I’m not following the news too much these days, but once in a while, I do come across the news on Russian TV channels. Predictably, they all start with Putin’s 10 minutes on how good has life become in Russia, but here I’m risking to drift away… I was actually going to write about Ukraine.

Since Ukraine has chosen to start “westernising”, particularly, since the latest turmoils didn’t end up in the change of direction eastwards, all the news from and about Ukraine have been tinted by desperate attempts of sarcasm. Political maneuvering in Ukraine is never called anything but “the circus” or “playing democracy”. Everything that comes out of this country is ridiculed by the Russian news agencies.

There is one thing I particularly dislike about the Russian foreign policy – the attitude “you are either with us, or against us”. When it comes to humans, such kind of idealism is a sign of immaturity. Russia could do much better than kindergarten style whining and bullying.