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src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vrzXmPYvS6s\/VOAAKx435KI\/AAAAAAAAAi4\/JZBb97oR0nE\/s1600\/zaharchenko_24.jpg\" height=\"229\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E2\/14\/2015 \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/strelkov_info\"\u003EAleksandr Zakharchenko on Minsk-2\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ETranslated from Russian by J.Hawk\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“I said in Minsk and am saying right now that the DPR territory includes the entire Donetsk Region. If our demands for a de-facto independence are not met, we shall claim the entire Donetsk Region. How we will obtain it does not matter to us. If we can’t do it through the political process, we have already shown that we can do it through other means.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cb\u003E \u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cb\u003EJ.Hawk’s Comment: \u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u003Ci\u003ENote that Zakharchenko is talking about a “de-facto” independence, which takes a fair amount of pressure off Poroshenko, because all Ukraine’s president need to do is simply leave Novorossia alone while continuing to engage in belligerent rhetoric. Zakharchenko is also re-emphasizing This Is It. Either Minsk-2 sticks, or there isn’t going to be a Minsk-3. These are not empty words—Novorossia’s army has been toying with the UAF so as to allow Poroshenko a face-saving way out. It is obvious enough which side has the advantage and initiative on the battlefield. The battle for Logvinovo was one that the UAF simply could not afford to lose, and they threw the best they had (they also threw Semenchenko, but that’s another matter) at Novorossia’s forces there and…lost. Once the attempt to relieve the Debaltsevo pocket had failed, it became abundantly clear who can dictate facts on the ground. Should Poroshenko fail to act in a responsible fashion yet again, he will not be given a face-saving way out the next time. \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5998789183091813865\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/zakharchenkos-final-warning-to.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/5998789183091813865"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/5998789183091813865"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/zakharchenkos-final-warning-to.html","title":"Zakharchenko's final warning to Poroshenko"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Mike J."},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16983124613427638078"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img2.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vrzXmPYvS6s\/VOAAKx435KI\/AAAAAAAAAi4\/JZBb97oR0nE\/s72-c\/zaharchenko_24.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592363377848269801.post-1666698424990047268"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-14T18:07:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-14T18:07:28.322-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Donetsk"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Frontline Update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Novorossia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Poroshenko"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"War"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Poroshenko goes out with a bang for Valentines day"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KeORgnUBI00\" width=\"480\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFebruary 14, 2015\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rusvesna.su\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ERusvesna\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/dima-piterski.livejournal.com\/156376.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EDima Pitersky\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ETranslated by Kristina Rus\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EDonetsk is subjected to the most powerful attack in the entire war for independence of Donbass.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe city is shaking from explosions and is under fire from exploding ammunition of Ukrainian terrorists. Emergency vehicles are rushing through the streets.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIn different district shooting from automatic weapons is heard - military police and DPD army eliminate saboteurs.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\"I have a feeling as if all the \"fascist dogs\" got a command to attack\", - reports from the scene our military correspondent. \"Many Donetsk residents, who are not easily scared anymore, doubt they will survive this night and are saying goodbye to loved ones.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIt is hard to imagine how many will be wounded and killed in the fire of hell, organized by the Ukrainian army.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAccording to preliminary information under the fire of artillery and MLRS of the enemy are Gorlovka, Yenakievo, and other towns and villages of Donetsk region.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe army of Donetsk People's Republic is holding counterbattery fire. You can be sure that many fascists will not survive this night and will answer before God for their bloody crimes.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EP. S. Simultaneously with frenzied bombardment of cities of Donbass, Poroshenko is putting on a show - now live from the General staff issuing an order for ceasefire. First, in Ukrainian, then in English - for TV picture.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1666698424990047268\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/poroshenko-goes-out-with-bang-for.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/1666698424990047268"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/1666698424990047268"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/poroshenko-goes-out-with-bang-for.html","title":"Poroshenko goes out with a bang for Valentines day"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kristina Rus"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/106816002870336519498"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-SbgNdqsoOdg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAIro\/s0n5Jzwg7ZE\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/KeORgnUBI00\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592363377848269801.post-3776590897591730927"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-14T17:14:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-14T17:19:18.813-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bloggers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Martial Law"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Minsk Agreement"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Poroshenko"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ukraine"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Chocolatier Poroshenko is considering martial law after Valentines Day"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-u4VvmHJrsXU\/VN_IqcYye2I\/AAAAAAAALJQ\/RCEFYoIPSyI\/s1600\/3042588.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-u4VvmHJrsXU\/VN_IqcYye2I\/AAAAAAAALJQ\/RCEFYoIPSyI\/s1600\/3042588.jpg\" height=\"472\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFebruary 14, 2015\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/andreyvadjra.livejournal.com\/436698.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAndre Vadzhra\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;- blog\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ETranslated by Kristina Rus\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe chocolatier had announced, that if there will be no peace in 10 hours, he will declare a martial law in the country.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\"Even before Minsk, at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, I warned that we will (if there is no peace) have to make a very difficult, but necessary decision to impose martial law. I emphasize again: in this case, martial law will be introduced not only in Donetsk and Lugansk, but throughout the country,\" - he said.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI can add to this that:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E1. Kiev schools began to lecture children on civil defense (where to go, during bombing; what to do if wounded; not to pick up unfamiliar objects and so on);\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E2. State agencies in Kiev began preparing for evacuation. Including central agencies - AP [Presidential Administration], Cabinet of Ministers, MO [Ministry of Defense], SBU... (making lists of what\/who needs to evacuate first, second, third, what documents to destroy, and so on).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIn general, in Kukuev [Kiev] there is a light panic in the upper layers of the atmosphere. Those individuals who are closer to the bodies of the \"seniors\" already KNOW that in half a year their asylum in Kukuev will be no more, which is what they bring up in private conversations, bitterly upset.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIt seems that Peter Alekseevich [Poroshenko] thinks that the martial law will save him from a coup. In my opinion, centralization of power will only increase the chaos in the country and accelerate the collapse and disintegration. Over the past year, the \"center\" showed how it can manage the country. :)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EBy the way, again from personal contacts... One (crippled in the ATO)\u0026nbsp;UAF officer said that recently he got a call from friends, with whom he fought together, and was asked whether he would participate in the march on Kiev. My friend replied: yes, he will. On crutches, biatch, will walk, or crawl, just to get THEM...\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EHow serious is this, I \u0026nbsp;don't know. Time will tell.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EAndre Vadzhra is a Kiev political scientist, philosopher, author and analyst, specializing in the analysis of the phenomenon of Ukraine, as a historic, political, cultural and civilizational entity. Editor in chief of informational-analytical resource \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/alternatio.org\/\"\u003EAlternatio.org\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3776590897591730927\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/chocolatier-poroshenko-is-considering.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/3776590897591730927"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/3776590897591730927"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/chocolatier-poroshenko-is-considering.html","title":"Chocolatier Poroshenko is considering martial law after Valentines Day"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kristina Rus"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/106816002870336519498"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-SbgNdqsoOdg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAIro\/s0n5Jzwg7ZE\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-u4VvmHJrsXU\/VN_IqcYye2I\/AAAAAAAALJQ\/RCEFYoIPSyI\/s72-c\/3042588.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592363377848269801.post-7297901530655763777"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-14T16:36:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-14T18:39:16.366-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CNN"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News Media"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Propaganda"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"RT"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Russia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U.S."},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ukraine"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Which Is Propaganda, Which Is News-Reporting?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003EEric Zuesse, 14 Feb. 2015\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-Nrlw2HPcA2Q\/VN-_2YSnWcI\/AAAAAAAAAGU\/NlMdgwpzvaM\/s1600\/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-02-14%2Bat%2B11.27.29%2BAM.CNN.9.Feb.2015.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-Nrlw2HPcA2Q\/VN-_2YSnWcI\/AAAAAAAAAGU\/NlMdgwpzvaM\/s1600\/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-02-14%2Bat%2B11.27.29%2BAM.CNN.9.Feb.2015.png\" height=\"192\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cstrong style=\"color: black; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #444444; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003EFIRST:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003EHere is CNN, reporting on 9 February 2015:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Ca data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-14-at-11.27.29-AM.CNN_.9.Feb_.2015.png\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-14-at-11.27.29-AM.CNN_.9.Feb_.2015.png\" style=\"color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-14 at 11.27.29 AM.CNN.9.Feb.2015\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42137\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-14-at-11.27.29-AM.CNN_.9.Feb_.2015.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-14-at-11.27.29-AM.CNN_.9.Feb_.2015.png\" height=\"387\" style=\"color: #444444; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;\" width=\"642\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Ca data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-14-at-11.52.13-AM.png\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-14-at-11.52.13-AM.png\" style=\"color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-14 at 11.52.13 AM\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42138\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-14-at-11.52.13-AM.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-14-at-11.52.13-AM.png\" height=\"423\" style=\"color: #444444; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;\" width=\"599\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Ca data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-14-at-11.52.46-AM.png\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-14-at-11.52.46-AM.png\" style=\"color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-02-14 at 11.52.46 AM\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42139\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-14-at-11.52.46-AM.png\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-Shot-2015-02-14-at-11.52.46-AM.png\" height=\"396\" style=\"color: #444444; height: auto; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%;\" width=\"696\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003E——\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cstrong style=\"color: black; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #444444; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003EFOR COMPARISON:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003EHere is Russian Television (RT), on a related story, dated 10 February 2015:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003E\u003Ca data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IbU22tJpyLQ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IbU22tJpyLQ\" style=\"color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003EUkraine Bombs Lugansk Soup Kitchen\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p4\" style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003E——\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p4\" style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cstrong style=\"color: black; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"color: #444444; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003EDISCUSSION:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p4\" style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003EThe CNN news-report was not posted to the Internet by CNN, because too many people noticed that it was propaganda and complained; but those three screen-prints shown here from it were posted by various individuals who had complained about the piece. Because of those many complaints, CNN’s reporter subsequently\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/matthew-balan\/2015\/02\/10\/cnn-apologizes-misleading-pro-us-troops-graphic-ukraine\" href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/matthew-balan\/2015\/02\/10\/cnn-apologizes-misleading-pro-us-troops-graphic-ukraine\" style=\"color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\" style=\"color: #444444; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003Eapologized for what CNN had done there\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, and said that “the debate in western capitals is actually about whether the United States and other NATO countries should send arms to the Ukrainian military.” But, of course, that is too long for a mere streamer — just an “error,” perhaps. The reporter who had delivered that news-segment, and who subsequently issued that apology said, “I regret that error”; so, she implicitly admitted that she was the person who had “erred” in it, even though other employees had controlled that streamer, and she was not the producer who produced that report. She took the fall for it, on the part of the organization, all the way up to the person who hired her, and to the person who had hired that person, all the way up to the person at the top — the CEO.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p4\" style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003EThe RT news-report showed an incident that was not covered nor even mentioned by CNN, though the incident clearly is relevant to the question of “whether the United States and other NATO countries should send arms to the Ukrainian military.” Perhaps CNN considers propagandistic such videos as RT issues. But that’s for you to judge, whether one or both organizations are more propaganda than news organizations.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p4\" style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003EReader-comments are consequently invited here to discuss whether, and the extent to which, readers have encountered more deception by U.S. newsmedia, or by Russian newsmedia.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p4\" style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003EThe present news report — this one -- will therefore consist of that discussion: It’s yours to write, because the news here (if any) will be how the public feels about the basic honesty of the press in the U.S., and in Russia. This is your news, to write here.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\" style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003E—————\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p7\" style=\"color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s4\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003EInvestigative historian Eric Zuesse is the author, most recently, of\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Theyre-Not-Even-Close-Democratic\/dp\/1880026090\/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1339027537\u0026amp;sr=8-9\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Theyre-Not-Even-Close-Democratic\/dp\/1880026090\/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1339027537\u0026amp;sr=8-9\" style=\"color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s2\" style=\"color: #444444; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"border: none; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003EThey’re Not Even Close: The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records, 1910-2010\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ci style=\"border: none; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp; and of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci style=\"border: none; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ca data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B007Q1H4EG\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B007Q1H4EG\" style=\"color: #743399; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s2\" style=\"color: #444444; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003E\u003Ci style=\"border: none; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003ECHRIST’S VENTRILOQUISTS: The Event that Created Christianity\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ci style=\"border: none; line-height: 1.5;\"\u003E.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7297901530655763777\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/which-is-propaganda-which-is-news.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/7297901530655763777"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/7297901530655763777"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/which-is-propaganda-which-is-news.html","title":"Which Is Propaganda, Which Is News-Reporting?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Eric Zuesse"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02476705883508590393"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img2.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-Nrlw2HPcA2Q\/VN-_2YSnWcI\/AAAAAAAAAGU\/NlMdgwpzvaM\/s72-c\/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-02-14%2Bat%2B11.27.29%2BAM.CNN.9.Feb.2015.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592363377848269801.post-5055532235256165355"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-14T16:24:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-14T16:24:05.397-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Social Media"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ukraine"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Video"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"War Crimes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Ukrainian soldiers break into a house, beat the owner, take his belongings, and record it on video"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5HXK7iAJ_4Y\" width=\"459\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFebruary 14, 2015\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ETranslated by Kristina Rus\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E(Everyone, including the owner speak mostly Ukrainian, mixed with some Russian)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWe are in an apartment!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EHow many people did you drive?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EGuy, lets talk normally!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI am not lying!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EShut your mouth, f%ck!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWhat are the metal sheds in the yard?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ERespond!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ETurn your face!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThere are garden tools and car parts\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI can hear you, turn your face!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWhats on the hill?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFace in the wall!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI am not lying!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ETurn your face!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI hear you, turn your face!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFace in the wall!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFriend, please tell me, be so kind, I am begging you! I am a normal person!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EDon't raise your head!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI am telling you, don't raise your head!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI built everything myself, I want to live here! My children are here! Do you understand?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI am not a fighter, I am not a Russian fighter! We were running away from the war!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThese are my rims, there is no beamer [BMW]\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWhere are the keys?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EMay be in my pockets?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWhere are the keys?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EOn a window, or in my pockets!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI am not lying, I will give you all the keys\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ERespond to the point!!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI am not lying, I will give all the keys!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWhy are you beating me? I am a human!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EYou are a separatist!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI swear on my mother and God Jesus Christ, and on my children!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EHere, take this!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWhy are you making a video?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe keys are in my pockets! I am not lying, I swear!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI am not lying, kind people, look in my jacket!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThere is enough weapons for a base.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EYou know my wife, Olya, she works in the alcohol department, a brunette! You all know her, you buy alcohol from her, she will confirm everything!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI didn't do anything!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI am telling you the truth, I swear, I am not lying, I swear!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI am quiet!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EKeep an eye on him, guys, pause this!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5055532235256165355\/comments\/default","title":"Post 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\/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E2\/14\/2015 \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/economics.lb.ua\/finances\/2015\/02\/11\/295223_bank_poroshenko_rastet_bistree_rinka.html\"\u003EPoroshenko’s Bank is Growing Faster than the Market\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ETranslated from Russian by J.Hawk \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIIB increased its assets by 85% over the course of one year. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe International Invest Bank, which is part of Poroshenko’s business empire, is growing faster than the market. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAccording to National Bank data, IIB assets incrased from 1.74 billion hryvnya to 3.22 billion, or by 85%, which was the fourth best result in the banking sector. The banks that grew faster than IIB were the Mikhailovskiy, Alyans, and Accounting Center.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ECalculations done by the “Insayder” indicate that the volume of foreign currency deposits in Poroshenko’s bank increased by 24.2% and the hryvnya deposits grew by 46.7%, while at the same time most banks were experiencing outflow of acapital.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EPoroshenko controls 50.08% of IIB shares through his “Praym Essets Kepital” fund, and personally owns 9.92% of shares. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EOne should note that the banks owned by Aleksandr Yanukovych, the oldest son of the former president also grew faster than the market. They are under a temporary administration which is liquidating their market positions.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cb\u003EJ.Hawk’s Comment:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E \u003Ci\u003EUnsurprisingly, all parts of Poroshenko’s business empire are doing well, not just \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none_14.html\"\u003Ehis Roshen confectionary business\u003C\/a\u003E. However, considering the importance of Poroshenko’s banking sector, one has to wonder whether the Rada bills giving the government the power to seize individual deposits in exchange for, in effect, IOUs, were not aimed at Poroshenko and not only the other oligarchs. Let’s not forget there is an ongoing power struggle between the Yatsenyuk-Turchinov and Poroshenko factions (one that Poroshenko seems to be winning, actually), and it includes the struggle for the control of Ukraine’s rapidly shrinking economic pie. \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4402426782363182785\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/too-big-too-fail-ukraine-edition.html#comment-form","title":"0 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Flores on the Minsk agreement and the Debaltsevo cauldron (video)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4IcwOYEasuE\" width=\"459\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2609980754376781197\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/joaquin-flores-on-minsk-agreement-and.html#comment-form","title":"0 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Rus"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/106816002870336519498"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-SbgNdqsoOdg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAIro\/s0n5Jzwg7ZE\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/4IcwOYEasuE\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592363377848269801.post-4197396358846669965"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-14T13:52:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-14T13:52:04.126-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Debaltsevo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Minsk Agreement"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Novorossia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Zakharchenko"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Zakharchenko: Ukraine has betrayed its troops in the Debaltsevo cauldron"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r_h-tj30dz8\" width=\"480\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFebruary 13, 2015\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAlexander Zakharchenko press conference\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ETranslated by Kristina Rus\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWe have a right to live\u0026nbsp;independently, to wage independent economic politics,\u0026nbsp;which was once again confirmed by the Minsk agreements. The processes that go on here basically have no relation to Ukraine in general. We have our own life. We earned this right with arms. And we continue to earn it. This is our view of the Minsk agreements, which it is not contrary to the spirit and the points signed there.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAs far as local elections, an order regarding People's Council needs to be prepared. We will pass the law about common governance, which\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003Ehas been adopted by our People's Council, and according to this law local elections will take place.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ENot one of the parties, which participated in the hostilities in Donbass, the representatives of those parties, has a right to participate in local elections.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EPlease note that there is not a single word about Debaltsevo in the Minsk agreements. This means that Ukraine simply betrayed the 5 thousand people in the Debaltsevo cauldron. I can say the following, we will stop fire across the entire territory of Donetsk People's Republic, except for internal areas. Internal areas means Debaltsevo.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAny attempt of UAF to break out of this cauldron or deblock it will be considered a violation of the Minsk agreements, and naturally these attempts will be foiled, and the enemy will be destroyed.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4197396358846669965\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/zakharchenko-ukraine-has-betrayed-its.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/4197396358846669965"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/4197396358846669965"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/zakharchenko-ukraine-has-betrayed-its.html","title":"Zakharchenko: Ukraine has betrayed its troops in the Debaltsevo cauldron"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kristina Rus"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/106816002870336519498"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-SbgNdqsoOdg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAIro\/s0n5Jzwg7ZE\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/r_h-tj30dz8\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592363377848269801.post-3006690153587270444"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-14T13:21:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-14T13:21:07.321-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bloggers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Debaltsevo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Frontline Update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ukraine"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Total Ukro-utilization"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-x5hE4lvaREM\/VN-R3Q2nR2I\/AAAAAAAALJA\/4tuTPy6HFYg\/s1600\/B9vYbYzCIAA-2pg.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-x5hE4lvaREM\/VN-R3Q2nR2I\/AAAAAAAALJA\/4tuTPy6HFYg\/s1600\/B9vYbYzCIAA-2pg.jpg\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFebruary 14, 2015\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/shurigin.livejournal.com\/598972.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EVladislav Shurygin, Military expert\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ETranslated by Kristina Rus\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: yellow;\"\u003ES\u003C\/span\u003Echizophrenia and hysteria abound on Ukrop websites. Panowie and panie are tearing their hair in a competition who can better explain that a disaster it actually a victory, or at least a very tricky victorious maneuver of Ukrop generals.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe \"best\" discovery of today: a unique-secret maneuver was pulled off, as a result of which ALL \"separy\" [separatists] under Debaltsevo were surrounded and thousands of Russian mercenaries in the cauldron are appealing to Putin and pray for a speedy ceasefire.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWell, I'll leave the\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\"battered Russian regiments and brigades\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;up to the conscience of the commentators - here the information war has its own \"chips\" - Ukry have the dozens of thousands of Russian troops, which are valiantly grounded by Ukry-warriors, and the militia has \"thousands of Polish mercenaries\" who are fiercely fighting back, not retreating by a step. Each party considers only the elite foreign fighters as equal to themselves, not realizing that they are fighting with a mirror...\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EBut that's not the point.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFrankly this afternoon I, quite easily visited near Uglegorsk and near Debaltsevo and didn't see any traces of Ukrop cauldron. And I want to bring this to Panowie and Panie, dear friends, your victory is a stoned nonsense! Your troops are in a cauldron and they shall die a painful death, if they will not lay down arms. And I personally, after everything I saw in Donbass, am all for that no Ukro-riffraff shall escape from Debaltsevo stranglehold!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EYou lost another campaign! And now you already have two military geniuses: Geletey Ilovaisky and Mouzhenko Debaltsevsky, champions in utilization of svidomy [nationally-consious] Ukry. My congratulations! Keep going...\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3006690153587270444\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/total-ukro-utilization.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/3006690153587270444"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/3006690153587270444"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/total-ukro-utilization.html","title":"Total Ukro-utilization"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kristina 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class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E2\/14\/2015\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.kp.ru\/daily\/26341\/3224843\/\"\u003EWar for some, profits for Poroshenko\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EBy Ivan Grachev\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ETranslated from Russian by J.Hawk\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EOver the course of the last year, while Ukraine bled and grew poor, Poroshenko’s firm Roshen increased its profits by a factor of 9!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThis is complete nonsense. An economic miracle! It is hard to believe, but the confectionary firm Roshen which belongs to President Poroshenko increased its profits by a factor of 9, to 34.8 million hryvnya. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAt the same time Ukraine’s economy is in pre-default state. The country’s gold and hard currency reserves had shrunk to an absolute minimum, from 20 billion to 7 billion dollars. Hryvnya devalued sharply, from 8 to 20 hryvnya to a dollar (up to 30 on the inter-bank exchange). Salaries and pensions have been frozen, utility payments went way up. Everything is collapsing. Only the president’s personal business is flourishing. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EDon’t you think it’s strange?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe Ukrainian newspaper Vesti reported on this unusual business oasis in the midst of an impoverished country, using data of the National Securities Commission. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIn case anyone forgot, here’s a little trip down memory lane: when Poroshenko assumed the office of the President, he publicly promised to sell off his entire business. So that nobody could blame him for lobbying on behalf of his own firm. But…of course he did not sell it. He lied.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe Roshen Corporation is the jewel in the crown of Poroshenko’s business empire. It is one of the biggest confectionary firms in Ukraine. It includes a factory in Kiev, Kremenchug, two in Vinnitsa, the Bershadmoloko dairy plant, a factory in Litino, a factory in Lipetsk (in Russia), and a factory in Klaipeda (Lithuania). \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe Roshen Corporation also owns a confectionary factory in Mariupol. Yes, the very same Mariupol which was almost captured by the Donbass militia in late August-September 2014. It was apparently the fear of it being captured that forced Poroshenko to conclude the first Minsk agreement with LPR and DPR. When the militia was once again close to capturing Mariupol in January 2015, the outskirts of the city (though of course not the Roshen factory) were hit by Grad rockets, killing people. Poroshenko, saving his own business, claimed that the atrocity was committed by the militia, which can only be stopped by new US and EU sanctions against Russia and the supplies of arms to Ukraine.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIn the end Poroshenko agreed to new negotiations in Minsk on February 11 (with the leaders of Russia, France, and Germany). Two days before the meeting he sent the SNBO chief Turchinov to Mariupol to try to push the front line away from the city. Turchinov reported that he recaptured 6 towns to the east and north of Mariupol. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EPoroshenko does not care about the Debaltsevo encirclement where 6-9 thousand Ukrainian soldiers are trapped. He is not saving them, he is not leading them out of the encirclement, he is not hurrying to help them. He only saves those cities where his factories are. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EHow else can one explain the 9-fold increase in profits, if not through the president's interventions on behalf of his own business? Did Ukrainians suddenly start to buy 9 times more chocolates and candy from Poroshenko, so as to sweeten the bitterness of the war and economic catastrophe? Not likely. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIt means that the mysterious good fortune of Poroshenko’s firm has a simple explanation—war for some, profits for others. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EJ.Hawk’s Comment:\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Ci\u003ERoshen is not the only corporation that Poroshenko owns, though it is certainly the biggest one. He also owns TV Channel 5, which naturally provides the Ukrainian public with a “fair and balanced” news coverage… That someone like Poroshenko is considered a “friend” and “partner” of the West is only indicative of the moral bankruptcy of the West. \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6181712451712505524\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none_14.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/6181712451712505524"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/6181712451712505524"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none_14.html","title":"War for Some, Profits for Poroshenko"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Mike J."},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16983124613427638078"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img2.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-Nd6nzPv1Vrw\/VN7jhUHi6UI\/AAAAAAAAAiY\/uoakbtObGBM\/s72-c\/8054162.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592363377848269801.post-3215833044426779920"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-13T20:25:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-13T20:42:24.900-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Frontline Update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Right Sector"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UAF"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ukraine"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Right Sector militants surrounded the Krasnoarmeisk Ukrainian command headquaters, threatening to storm it "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2y7xHxGTrSQ\" width=\"459\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFebruary 13, 2015\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EUkrainian TV station \"Orbita\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ETranslated by Kristina Rus\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E(UAF) Military\u0026nbsp;commander\u0026nbsp;of Krasnoarmeisk, Evgeny Fomulyaev:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe military\u0026nbsp;command\u0026nbsp;worked today in Karlovka area, Pervomaisk, on the complains of looting. There were a lot of complaints from these localities about robberies, and property taken away. We pulled over a vehicle for a check up with three representatives of the Right Sector, as they had introduced themselves.\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003E It was loaded with microwaves, washing machines, TV's, all kinds of junk\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWe wanted to take them to the command office to search the vehicle for illegal objects. They agreed.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWe came here, called on the representatives of police and an investigator.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EOffered the guys to conduct a search of the car lawfully with the presence of witnesses.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThey said we will call our commanders, and decide with them.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThey called their commanders, the commanders came and said: \u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003E\"We prohibit you from searching the vehicle.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWe don't want to escalate the situation and want to solve this peacefully. Because they are fighting against DPR, and we are fighting against them too. A strange situation\u0026nbsp;occurred, when their leaders\u0026nbsp;are not allowing the law enforcement to search their vehicle.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWhere are these people right now?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThey are in front of the command\u0026nbsp;headquarters. \u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: blue;\"\u003ESurrounded us from all\u0026nbsp;directions, pulled out mortars, machine guns, put snipers on the roofs, want to storm the command office.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EHow many people?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAbout 100 people\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThat's a lot. What are your next actions?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWe took a perimeter defense.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EDid you ask for any help?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWe already told the leadership of the ATO, informed them about the situation, and are waiting for help.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWe would like to address the Right Sector leadership to influence their people, and pull them away from the military command office and allow the law enforcement to do their job.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EKristina Rus:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ENormally local police in Ukraine looks the other way and even assists in covering up the crimes of the Right Sector, in fear for their lives. It is interesting that this commander is persistent at establishing some rule of law and protecting the property of civilians, and is defiant in the face of the Right Sector, the most feared organization not only in Novorossia, but across entire Ukraine.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe Right Sector response suggests that they are used to getting their way. (Just think about all that goes on, that never gets a light of day)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EIt is also interesting that the Right Sector commanders went for such drastic measures as a threat of use of force. Perhaps, the recent \"conference\" with Yarosh gave them a new level of confidence and primacy over the Ukrainian authorities, who are too \"soft\" by their standards.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3215833044426779920\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/right-sector-militants-encircled.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/3215833044426779920"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/3215833044426779920"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/right-sector-militants-encircled.html","title":"Right Sector militants surrounded the Krasnoarmeisk Ukrainian command headquaters, threatening to storm it "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kristina Rus"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/106816002870336519498"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-SbgNdqsoOdg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAIro\/s0n5Jzwg7ZE\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/2y7xHxGTrSQ\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592363377848269801.post-5936554305270002040"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-13T19:42:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-14T09:44:12.160-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cover-up"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"lies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Media"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Obama"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Propaganda"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Putin"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Russia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ukraine"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"How Stupid Do They Think We Are?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rX9Ju2Cehnc\/VN6aAUqUzCI\/AAAAAAAAAGE\/Dw_Tcf1b0ZE\/s1600\/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-02-13%2Bat%2B7.41.17%2BPM.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rX9Ju2Cehnc\/VN6aAUqUzCI\/AAAAAAAAAGE\/Dw_Tcf1b0ZE\/s1600\/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-02-13%2Bat%2B7.41.17%2BPM.png\" height=\"172\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EEric Zuesse, 13 Feb. 2015\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ENewsweek\u003C\/i\u003E magazine headlined on February 5th,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/biggest-nato-reinforcement-cold-war-sets-frontlines-russian-threat-304722\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s2\"\u003E“‘Biggest NATO Reinforcement Since Cold War’ Sets Frontlines Against\u0026nbsp;Russia,”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and reported that, \"According to general Charles Wald, former-deputy commander of U.S.\u0026nbsp;European Command, … 'The question for Europe is: is Putin creeping further and further west?’” Wald is quoted as saying that the case of Ukraine especially worries him. This article continues: \"'Is this a precursor to Russia moving into Moldova? Nagorno Karabakh has been\u0026nbsp;bubbling up, and the Georgia issue is still unresolved. NATO has essentially set these [new military] bases in its frontline states,' Wald says,\u0026nbsp;referring\u0026nbsp;to the countries’ proximity to Russian territory.” So: Russia is moving too close to NATO countries, according to the U.S. ‘Defense’ Department.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EBut it’s a blatant lie.\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Member_states_of_NATO\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s2\"\u003EActually,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;since 1999, 11 former members of the Warsaw Pact, countries, which had been allied with Russia during the communist Soviet Union throughout the Cold War, have switched to the U.S. military alliance against their former ally Russia, NATO: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Albania.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ESo: Russia hasn’t been moving at all, not an inch; but the U.S. certainly has — by surrounding Russia with its NATO missiles.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EThis \u003Ci\u003ENewsweek\u003C\/i\u003E story is ‘news’ that’s published in a mainstream U.S. ‘news’ source, which people pay bad money for — it’s worse than a waste, it’s their being charged for U.S.-Government propaganda.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EHere\u003C\/i\u003E is authentic news, from an \u003Ci\u003Eauthentic\u003C\/i\u003E news source — news which had been posted just four days earlier than that \u003Ci\u003ENewsweek\u003C\/i\u003E lie, on February 1st — news that was posted at the Fort Russ blog, which not only is free, but it’s the most thorough and reliably truthful news site of all on the Ukrainian conflict:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p3\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/nato-is-moving-closer-to-russia-and.html\"\u003E“NATO is moving closer to Russia and blaming Russia for being close to\u0026nbsp;NATO.”\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s4\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;A video is shown there.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EThis video, which was posted to youtube on 17 October 2014, shows a Pentagon spokesperson being asked at a\u0026nbsp;press conference about 'Defense’ Secretary Chuck Hagel’s accusation, that Russia’s\u0026nbsp;army is “on NATO’s doorstep”; and the (extremely unusual, skeptical American journalist) questioner then asks “Why is that?”\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EHagel’s\u0026nbsp;press spokesperson insists there that it happens because Russia has been seizing nations and thus moving closer to NATO;\u0026nbsp;he refuses to acknowledge that NATO has instead been expanding up to Russia’s very border, bringing U.S. weapons surrounding Russia’s periphery.\u0026nbsp;How would the U.S. react if, say, Russia had tried to install nuclear missiles in, say, Cuba — like the Soviet Union tried in 1962?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p4\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s4\"\u003EHere’s that video: \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LexhW8SCM2c\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s5\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LexhW8SCM2c\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EThere are lots of reader-comments to that video, many of which are from fools who are treating Russia as being evil and dangerous, and ignoring the insult to their own intelligence that came forth from Chuck Hagel’s spokesperson in this video, which they had just watched.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EHowever, Fort Russ reports this videoed statement without comment, as being instead a self-evident lie from the U.S. Government, and it is that; not as being (like \u003Ci\u003ENewsweek\u003C\/i\u003E does) a supposed \u003Ci\u003Etruth\u003C\/i\u003E from the U.S. Government, a supposed truth that’s being unchallenged by \u003Ci\u003ENewsweek’s\u003C\/i\u003E ‘journalist,’ though if \u003Ci\u003ENewsweek\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;had been an authentic news-source it would have reported that the U.S. Government was simply lying there — since that’s the actual fact, and it’s blatantly true.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EAs regards the reader-comments to this \u003Ci\u003ENewsweek\u003C\/i\u003E article, here’s a typical sequence of these reader-comments, so that you can see how American readers responded to this piece of sheer American propaganda:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p5\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ECOMMENTS:\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p5\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E----Bong Valencia\u0026nbsp;·\u0026nbsp;Don bosco academy pampanga\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p5\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EEverybody\u0026nbsp;needs to stop calling Ukraine's enemies as Russian[backed rebels.\u0026nbsp;Let's call a spade a spade.\u0026nbsp;Let's call them Russians!\u0026nbsp;They came from\u0026nbsp;and were\u0026nbsp;sent by Russia.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p5\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E·\u0026nbsp;24\u0026nbsp;·\u0026nbsp;February 5 at 7:57pm\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p5\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E----Kevin Quinn\u0026nbsp;·\u0026nbsp;Top Commenter\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p5\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EBut\u0026nbsp;they LIVE in what's called 'eastern Ukraine' and have been there in\u0026nbsp;some cases for centuries. That is Kyiv''s main point.\u0026nbsp;And theirs. Some\u0026nbsp;have received\u0026nbsp;military training in the Soviet forces, as well as the UA.\u0026nbsp;Some of the younger have been trained in 'militia camps' - safe in\u0026nbsp;Russia.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p5\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E• ·\u0026nbsp;3\u0026nbsp;·\u0026nbsp;February 6 at 10:57am\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p5\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E----Sergy K\u0026nbsp;·\u0026nbsp;Top Commenter ·\u0026nbsp;Harvard Kennedy School\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p5\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EKevin Quinn there are at most 15% of locals, 85 % came from Russia, and the military organizers came from Moscow\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p5\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E• ·\u0026nbsp;1\u0026nbsp;·\u0026nbsp;February 6 at 12:54pm\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p5\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E----Михаил Бочаров\u0026nbsp;·\u0026nbsp;Top Commenter ·\u0026nbsp;МОПИ им. Н.К. Крупской\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p5\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESergy\u0026nbsp;K, Where did you take those percentage from? Maybe from The History Of\u0026nbsp;Russian State by N.M.Karamzin or Primary Chronicle Where Did Russian\u0026nbsp;Land Come From or The History Of Kiev Rus? Look these books through in\u0026nbsp;the Harvard Kennedy School Library or at least use Google\u0026nbsp;\"Russian-speaking\u0026nbsp;population in Ukraine\".\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p5\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E• ·\u0026nbsp;February 10 at 5:06am\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p5\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E----El D Den\u0026nbsp;·\u0026nbsp;Top Commenter\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p5\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EMy hope is NATO destroys Russia once and for all.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p5\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E·\u0026nbsp;9\u0026nbsp;·\u0026nbsp;February 5 at 10:36pm\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ENoting the claim of one reader there (“Sergy K”) to be from Harvard’s Kennedy School, the present reporter looked to see whether there is, actually, any “Sergy K” who has been associated with that supposedly august and supposedly authoritative School. This is what I came up with:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p3\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu\/experts\/203\/sergei_konoplyov.html\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu\/experts\/203\/sergei_konoplyov.html\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p3\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu\/files\/disc_paper_99_08.pdf\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu\/files\/disc_paper_99_08.pdf\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ESo: apparently, an ‘expert’ at Harvard’s Kennedy School, and even one whose sole published work deals with Ukraine, does, indeed, actually think that 85% of the fighters against the Kiev-based Ukrainian Government’s \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/obama-definitely-caused-malaysian-airliner-downed\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s6\"\u003Einvasion\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E of Ukraine’s Donbass region are Russian soldiers, not residents.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EOn that matter, here is the actual evidence (there’s lots of it, but these are perhaps the most striking):\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p4\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/featured\/ukrainian-government-russian-troops-fighting-us\/\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/featured\/ukrainian-government-russian-troops-fighting-us\/\u003Cspan class=\"s6\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p6\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p4\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/ukraina.ru\/news\/20150213\/1012102730.html\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/ukraina.ru\/news\/20150213\/1012102730.html\u003Cspan class=\"s6\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p6\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p4\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/rosiegray\/heres-the-ukrainian-delegation-that-gave-misleading-photos-t#.rdzqJPe5X\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/rosiegray\/heres-the-ukrainian-delegation-that-gave-misleading-photos-t#.rdzqJPe5X\u003Cspan class=\"s6\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p6\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EFurthermore, to the exact contrary of all the similar allegations by the U.S. Government (which say that Russia wants to add to Russian territory the land where Ukraine’s pro-Russia rebels live), the present reporter had headlined on 19 September 2014, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/russias-leader-putin-rejects-ukrainian-separatists-aim-become-part-russia\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s6\"\u003E“Russia’s Leader Putin Rejects Ukrainian Separatists’ Aim to Become Part of Russia,”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and reported that not only did Putin reject it verbally, but that the Ukrainian separatist leaders took his statement as being his final word on the subject, and so decided “We will build our own country.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EIn other words: the \u003Ci\u003Eonly\u003C\/i\u003E reason why the Obama Administration is pushing the \u003Ci\u003Efraudulent\u003C\/i\u003E line that Putin is trying to seize the Donbass region of Ukraine away from Ukraine, is because Barack Obama needs to portray his own sponsorship of an ethnic-cleansing operation to get rid of the residents in Donbass (the rebellious region of Ukraine) as being instead an “Anti Terrorist Operation” by the Government against rebel fighters who (as the Harvard Kennedy School ‘Expert’ said) “85 % came from Russia.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EWe’re supposed to be this stupid, and this misinformed, by a propaganda-line that doesn’t even \u003Ci\u003Emake sense\u003C\/i\u003E — the line that says the people who are bombing the residents in Donbass and destroying the region, are the invading Russian army, and\/or the residents who live there (the “Terrorists,” as the Ukrainian Government calls them), instead of being \u003Ci\u003Ethe Government forces that are trying to \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/orientalreview.org\/2014\/08\/20\/ukraine-atrocities-the-illegal-use-of-white-phosphorous-fire-bombs-against-donetsk-civilians\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s6\"\u003Eexterminate the residents\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ci\u003E there, and who are actually \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/featured\/ukraine-target-civilians-separatists-targeting-maps-prove\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s6\"\u003Eterrorizing those residents\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ci\u003E in order to get them \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.liveleak.com\/view?i=02b_1402745550\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s6\"\u003Eto die or else to leave Ukraine\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EAs to the reason why Obama wants to get rid of those residents, look at \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/observationalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ukraine_historical_vs_electoral_2010.png\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s6\"\u003Ethis map\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. It shows the results in the final nationwide Ukrainian Presidential election, the one that was held in 2010 and which pitted the pro-Washington Yulia Tymoshenko against the pro-neutral-Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych. As you can see, the dark purple area is the region that voted 90% for Yanukovych. That’s also the area which the Ukrainian Government has been bombing. If the voters who live there, ever again vote for a President of Ukraine, then Obama’s February 2014 coup which overthrew Yanukovych will be elected out of office: the Obama coup-regime will end. That’s why \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2014\/06\/ukraine-international-war-criminal-obama-putin-2.html\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s6\"\u003EObama wants those voters to either die or else leave Ukraine\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. He needs them \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/obamas-ukrainian-stooges\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s6\"\u003Egone\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. (And official Washington wants this mass-murder of them to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/featured\/brookings-wants-villages-firebombed-ukraines-anti-terrorist-operation\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s6\"\u003Eincrease\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E; and this genocidal push is \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/featured\/u-s-congress-now-virtually-100-ukraines-war-russia-americans-least-67-opposed\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s6\"\u003Ebipartisan\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, both Republicans and Democrats.)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ENo wonder why the U.S. Government keeps lying, and its propaganda-organs (virtually the entire U.S. press) are lying. The press are controlled by the same aristocracy that control the Government. But, in order to do this, they are playing the American people for suckers. Maybe enough of the American public are, but that’s no justification for what America’s aristocracy are doing. The people who are being \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/media-blackout-u-s-sponsors-genocide-southeastern-ukraine\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s6\"\u003Eslaughtered\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E aren’t Americans at all, but are instead \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/enemies-ukraine-speak\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s6\"\u003Ethe entirely innocent residents in the Donbass region of the former Ukraine\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EPrior to Obama’s \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8-RyOaFwcEw\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s6\"\u003EFebruary 2014 Ukrainian coup\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, that entire country was a democracy, and there was no ethnic cleansing there. But Obama has the nerve now to accuse Russia of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/featured\/obamas-new-national-security-strategy-rabidly-anti-russian\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s6\"\u003E“aggression,”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E when in fact it is \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/obama-definitely-caused-malaysian-airliner-downed\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s6\"\u003Ehe that is the aggressor\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. And that’s the sole basis for the economic sanctions that Russians now suffer.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EWhat a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/featured\/obama-desperate-precipitate-nuclear-war\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s6\"\u003Emassive crime\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E: a war-crime that would be worthy of being tried as such at Nuremberg — but, this time, \u003Ci\u003Enot\u003C\/i\u003E by Americans. Obama is instead \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/nazism-back\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s6\"\u003Ethe \u003Ci\u003Eanti\u003C\/i\u003E-FDR President\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. An American President like this would make Franklin Delano Roosevelt turn over in his grave.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p7\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E—————\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p8\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p9\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s7\"\u003EInvestigative historian Eric Zuesse is the author, most recently, of\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Theyre-Not-Even-Close-Democratic\/dp\/1880026090\/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1339027537\u0026amp;sr=8-9\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThey’re Not Even Close: The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records, 1910-2010\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ci\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp; and of \u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B007Q1H4EG\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ECHRIST’S VENTRILOQUISTS: The Event that Created Christianity\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ci\u003E.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5936554305270002040\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/how-stupid-do-they-think-we-are.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/5936554305270002040"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/5936554305270002040"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/how-stupid-do-they-think-we-are.html","title":"How Stupid Do They Think We Are?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Eric Zuesse"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02476705883508590393"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img2.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rX9Ju2Cehnc\/VN6aAUqUzCI\/AAAAAAAAAGE\/Dw_Tcf1b0ZE\/s72-c\/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-02-13%2Bat%2B7.41.17%2BPM.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592363377848269801.post-8954837525593154334"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-13T18:52:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-13T18:52:04.120-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Analysis"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Interview"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Korsun Massacre"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Nazis"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Semenovka Massacre"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Slavyansk"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Strelkov"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ukraine"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"War Crimes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Slavyansk surgeon talks about another May 2nd massacre in Semenovka "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"BqFswtrIEAEiVEP.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newsbalt.ru\/upload\/medialibrary\/83c\/83cda38c029a1eac45415908399f626b.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EMikhail Kovalenko, Slavyansk surgent\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFebruary 13, 2015\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.newsbalt.ru\/detail\/?ID=51913\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAndre Omelchenko for Newsbalt.ru\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ETranslated by Kristina Rus\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\"The Ukrainian government has done everything to kill me personally\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\"NewsBalt\" interviewed Ukrainian doctor Mikhail Kovalenko, who was saving Novorossia civillians, militias and national guardsmen.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/www.newsbalt.ru\/upload\/iblock\/18a\/18a2dd953acb2d08ed9209264d7b0db7.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIn two days, at midnight on the 15th of February, according to the Minsk agreements, bloodshed must end in Novorossia, bitter symbol of which for many is this photo from Slavyansk.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EInformation and analytical portal \"NewsBalt\" managed to find the man depicted in the picture, carrying in his hands the murdered girl, and talk to him. A doctor by profession, Mikhail Kovalenko now lives in Russia, but we will not mention the region, because the banderites are looking for a hero-surgeon.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E- Mikhail Georgievich, this is a well-known photograph. The Ukrainian media said that it is the daughter's father running away from the separatists, and that this girl was killed by the punishers. Is it you in the picture?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- Yes, it's me. Where the picture came from, I don't know. And the mines that killed this girl came from Karachun mountain. There was a Ukrainian battery, which regularly shelled the city. That's where the fire came from.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E- What are the events depicted in this picture?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- This happened on Trinity. We just returned with my wife from the church. At this time, city water system already did not function. In the single-house districts there were wells and all the neighbors went there to fetch water. The militia brought a generator (there was no electricity by then). Two explosions happened. They hit the spot where people got water. A militiaman ran from around the corner, carrying a child. Someone shouted: \"There's a doctor!\" The fighter gave the girl to me. From my home to the hospital - 500 meters. I ran over there. Put her on the operating table, and realized that the child was dead. The girl had hip, abdomen, and head injuries. Then, when I was looking at this picture, I realized that the child was already dead. Then, in a rush, I didn't see it.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E- Who fired?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- Karachun mountain dominates over the city. Only mountain in our area. On it was a Ukrainian battery, which was constantly shelling the city. They fired from there. And the evidence clearly showed where the shells came from. Militia never fired on Slavyansk, I can vouch for that.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E- Many Ukrainians supporting ATO [anti-terrorist operation], believe that the militias fired on themselves.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- A person can be convinced of many things. I myself had to convince the terminally ill that they will recover. They believed.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E- Recovered?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- No. They were dying. But believed.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E- Mikhail Georgievich, what are your impressions, memories from the beginning of the war?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- Until that Trinity I still had the feeling that it will be okay. They fired on the outskirts, but there were not many victims. The horror began on May 2nd. It is on May 2nd, when a column of the military, which took Karachun, fired on the village of\u0026nbsp;Semenovka - small, by Donetsk standards, settlement, roughly two hundred yards.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ELocal residents blocked the road for the column, so that it would not get to Karachun. Locals made an agreement with the unit commander, that the soldiers will empty the ammunition into the air, and then report to his superiors: \"fired everything and had to return\". And the regular UAF division shot a few rounds into the air, and then just started shooting at the people. This day was my shift at the hospital.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIt was the first real slaughter. We got 16 people with gunshot wounds. Us, doctors, were not used to such injuries, especially in such quantities. Three received a bullet in the abdomen. One - in the chest. We lost him. The rest were wounded in the legs. That day we lost four. The rest survived. After this massacre some of the inhabitants fled to the city [Slavyansk]. Some stayed. There was a certain balance between the militia and Ukrainian troops. The militia took the position under the mountain. UAF dug in on the mountain.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAt the initial stage there were 4 attacks on Slavyansk. There were many casualties among the civilian population. There were wounded among the militia. Even national guardsmen were brought to us. We took care of them. There was a lot of artillery shelling of residential areas. My house was bombed.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIt is very scary when you hear the sounds of explosions, while operating on the wounded, and near the hospital there are such explosions that the building is shaking. The military somehow\u0026nbsp;prepares\u0026nbsp;for it. They know how to hide, how to behave in general. We don't know that. Thirty\u0026nbsp;meters\u0026nbsp;from the hospital, \u0026nbsp;my senior operating nurse was killed. One house was bombed from aircraft. I am now settled not far from an airport. And only six months later stopped shivering when I hear the sound of a plane.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E- Was there a lot of work?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- For some time I never left the hospital. Surgeons\u0026nbsp;were constantly needed, because there was a non-stop flow of victims. We didn't divide people into ours and theirs. We operated on all. Sometimes a militiaman and a national guardsman laid on beds next to each other. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E- Mikhail Georgievich, how did you decide to move to Russia?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- June 17, when the militia left, I also left. After three or four days. First to Kharkov, then to Russia. We learned about the withdrawal of the militia exactly on the day when they left. The militias stopped by and said, \"Doctor, we are leaving the city right now. Whoever wants to, can go with us now. Get in the car.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWe burned all the medical records. In Slavyansk militia almost all were local residents. Slavyansk by Donetsk standards is a small town - 120 thousand. Imagine what would happen to their families if UAF learned about their gunshot wounds? After militia left, the town was quiet all night. Some absolute, resounding silence. No people, no Ukrainian soldiers. Somewhere, about twelve o'clock, the first Ukrainian soldiers appeared in the city. People, of course, were hiding. I sat in the hospital and watched as two BTRs passed, then returned. Left for the night. The next day they again came back for the day, \u0026nbsp;left for the night. Only on the third or fourth day they began staying in the city. They made a caret [inverted \"V\"] with BTRs and slept inside.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E- Why did you decide to leave?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- It's personal. Personally I had been shot at. From cannons, small arms. Perhaps I can say that the Ukrainian government has done everything to kill me. They they didn't kill me because I'm clever. Not because they didn't try - they tried very well - but because I was lucky, I was able to avoid it. And to live in a country where the government personally shot at me, I just can't.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E- Did they believe they were in a hostile territory? Were they afraid?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- Yes. They are still afraid. A friend told me. After 18-19 o'clock there is no one in the city. No one goes out on the street. They patrol the city. My friend was out late, but was walking home before curfew. And then, ten meters from him, a machine gun round hit the asphalt. Without any warning. He jumped to the side: \"What are you doing?\". And they said, \"Turn and walk around\". I.e. when a\u0026nbsp;civilian\u0026nbsp;approaches them, they are afraid.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E- What have you heard about extra-judicial executions in Slavyansk?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- People were disappearing. One of my friends disappeared. He was not in the militia. Just a small businessman. The majority of small entrepreneurs funded the militia. And in August his wife called, in tears, told me that her husband is missing for three days, and cannot be found. So only among my friends, there are two such facts.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E- Mikhail Georgievich, did Strelkov raise everyone, or did the people rise up themselves?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- Strelkov appeared in a city ready to revolt. Therefore, \"strelkovtsi\" are almost all locals. It was a real popular uprising. At first people had shotguns, hunting rifles, a few German \"schmeissers\", PPSh [Soviet submachine gun] .... Why people took up arms? There were mass rallies. And after the mass rallies people began to disappear. Plus everyone saw the footage from Korsun-Shevchenko. How they burned buses, beat and killed people. Until then I was skeptical about Maidan, with humor, as the last one, which was in 2004. Until the real slaughter began. Suddenly, like a devil out of a box popped the \"Right Sector\", \"Trident\", etc. We never heard about such organizations before. That's when I got really scared. For the first time.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EVideo about \"Korsun Massacre\":\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"YOUTUBE-iframe-video\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/ytimg.googleusercontent.com\/vi\/loKajkXoTBU\/0.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/loKajkXoTBU?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"320\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E- The reason for resistance, was probably, not that you were forced to listen to news in the Ukrainian language?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- For many years we have heard from Kiev that in Donbass live not people, but \"donbasiane,\" that with these \"donbasiane\" they can speak only with a language of force, that Lvov - is a cultural capital. Despite the fact that they, excuse me, have a\u0026nbsp;theater\u0026nbsp;built by the\u0026nbsp;Austrians and no\u0026nbsp;theater\u0026nbsp;company. And Donetsk academic\u0026nbsp;theater\u0026nbsp;staged \"The Flying Dutchman\" and this play was a\u0026nbsp;world sensation. Only this was not mentioned anywhere in the Ukrainian press. This despite the fact that all of Europe was impressed with this \"Flying Dutchman\". All this also played a role. We realized that no one will listen to us. As they said, \"The government of winners came to power in Ukraine\". Not of the whole country, but \"of the winners\".\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EEverything that I have observed in Ukraine, is fully described in Feuchtwanger\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3;\"\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; line-height: 1.3;\"\u003ERemark. I felt like one, then another character in these novels. Only, for example, in the \"Black Obelisk\", the characters live in a situation where the junta has already lost.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E- You dealt with the Nazis face-to-face, even though wounded. Maybe after they saw the results of their \"defense of Fatherland\", learned about the dead children, civilians, when there was no Ukrainian TV channels nearby, they changed their mind?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- I don't recall that it has changed. And you know, I think it's not the TV. I think its some psychotropic drugs. Those national guardsmen, whom I saw, looked like people under the influence of some other drugs. Perhaps from a fenamin group. This, apparently, was some kind of military pharmacology. It caused a decrease in the level of fear, pain threshold, increased muscle tone and responsiveness.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EHad a chance to operate one of the fighters of national guard, who had a mortal wound. He behaved very inadequately. Was in a state of excitement. Aggressive. Didn't feel pain at all. Got up, sat down. The expression on his face -\u0026nbsp;indescribable.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EGlassy eyes, absolutely uncritical perception... Maybe this is just an opinion, maybe I'm wrong.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI think that the violence occurs in the process. Some submit to it, some don't. Let's take Khatyn. As it turns out, the Ukrainians did it. In the USSR this topic was a taboo. But it is now known that Khatyn - is a Ukrainian \"achievement\". Same here. These are the same people with the same behavior.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E- Why so few people at the initial stage went in the militia?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- They weren't needed. My friend came to the assembly point. With his military papers, staff officer. He was asked: \"Do you have children?\". He said - two. Didn't take him. They took young, single, and retired.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E- Have you heard about the hospitals, on the territories occupied by the junta, are full of raped women and even minor girls?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- I heard about it. But haven't seen myself. And I believe it, because I saw these nazguardians.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E- Mikhail Georgievich, is it possible to say that the Ukrainian government is carrying out a genocide of the population of Donbass?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- How would you describe it: a peaceful city, with militia made up of the residents of the city, is simply bombed by the government? Instead of talking with the residents, to send negotiators? Why was it not done? Why did they begin the shelling of the city?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAnd phosphorous bombs? I saw these burns. We had six people with these burns. I had seen it all and I am ready to testify under oath.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EDid Poroshenko send any negotiators? At least to ask: \"what do you want?\". People just wanted to feel like people. No one wanted to talk to us. And the war began.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E- Would you like for the same shooting, the same war to begin in Central and Western Ukraine? That they feel the same, as your countrymen? That they realize that killing civilians is bad?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- Absolutely not! What is happening now in Ukraine - this is fascism. Understand correctly. Donbass\u0026nbsp;is a place where people were not divided along ethnic lines. Where Russian, Ukrainian, Tatar, Armenian, Jewish and Uzbek drank cognac at one table. We ate and conversed about religion. Amazing scene.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E- And how is the transition to civilian life?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- Friends in Russia helped with the move. And when we got here, it turned out that one of the hospitals of the city needs a surgeon and a therapist. And they took me and my wife. Slowly entering into a peaceful routine. Personally, I have only for a couple of weeks stopped shaking at night from the sounds of wedding fireworks. I want to wish everyone peace and a calm life.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.newsbalt.ru\/topics\/15219\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERead other articles on the topic of \"Effects of European integration of Ukraine\"\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Russian)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8954837525593154334\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/slavyansk-surgeon-talks-about-another.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/8954837525593154334"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/8954837525593154334"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/slavyansk-surgeon-talks-about-another.html","title":"Slavyansk surgeon talks about another May 2nd massacre in Semenovka "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kristina Rus"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/106816002870336519498"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-SbgNdqsoOdg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAIro\/s0n5Jzwg7ZE\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/loKajkXoTBU\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592363377848269801.post-6964651304812717235"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-13T16:08:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-13T16:08:56.289-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Poroshenko"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ukraine"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"War Crimes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Victims of Western-supported Kiev junta - 3 siblings taking a bath before bedtime"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4RYSTbNG5t8\" width=\"480\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFebruary 13, 2015\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ETranslated by Kristina Rus\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003ENastia, Dasha, Kirill, who is next?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\"This was a bathroom...\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EHe can not calmly look at this. Just yesterday there was a bathroom. His three children were taking a bath before bedtime. He heard an explosion. Dennis didn't realize immediately that the rocket hit the house directly. He wanted to take the kids to the basement.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EHe is still shaking from what he saw.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\"At first glance I saw the whole body of Nastia. I took Kirill in my arms. The emergency worker dragged me away, thought, I wouldn't be able to handle it. I could handle it. Only my wife was taken to the hospital with a nervous breakdown. I was holding myself together. This is barbaric.\"\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EHis wife Lyuba spent the whole night in a hospital. But found strength to come back to the house. They are looking for clean clothes to bury their children tomorrow.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\"Didn't even hear a hiss. Just \"bang!\" \"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAt once they lost everyone: 2 year old Kirill, 7 year old\u0026nbsp;Nastia and 13 year old Dasha. They were always together, remember the parents. On a table, under fragments of glass - a book of fairytales, the sisters liked to read them for their brother at night.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\"They were so friendly. The little one couldn't be away from his oldest sister. The middle one was very happy.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EActive shelling of Gorlovka began last night.\u0026nbsp;Artillery\u0026nbsp;worked all night. The shelling continued in the morning.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EDestruction around the entire town. One shell exploded near a residential house. Many wounded. Broken glass everywhere.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EVera Ivanovna just found out her husband Alexey was killed. They spent 40 years together. \u0026nbsp;She asked him not to go outside. Was afraid. But he insisted. Her elderly mother just moved in, and he went to get some food.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\"My husband is dead. I don't want to talk\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ENo words. Just fear. Gorlovka residents try to shelter in basements. But it doesn't always help.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EDenis's family spent the last 6 months in the basement. He came down here to take his son's favorite toy. Along with the toy they are taking Dasha's favorite blue dress, and leaving far away from the house.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EChannel\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;1, Gorlovka. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6964651304812717235\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/victims-of-western-supported-kiev-junta.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/6964651304812717235"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/6964651304812717235"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/victims-of-western-supported-kiev-junta.html","title":"Victims of Western-supported Kiev junta - 3 siblings taking a bath before bedtime"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kristina Rus"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/106816002870336519498"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-SbgNdqsoOdg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAIro\/s0n5Jzwg7ZE\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/4RYSTbNG5t8\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592363377848269801.post-9186200566228224971"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-13T15:28:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-13T23:22:15.340-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bloggers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CIA"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Culture"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"History"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pasternak"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Russia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Russian Movies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Declassified CIA document: \"Doctor Zhivago\" should be considered for the Nobel prize"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-67MMsmQbHWA\/VN5X7lDdg8I\/AAAAAAAALIs\/8UU1LuRrXDY\/s1600\/103603294_1375470026_1967.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-67MMsmQbHWA\/VN5X7lDdg8I\/AAAAAAAALIs\/8UU1LuRrXDY\/s1600\/103603294_1375470026_1967.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\"Doctor Zhivago\", Russia, \u0026nbsp;2005\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFebruary 13, 2015\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ESource:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/soul-researcher.livejournal.com\/88532.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESoul-Researcher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EKristina Rus\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.foia.cia.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/document_conversions\/1822135\/DOC_0005795615.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EDeclassified CIA document:\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\"Approved for Release: 2012\/09\/19\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ESECRET\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EDecember 12, 1957\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESubject: Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E1. ______ staff heralds the appearance of this book as more important than any other literature which has yet come out of the Soviet Bloc and is deeply concerned that its exploitation in the West be handled with care. They believe that the greatest effect could be achieved if \u003Cb\u003Ethe pressure of world opinion forced the Soviets to publish the book for domestic use\u003C\/b\u003E. They are also concerned with the well-being of Pasternak and the effect on other writers inside the Soviet Union who would try to write an independent message tot he Soviet public.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E2. For these reasons, ______ takes the following position:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003Ea. Dr. Zhivago should be published in a maximum number of foreign editions, for maximum free world discussion and acclaim and consideration for such honor as the Nobel prize.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003Eb. No Russian version should be published by _____ ______ or any other obviously political publisher.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003Ec. Radio Liberation [Svoboda - KR] should not broadcast the Russian text until it is published but should concentrate on reporting independent reviews.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E3. _____ has not yet obtained the Russian manuscript of the book, but is quietly seeking the manuscript.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E4. It is recommended that the views of SR Division and of _____ be obtained on this approach and that US action on the exploitation of the book be coordinate, concentrating on obtaining for it widespread publication and acclaim.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EComment written by hand:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\"Pressure by foreign editors. No political public. [publication?] in Russia\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKristina Rus comment\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EWhat we learned:\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ELiterature from target countries should be \"exploited\" by the West\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ECIA can \"pressure the world opinion\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ECIA can tell publishers around the world what to publish\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ECIA can make a book a bestseller and can influence decisions on the Nobel prize\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ECIA controls Radio Svoboda (Liberty\/Liberation)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ECIA can coordinate US public reaction to literature and make possible widespread publication and influence the public opinion on literature\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EI wonder what they are up to today!?\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\"Doctor 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class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;2\/13\/2013\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/yurasumy.livejournal.com\/395307.html\"\u003EThey are not only running out of gas, but also out ofammunition. Soon they’ll be out of heavy equipment, too.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EBy Yurasumy\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ETranslated from Russian by J.Hawk\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E[Yurasumy’s post is largely a commentary to a short video clip which shows a Ukrainian officer by the name of Yuriy Kasyanov talk about the state of the Ukrainian army. He says that the Ukrainian army is doing well from the perspective of personnel, since its units are now filled with hardened, experienced fighters thanks to the continuous fighting. This in itself is a debatable statement-we know that mobilization is unpopular, that desertion is a major problem, and that the level of training is very low. The real problem, in Kasyanov’s estimate, is that the military is running out of ammunition and heavy equipment because it does not produce either on its own, at least not in sufficient quantities to make up for the heavy usage, and this has led to the loss of Uglegorsk and the Debaltsevo encirclement.]\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe guy said what the specialists already know and the “hurrapatriots” on both sides are afraid to admit. The UAF is half-dead. Very soon the “half” part may soon drop off. It’s hard to imagine that even last summer people like that were threatening to crush their enemies into the asphalt and march all the way to Moscow.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAzov is running out of gas. There is no artillery ammunition at Debaltsevo. Heavy equipment is breaking down and there is too little of it to go around.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EP.S. And it’s been only six months. What will be left of this military machine in another six months?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cb\u003EJ.Hawk’s Comment\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E:\u003Ci\u003E I suspect the main cause of Poroshenko’s sudden willingness to have an “unconditional” ceasefire was the inevitability of sizable military defeat should the fighting continue for much longer. UAF’s equipment and ammunition reserves are not infinite. Contrary to what one occasionally sees in the media and the social media, Ukraine is not receiving large-scale shipments of arms from NATO or anywhere else. There are cases of individual units procuring equipment and weapons in the West on their own initiative and using their own funding, plus the occasional dumping of obsolete gear by various NATO countries. But nobody is willing to replenish UAF’s stocks of armored vehicles and ammunition that have been expended in two bloody campaigns. Even in the US it seems to have dawned on everyone that Novorossia will not be defeated militarily, and any NATO intervention will be met by a Russian escalation which will simply end the Ukrainian state before the NATO aid has any effect on the ground. \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe prospect of military catastrophe is likely what Poroshenko had in mind when he said at Minsk that if no agreement is reached, the situation will get out of control—the UAF is rapidly reaching the end of its tether. Ukraine has burned up its gold and currency reserves, it is facing strict IMF-imposed austerity, so it’s rapidly running out of the means, military and financial, for fighting the war. So can the fighting continue anyway?\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EWhy, yes it can! \u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5503287969724801196\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/the-ukrainian-military-is-half-dead.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/5503287969724801196"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/5503287969724801196"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/the-ukrainian-military-is-half-dead.html","title":"The Ukrainian military is half-dead. Soon it will be dead."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Mike 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\/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E2\/13\/2015\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/politicys.ru\/prikryvayas-voennym-polozheniem-vlas\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EUkrainian Government May Seize Private Housing Using Martial Law as Pretext\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EBy Fedor Stukin\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ETranslated from Russian by J.Hawk\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe Verkhovna Rada approved without much fanfare the so-called “housing duty”. This allows local administration under a martial law to seize housing for the purpose of quartering soldiers and officers. President Poroshenko announced earlier that the Cabinet of Ministers and Parliament may introduce martial law if there is no agreement in Minsk.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe Rada was not being idle while the negotiations were continuing in Minsk. In addition to passing the “housing duty”, the Rada also introduced jail terms for civil defense duty evasion. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe law specifies that individuals avoiding civil defense duty during a “special period” or an “extraordinary situation” will be punished by a jail term of two to five years. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EMoreover, the Rada also made changes in the “Martial Law Legal Regime” law, by adding the\u0026nbsp; “housing duty” for physical and legal persons. This “duty” means that the military administration can require any owner of real estate to quarter soldiers and officers. However, this scheme is to be used only in areas covered by martial law. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003E\u003Cb\u003EJ.Hawk’s Comment:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/u\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003Ci\u003EOne should note that the quartering of troops and the seizure of individual savings (reported earlier on this blog) are explosive issues, so much so that two of the US Bill of Rights amendments specifically prohibit the US government from doing that. The fact they are even thinking of doing something like this is only an indication of their own growing desperation. The junta knew how to start the war, but they don’t know how to stop it. It is literally as bad as that. In spite of the obvious unwinnability of the conflict on the Donbass, and the growing pressure from Western countries whose assistance will be limited to preventing Ukraine from defaulting, they simply have no idea how to function in peacetime. Which probably means that peacetime may be too much to ask for of this government. Minsk-2 came and went, but everyone in Kiev is acting and speaking as if nothing had happened. The ceasefire will be the next test. If it sticks, there’s reason for hope. If not…as Zakharchenko had said (quite possibly echoing Putin’s thoughts), there will be no more memoranda. \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8390698717254279204\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/doomsday-watch-now-ukraine-wants-to.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/8390698717254279204"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/8390698717254279204"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/doomsday-watch-now-ukraine-wants-to.html","title":"Doomsday Watch: Now Ukraine Wants to Seize Private 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Rus"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/106816002870336519498"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-SbgNdqsoOdg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAIro\/s0n5Jzwg7ZE\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/dAVFhPu5fio\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592363377848269801.post-4162173500415335169"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-13T08:10:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-13T08:17:38.782-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ceasefire"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Frontline 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href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3yuD9nSu4Uw\/VN3y7uNZmLI\/AAAAAAAALIY\/BkOt3HqHVqE\/s1600\/10603574_780659848677568_8757625751351618645_n.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3yuD9nSu4Uw\/VN3y7uNZmLI\/AAAAAAAALIY\/BkOt3HqHVqE\/s1600\/10603574_780659848677568_8757625751351618645_n.jpg\" height=\"354\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EYarosh with Right Sector commanders\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFebruary 13, 2015\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rusvesna.su\/news\/1423817322\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ERusvesna\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ETranslated by Krisitna Rus\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\"Total war\" - terrorist Yarosh warns, that the militants of the Right Sector and other volunteer-punisher battalions will not obide by the Minsk agreement.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAbout this and about the creation of parallel armed forces of Ukraine of the volunteer army, the infamous terrorist and a member of Parliament, Dmitry\u0026nbsp;Yarosh says on his official Facebook page.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\"With the permission and an entourage of doctors went to one of the bases of DUK PS (\"DUK PS\" - Ukrainian Volunteer Corps of the Right Sector - \"Rusvesna\").\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ETook part in the extended meeting of the commanders of the various units and divisions of the Corps. Outlined a number of strategic and operational directions for the development of military-political movement \"The Right Sector\".\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EDiscussed the situation at the front and rear, as well as opportunities and \u003Cb\u003Eoptions for state legitimization\u003C\/b\u003E of the Volunteer corps as a social phenomenon.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EDecided: on joining in the structure of the operational headquarters of the volunteer movement, on deployment of new combat and reserve units of DUK, on further systematization and structuring of medical, intelligence, and information services of the Corps.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EConsidered \u003Cb\u003Ethe possibility of creation of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army\u003C\/b\u003E as a separate type of UAF (we are talking about completely independent from the main command structure with its own General Staff - \"Rusvesna\"), and the like...\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFrankly, terribly tired, but got a great moral satisfaction from communicating with brothers.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWe are all united by the idea of statehood of our people and strive for victory over enemies foreign and domestic. We know that despite the efforts of katsap [derogatory term for Russians - tr.] jackals and snake hissing of\u0026nbsp;sympathizers\u0026nbsp;and collaborators, we are on the right\u0026nbsp;path. We - are the strength which protects Ukraine. This is our main mission in this earthly \u0026nbsp;life...\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWe want to win. We can win. We will win!\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EP.S. At the meeting we decided that there will be no ceasefire with Russian occupants and terrorists. We will wage the war until a victorious liberation of all Ukrainian lands from Moscow freaks. And victory will be ours! Glory To Ukraine!\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4162173500415335169\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/right-sector-leader-dmitry-yarosh.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/4162173500415335169"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/4162173500415335169"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/right-sector-leader-dmitry-yarosh.html","title":"Right Sector leader Dmitry Yarosh creates parallel Armed Forces of Ukraine"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kristina Rus"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/106816002870336519498"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-SbgNdqsoOdg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAIro\/s0n5Jzwg7ZE\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-3yuD9nSu4Uw\/VN3y7uNZmLI\/AAAAAAAALIY\/BkOt3HqHVqE\/s72-c\/10603574_780659848677568_8757625751351618645_n.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592363377848269801.post-7335212734078273891"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-13T07:42:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-13T07:42:46.700-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Frontline Update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Logvinovo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"NAF"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Novorossia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UAF"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Video"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Logvinovo: intense battle for the lid of the Debaltsevo cauldron (video)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UJRiGrkObPg\" width=\"480\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFebruary 13, 2015\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ETranslated by Kristina Rus\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- Go back, don't lay down\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- Start the Ural, move back, f@ck, tank on the left\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- They are shooting at us, I don't know who\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- Watch\u0026nbsp;out for Ukrop tanks, attention, go back to the woods\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- Scatter, why are you sitting in a pile?\u0026nbsp;Stretch\u0026nbsp;in a line\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- From left and right of Logvinovo, ukrop started an attack in our direction\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EUkrainian infantry has moved up close to our positions, positions of DPR armed forces, and is trying to break through. Besides that there is also an artillery duel. The situation at Logvinovo is very intense.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E-What is going on on?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E- Total .... with ukrop. You can hear they are sending us their \"text messages\". But soon our presents will fly towards ukrop, too...\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7335212734078273891\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/logvinovo-intense-battle-for-lid-of.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/7335212734078273891"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/7335212734078273891"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/logvinovo-intense-battle-for-lid-of.html","title":"Logvinovo: intense battle for the lid of the Debaltsevo cauldron (video)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kristina Rus"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/106816002870336519498"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-SbgNdqsoOdg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAIro\/s0n5Jzwg7ZE\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/UJRiGrkObPg\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592363377848269801.post-4722657627983502672"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-13T07:08:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-14T07:40:55.313-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Analysis"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Culture"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Philosophy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Politics"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Battle of Wills between the West and Russia:  Which Side Will Win?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt 36pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -36pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: large; text-indent: -36pt;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EThe Battle of Wills between the West and Russia:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt 36pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -36pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: Times, serif; font-size: large; text-indent: -36pt;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWhich Side Will Win?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Times\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.0pt;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003EBy: Joshua Tartakovsky\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFrom the very beginning or emergence of the Ukraine crisis, as details of the coup emerged and Crimea was, in the eyes of the west - annexed by Russia - it became clear that we are heading to a prolonged battle.\u0026nbsp; This is one that is not just a physical war which entails much destruction but a war of wills in a conflict over the question of which side has the moral upper hand. From the very beginning, the West and Russia were speaking in opposite languages and had opposing mindsets. While the West, led by the US, accused Russia of aggression in Ukraine and pointed a finger at it for violating international law, Russia was speaking about fascists in Kiev and about an illegal coup. It became clear from the very beginning that the issue was not merely one of disagreement or division, but of a cultural war with the West attempting to prove its superiority, vis-à-vis Russia.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EWhile US support for the coup in Kiev could be analyzed from the perspective of traditional imperialism with the US seeking to impose its will and ensure that its will overrides others, even that of regional powers, the way it has managed to convince many in the West of the righteousness of its cause and in its support of the Kiev post-coup government, was due to an appeal to the Western sense of justice and law with Russia being presented as an aggressor and violator. Furthermore, Russia was presented as practicing the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/98ffbd4c-aa8c-11e3-9fd6-00144feab7de.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #1155cc; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E“laws of the jungle”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E as Angela Merkel put it, and therefore as a barbarian.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EIf one wishes to understand the crisis and its nature\u003C\/b\u003E, it is necessary to analyze the respective mentalities of each side (while of course realizing that among individuals there are greater differences).This kind of analysis is especially needed due to the fact that the current conflict is showing all the signs of developing into a major war, with an all-out nuclear war appearing as a \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/CPU\/Desktop\/Russia-vs-west-v2%20JF%20edit.docx#http:\/\/www.dw.de\/gorbachev-issues-new-warning-of-nuclear-war-over-ukraine\/a-18182899\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003Erealistic possibility\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E which should not be ruled out.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EThe Western mentality based on capitalism, the Puritan work ethic (prevalent to the largest degree in the US), Martin Luther’s doctrine of the individual being saved by faith, Calvinism, liberalism as a \u0026nbsp;product of the Enlightenment and the rule of law, sees the creation of an autonomous, independent individual as its highest achievement. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;The rule of law is held sacred as it is the mechanism by which the market operates, even when the law serves to strengthen the control of corporations over the lives of ordinary people. Within this framework, the creation of an independent, rational actor, who must live for his or her own sake and seek to express his worth via his external accomplishments, is the hallmark of the Western civilization. This individual, for obvious reasons, therefore faces immense pressures by his surrounding environment. \u0026nbsp;He has to constantly prove his worth to earn the approval of others by being successful, and yet does not have the support of a larger community to a degree more common in the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and Asia (with Singapore and Japan perhaps serving as an exception yet both have attempted to imitate the West). \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EThe individual in the West is judged solely on his accomplishments and not on his internal value as a human being. For this reason, he is constantly insecure and seeks to prove himself. However, faced with obstacles for which he cannot easily ask for assistance as it would display a lack of ability, the surrounding pressures are immense and a relief must be provided.\u0026nbsp; The easiest way one can feel secure about himself, therefore, is by seeing how he is better than others, and ways in which he is superior. After all, if people are atoms, and judged by their accomplishments alone, while not enjoying support of a community or even that of a close family due to the demands of the Capitalist work ethic, then one sees others as a competitive threat on the way to the prize. Therefore, by pointing at how he is better than others, more moral than them, more professional and so on, he feels better about himself and is secure, if only momentarily. \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EWhat is true for the individual is true in a greater scale in the neoliberal Western order.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EIf one looks at Western history, especially of the UK, US, Germany, and so on, it is replete \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/null\" name=\"_GoBack\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003Ewith aggressive expansion, imperialism, bloodshed\u003C\/b\u003E, colonialism, exploitation and slavery.\u0026nbsp; Imperial wars\u0026nbsp; conducted by the US and UK have continued and intensified in recent decades. The Western mentality, however, still holds that the West is better than all other ‘oppressive’ countries, despite the fact that the latter did not engage in bombing campaigns of ‘backward’ countries. While overlooking a legacy of colonialism in the case of the UK and of supporting oppressive regimes in Latin America in the case of the US, the Anglo-Saxon Western world views itself as superior and as an upholder of liberal values. Therefore, it is all too convenient for it to point a finger at Russia for violating international law by its annexation of the Crimea. By blaming Russia, the West feels better about itself. \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-YJapYtIWlHs\/VN3oWrgTO1I\/AAAAAAAAAII\/CSgamZsz7uA\/s1600\/280214mccain.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-YJapYtIWlHs\/VN3oWrgTO1I\/AAAAAAAAAII\/CSgamZsz7uA\/s1600\/280214mccain.jpg\" height=\"212\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EMcCain assures fascist Svoboda head Tyahnybok and PM Yatsenyuk of western support\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EIn Russia, despite having a market economy and Oligarch-run capitalism (while in the West, the rule of corporations has been prevalent for several decades and their control of the media and government remains unexamined), society is still to a significant degree influenced by the tradition of socialism and Orthodox communitarian values. Although strong ties in the community have weakened in Russia in the past two decades, the individual is still not viewed wholly as an atom who lives for his own fulfillment, but as one who belongs to a community and a nation, and must live for a moral purpose. While this notion has weakened in recent years, it is still stronger than in the West. Even if many people do not follow this mode of living, the understanding that they are failing by doing so. Indeed, Russians tend to be very critical of themselves in how well they live up to certain standards and are not too comfortable with themselves in the way Westerners tend to be.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn Russia, despite the image of immense corruption that is common in how Westerners view it, friendship usually comes before career. People will go out of their way to help a friend in most cases, even at their expense of their professional development. \u0026nbsp;While in Western culture it is more common for people to mock, belittle or insult those whom they dislike or who serves as a competition, in the Russian mentality, basic decency is to be generally respected and people are not to be humiliated or mocked without mercy unless in exceptional cases as a response to an aggressive action. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EWhat is true for the individual is also true for the society at large.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEver since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia did not engage in regime-changes or imperial wars abroad. While the US attacked Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya with Syria possibly serving as the next target, Russia has minded its own business. The war between Russia and Georgia in 2008, for example, was not initiated by Russia but followed the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/CPU\/Desktop\/Russia-vs-west-v2%20JF%20edit.docx#http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/11\/07\/world\/europe\/07georgia.html?pagewanted=all\u0026amp;_r=0\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003Eunprovoked shelling of Tskhinvali\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E by President Mikheil Saakashvili. \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EThe issue of Crimea’s annexation by Russia and how to interpret it highlights the different modes both cultures have in seeing reality and why they will inevitably come into conflict over this.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C!--[endif]--\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EIn the Russian view, US overt recognition and support for Ukrainian neo-Nazis (as exemplified by John McCain meeting with Svoboda’s leader Oleh Tyahnybok), its support of an unconstitutional coup in Kiev, and its defense of it later, is not only an insult but also a betrayal. The fact that the United States, formerly an ally of the USSR during the common battle against Nazi Germany, placed Nazis in power in Ukraine and did so illegally by a violent coup, was seen not only as an act of breaking all norms and laws and in posing a direct danger for Russia and ethnic Russians in Ukraine, but also as a betrayal of the worse kind in which the other side has shown clearly that it holds nothing sacred. Neither Ukrainian law, nor international law and certainly not the legacy of World War II were given any value. In other words, the West has engaged in the greatest insult possible, while claiming that the rule of law is on its side. In so doing, it has revealed that it cannot possibly be trusted. It betrayed not only the common sacrifice made by millions of soldiers serving for the anti-Fascist Allies during World War II, but also the promise made by Baker to Gorbachev against NATO expansion to the East. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003ETherefore, the West, in Russian eyes, revealed itself as entirely unreliable, a treacherous partner, from whom no basic decency is to be expected.\u0026nbsp; This notion is only reinforced by the fact that the West appears to be more preoccupied about the bloodless annexation of the Crimea than about the Kiev government's bombardment of its own citizens.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EThe Russian response to the West overlooking the fact that a third party of \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/CPU\/Desktop\/Russia-vs-west-v2%20JF%20edit.docx#http:\/\/www.academia.edu\/8776021\/The_Snipers_Massacre_on_the_Maidan_in_Ukraine\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003Eexternal snipers\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E were hired to fire at \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/CPU\/Desktop\/Russia-vs-west-v2%20JF%20edit.docx#http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/magazine-31359021\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003Eprotesters on Maidan\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E, that Right Sector fascists fired at the police, and that \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/CPU\/Desktop\/Russia-vs-west-v2%20JF%20edit.docx#http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/mar\/04\/who-governing-ukraine-olexander-turchynov\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003Enational socialists were placed in the immediate government\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E, was to regain some dignity as quickly as possible and secure Crimea before Sevastopol fell into the hands of NATO. To this end, a rushed referendum was conducted, which did genuinely reflect, the will of the people there, \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.gfk.com\/%E2%80%A6\/presentations\/gfk_report_freecrimea.pdf#http:\/\/www.gfk.com\/…\/presentations\/gfk_report_freecrimea.pdf\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003Eas recent polls revealed\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E, and Crimea joined Russia. Following the coup in Kiev, people in Lugansk and Donetsk took arms in East Ukraine and demanded a federation in which their rights will be respected. This was done after the establishment of an ultra-nationalist West-Ukrainian government. Yet while the West supported a violent coup in Kiev led by fascists who fired at the police, it denounced as “violent” and “illegal” the fact that people in the Donbass did not see themselves as represented by the post-coup government in Kiev, supported by the West.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-UfDE8U-bTqY\/VN3o_hG1myI\/AAAAAAAAAIU\/U8S-MOOiRcM\/s1600\/10527583_942367622447631_3017403193386976316_n.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-UfDE8U-bTqY\/VN3o_hG1myI\/AAAAAAAAAIU\/U8S-MOOiRcM\/s1600\/10527583_942367622447631_3017403193386976316_n.jpg\" height=\"320\" width=\"240\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EDue to Ukrainian shelling, some families live in basements (photo: Olga Solnishko)\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EIn the eyes of the West, the annexation of Crimea is wholly unacceptable\u003C\/b\u003E. This is due to the fact that the referendum was not carried out in due process, following a lengthy and organized legal proceeding. It was seen as a barbaric action, conducted by the barbaric Russia. As mentioned earlier, in the Capitalist West, that operates by laws serving the market, the law is held as the most sacred thing (at least when violated by other countries). In the eyes of Russia, however, and in Eastern thinking in general, a more holistic thinking is practiced in which the spirit of the law is more important than the letter of the law, and decisions need to be made based on flexible thinking and not due to rigid compliance.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EFor the West, the annexation of Crimea is the proof that Russia is insane, irrational and dangerous. It went on to depict Russia as irrational, dangerous and, of course, aggressive.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EIt was not only that the West portrayed Russia as barbaric, but also within Ukraine, divisions made themselves manifest. West Ukraine has depicted residents of East Ukraine as “barbarians”, “subhumans” and “easterners”, repeating the terms and ways of seeing that Nazi Germany viewed Russians in the East. Furthermore, while people in the East tend to live in more collective lifestyles and to support wider communities, people in the West, due to the influenced of the Austrian rule, have inherited individualism (as well as Ukrainian fascism as practiced by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C!--[endif]--\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EFor the West, pointing a finger at Russia as a violator of international law, has served several important purposes. First, it placed itself in the camp of “enlightenment”, “modernity”, “liberalism” and “democracy”, while looking down at “barbaric” Russia which does not recognize present day borders and lives in a different era. Secondly, the West gains pleasure by accusing of “breaking the law” while ignoring its own violations of international law in its many wars of aggression and bloody history of colonialism. Thirdly, it gains self-esteem by seeing itself as superior to a dangerous and irrational Russia. Indeed, while in the West, democracy prevails and a rule of law is the norm, Russia is portrayed as a corrupt, dictatorial, oppressive regime. Russia is the evil Other whose demonic forces constantly manage to make their way into Ukraine and fight the European Ukraine, the sons of light.\u0026nbsp; Russia is the aggressor. It is an aggressor not due to an action it took but by its nature, therefore every move it makes must be viewed with great suspicion.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EFor the West, especially the US and UK, supporting the Ukrainian government that does not represent a significant part of the country, is absolutely necessary since Russia must be “taught a lesson,” “civilized” and ” disciplined” to behave by Western law. While colonialism in Africa and Latin America was justified as a method of bringing Christianity to the masses, even as these were massacred, in present times “democracy” and “human rights” are the values sought to be imposed on the “barbarians” by the West, whether they reside in the Middle East or in “backward” China and Russia who must be “enlightened”. \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003ENeedless to say, Russia does not view things this way. For Russia, before any accusations are made, decency in human behavior comes first. Once the US supported fascists in Ukraine, it cannot expect Russia not to act whimsically. Once basic trust has been violated and a betrayal has taken place, all bets are off. It is now a war.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EIn the ensuing war, therefore, waged in the media sphere, by economic means and on the ground militarily, two ways of looking at the world are battling each other.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFor Russia, the West is now a hypocrite by nature.\u003C\/b\u003E It provoked the current debacle by its Kiev coup, and therefore its eternal preaching will inevitably fall on deft ears. Russia does not care what the West thinks about it, or whether a law was bended here or there, because the US broke the most sacred law, which is not to place fascists in power, especially considering the great sacrifice made by Russians during World War II. The massive bombardment of ethnic Russians is seen as a genocidal act, in the spirit of World War II fascists who waged a war against ethnic Russians. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C!--[endif]--\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EWhich side will win?\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EFor the West, the war against Russia is a war in which it sees itself as superior and seeks to discipline the barbarian. It now does not need to deal with its own shortcomings, failures and neuroses, but has the role of the enlightened educator who will teach Russia to obey the law.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EFor Russia, this is a war to restore its basic dignity, and a war of survival, as its very heart was attacked due to the close proximity to its borders, and the symbolic role Kievan Rus plays in Russian memory. It will therefore stop at nothing in what it sees as self-defense.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EBoth sides will inflict heavy damage on each other, and to an intensifying degree each time.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EHowever, in the long run, Russia will be the one who wins.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EThat is not only because historically, in every war where Russia fought for its survival (from Genghis Khan, to Napoleon, to Hitler), Russia won, but also since the pristine need to survive is more deeply rooted than the need to belittle and mock others in order to feel superior about oneself.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EThe West can find another target to attack after Russia proves that it is an undefeatable enemy.\u0026nbsp; Or it can raise its hands in despair and mumble something about Russia being a barbarian who cannot be controlled and it therefore gives up (France and Germany have recently come to this conclusion, for the US and UK it may take longer).\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EBut for Russia, basic decency is a value worth dying for, and some norms of human behavior must never be crossed in any circumstances. Therefore it will fight until the end and will do anything in its power to win.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EFor the West this is not a war on its survival. It is a war to teach Russia a lesson and to point to its own superiority.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003EFor Russia, this is a war about protecting basic dignity and decency, a war on basic decency which must not be touched, since if one compromises on one’s honor, one has no right to continue to live.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003ETherefore Russia must win, and, if to judge by history, will win. But the price can be high.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Times\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: \u0026quot;Times New Roman\u0026quot;;\"\u003E\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #535353; font-family: \u0026quot;Arial\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;sans-serif\u0026quot;; font-size: 14.5pt;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.9400005340576px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cu\u003EJoshua Tartakovsky\u003C\/u\u003E is an independent researcher and a graduate of Brown University and LSE. He is currently in Athens\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.9400005340576px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.9400005340576px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFollow him on twitter - \u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.9400005340576px; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E@J_Tartakovsky\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ctable border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"MsoNormalTable\"\u003E \u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E  \u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;\"\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;\"\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E  \u003Ctd style=\"padding: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;\"\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E \u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4722657627983502672\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/by-joshua-tartakovsky-battle-of-wills.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/4722657627983502672"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/4722657627983502672"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/by-joshua-tartakovsky-battle-of-wills.html","title":"The Battle of Wills between the West and Russia:  Which Side Will Win?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Joaquin Flores"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/102751623868878976056"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-H-ADg8piNrk\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAAFA\/7BGuzb9tRu0\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-YJapYtIWlHs\/VN3oWrgTO1I\/AAAAAAAAAII\/CSgamZsz7uA\/s72-c\/280214mccain.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592363377848269801.post-1813695949069099416"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-13T01:06:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-13T08:15:29.957-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Analysis"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Frontline Update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ukraine"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"War Crimes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Poroshenko throws 800 people and three battalion groups into battle to deblock the Debaltsevo cauldron and save himself"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Mct70zLTOHk\/VN2VRAL5rMI\/AAAAAAAALHs\/d0818NRLiec\/s1600\/TtucHt9MRZI.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Mct70zLTOHk\/VN2VRAL5rMI\/AAAAAAAALHs\/d0818NRLiec\/s1600\/TtucHt9MRZI.jpg\" height=\"442\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFebruary 12, 2015\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/shurigin.livejournal.com\/598574.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EVladislav\u0026nbsp;Shurygin\u003C\/a\u003E, military expert\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ETranslated by Kristina Rus\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EKristina Rus: Now it becomes clear what Poroshenko was talking about on the phone in those early morning hours from Minsk. He was preparing a last ditch massive surprise attack to deblock the Debaltsevo cauldron, which he\u0026nbsp;maintains\u0026nbsp;\"does not exist\". He had hoped\u0026nbsp;that by the end of the day he will be able to pull off a victory and say, look - I was right, there is no cauldron! But all those Ukrainian lives were lost in vain...\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-PMfRPv9oZng\/VN2RVAylORI\/AAAAAAAALHg\/5P3wIeQffSk\/s1600\/tyojA0v6HzI.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-PMfRPv9oZng\/VN2RVAylORI\/AAAAAAAALHg\/5P3wIeQffSk\/s1600\/tyojA0v6HzI.jpg\" height=\"470\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EMy friends, in short, the situation is this: from the early morning until almost 17 o'clock there was intense fighting for Logvinovo. Ukry threw all of their reserves for a breakthrough - no less than \u003Cb\u003Ethree battalion tactical groups numbering up to eight hundred people, with the support of not less than forty tanks.\u003C\/b\u003E According to the militia, fresh, well-armed and well-trained battalions went in the\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;battle.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EDespite the fact that they had to advance practically in the open, in full view of the heights held by the militia, under crossfire, they rushed forward with exceptional persistence, ignoring the losses, skillfully using terrain folds and maintaining tactical order.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAccording to intelligence, these were shock battalions, which the Ukrainian command was saving for a decisive offensive. These battalions have completed a full course of study under the guidance of American and Polish instructors on Yavorovsky base and were recently covertly relocated to the area of the ATO.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EBut despite the surprise attack, and its\u0026nbsp;strength, the Ukrainian\u0026nbsp;storm-troopers\u0026nbsp;failed\u0026nbsp;to break through the defense of the militia. Having suffered\u0026nbsp;huge losses at the stage of advance and deployment, the attackers failed to break into Logvinovo and the attack chocked on the approaches to the village. The last two tanks were burned just a few hundred meters from the positions of the militia.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EBut the defenders of the village also suffered heavy casualties from enemy artillery fire. The second attack was repulsed by militia counter tank attack, whose tanks, moving to the village, immediately joined the battle with the advancing enemy.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAdvancing across open countryside, Ukrainian infantry suffered heavy losses and was forced to retreat, then the fight turned into an artillery duel. Simultaneously with the attack on Logvinovo, the Ukrainian divisions tried to attack the positions of the militia in the area of Donetsk airport under Chernukhino, Redkodub, and the key heights.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIt is obvious that the high command of the armed forces of Ukraine received the strictest orders for the two days remaining until the ceasefire at all costs to turn the tide and to achieve significant tactical victories, recording a victorious termination of another stage of the armed conflict.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIn this case, the deblocking of surrounded at Debaltsevo UAF formation is a matter of honor for the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, who announced to the whole world that there is NO CAULDRON. Therefore, it is clear that, in the remaining two days, the Ukrainian command will, disregarding any losses, throw all its available forces for a breakthrough, to prove that Poroshenko is right, which will become a kind of \"Verdun\" for this campaign by level of\u0026nbsp;severity\u0026nbsp;and one-time losses, and for the Ukrainian\u0026nbsp;command - a test for the future stay in office.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ESimultaneously with information about deblocking advance near Debaltsevo information appeared\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003Eon a number of Ukrainian forums,\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003Eand was removed by administrators, about a \u003Cb\u003E\"black night\"\u003C\/b\u003E, which the Ukrainian command wants to throw as a final good bye for the rebellious population of Donbass.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAccording to this information, in the last hours of the war the Ukrainian artillery should cause the most massive for this entire campaign strike on cities and towns of Donetsk and Lugansk Republics. As mentioned on one of the forums: \"Leaving, loudly slamming the door, so that this bang will be remembered in each separatist family, in each of their homes!\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThis cynical campaign of the Ukrainian Nazis could claim hundreds of lives...\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EKristina Rus: Meanwhile all those deaths were not\u0026nbsp;necessary, because the\u0026nbsp;offer for safe passage through green corridors has already been on the table, and was again reiterated at Minsk, but saving the lives of Ukrainian soldiers is not \"victory\" for Poroshenko ...\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Mr-SmlsyL0s\/VN2XG6_QhcI\/AAAAAAAALIA\/cU-zUe38hlc\/s1600\/64804_original.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Mr-SmlsyL0s\/VN2XG6_QhcI\/AAAAAAAALIA\/cU-zUe38hlc\/s1600\/64804_original.jpg\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1813695949069099416\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/poroshenko-throws-800-people-and-thee.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/1813695949069099416"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/1813695949069099416"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/poroshenko-throws-800-people-and-thee.html","title":"Poroshenko throws 800 people and three battalion groups into battle to deblock the Debaltsevo cauldron and save himself"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kristina Rus"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/106816002870336519498"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-SbgNdqsoOdg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAIro\/s0n5Jzwg7ZE\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-Mct70zLTOHk\/VN2VRAL5rMI\/AAAAAAAALHs\/d0818NRLiec\/s72-c\/TtucHt9MRZI.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592363377848269801.post-163182324764372451"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-13T00:44:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-13T00:44:40.051-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"IMF"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Obama"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Putin"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ukraine"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Putin Wins, Obama Loses, in Draft Plan for Ukraine"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-7ta-VxHzslU\/VMhMNIoUivI\/AAAAAAAAABU\/DWXp8dr1G7Q\/s1600\/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-01-27%2Bat%2B9.39.09%2BPM.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-7ta-VxHzslU\/VMhMNIoUivI\/AAAAAAAAABU\/DWXp8dr1G7Q\/s1600\/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-01-27%2Bat%2B9.39.09%2BPM.png\" height=\"179\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EEric Zuesse, 13 Feb. 2015\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EThe only way that U.S. President Barack Obama can win in Ukraine now is by negotiating subsequent details to become deal-breakers to the February 12th draft agreement, such that for Russian President Vladimir Putin not to accept Obama’s proposed details would mean that no deal will be signed. This could happen, because the prestige of both leaders is on the line in this new draft deal on Ukraine.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EThe agreement is only basic principles, which can be found at\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p3\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s2\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.cyplive.com\/ru\/news\/lidery-normandskoy-chetverki-v-minske-soglasovali-kompleks-mer-po-vypolneniyu-minskih-soglasheniy.html\"\u003Ehttp:\/\/en.cyplive.com\/ru\/news\/lidery-normandskoy-chetverki-v-minske-soglasovali-kompleks-mer-po-vypolneniyu-minskih-soglasheniy.html\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EThe announcement of the agreement opens as follows:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\"Russian President Vladimir Putin; President of Ukraine, Peter Poroshenko;\u0026nbsp;French President Francois Hollande; and Chancellor of the Federal Republic of\u0026nbsp;Germany Angela Merkel, confirmed full respect for the sovereignty and\u0026nbsp;territorial integrity of Ukraine. They firmly believe in the inevitability of\u0026nbsp;peaceful resolution.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EU.S. President Barack Obama is not mentioned there; but, for him to reject their deal, and to send lethal weapons to Ukraine now and so escalate the war and its massive bloodshed — which has already cost \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/ukraine-sicherheitskreise-bis-zu-50-000-tote-13416132.html\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003E“up to 50,000”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E dead and millions of refugees — would be extremely embarrassing for the United States: no American “boots on the ground,” just tens of thousands of Ukrainian corpses under it, in a war that Obama himself had initiated (and even the founder of Stratfor, the “private CIA” firm, says that the February 2014 overthrow of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, which started the war, was \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/head-stratfor-private-cia-says-overthrow-yanukovych-blatant-coup-history\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003E“the most blatant coup in history,”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E which it \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8-RyOaFwcEw\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003Ecertainly was\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, and is \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/featured\/czech-president-says-poorly-informed-people-dont-know-ukraine-coup\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003Eincreasingly recognized as having been\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EIf, during coming days, Putin does nothing that causes Merkel or Hollande to say Putin is violating what had been understood between the negotiants, then Putin will be essentially in control on those crucial remaining details too, and the U.S. position (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/obamas-new-national-security-strategy.html\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003Ewhich favors more war\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E) (and this is so not only from Obama but also from \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/featured\/u-s-congress-now-virtually-100-ukraines-war-russia-americans-least-67-opposed\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003Ethe Congress\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E) will go down in flames. The next few days and weeks will thus be crucial, and Merkel and Hollande hold the top cards, because Obama needs to avoid an open break with them — something that would be an open break with the EU itself, which America’s aristocracy very much don’t want to happen (since America’s aristocracy would then lose their enormous influence over the EU).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EThe U.S. position has been for war against Russia from the start, which goes back at least to before \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/featured\/new-video-evidence-americas-coup-ukraine-means\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003E20 November 2013, when it was revealed in Ukraine’s parliament or “Rada” that the U.S. had already very skillfully set to spring a Euromaidan movement to bring down the Ukrainian Presidency of Viktor Yanukovych\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, which “Euromaidan” then started the very next day, when President Yanukovych announced that Ukraine had received a better economic offer from the Eurasian Economic Community than from the European Union, and that therefore it would be in the best interests of the Ukrainian people for Ukraine to join with the EEC (which the people in eastern Ukraine wanted), than with the EU (which the people in western Ukraine wanted) and that this joining of the EEC would now happen. The Euromaidan protest, which had been organized by America’s CIA, began on 21 November 2013. Its mass-members were regular western Ukrainians, but its leadership, the people who were armed, were \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/meet-ukraines-master-mass-murderer-dmitriy-yarosh\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003EUkraine’s nazis\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=stK3YPz6WTc#t=25\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003Especial\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E group of western Ukrainians, who \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c-NzhHv6AAo\u0026amp;list=UUtvrV_ifhx0EDhmPPRl7adQ\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003Eviscerally hate ethnic Russians and actually want to exterminate them\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (thus making these people ideal for Obama’s purposes of crushing Russia).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EImmediately after the coup when Yanukovych was overthrown, the EU sent an investigator, Urmas Paet, to find out whether the extremely violent overthrow of Yanukovych had been due to Yanukovych, or else to “someone from the new coalition [meaning the EU and U.S.],” and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/the-paet-ashton-transcript.html\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003Ehe reported, on 26 February 2014, to the EU’s foreign affairs chief, Catherine Ashton, that it was due to “someone from the new coalition [our side].” This information shocked her.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E (As Obama’s chief agent controlling the coup, Victoria Nuland, had said on 4 February 2014, preparing the coup, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MSxaa-67yGM\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003E“F—k the EU!”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E In that same phone call, she also selected Arseniy Yatsenyuk as the person who would take over the Ukrainian Government after the coup, which he did, 22 days later. Anyone who denies that it was a coup is either ignorant or lying, because this is the first coup in history that was fully documented on live videos.) However, rejecting Ukraine as a new candidate for the EU didn’t fit Ashton’s job-description, and she could do nothing about the matter anyway; so, she accepted it, and tried to make it work, as peacefully as possible.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EThe EU’s reason for wanting Ukraine is chiefly economic, for its gas and agricultural resources. The chief reason that America’s aristocracy want Ukraine is as a launching-pad for NATO missiles against Moscow, because Russia is the world’s main military hold-out against control by the U.S. aristocracy, and America’s aristocracy are eager to use taxpayers’ money, which is to say the U.S. military, to bring Russia to heel and within their economic control — it’s then a freebie to them.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ERussia’s President Vladimir Putin is primarily concerned to avoid Ukraine having a Government that wants U.S. strategic (i.e., aimed against Moscow) missiles; in other words: he wants to avoid Ukraine’s becoming a member of NATO — the anti-Russian military club of nations, which now surrounds Russia. The only way that he can achieve this crucial objective is for the far-eastern region of Ukraine, Donbass (the region \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/observationalism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Ukraine_historical_vs_electoral_2010.png\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003Eshown in dark purple on this map\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E), which had voted 90% for Yanukovych and 10% for America’s candidate (Yulia Tymoshenko) in the 2010 Presidential election (the last election in which all parts of Ukraine voted), to remain as being voters in Ukrainian national elections, so as to counterbalance the anti-Russian northeastern half of Ukraine and thus avoid any more nazis being elected to national power in Ukraine.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EDonbass is the region where Obama’s Ukrainian Government is trying to exterminate the residents (whom they call ‘Terrorists’ and try to kill in their “Anti Terrorist Operation” there, fooling the western Ukrainian public that those are “Terrorists” instead of simply Donbass’s residents, the people who live there). If Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, or whomever the U.S. supports, doesn’t succeed at exterminating or else driving out the residents in Donbass, then Ukraine’s Government will probably not be able to join NATO and bring in its strategic missiles aimed at Russia — which is what this is all about, from the standpoint of Barack Obama: it’s part of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2014\/06\/really-need-re-start-cold-war.html\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003Esurrounding Russia with NATO missiles\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ELooking at that draft agreement, it seems to meet Putin’s basic national-security needs for Russia. Doubass’s people would retain their right to vote for Ukraine’s President.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EIn order for him to do this, it is essential for the breakaway region to stay within Ukraine as regards the voters there participating in future elections for Ukraine’s President. As I headlined on 19 September 2014,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/russias-leader-putin-rejects-ukrainian-separatists-aim-become-part-russia\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s4\"\u003E“Russia’s Leader Putin Rejects Ukrainian Separatists’ Aim to Become Part of Russia.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;The current draft agreement meets this Russian-national-security need. As I commented at that time: \"Perhaps Putin’s declining to accept\u0026nbsp;Ukrainian territory into Russia is part\u0026nbsp;of an agreement between the two\u0026nbsp;leaders in which Obama is, for his\u0026nbsp;part,\u0026nbsp;declining\u0026nbsp;the urgings from\u0026nbsp;congressional Republicans and\u0026nbsp;conservative Democrats for the U.S.\u0026nbsp;to provide weapons to the Ukrainian\u0026nbsp;military to expedite their\u0026nbsp;ethnic\u0026nbsp;cleansing campaign.” However, if U.S. President Obama goes ahead with the Republicans’ position, of sending lethal weapons to Ukraine, then the United States will end up becoming internationally isolated, unless either Merkel, or Hollande, or both, declare that Putin is failing to comply with the new agreement, and rejoin with the United States in its ethnic-cleansing effort to eliminate the residents in the separatist region, “Donbass,” which includes the Donetsk and Luhansk republics.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ESo, although Putin has won this opening round of obtaining a new peace agreement, Obama still yet can win in the later stages and increase the ethnic cleansing, if either Merkel or Hollande abandon Putin.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EThe draft agreement also includes other features that would be necessary for the economic reconstruction of the Donbass region, which the Ukrainian Government has been bombing in its\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/enemies-ukraine-speak\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s4\"\u003Eethnic cleansing campaign\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. For the first time (if the initial statements from the IMF become borne out in additional ‘loans’ actually taxpayer donations, to Ukraine), Western taxpayers will be contributing to that economic reconstruction, which will be vast, especially considering that around 50,000 civilians and soldiers have probably thus far been slaughtered in Obama’s ethnic-cleansing campaign there, and more than a million residents have fled and become refugees (mainly in Russia), and the cities and villages have been bombed and even \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/featured\/brookings-wants-villages-firebombed-ukraines-anti-terrorist-operation\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003Efirebombed\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. So, while some aristocrats may have gained from Obama’s coup, taxpayers in the West will now be paying tens of billions to undo some of the economic damage that Obama and the U.S. Congress (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/featured\/usa-republicans-want-force-arms-kiev\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003Eespecially Republicans there\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E) have caused in Ukraine by means of the coup and of its essential ethnic-cleansing aftermath. Since ‘we’ taxpayers (the public) caused the war (from which only some international aristocrats might benefit — and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/featured\/ukraines-creditors-grab-biggest-pieces-carcass\/\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s3\"\u003Ethose were the people behind it\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E), we (and not those aristocrats) shall be cleaning up from it — if the current deal doesn’t fall apart and the damages from the war thus soar even further.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p1\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003EBut, at least in the first draft of this agreement, Putin has won, and Obama has lost.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p4\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p5\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E—————\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p6\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s2\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p7\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s5\"\u003EInvestigative historian Eric Zuesse is the author, most recently, of\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Theyre-Not-Even-Close-Democratic\/dp\/1880026090\/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;qid=1339027537\u0026amp;sr=8-9\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s2\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThey’re Not Even Close: The Democratic vs. Republican Economic Records, 1910-2010\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ci\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp; and of \u003Ci\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B007Q1H4EG\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s2\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ECHRIST’S VENTRILOQUISTS: The Event that Created Christianity\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ci\u003E.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"p2\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"s1\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/163182324764372451\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/putin-wins-obama-loses-in-draft-plan.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/163182324764372451"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/163182324764372451"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/putin-wins-obama-loses-in-draft-plan.html","title":"Putin Wins, Obama Loses, in Draft Plan for Ukraine"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Eric Zuesse"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/02476705883508590393"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img2.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-7ta-VxHzslU\/VMhMNIoUivI\/AAAAAAAAABU\/DWXp8dr1G7Q\/s72-c\/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-01-27%2Bat%2B9.39.09%2BPM.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592363377848269801.post-1349039315996095143"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-13T00:17:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-13T00:17:38.104-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Eduard"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gorlovka"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Novorossia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Video"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"War Crimes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Three children killed in a direct hit on Gorlovka home"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xZfdgXCxONo\" width=\"480\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFebruary 12, 2015\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ELifenews\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ETranslated by Kristna Rus\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EEduard Basurin, deputy corps commander of Ministry of Defense of Donetsk People's Republic:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\"A very big tragedy happened\u0026nbsp;today, a tragedy for the entire Republic. At 20:30 an artillery shelling of the city began. As a result of which, there was a direct hit on a residential house, where there were three children: a one year old boy, a 6 year old girl, and a 12 year old girl. They all died on the spot.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EDuring the meeting in Minsk, when the signing of a\u0026nbsp;ceasefire\u0026nbsp;memorandum was taking place, when the ink has not yet dried on that document, this tragedy\u0026nbsp;happened.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThis shows the fallacy of those authorities who are now in Kiev. They are inhuman. There is no other word for it.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThey are not Nazis, they are not fascists, it is something worse. To express what each of us is feeling right now... The deaths of these children, who were at the beginning of their life, who were just beginning to discover the beauty of life...\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EGorlovka was under fire for 40 minutes. There may be more victims. Currently emergency crews are working on clearing the rubble, and we will tell you the latest information in the morning.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EPS Elsewhere it was reported that the mother of the children was at the home, and survived...\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1349039315996095143\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/three-children-killed-in-direct-hit-on.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/1349039315996095143"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/1349039315996095143"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/three-children-killed-in-direct-hit-on.html","title":"Three children killed in a direct hit on Gorlovka home"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kristina Rus"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/106816002870336519498"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-SbgNdqsoOdg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAIro\/s0n5Jzwg7ZE\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/xZfdgXCxONo\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592363377848269801.post-272821406483960626"},"published":{"$t":"2015-02-12T23:30:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-02-12T23:35:14.466-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Analysis"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Frontline Update"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Kolomoisky"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Minsk Agreement"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Nazis"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Right Sector"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Territorial Battalions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ukraine"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Minsk-2 is over before it began: 17 volunteer battalions refuse to obey Kiev"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-0P7Rc5ivUlI\/VFLSWDfrWEI\/AAAAAAAAJMs\/O9EP9UywhKc\/s1600\/1394065.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-0P7Rc5ivUlI\/VFLSWDfrWEI\/AAAAAAAAJMs\/O9EP9UywhKc\/s1600\/1394065.jpg\" height=\"404\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThe Right Sector\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EFebruary 12, 2015\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ETranslated by Kristina Rus\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/ria.ru\/world\/20150212\/1047423515.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERIGA, 12 Feb - RIA Novosti\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EDefense Minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Vladimir Kononov said that 17 territorial battalions involved in the fighting in the South-East of Ukraine pulled out of control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and went under the control of the Right Sector.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\"I have data that 17 territorial battalions withdrew from subordination to UAF and came under the jurisdiction of Yarosh. This is the \"Right Sector\". \"Right Sector\" never fulfilled any agreements and in fact they constantly provoked further clashes,\" - said Kononov on Thursday on Latvian TV show \"Tonight\" on channel LTV7.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\"Right Sector\" - is a Ukrainian union of radical nationalist organizations. In January and February 2014 the militants of the movement were engaged in clashes with the police and the seizure of administrative buildings, and since April - in the suppression of protests in the East of Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly called on Kiev to disarm illegal armed groups, including the militants of the \"Right Sector\".\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EOn Thursday in Minsk ended peace talks in \"Normandy format\" with the participation of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany. Following the talks, it became known that an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in some districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine should start from 00: 00 (Kiev time) on 15 February 2015.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe withdrawal of heavy weapons must begin no later than the second day after the ceasefire and be completed within 14 days specified in the Minsk document. The security zone for the heavy artillery in Donbass should be from 50 to 140 kilometers.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ECoincidentally, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/putnik1.livejournal.com\/3878169.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EKolomoisky also controls 17 battalions\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EKristina Rus:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe Minsk-2 agreement was the end of Poroshenko, and the end has begun. Crimea and Donbass uprisings were a defensive response to the threat of armed ultra-nationalists, which originally formed the Right Sector, and later - the various volunteer battalions. The Russian South-East is fighting not against the Ukrainian people, but against the raging ultra-nationalists, for whom the latest agreement was a shameful capitulation, and they had just declared they are not obliged to follow it. For them Poroshenko is a traitor, Russian-Ukrainians are subhumans, who should be\u0026nbsp;annihilated\u0026nbsp;and\/or chased from the\u0026nbsp;Ukrainian lands.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe union of ultra-nationalists and liberals which made Maidan of 2014 a success as opposed to\u0026nbsp;the Maidan of\u0026nbsp;2004 stands upon the ultra-nationalist ideology, which is incompatible with any attempt to reconcile the divided Ukraine. The conflict between the East and the West is woven into the fabric of today's Ukraine, pumped with nationalist propaganda. The only chance for peace is a military victory of one of the parties. Or else, the Kiev regime needs to cleanse itself of the brown plague, of which it was born. This is what Minsk-2 attempted to achieve.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIf indeed these are the battalions controlled by Kolomoisky, then he is keeping his bet on the neo-nazis, who would help him get rid of Poroshenko and increase his clout. In a way he is out of options as they are his only fighting force. Where this all will lead is looking more and murkier by day.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe question is how will Europe and USA try to save face by enabling the \"pro-US\" neo-nazi forces who just wiped their bottoms with the latest agreement? Will they still be able to turn the tables and blame the \"separatists\" for everything?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAs for\u0026nbsp;whether\u0026nbsp;this was a success for Putin: the ultimate measure of\u0026nbsp;victory in Ukraine is denazification and building of a state friendly to neighboring Russia. In order to do it, Ukraine needs to surgically remove the cancer that is eating at it from inside. That means entering the stage of open confrontation within itself.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/feeds\/272821406483960626\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/minsk-2-is-over-before-it-began-17.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/272821406483960626"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5592363377848269801\/posts\/default\/272821406483960626"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/fortruss.blogspot.com\/2015\/02\/minsk-2-is-over-before-it-began-17.html","title":"Minsk-2 is over before it began: 17 volunteer battalions refuse to obey Kiev"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kristina Rus"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/106816002870336519498"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-SbgNdqsoOdg\/AAAAAAAAAAI\/AAAAAAAAIro\/s0n5Jzwg7ZE\/s512-c\/photo.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-0P7Rc5ivUlI\/VFLSWDfrWEI\/AAAAAAAAJMs\/O9EP9UywhKc\/s72-c\/1394065.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"},"gd$extendedProperty":[{"name":"commentSource","value":"1"},{"name":"commentModerationMode","value":"FILTERED_POSTMOD"}]}]}});