to-the-officials-of-the-un-osce-eu-and-other-countries-due-to-the-facts-of-large-scale-violations-of-human/?lang=en

P.S. The text of English translation is presented on that page also.

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has recently seperated from the Russian Orthodox Church and that's maybe why now Bishop Victor (Kotsaba) of Baryshevka speak out.
I have no doubt that in Ukraine there are still oppressions of religous believes. Sort of a legacy from the Soviet times.
But I don't really understand why the Ukrainian church adress European countries and asking for help since most of us are very secularized.
But religous believes are among human rights and even declared so in most democratic nations in their constitutions.
Even Russian constitution state that:)

BBC Ukraine: The largest number of patients with measles last year was in Ukraine, with the total number of patients with measles in the country higher than in the rest of the European region.
The number of measles patients in Europe in 2018 reached over 82,000 people, and most of them in Ukraine (over 53,000 patients).
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=uk&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fukrainian%2Fnews-47162300

Yes Igor. Religous beliefs again and the Anti-Vaccination Movement is growing.
Not only in Ukraine but the USA as well:(
We need more doctors like this!

Why does "a sysadmin from Almaty, Kazakhstan" have a fixation with Ukraine. A Country that doesn't threaten Kazakhstan.

Hmm. And why does a Swede start a thread about Ukraine and Crimea:)
Does it really matter where you from to join a discussion?

Ukrainian media: Belarus sells Ukrainian coal to Ukraine.
In 2018, Belarus exported to Ukraine coal for 50.36 million dollars, which is 798 times more than in 2017. But there is no good deposits of coal in Belarus.
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=uk&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.epravda.com.ua%2Fnews%2F2019%2F02%2F21%2F645487%2F

A non-Russian poster from Kazakhstan constantly denying these truths makes one wonder why.

Well, you simply don't understand reality of the ex-USSR countries. I live in Kazakhstan but I have not any Kazakh ethnical roots, I have Russian and Ukrainian roots. And I grew up in the united country, when the Ukraine and Russia was not foreign countries in Kazakhstan.
Also, it's interesting for me, to show some Western persons a some sides of Ukrainian reality, some facts which a Western media don't like to show. And I hope the Eastern Ukraine will get Russian language as the second official language and some federative structure in Ukraine.

P.S. BTW, Kazakhstan don't see any threat from Russia. Because our media don't create fantom of such threat and our politicians don't want to join NATO.

Russia deploys new S-400 missile system in Crimea
https://twitter.com/ShadenFM/status/1098651778478944257

I did feel that was the reason for your Pro-Putin/Anti-Ukraine posts and just wanted confirmation.

Do you really think that a "not anti-Putin" is synonym of "pro-Putin"? If somebody want two official language and federal structure for Ukraine - so he is anti-Ukrainian? And better way for peace in Ukraine - it's prolongation of war against separatists?
LOL. That's widespread example of primitive thinking.

It's a big problem of Western civilization's people, they say about pluralism and freedom of expression but at the same time they are sure that only one (their) point of view about the situation in the world is true.

If somebody want two official language and federal structure for Ukraine - so he is anti-Ukrainian? And better way for peace in Ukraine - it's prolongation of war against separatists?

You mean like Ukraine should be Ukraine Federation like Spain, Belgium, Switzerland that also have several official languages?
That Ukraine would then have 3 parts, the Western speaking Ukrainian, and Donbass and Crimea speaking Russian?
But Donbass and Crimea want to belong to the Russian Federation...
And Spain has also problem with seperatist movements now and then...

A discussion about the Ukrainian languguages between some from Eastern and Western Ukraine and Crimea.
https://www.quora.com/Do-most-Ukrainians-speak-Russian
Some have problems with that and others don't.
The status of Ukrainian has been an issue for a very long time.
Maybe Surzhyk should be declared an official language:)