Acts. otherwise no one can claim to be surprised when russia follows through on its plans or if other countries follow suit in the future. a few days ago foreign minister lavrov said, and i quote, we are determined to help the people of eastern ukraine to liberate themselves from the burden of this absolutely unacceptable regime, end quote. by what right can russia claim this? ukraine is not their country. the people of ukraine democratically elect their own leaders. the government of russia has no say in that whatsoever. the right belongs to the ukrainian people and the ukrainian people alone...