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Ukraine lesson for Moscow
Dear Sir,
The departure of Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych offers a big lesson for Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The events in Ukraine prove that unpopular rulers can’t be protected for long. After days of protests in Ukraine, Russian-backed Yanukovych has been forced to flee the presidential palace in Kiev and no one knows his whereabouts.
After the removal of the Moscow-backed government, Russia has stopped its aid package running into billions of dollars to Ukraine and the country is facing a financial calamity. Western countries should come forward and help Ukraine’s economy now.
Russia is following the same policy in the Middle East and its support to the unpopular government of Bashar al-Assad is a classic example of that.
Russia refuses to see that the Assad regime is responsible for the death of more than 140,000 people, displacement of 9mn people and wanton destruction in Syria.
The UN Security Council has consistently failed to act on the Syrian conflict because of the negative attitude taken by Russia.
Will the Putin government learn from the Ukraine crisis and reform its policy towards the Syrian civil war accordingly? I hope Putin will listen to the voice of reason.
Khawaja Umer Farooq, ofarooq@emailsrvc.com
Machinations of politicians
Dear Sir,
Politics in India can be termed as a religion of sorts. Every religion has its own do’s and don’ts. Many of them have many sects too. So does politics in India.
In politics, politicians are like the priests in some religions. They control their followers using the “divide and rule” dictum.
Politicians don’t have feelings like mercy and universal love; everything they do is a sham and they shed crocodile tears over people’s suffering. They care only about their position and posts.
It is high time people realise the truth about the tribe of politicians and stop being the victims of their machinations.
MR, (Full name and address supplied)
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