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The average Dutch person of course doesn't care that much about Ukraine, but I wouldn't say they are apathetic. And besides that, it's the politicians and the more intelligent people that have a bigger influence on international relationships anyway, so it's more useful to see what they think of...

No I don't need to do that. "his involvement in the downing of the airliner" doesn't necessarily mean direct involvement. It's hard to deny that Russia has been supporting the separatists. The fact that Russia does has made it possible for the separatists to destabilize and terrorize part of...

The evidence that is now out in public strongly suggests that the separatists used a BUK surface-to-air missile system to take down the airliner from Snizhne. Likely not intentional, of course, but it's grossly neglectant nonetheless. 1. To the best of my knowledge, the separatists aren't using...

I answered the first question in a previous post. Basically, I suspect that most people would be cautiously OK with it. The attitude towards new/Eastern Europeans is mixed. There are criminal gangs that steal stuff here and then sell it in their native countries, or gangs or families that...

Heterosexual.

Ein bisschen. Warum fragen sie das? That's correct. The Dutch are known for having speaking pretty decent English. Besides, I'm a university student, so I'm probably in the higher percentiles of English skills anyway.

I don't see how this can possible be a rude question :) Afrikaans is basically a branch of 17th century Dutch spoken in South Africa. It was brought there by Dutch settlers who made an outpost on the coast of South Africa, which is on the route to the Indies (Indonesia), where we got all our...

I don't think it has negatively affected Europeans' opinion of the Ukrainian people. It has made many people more aware of the conflict that is going on in Eastern Ukraine and it has very negatively affected the opinion that people have of Putin. Most people also think the separatists are scum.

I don't think we'll be the next biggest player. I like our position as it is now: stable and not too important. We don't hate Germans at all, actually. That's just a stereotype because they annexed us in the Second World War and stole our bikes. Sorry to disappoint you.

Actually, you can. It's technically illegal, but if you're not doing it where there are tons of people around and you don't bother anyone with it, you will probably not be stopped and fined. Basically, if you're sensible about it, we don't care. This is the case in my city. Maybe it's different...

Nothing very specific. I would like to know how the war has affected you and how the separatists behave. Especially if you have first-hand experience with them. Besides that, if you have any information whatsoever on the crash of the airliner and its aftermath that isn't already known, I would...

To the moderator that is deleting all the posts in Russian, please don't. I don't care about them, I'll use Google Translate or just ignore them. But don't remove them. I don't like censorship :D

I'll drink a beer to you and Ukraine this evening :)

Probably because you're not looking hard enough and because most of the articles about the relatives that have lost their loved ones are in Dutch. There is plenty of coverage in both the national and local press. But besides that, it's understandable that not everyone wants to tell their story...

Here's the Dutch plan: we're going to send only our gay soldiers to Eastern Ukraine. The separatists will be so humiliated by their inability to defeat an army that is made up exclusively of homosexuals that they will retrait from Ukraine immediately.