Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-11-24-Speech-3-461"

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dcterms:Date	"2010-11-24"^^xsd:date2
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dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
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lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2010-11-24-Speech-3-4622
lpv:speaker	lp:David Campbell Bannerman2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I know Ukraine from visits to Kiev and the Crimea and collect Ukrainian artists such as Tetenko and Shishko. The Ukrainians are a good, generous, warm-hearted people, but politically I would counsel great care. Ukraine is a country divided between a pro-western west and a Russian-facing east. It is also a big player, with 45 million citizens, and Russia sees the country as very much in its backyard. I have toured the Russian fleet in Sevastopol, on the Crimean peninsula. The Russians will jealously guard access to the Black Sea from there. Any talk of Ukraine joining NATO would be a sharp kick to the Russian Bear. A clumsy diplomatic approach by Baroness Ashton could exacerbate tensions at a difficult time, whilst the cost of forcing Ukraine into the EU in terms of farming subsidies, regional aid and mass migration would be prohibitive. Better to help in other ways and keep Ukraine as a proud, independent, non-EU nation."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"David Campbell Bannerman (EFD )."1
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