The past few days I have been increasingly frustrated by the news coming in from Ukraine. Not because of the covert operations of the Russian special forces, who are there but pretend not to be there. Neither am I that much upset by the fact that Western media continues to talk about “pro-Russian separatists” or “pro-Russian forces”, while the evidence is mounting that we are looking at a carefully planned operation with Russian spetsnaz officers commanding groups of “useful locals” who for a relatively small sum (500 Ukrainian Hrivnya for demonstrating, 500 dollars for occupying a building) are destroying the future for themselves and their families. Short-term thinking is a common good in this part of the world, where only survivalism reigns.