Ukraine
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Will Ukraine have any borders by 2015?
Earlier this month Ukraine border service officials “significantly restricted” entry of adult males from Russia. Unsurprisingly, this human rights violation went almost unnoticed by international HR organizations. Ghetto-style segregation in the 21th century is a sad reality on a territory of chaos and violence, formerly known as Ukrainian Republic. Continue reading
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US policy in Eurasia: Full-Spectrum Subversion By Mark HACKARD (USA)
What do postmodern exhibitionists, Islamic holy warriors and marauding ultra-nationalists share in common? Seemingly little, aside from the fact that these bizarre bedfellows are the star assets of US policy in Eurasia. And despite their use of very different tactics, they all are tasked with the same mission: to undermine Russia, the only great power… Continue reading
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Ukraine: Coup-Government Acknowledges Defeat
Pushed by CIA Director Brennan and Vice President Biden the Ukrainian government twice tried to use its military against federalists in the east. The second time, when it pushed to blockade the city of Slovyansk, the Russian Federation announced a snap maneuvers of its border troops and threatened to intervene. Kiev called back its forces… Continue reading
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Why Rebellion Is Spreading In Ukraine
In the news we’re hearing a lot about the chaos in Eastern Ukraine, but there are several key elements of the story that aren’t being talked about at all by the mainstream media. Continue reading
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Putin: Washington Behind Ukraine Events All Along, Though Flying Low
The US has been behind the Ukrainian crisis from the beginning, but was initially flying low, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. He added that if sanctions continue, Russia will have to reconsider who has access to key sectors if its economy. “I think what is happening now shows us who really was mastering the… Continue reading
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Ukrainian Soldiers Killed by Neo-Nazi for Refusing to Fire at Own People By Olga Shedrova
The «anti-terrorist operation» announced by the Kiev-based regime to quell the protests in the south-eastern parts of Ukraine is unpopular in the army. The local police units in the Donetsk, Lugansk, Kharkov and other south-eastern cities refused to take action after the administrative buildings were captured by Donbass protesters. In response acting Minister of Internal… Continue reading
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Ukraine Crisis Accelerating the Restructuring of the World By Pierre Charasse
The Ukrainian crisis has not radically changed the international situation but it has precipitated ongoing developments. Western propaganda, which has never been stronger, especially hides the reality of Western decline to the populations of NATO, but has no further effect on political reality. Inexorably, Russia and China, assisted by the other BRICS, occupy their rightful… Continue reading
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Ukraine, Russia and China. Why is Putin in Washington’s Crosshairs By Mike Whitney
US provocations in Ukraine cannot be understood apart from Washington’s “Pivot to Asia”, which is the broader strategic plan to shift attention from the Middle East to Asia. The so called “re-balancing” is actually a blueprint for controlling China’s growth in a way that is compatible with US hegemonic ambitions. There are different schools of… Continue reading
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Reflections on Ukraine and Regime Change By Michael Parenti
The current tug of war between Washington and Moscow has made us lose sight of the circumstances surrounding the regime change in Kiev and the consequences thereof. Beyond the invectives slung from each side of the US/Russian divide, the fact remains that the new Ukrainian government came into power as the result of a coup… Continue reading
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Unelected Regime Begins Killing Spree in Eastern Ukraine By Tony Cartalucci
Deadly clashed broke out as the unelected regime occupying Kiev attempted to restart what it is calling “anti-terror” operations in eastern Ukraine where anti-fascist protesters have begun rising up. Several have been killed during clashes in the eastern Ukrainian town of Slavyansk where Kiev has set armored vehicles and helicopter gunships upon its own population. Continue reading
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Will NBC Retract Story NYT Has Walked Back? By Peter Hart
The thing about the news business is that what appears in the New York Times reappears lots of other places. The Times piece, “Photos Link Masked Men in East Ukraine to Russia,” was posted on Sunday night (4/20/14) and appeared on the paper’s front page the next day. So it was no surprise that it… Continue reading
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New York Times attempts to whitewash its role in publishing faked Ukraine photos By Alex Lantier
Yesterday, amid rising anger among New York Times readers over the newspaper’s publication of faked US State Department photos, the Times issued a whitewash of its role by its public editor, Margaret Sullivan, titled “Aftermath of Ukraine Photo Story Shows Need for More Caution.” Continue reading
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Kerry’s statement on Ukraine: A lying brief for war By Alex Lantier
On Thursday, US Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a lying brief for war aimed at justifying the crackdown by the Western-backed Kiev regime on pro-Russian protests in eastern Ukraine and possible military action against Russia. Declaring confrontation with Russia to be all but inevitable, he turned reality on its head, blaming the crisis entirely… Continue reading
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Letter to European Friends from Lugansk By Alexander Akentiev
Dear European friends! I live in Lugansk, the eastern part of Ukraine. I am elected to chair the Russian Union of Donbass, a public organization. The city of Lugansk is a leader of mass protests against the interim government in Kiev. At first I wanted to post answers on my Facebook page. But then I… Continue reading
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The CIA: Photoshopping a Crisis into a War By Wayne Madsen
A major Central Intelligence Agency conspiracy operation is currently playing out in Eastern Ukraine where, in an age of Photoshop and mail order credentials and military patches, photographs of the same bearded Russian “special forces” commando in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk in Ukraine this year and Georgia in 2008 are being successfully parlayed to the corporate… Continue reading
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De-escalation in Ukraine as Seen by Joe Biden (II) By Nikolai Bobkin
According to the White House statement, the Vice-President Joe Biden’s visit to Ukraine was to demonstrate the support of Ukraine by the United States. Washington realizes the interim government in Kiev is on the verge of collapse. But its fall would be tantamount to a defeat suffered by the United States. Biden landed in Kiev… Continue reading
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Preparing Ukraine for a Proxy War with Russia By Tony Cartalucci
Biden’s visit is not the first time Western representatives have traveled to Kiev in direct support of the “Euromaidan” protests and the subsequent unelected regime that violently seized power. US Senator John McCain would literally take the stage with the ultra-right, Neo-Nazi Svoboda Party leaders as well as meet with “Fatherland Party” member and future… Continue reading
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US NGOs in Ukraine – Washington’s Foreign Policy Tools or Biden Visits Kiev (I) By Nikolai Bobkin
Vice-President John Biden came to Kiev to see with his own eyes how the events unfold in the country. The second part of the article will be devoted to the results of the visit. Here it’s important to state the fact that Ukraine serves as an irritant for Moscow which may turn into its enemy… Continue reading
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Washington and the Corporate Media are in Full Propaganda Mode on Ukraine By Dave Lindorff
The lies, propaganda and rank hypocrisy emanating from Washington, and echoed by the US corporate media regarding events in Ukraine are stunning and would be laughable, but for the fact that they appear to be aimed at conditioning the US public for increasing confrontation with Russia – confrontation which could easily tip over the edge… Continue reading
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Ukrainian regime launches fascist-led crackdown By Alex Lantier
The Western-backed regime in Kiev and fascist militias allied to it launched a bloody crackdown against pro-Russian protests across eastern Ukraine yesterday. With the Kremlin massing forces on Russia’s border with Ukraine, threatening to intervene defend ethnic Russians, the situation is on the brink of a war between Russia and Ukraine, which could escalate into… Continue reading
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