When I wrote: ""We should also recall that in arming the rebellion, the Russian supplied the missiles that were used to kill 27 Australians and 298 overall on flight MH17" I wondered if AC would demonstrate the true level of his utter disregard for the facts and utter subservience to Russian propaganda by absolving them of responsibility for the attack.

And guess what he did...he demonstrated the true level of his utter disregard for the facts by writing..." I was never really convinced about that, Ukrainians had BUKs too."

Struth!

Shadowminister,

I feel like I'm trapped on a dillberry farm.
I'm betting your mum told you that you were very special boy?

Go back and look at the map again.
See the red and pink parts there?
They are the parts which are 'mosty' and 'predominantly' Ukrainian speaking.

"The whole of Ukraine incl Crimea must be returned to Ukraine and the illegal Russian immigrants repatriated."
Maybe you should go there like a good little dilberry and stand under the coming nuclear bomb, which is what will happen before Russia cedes Crimea and the Black Sea to NATO.

Oh look, China's helped to broker peace between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
- Unlike the US who prefers to instigate war between nations.

HUGE China Brokered Deal, Iran & Saudi Arabia Restore Diplomatic Ties
http://youtu.be/JgpzgrPYPhw

Hey mhaze
>>And guess what he did...he demonstrated the true level of his utter disregard for the facts by writing..." I was never really convinced about that, Ukrainians had BUKs too."<<

- Personally I think they were idiots for flying commercial airliners full of passengers over a damn warzone.
http://tinyurl.com/m2sypa6n

"Personally I think they were idiots for flying commercial airliners full of passengers over a damn warzone."

Yep, those kids (http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/mh17-victims-1-Bella-Naija.jpg) were just asking for it. The Russians who fired the missile are the real victims, eh AC?

Quite dispicable.

AC,

As usual, regurgitated Russian propaganda when he wrote: "It's Lavrov talking about those same Russian - speaking people being denied use of the Russian language."

The use of the Russian language was never denied. All that happened was that the Ukrainians made Ukrainian the official language of the state and required that it be used in all bureaucratic dealings. Russians were not (repeat: WERE NOT) denied the use of their language in their everyday lives. BTW, Russia and many other countries have laws about the designated language to be used within the bureaucracy. Additionally, the Ukrainians passed laws that said that all publications printed in Ukraine must use Ukrainian. They can still publish in other languages but when they do so they must also issue a Ukrainian version. (Russia has the same law. But all good Russophiles will ignore that.) There is no ban on importing foreign language publications - unlike Russia.

So AC, your claims about the Russian language being erased are just rubbish and simply a regurgitation of Russian propaganda.

Just once, (just once) I'd like to see you go away and get the facts on this issue and then try to fathom how you got it so wrong. But that won't happen, will it? You'll just move onto the next bit of idiocy.