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Civil war looms as pro-US regime threatens massacre of east Ukraine protesters By Alex Lantier
Ukraine stands on the brink of civil war, as the unelected pro-Western regime that seized power this February in Kiev threatens a bloody crackdown on protesters occupying local government offices in cities across traditionally pro-Russian sections of eastern Ukraine. Continue reading
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Venezuela: The “US-funded Fake” Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted By Donald Kingsbury
After over a month of violence explicitly aimed at ousting the Maduro government, major media outlets and governments in the North Atlantic are blind to the bad faith of the opposition. Continue reading
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NATO’s aggression against Russia and the danger of war in Europe By Chris Marsden and Julie Hyland
Since they mounted a coup in Kiev on February 22 with the aid of oligarchs and fascists, the United States and its allies in NATO have outlined measures against Russia that are tantamount to an unofficial declaration of war. In the space of just six weeks, the NATO powers have gone from helping stage a… Continue reading
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Fraternal Genocide in Ukraine: U.S. Instigating Yugoslav Scenario
The US effort to turn Ukraine into a forward area for positioning NATO bases is paving the way for fraternal genocide and ethnic cleansing in the former Soviet state, repeating the Yugoslav scenario, Aijaz Ahmad, a famous Indian philosopher and political expert said in an article in a leading Indian newsmagazine, Frontline. Continue reading
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Ukraine, a Fascist Coup? A Photo Essay By Andre Vltchek
Ukraine is burning, it is going to the dogs; it has been taken over by an illegitimate government engorged with fascists, neo-Nazis and simple pro-Western opportunists, as well as countless EU and US-sponsored members of various NGO’s. The West has destabilized an entire nation, supporting right-wingers and fascists. Then it began spreading anti-Russian propaganda, even… Continue reading
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The Role of Fascism and the Oligarchs in Ukraine
The following interview with The Last Defense is with the main spokesperson of Ukraine’s Borotba Party, Sergey Kirichuk. Borotba is “a left-wing, antifascist Ukrainian political party fighting for the solidarity of Ukrainians”. Continue reading
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Kiev snipers, the regime and Yanukovych By Alexander MERCOURIS (UK)
The regime in Kiev says the snipers on 20th February 2014 belonged to the security forces. No surprise there. It also insinuates that the Russians were involved – a predictable but nonetheless fantastic allegation that will only serve to undermine its credibility on this issue. Continue reading
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Why America Needs a Face-Saving Retreat Plan for Ukraine By Andrew KORYBKO (USA)
The American foreign policy blunders in Ukraine have been colossal, and as it currently stands, it looks as like they have completely backfired. Ukraine rejected the EU Association Agreement in November, only to have a covert Western-led coup usurp power. At that time, American policy seemed to have prevailed, but the flimsy foundation it was… Continue reading
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The Crimean Crisis and US Hypocrisy. “War of Words” to Justify Outright Aggression By Kourosh Ziabari
The war of words between Russia and the United States is soaring these days over the sovereignty of the Crimean peninsula, and the White House officials are constantly directing accusations and excruciating verbal attacks against Kremlin in what seems to be the most serious dispute between Moscow and the West in the recent years. Continue reading
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Target: Ukraine – How foreign intervention is tearing the country apart By grtv
As geopolitical analysts from across the board explain, the Ukrainian coup has been deliberately provoked by outside agents to promote a combination of US, EU, NATO and IMF interests. Perhaps more worrying than the interference itself are its potential implications. As Russia’s every move is now being scrutinized for a possible military response to the… Continue reading
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Imposters in Kiev and Criminal Oligarchs: Alliance against People of Ukraine By Andrey Sulimenko
The Kiev regime is bouncing back after the first shock of the events in Crimea. It starts to quash the unrest in the south-eastern part of the country where people resist the coup. Its leaders have…widely rejected recognition. There is a reason to believe that the regime will use the most repressive and outright coercive… Continue reading
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Lavrov: Russia has info about Ukraine’s Right Sector involved in Kiev sniper shooting
Russia has some information about Ukrainian far-right movement Right Sector involved in the shooting [by] snipers in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Sunday Time programme anchored by Irada Zeinalova on Channel One on Sunday. Pettiness of foreign sponsors of new authorities in Kiev is astonishing,… Continue reading
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Ukraine – New Propaganda Meme: Fascists Are Russian Tools
30 March 2014 — Moon of Alabama The Right Sektor, the Ukrainian fascist paramilitary group, was the main organization which brutally fought against the riot police on Maidan square. On February 20, after an agreement was signed between president Janukovich and three opposition leaders, the police withdrew. But the Right Sektor did not want to Continue reading
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‘US desperate to isolate Russia on all fronts’ By Pepe Escobar
The Obama administration is taking no prisoners trying to “isolate” Russia on all possible fronts – with negligible results so far. Continue reading
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Ukraine: Recalling Night of Long Knives By Olga Shedrova
Historic parallels are a risky thing, but the similarity between the past and our times is stunning. The Kiev junta – Maidan armed groups relationship and the bloody events known in the history of Germany as the Night of Long Knives are by and large the same stories. Continue reading
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Ukrainian Junta and Maidan By Alexander Gaponenko
The newly installed regime in Kiev does not control the situation neither in the country, nor in the capital. At the beginning of March the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ukraine Security Service declared an amnesty for those who give in illegally held arms. The deadline was March 21, the plans failed. Even according… Continue reading
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Meet the Americans Who Put Together the Coup in Kiev By Steve Weissman
If the US State Department’s Victoria Nuland had not said “Fuck the EU,” few outsiders at the time would have heard of Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt, the man on the other end of her famously bugged telephone call. But now Washington’s man in Kiev is gaining fame as the face of the CIA-style “destabilization campaign” that… Continue reading
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Russia and the Ukraine Crisis: The Eurasian Project in Conflict with the Triad Imperialist Policies By Samir Amin
After the breakdown of the Soviet system, some people (in Russia in particular) thought that the “West” would not antagonize a “capitalist Russia” — just as Germany and Japan had “lost the war but won the peace.” They forgot that the Western powers supported the reconstruction of the former fascist countries precisely to face the… Continue reading
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The Strategy of the Venezuelan Opposition and How it Works By Steve Ellner
The strategy and tactics of the Venezuelan opposition is a replay of events that took place leading up to the coup against Hugo Chávez on April 11, 2002 and is similar (although in some ways quite different) from the script that has been used in the Ukraine and elsewhere. The blatant distortions and in some… Continue reading
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“Saudi trump card” in the American game in Ukraine By Igor Nikolayev
Having exhausted the possibilities of direct pressure on Russia in connection with the events in the Crimea and Ukraine, Washington floated its strategic reserve – the potential of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf monarchies. White House appealed to the leadership of these countries to contribute with $ 15 billion in the package “urgent economic assistance”… Continue reading
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