Ukraine
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New Ukraine government launches airstrikes, prepares austerity measures By Thomas Gaist
The character of the new Ukrainian government headed by billionaire oligarch Petro Poroshenko has been quickly revealed in the day since presidential elections held over the weekend: violent repression of opposition to the regime, particularly in the east, combined with brutal austerity measures directed at the entire working class. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 25-26 May 2014
26 May 2014 19:11:22 — williambowles.info Russia, Ukraine may agree on gas price Friday — EU commissioner (ITAR-TASS) Two civilians killed in artillery fire in east Ukraine’s Sloviansk (ITAR-TASS) Poroshenko leads after Sunday poll – vote count update (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 24-25 May 2014
25 May 2014 19:02:50 — williambowles.info Voting at Ukraine’s presidential elections finished (ITAR-TASS) Poroshenko leads presidential race with over 55% of votes – exit polls (Voice of Russia) Whoever wins Ukraine elections will have to fight for any authority president has – political analyst (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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GRTV: Propaganda and the Ukraine Crisis
This full length GRTV documentary produced by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya examines the fictitious land of “Nulandistan” (named after Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland) that has been constructed out of Ukraine. Continue reading
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Ukraine News LInks 23-24 May 2014
24 May 2014 20:44:52 — williambowles.info GRTV: Propaganda and the Ukraine Crisis (GRTV) Round 1: Ukraine, the next big phase of Washington’s plan to conquer the world (SCF) US senators promise to continue providing support to Kiev government (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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New York Times’ vision of Ukrainian “democracy” By Bill Van Auken
The New York Times, which from the outset of the Ukrainian crisis has tailored its coverage slavishly to the line of the US State Department, spelled out its vision for a “democratic Ukraine” Wednesday in an editorial entitled “A Critical Election in Ukraine.” Continue reading
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Ukraine: The conflict in the Ukraine as seen by a professional soldier
I have been asked by The Saker to share my view of the current conflict in the Ukraine. I will provide no information that is not publicly available if one wants to dig and one is observant with the many videos available on the internet amongst other places. Continue reading
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Mobilisation starts in self-proclaimed Donetsk Republic
The city of Sloviansk (Ukraine’s Donetsk region) and adjoining settlements have again been subjected to intense artillery fire in which several [d]welling houses have been destroyed. The local people’s militia claim that an attack on a block post in the area of the Karlovka settlement (30 km from Donetsk towards Dnepropetrovsk) was repelled on Friday.… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 22-23 May 2014
23 May 2014 13:56:57 — williambowles.info Putin ‘to respect’ Ukraine vote (BBC) West reluctant to help Russia release LifeNews journalists — human rights ombudsman (ITAR-TASS) Russia will respect choice made by Ukrainians on May 25 – Putin (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 21-22 May 2014
22 May 2014 19:04:04 — williambowles.info 16 Ukraine soldiers killed in deadly Donetsk region checkpoint attack (RT) ‘Outrageous!’ Moscow hits back at Prince Charles over Putin-Hitler comparison (RT) Donetsk lawmakers decide against holding presidential poll on May 25 (Voice of Russia) Continue reading
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Video: 16 Ukraine soldiers killed in deadly Donetsk region checkpoint attack
Eyewitnesses told Russian Chanel One that the attackers arrived in transit vans, with armored vehicles and combat helicopters providing cover for them. The gunmen set fire to the military’s armored vehicles and began shooting at the rookie soldiers, who had their encampment near the checkpoint. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 20-21 May 2014
21 May 2014 16:03:23 — williambowles.info Ex-Ukrainian president urges to dissolve Rada (ITAR-TASS) Western Media Blackout on the Reality in Ukraine (Washington’sBlog) British journalist held in Ukraine (BBC) Continue reading
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Political Repression Mounts In Run-Up To Ukrainian Presidential Vote By Alex Lantier
As the unelected Western-backed regime in Kiev prepares to hold presidential elections on May 25, right-wing and fascistic forces are attacking and murdering members of opposition parties. This underscores the entirely fraudulent character of the elections arranged by the imperialist powers in an attempt to give the government in Kiev a veneer of democratic legitimacy. Continue reading
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Boris Kagarlitsky on Ukraine: ‘A quadrille of monsters’ and ‘Smashing the feed trough’
— These two commentaries were written in January and February 2014 – before the fall of the Viktor Yanukovich regime and subsequent events — and have only just been translated into English. They are published at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal as they offer insights into the thinking of an important part of the… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 19-20 May 2014
20 May 2014 18:10:51 — williambowles.info Is Ukraine Entering A Revolutionary Moment? (Greanville Post) Estonia: Large-Scale Article 5 NATO War Games On Russia’s Border (Stop NATO) Russian senator initiates parlimentary inquest into Odessa tragedy (ITAR-TASS) Continue reading
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Mastermind of Odessa Massacre Embarrasses Ukraine’s Jews By Eric Zuesse
One official in this conversation, “Noginsky,” is a lobbyist for Ukrainian exports to Russia; the other, “Epshtein,” is Ian Epstein, the Israeli Consul in that region of Ukraine. The Jew who had masterminded the [Odessa] massacre is “Bennie,” the nickname for Ihor Kolomoiskyi, a Ukrainian gas-magnate, who was chosen by the Ukrainian Presidential contender and… Continue reading
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The Kiev Junta is waging war on its own citizens By Olga Shedrova
Acting Ukraine’s President Alexander Turchinov has recently called on the people of self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk national republics to support the anti-terrorist operation and side with the government to wipe out «terrorists and separatists». Kiev is trying to make others believe that it’s nobody else but Russian soldiers and fictitious terrorists who are involved in… Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 18-19 May 2014
19 May 2014 20:59:28 — williambowles.info Kiev Protégé allegedly behind Mariupol and Odessa Massacres – Leaked Tapes (SCF) CIA, FBI agents dying for illegal junta in Ukraine (Voice of Russia) Russia invested $200 bn in Ukraine over 20 years – Minister of Economic Development (RT) Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 17-18 May 2014
18 May 2014 12:00:31 — williambowles.info Anger rising in Ukrainian army over Kiev policies (Voice of Russia) US Intensifies Information Warfare Efforts to Bolster Kiev and Divide Ukraine (SCF) German FM calls for ‘cooperation instead confrontation’ with Russia (RT) Ukraine ‘near point of no return’ (BBC) Continue reading
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Ukraine in Turmoil: War May Come at Any Time as It Came Twice during the Last Century By Israel Shamir
It is not much fun to be in Kiev these days. The revolutionary excitement is over, and hopes for new faces, the end of corruption and economic improvement have withered. The Maidan street revolt and the subsequent coup just reshuffled the same marked deck of cards, forever rotating in power. Continue reading
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