Civil War in Ukraine: Western Empire vs Russia

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CIA and FBI agents "urgently withdrawn" from Ukraine
http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/11/cia-and-fbi-agents-urgently-withdrawn.html

November 16, 2016 - American intelligence officers stationed at the General Prosecutor and SBU buildings in Kiev have urgently left Ukraine. This was reported by former Verkhovna Rada deputy Igor Markov live on the Russian debate-show “The Meeting Place.”

According to Markov, this is evidence that the US is “slyly withdrawing” from Ukraine.

“A week ago, all the FBI representatives based at the General Prosecutor and the CIA officers stationed in the SBU were urgently redeployed to Romania and Czech Republic. For security forces, this is a clear signal that the US is slyly withdrawing from Ukraine. Only analysts remain, all operative agents have left,” Markov stated.


Poles prepare claims for restitution of Ukrainian lands
http://katehon.com/news/poles-prepare-claims-restitution-ukrainian-lands

Saturday, 19 November, 2016 - After Kiev had signed a European Union association agreement, Polish citizens prepared for bringing claims for the restitution of land in Lviv and Ternopil regions to the court.

According to the signed agreement, the land formerly owned by Poles should retire to their heirs, citizens of Poland.

There is no information about current owners of these lands - the Ukrainians.

Most likely, people will have to transfer their property for further Europeanisation of the country. At the same time, due to the poor state of the Ukrainian economy and corruption at all levels of the government, any compensation is hardly expected.


The Falsification of History: ”Ukraine" is not a country
http://katehon.com/article/falsification-history-ukraine-not-country

Ukraine has degenerated from a Russian/Soviet region into an American colony.

The territory currently called Ukraine has never been a state or a country, nor will it ever be. It was always a part of another, real country or, even more frequently, divided between other real states such as Poland, Austria, Hungary, Turkey, and most importantly Russia. Of course, according to the Kiev Nazi junta the Trojan War was fought between "Ukrainian tribes", Alexander the Great was secretly "proto-Ukrainian" and the Byzantine Empire was a "Ukrainian colony,” but for the rest of the world the fact remains that there is not one single historical document or reference that refers to "Ukraine" as a state or an independent country. As much as “Ukrop” nationalists would like, they cannot change "old" history as they try to do with modern history, as they do, for example, in whitewashing the war criminal, Nazi collaborator, and mass-murderer Bandera. The Kiev Nazi junta tries to falsify even "old" history, but ancient and medieval authors and sources are too well known and too well documented to be falsified so easily.

It is a proven and a well-known fact that the first Russian state was Kievan Rus - take note: “Rus,” not Ukraine! It is also well known that the very word “Ukraine” is from the old Russian world which refers never to a country, but to the mere border region between the countries and empires mentioned above. Later, the word "Ukraine" was used for the westernmost parts of the Russian Empire. When the Russian Empire expanded southwards, the new territories that were liberated from mostly Turkish occupation were called Novorossiya, or New Russia. Again, no mention of "Ukraine"! These are also well-known and proven historical facts. The north-eastern parts of the territory were called Malorossiya, or Little Russia. Unfortunately, the communist leaders of the USSR chose to put all of these parts together into a new Soviet republic and called the combination "Ukraine". They also added the only historically non-Russian part, Galicia, to this new republic and later added Crimea as a "gift", and all of this without calling the territory (minus Galicia) by its real, historical names: Novorossiya and Malorossiya. This was done partly by coincidence and partly for convenience, because most of this large territory had formerly been the "borderlands" of Russia.

When the USSR was broken up by internal treason and against the will of the vast majority of the people as shown by the 1991 referendum, the Americans could, by controlling their puppet, the alcoholic traitor Yeltsin, ensure that the genuine Russian parts of the Soviet Union, i.e., most of the Ukrainian SSR such as Novorossiya and Malorossiya, were left outside of Russia and not returned to the Russian Federation. This was of course done to weaken the new Russian state, and not out of any compassion for the new pseudo-state of "Ukraine". Now the main task of any Russian government must not be to arrange football world championships or build Disneyland’s, but to liberate and return Russian lands such as Novorossiya and Malorossiya to Mother Russia. The best way to start is to help the Army of Novorossiya to liberate all the lands stretching from Kharkov to Odessa and east of the Dnepr.

By the way, how can the Ukrainian regime even dream of being a country when they are subsidized by the US and, at the same time, sell their people’s assets to foreigners? That is not a country, that is a colony. It takes more than re-naming streets and villages after Nazi criminals to become a real country.


One Step Closer to Liberation: "Pro-Russian" Presidents win in Bulgaria and Moldova
http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/11/one-step-closer-to-liberation-pro.html

On November 13th, the second round of presidential elections in two Eastern European countries, Bulgaria and Moldova, were held simultaneously. Victory in both cases was claimed by pro-Russian candidates, or at least candidates declaring the necessity of closer ties with Russia. The epithet “pro-Russian” was assigned to them by the Russian and EU press.

Allow me to clarify that neither Dodon nor Radev are necessarily pro-Russian politicians. they are trying to be pro-Moldovan and pro-Bulgarian politicians. Objectively, however, the interests of the majority of the Moldovan and Bulgarian people lie in strengthening ties with Russia, which both countries’ masochistic, corrupt, puppet elites have persistently tried to destroy.

The leader of the Party of Socialists of Moldova, Igor Dodon, has been elected the country’s president by winning 52.18% of the vote. Observers from the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly recognized the second round of elections to have been conducted in accordance with the Constitution and electoral law.

Official statements by EU representatives have yet to follow. But the election news on Euronews was announced in the following way: “Moldova: Pro-Russian candidate wins presidential elections.” This gives the impression that the EU has accepted the defeat of its henchmen. Dodon’s rival, a representative of the ruling liberal establishment, Maia Sandu, criticized authorities (her very own liberals!) for poorly organizing the elections. In turn, Dodon urged Sandu’s supporters to admit defeat and not organize riots. However, to this day not a single defeat of the liberals in Moldova has gone without protests. Dodon, in addition, represents those forces standing in opposition to Romanianizing the country. These forces represent the majority of Moldovan society, while a minority in the ruling elite of this post-Soviet country is lost in its search for identity.

I would call today’s situation in Moldova strange and somewhat frightening given the silence. I hope to be wrong in this impression, but too much effort was (and not only by Moldovan unionists, i.e., those supporting the country’s takeover by Romania) to allow pro-Russian forces to simply win. It is no coincidence that for the entire summer the country was feverish over military exercises involving NATO and Romania in particular. Meanwhile, Dodon has said that his first official foreign visit will be to Moscow.

An even more significant victory was claimed by the pro-Russian presidential candidate in Bulgaria, Rumen Radev. According to exit poll statistics, he won around 58% of the vote. His rival, a representative of the ruling party “Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria” (scandalously known as GERB), Tsetska Tsacheva, received around 35% of the vote.

As pro-Russian Bulgarians have emphasized, Bulgaria is the only countries in the world outside of the Commonwealth of Independent States where there exists the National Movement of Russophiles of Bulgaria. The movement officially consists of 35,000 members from 224 Bulgarian communities. Every year since 2003, at the beginning of September, the movement holds a many-thousands-strong meeting of Russophiles near the city of Kazanlak. The movement also publishes the free newspaper Duma with a circulation of over 20,000 copies. I am proud to say that I participated in several events organized by the Bulgarian Russophile Movement which featured representatives from different parties ranging from the nationalist ATAKA party to leftists from the Socialist Party.

The massive preparatory work of Bulgarian patriots and growing dissatisfaction with the anti-Bulgarian policies of the Borisov government were not in vain. The West’s henchman candidate was crushingly defeated in the presidential elections. And this has at least made the work of liberating Bulgaria a bit less difficult. But the country is still not a free country and is still faced with escaping the new “yoke.”
 
Putin: "Saakashvili was an insult to the Ukrainian people"
http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/11/putin-saakashvili-was-insult-to.html

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Mikhail Saakashvili’s governorship of Odessa was an insult to the Ukrainian people.

"This was simply a slap and insult to Odessans and the whole Ukrainian people. He couldn’t even get a working visa to the US and the universities he tried to find work at didn’t want to employ him in a permanent job. This means that he can’t fulfill the duties of being the governor of Odessa. And what, are there no decent, professional, and capable Ukrainians for such a job?”, Putin said in an interview with Oliver Stone for the documentary “Ukraine in Flames.”

In early November, Saakashvili announced his intention to resign from the post of governor of the Odessa region over the unwillingness of Ukrainian authorities to fight against corruption. He also blamed Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for patronizing criminal clans in the region.

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Ukraine Junta Considering To Extradite Georgia’s Former President And Former Governor Of Odessa Region, Saakashvili Back To Georgia
http://novorossia.today/149595-2/

Ukraine is officially considering possible extradition of Georgia’s former president and former governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region, Mikhail Saakashvili, to Georgia, Ukrainiskaya Pravda said on Friday, citing a source close to the presidential administration.

“According to the source, Saakashvili might be striped of Ukraine’s citizenship. So, to expel him from the country, an option is being considered to extradite him at the request of the Georgian side,” Ukrainskaya Pravda wrote.

According to another source, Saakashvili and Ukraine’s President Pyotr Poroshenko had a sort of “non-aggression” agreement before elections in Georgia.

In February 2015, the Georgian prosecutor general’s office applied to the Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office with an extradition request for Saakashvili but the request was turned down despite the Georgia-Ukraine agreement of 1995 envisaging extradition of wanted persons.

Saakashvili was Georgia’s president from January 2004 to November 2007 and from January 2008 to November 2013. He left his country in mid-November 2013, days before his presidential term expired and inauguration of the current head of state.

After his departure from Georgia, Saakashvili lived in the United States and Ukraine. Before being appointed Odessa governor in late May 2015, he worked in Kiev as chief of the International Reform Council. He was granted Ukrainian citizenship in early May 2015. On November 7, 2016, he announced his resignation claiming corruption steered by ‘brazen billionaires’ was the main reason for his decision.

Georgian prosecutors brought several charges against Saakashvili in 2014. He was charged with a crackdown on peaceful demonstrators in November 2007; illegal intrusion into the building of the Imedi television channel; illegal acquisition of property belonging to businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili; organisation of an armed attack on lawmaker Valery Gelashvili in 2005; covering-up a crime and falsification of an investigation into the 2006 murder of banker Sandro Girgvliani; and misappropriation of about $5 million from state funds in 2009-2012.

The former president failed to turn up at any of the investigative agencies and was subsequently charged and arrested in absentia. On December 4, 2015, President Margvelashvili signed a directive stripping Saakashvili of his Georgian citizenship after he had adopted additional (Ukrainian) citizenship.

Ig extradited to Georgia, Saakashvili will face an arrest. Commenting on Saakashvili’s plans to return to Georgia after the parliamentary elections of October 8, Georgian Interior Minister Georgy Mgebrishvili said in late September 2016 that the former president “will be detained as soon as he crosses Georgia’s border.”

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The Real Revolution of Dignity: A frontline interview with Zakharchenko
http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/11/the-real-revolution-of-dignity.html

November 21, 2016 -
Sergey Shargunov (S): What qualities do you value in people?

Alexander Zakharchenko (Z): The main thing in a human is his inner core, his beliefs and ability to defend them. Under any circumstances. Here we have many decent, brave, and honest people. But the main thing is this core, which is important, real, and manly. Maybe you can’t be a soldier for one reason or another, but you have to be a man. Your personality must have integrity.

S: I am once again in Donbass, and I see that people have some kind of astonishing sense of dignity. Donbass is burning for the third year already. What is Donbass’ character based on?

Z: I believe that the quality of the people here was formed over centuries. Once this was just a wild field without its own sense of dignity and it was impossible to live here. Of course, this impacted the specificity of the mining profession. It allows one to respect himself first and foremost. And by respecting yourself, you can love your Homeland, your loved ones. All of this is thanks to respect for where you live. Inner respect is transmitted to people with their mother’s milk.

A Russian man inherently has a sense of his own dignity. But some forgot about this. Even here, some people started to forget this. 2014 gave people something very valuable. The Russian spirit returned. An external threat awakened in people those qualities which, unfortunately, we had forgotten.

As strange as it sounds, it is thanks to this that our qualities were awakened in us. It’s as if we were born again. Hence came the ability to fight, resist, respect ourselves, and the courage, faith, and will to sacrifice.

You just saw the guys on the frontline. Marik, the guy from Mariupol, has been wounded 8 times. The girl Dasha is our wonderful cook. She’s small, fragile, but is fighting and hasn’t left the frontline for 2 months. She respects herself. She respects her husband, her comrades, her land, and Russia. These are all of the qualities that are innate to us.

S: Everyone here, like the speakers at today’s meeting in Gorlovka for example, ask me how long this can all last.

Z: Sergey, can I ask you? How long can this all last? I’m asking the very same question. Believe me, I’d like to ask this question not only to you, but the State Duma, the government, and Russia in general.

We, Russians, are fighting here for the third year. Russians live here, and we want to return to the Homeland, to Russia.

How much longer should we fight here? What should we do? Explain us, and we will do the rest, we’ll fight and withstand. Just explain and tell us what we should do, what point we should reach, what we should capture, and how we can help this process of returning, so that it would all be over with sooner.

S: What does being the head of the republic mean to you?

Z: First and foremost, it is a duty and service. It is not power, but the opportunity to fix what, unfortunately, wasn’t fixed for 23 years.

I am not the captain of a rebel frigate and this isn’t a naval or Corsair romance novel. We are here on the frontline, a frontline which has brought together the best representatives of Russia, where the people’s true spirit manifests itself. Liberals say that we should be the West, America. We should show that we don’t have to, that we ourselves are free people. And, perhaps, thanks to our service, Russia is also waking up. This is mainly a duty and service.

S: Are you confident in victory?

Z: If I wasn’t confident, I wouldn’t have donned this uniform and taken up arms. I’m confident! It’s impossible to fight without it.

S: What impacted you most in your life?

Z: Character is formed in childhood thanks to your mom and dad, school, and the Homeland. What has impacted me, or awoken, rather than shocked me? The events of late 2013-early 2014. The Maidan. I was awakened by what is called the Russian soul. I was scared and offended that we, Russians, were perceived as second-class people.

So then I took up arms and decided that if they don’t understand the easy way, then they need to be explained the hard way. I was sick and tired of being a second-class citizen. I live on my land, and yet there was the sense that I am an outcast. This awoke that feeling in me.

They started to burn churches, set deputies on fire, and march around Kiev with Nazi flags and torches. I asked myself: “For what did our grandfathers die? What about our great grandfathers? Only for this scum to come to my hometown and say that we are all outcasts?" This is probably what awakened me to another life.

S: People are interested in what is going on with the war and with peace in Donbass.

Z: I’ll let you in on a big secret: there is no peace here! We have a raging war. But public opinion is that today the peace process is ongoing, and that they're trying to solve the problem peacefully. It is impossible to speak about any peace with those beasts that are now half a kilometer away from us.

S: What would you tell people in Russia?

Z: I’ve said this earlier and I can say it again. Thank you, Homeland! Thank you, Russian people! Thank you, that I had the honor to be born in this country and that its blood flows in my veins.

And I would also like to ask: Countrymen, what needs to be done for us to return home? What needs to be done so that, finally, the millions of Russian people who live here can return there whence we all came?

S: I saw that you have the flag of Russia in your office.

Z: Yes, of course. The flag of the Donetsk People’s Republic - this is my land - and the flag of Russia - the flag of the Homeland. I was born in Donetsk, therefore the flag of Donbass stands. And Russia is my Homeland. Thus, I have two flags.

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Poroshenko admitted living standards are low
http://novorossia.today/poroshenko-admitted-living-standards-are-low/

November 21, 2016

Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko has admitted that in the past three years the country’s government has failed to improve living standards of people.

“There is one very important obstacle that has hampered the majority of Ukrainians to feel obvious benefits of closer relations with Europe. Regrettably, we have failed to come closer to European standards in the past three years,” he said on Monday when Ukraine is marking the Day of Dignity and Freedom.

The Ukrainian president explained this failure by extensive spending on the army. “We had to spend more than five percent of the gross domestic product on the defense and security sector, on creating a new army,” Poroshenko said. “Each penny spent on the army was spent right.”

Other reasons, in his words, were “the closure of the Russian market, unfavorable external economic situation and delayed reforms.”

According to the United Nations’ survey of living standards in Ukraine, most of Ukrainians are living below the poverty level, which means they can afford to spend less than five U.S. dollars, or about 130 hryvnias under the current exchange rate, a day. According to the United Nations experts, incomes of up to 80% of Ukrainians are below this index. Thus, the actual minimum income level for survival in Ukraine is 33.5 hryvnias, or 1.5 U.S. dollars, a day.
 
It has to be said: the International Criminal Court is just another means of repression and oppression of sovereign peoples.

International Criminal Court rejected by Russia and the multi-polar world
http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/11/international-criminal-court-rejected.html

November 21, 2016 - Russia has just signified its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in view of its inefficiency and its partiality in choosing what to investigate. A reading of the "Report on Preliminary Examination Activities in 2016" proves that it's a matter of justice by fiat.

The case of Ukraine is particularly revealing. This country is not a signatory to the Rome Statute and therefore does not recognize the ICC. But it intervenes on complaints filed by the current government, even though the current government came out of a coup d'etat.

The investigations concern only the snipers of the Maïdan, the Donbass, and the Crimea. There were no investigations into the Odessa fire, where 50 people were burnt alive, nor on the cut-off of water and electricity in the Crimea, which could be described as a crime against humanity.

The case of Ukraine's winter power cut deserves our attention.

This has done serious injury to the inhabitants of Crimea because it means an end to water distribution, the pumps being inoperative, and to heating, as the boilers can not function. Responsibility for this cut is claimed by Tatar activists. The leaders of these activists are not only not prosecuted but are heard on allegations of abuse of the Crimean Tatars.

Let us recall that Crimean Tatars also live in the Crimea and have suffered the consequences of cuts in electricity and water.

Among the few convictions, the Milošević case is exemplary. He is a man who suffered eleven years of pre-trial detention, died in suspicious prison conditions, and who has just been cleared this year by the same court that sentenced him.

Though the ICC aspires to world jurisdiction, given that major states such as China, India, and Russia are not or are no longer signatories to the Rome Statute that founded the ICC, the legitimacy of this body is therefore only Western. African states such as South Africa, Guinea and Burundi have left the institution, tired of seeing Africa hosting all the ICC field offices. The New York office acts in a liaison role, not to say a directory, nor an investigative role.

The ICC, the UN, the IMF and other institutions of coercion fulfill their missions. These institutions were created by the US, for the US, and they support them in their attempt to dominate the world.

The peoples are no longer able to turn away from the values of humanism, justice, the right to self-determination, and they see multipolarity as a prerequisite for existence and independence. A free world is first and foremost a multipolar world.

The United States is a great nation. Paraphrasing Churchill, we can say that if other nations are ready to learn from this great and respectable people, they do not intend to be taught every day.

After 14 years of operation, it is clear that the ICC is just one more organ for the repression and oppression of sovereign peoples.

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Ukraine's economy is further away from European standards than ever
http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/11/ukraines-economy-is-further-away-from.html

On November 21st, Ukrainian President Poroshenko admitted that Ukrainians' quality of life has not improved over the three years since the events on the Maidan and is still far from European standards.
However, he did find an excuse for his failed economic policies, explaining the failures of Ukraine’s economy by “objective factors” and the need to spend more than 5% of GDP on “the defense and security sector and the creation of a new army.”

In addition, Poroshenko tried to shift the blame onto his predecessors, saying that economic reforms necessary to ensure the necessary growth of the economy had not been pursued in the country for a long time.

The Euromaidan, as we remember, stood under one main slogan: joining the EU, which the “criminal regime” of President Yanukovych hindered. After nearly 3 years since the victory of the Maidan and the overthrow of the “criminal” government, no one is waiting for Ukraine in the EU and Ukrainians’ living standards have declined dramatically.

Poroshenko, however, still found positive changes in the life of Ukraine. A bit earlier, on November 20th, he stated that for the first time in several years, namely after 14 quarters of decline, the country noted a growth in the economy. He called the International Monetary Fund’s aid to the Ukrainian state the defining moment behind this. Moreover, Poroshenko promised to significantly raise wages in the near future, particularly for doctors, teachers, and other public sector workers. Poroshenko compared the Ukrainian economy with a patient finally leaving the hospital and going on the mend.

Ukraine’s economy is, in my opinion, most likely not recovering, but is a stably critically ill patient. If any improvements happen, then they affect only certain industries that have very little growth. If we take longer periods and the entire economy as a whole, then the Ukrainian economy does not demonstrate any positive outlook. This was recognized by the ex-governor of the Odessa region, Mikhail Saakashvili, according to whom Ukraine needs at least 15 years to regain the level of development it had under President Yanukovych. Poroshenko’s promises that the money provided by the IMF will bring social benefits sound like pure populism, or more like demagoguery.

The IMF loan is too relatively small to have any significant impact on the macroeconomic situation in this country of 40 million (according to inflated official figures) with a depressed economy and enormous social burden (over 12 million Ukrainians are pensioners).

Ukrainian experts themselves have noted that the lion’s share of the loan will go, first of all, to service debt, and, secondly, to infrastructural reform. Ukraine will see no real spending money from the IMF, as such is largely means provided to service debt problems. Poroshenko, like an experienced businessman setting up a new business, is openly lying when he says otherwise.

A number of Ukrainian experts suggest that the IMF money is needed by Kiev for political concerns. When getting money, the government never forgets to remind everyone that as long as the loans are coming in, this means that the West has not ditched them.

As calculated by the executive director of Blazer International Fund, Oleg Ustenko, Kiev is already forced to allocate 5% of its entire GDP to covering debt. In order for the economy to show growth, it would have to grow at a rate above 5%, otherwise GDP will decline.

Poroshenko also compared the reforms supposedly underway in Ukraine to those carried out in Central and Eastern European countries. This analogy makes sense. The results of these reforms, which liberal experts consider successful, essentially transitioned the economies and financial systems of the socialist camp countries to the control of Western companies and transnational corporations. Therein, the countries of the former socialist camp lost their economic sovereignty.

When Poroshenko compares supposedly successful reforms in Ukraine with the “successful” reforms in these European countries, he is right in only one aspect: Ukrainians too will lose their right to their own property and resources.

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Ukrainian dignity damaged by explosion
http://katehon.com/news/ukrainian-dignity-damaged-explosion

Monday, 21 November, 2016 - Near the city administration building in the center of Kiev the explosion took place, because the unknown threw an improvised device.

There is no information about the victims of the incident. However, looking though the photos, the explosion didn’t have big force. Moreover, the building is not destroyed much. But the area in front of the city administration was cordoned off.

Today the so-called state of Ukraine celebrates a number of events marking the country’s desovereignization- The Day of dignity and freedom. The Orange Revolution started 12 years ago and the «Dignity Revolution» 3 years ago, better known as Euromaidan.

In connection with the people hatred against the criminal authorities of Ukraine, the government suggested the possibility of a different kind of protest activity. Earlier, Minister of Internal Affairs Zorian Nestorovych Shkyryak warned that the planned «festal» Nazi marches and some processions may break into some civil clashes.

Moreover, the terrorist threat level in the country has been increased after this event.
 
Ukranian security operatives have abducted two Russian servicemen in Crimea, and are attempting to press criminal charges against them, the Russian military is reporting.

Russian Servicemen Kidnapped in Crimea by Ukrainian Operatives
https://sputniknews.com/russia/201611211047686492-ukranian-operatives-abduct-russian-service-members/

Moscow says they are considering the kidnapping a "flagrant provocation," and is demanding their immediate release and return to Russia.

Russia's historical southern region of Crimea rejoined the country after a 2014 referendum. Nearly 97 percent of the region's population voted for reunification in a referendum. MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW

Update:

Ukranian security operatives have abducted two Russian servicemen in Crimea, and are attempting to press criminal charges against them, the Russian military is reporting.

Russian Servicemen Kidnapped in Crimea by Ukrainian Operatives
https://sputniknews.com/russia/201611211047686492-ukranian-operatives-abduct-russian-service-members/

Moscow says they are considering the kidnapping a "flagrant provocation," and is demanding the immediate release and return of Maksim Odintsov and Aleksander Baranov to Russia.

"We consider such actions by the Ukrainian security bodies against Russian citizens as another flagrant provocation and demand their immediate return to Russia," a statement by the ministry's press service said. The ministry said on Monday that the two soldiers were kidnapped on November 20, and taken across the border to the Nikolayev region of Ukraine with an apparent goal of pressing charges against them. They also expressed concern that authorities may use psychological and physical torture to coerce the two men into falsely confessing to crimes against Ukraine. Russia's historical southern region of Crimea rejoined the country after a 2014 referendum. Nearly 97 percent of the region's population voted for reunification in a referendum. MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW
 
Former President Of Ukraine Yanukovich Declares Maidan Violence Was A Planned Coup To Topple Country At Video Conference Trial
http://novorossia.today/151059-2/

Monday November 28, 2016 - Ukraine’s former President Viktor Yanukovich said on Monday the February 2014 shooting in Kiev’s central Maidan Nezalezhnosti, or Independence Square, was a planned operation geared to topple the country’s legitimate authorities.

The maidan violence was a pseudo-operation to change the power,” he said at Rostov’s district court asking questions about the 2014 maidan events from Kiev’s Svyatoshinsky district court in the video conference regime. “Spotters were placed in 20 buildings around the maidan. Evidence that protesters were killed from these buildings proves what maidan participants said and what is shown in video records.”

He said that according to a survey he had conducted based on various evidence, the Right Sector (outlawed in Russia) and Svoboda (Freedom) organizations had been involved in ‘maidan self-defense” and their activists had “initiated active radical actions.”

He said the special operation to topple Ukraine’s democratically elected government had involved ultra-right and oligarchic parties.

Yanukovich stated under oath that he did not give any orders to use force to disperse protesters during the Maidan events.

From the very beginning till the very end, I stood against bloodshed. I am not capable of giving such orders,” Yanukovich said when answering the court’s questions.

He pointed out that it was his “position of principle” that he had reiterated many times.

Protests in Kiev’s central Maidan Nezaleznosti, or Independence, Square broke out in late 2013, when Yanukovich put off signing an association agreement with the European Union in order to examine the deal more thoroughly. This move sparked mass riots, known as Euromaidan, that eventually led to a coup in February 2014, ousting Yanukovich from the presidency and forcing him to flee from Ukraine.

During the standoff in Kiev, radicals placed a tent camp in the Independence Square, seized a number of administrative buildings in the center of the city and set up the so-called ‘self-defense forces,’ which plunged into open fighting with law enforcers. In a period from February 18 to 20, 2014, more than 80 people were killed in Kiev. Hundreds were wounded. Twenty died later in hospital. Among those killed and wounded were officers of the Berkut special police force who were accused of shooting at protesters.

February 2016, the Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office said it had identified all those responsible for the Maidan events. Several persons were arrested and about twenty Berkut officers were put on a wanted list.
 
http://tass.com/world/915455 said:
Yatsenyuk pleads to West not to abandon Ukraine
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November 30, 3:24 UTC+3
"We do understand that you guys have a number of troubles… But please do not abandon us," Yatsenyuk told Wall Street Journal.


NEW YORK, November 29. /TASS/. A senior member of the Ukrainian parliament and a former prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, has made an appeal to Western leaders not to leave Ukraine.

"My message to the global leaders is as follows. Look, we are still doing our jobs. Ukraine needs to be on your radars," he told Wall Street Journal. "We do understand that you guys have a number of troubles… But please do not abandon us."

According to the paper, the former prime minister apparently has assumed the role of Kiev’s unofficial envoy to the West. He recently met with US Vice President Joe Biden in Washington, German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin and is set to hold consultations with EU member states in Brussels, the paper said.

Yatsenyuk also said Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko should tread carefully with US president-elect Donald Trump, setting out Ukraine’s case against Russia over the Ukrainian conflict and offering options for co-operation.

He expressed hope that Trump’s cooperation with Moscow will be limited.

"Russia and the United States were, are and will be adversaries," he said.
And another, which however may just be leading a future European trend:
http://stalkerzone.org/ukrainian-politician-wants-create-concentration-camps-residents-donbass/ said:
Ukrainian politician wants to create concentration camps for residents of Donbass
That the EU is so strongly invested with these viewpoints, ignores them and overlooks them shows how close they are to being like them https://www.sott.net/article/335181-Members-of-the-European-Parliament-draw-map-of-pro-and-anti-Russian-countries-in-the-EU See also the map found on http://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/meps-draw-map-of-pro-and-anti-russian-countries-in-the-eu/

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The results country by country can be found on
http://www.votewatch.eu/en/term8-eu-strategic-communication-to-counteract-anti-eu-propaganda-by-third-parties-motion-for-resolution-v.html
 
[quote author= thorbiorn]And another, which however may just be leading a future European trend: http://stalkerzone.org/ukrainian-politician-wants-create-concentration-camps-residents-donbass/

Ukrainian politician wants to create concentration camps for residents of Donbass

That the EU is so strongly invested with these viewpoints, ignores them and overlooks them shows how close they are to being like them[/quote]

Indeed, What they nourish in The Ukraine shows exactly what they are beneath the mask.

Having concentration camps in The Ukraine may proof to be very convenient for European leaders in the near future.

Be it either Liberal or Extreme Right in power it really doesn't matter. One calls them intolerant, the other undesirable. And you have to deport them to some place where people don't ask questions.
 
FULL LENGTH FILM ” UKRAINE ON FIRE ” BY OLIVER STONE , AMERICAS BLOODY INVOLVEMENT AND THE CIA TIES WITH NAZI ELEMENTS OF UKRAINE’S PAST AND PRESENT ( VIDEO FILM)
http://novorossia.today/150294-2/

November 24, 2016 - FULL VIDEO FILM~ A controversial new documentary produced by U.S. director Oliver Stone and broadcast on Russian television presents the Ukrainian revolutions of 2004 and 2014 as organized uprisings instigated from outside and planned with U.S. participation.

Posted on YouTube and screened by nationwide Russian TV channel REN TV on Nov. 21, the film, titled Ukraine on Fire, features Ukraine’s ousted former president Viktor Yanukovych, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Vitaly Zakharchenko, who served as Ukrainian interior minister under Yanukovych, discussing the events leading up to and following the “Maidan” revolution of 2014.

Stone, an award-winning director who is a staunch critic of Washington’s foreign policy, is no stranger to controversy and has a long history of making political films. He also directed 2015’s Snowden, a biopic of the fugitive former NSA agent turned whistleblower.

Directed by Ukrainian American Igor Lopatenyuk, the film has been criticized for its one-sided portrayal of events in Kiev, with a Ukrainian citizen named Andrei Nezvany posting an online petition two days before the film’s online premiere asking for the picture to be banned because it “falsifies facts” and could “provoke mass protests in Ukraine.”

Ukraine on Fire was made by the Los Angeles company Another Way Productions though the source of the project’s financing is not clear.

CIA protected Ukrainian nationalists in the USSR - The film reports that the CIA closely collaborated with Ukrainian nationalistic organizations against the USSR as far back as 1946, using them as counterintelligence sources. Recently declassified CIA documents apparently bear witness to this.

According to the film, “by the end of 1941 alone the nationalists killed between 150,000 and 200,000 Jews on German-occupied territory in Ukraine,” and the following “strong alliance” allowed them to escape after WWII to Europe, where the CIA helped them hide.

For example, the film says that Mykola Lebed, a Ukrainian nationalist and activist who was responsible for mass killings of Poles in Ukraine’s Volyn region under Nazi occupation in WWII, was transferred to the U.S., where he died in 1998 without ever facing trial for his war crimes.

But American collaboration with the Ukrainian nationalists did not end there, claims the film.

U.S. was behind 2004 Orange Revolution - In 2004 Ukraine became a battlefield between Russia and the West. The pro-Russian candidate Viktor Yanukovych won the presidential election, though the process was tainted by widespread allegations of intimidation and massive vote-rigging, as well as the poisoning of the pro-Western candidate, Viktor Yushchenko.

In the end, Yushchenko, whose wife had been an employee of the U.S. State Department during the Reagan administration, obtained) the presidency thanks to a peaceful protest that the film claims was inspired from outside the country, resulting in a revote.

Subsequently, the off-screen voice narrates, the Yushchenko government failed to carry out the promised reforms and the “democracy” project, and mired itself in dishonest activities

Russia did not want to pay for Ukraine’s pro-Europe choice - Viktor Yanukovych became the next Ukrainian president, but his talks with the EU did not go well.

“We had been counting on the International Monetary Fund [IMF]… But for a whole year we were offered unacceptable options… Russia was the last resort. Russia told us: ‘We are ready to work with you as partners, if you take our interests into consideration,’” says Yanukovych in the film.

Commenting on Russia’s introduction of restrictions to trade with Ukraine, Vladimir Putin says that the Kremlin did so only because in the event of integration with the EU “the European Union would basically be entering our territory with all its goods without any negotiations.”

“We said, sure, if Ukraine has decided to do this, this is its choice and we will respect it, but we are not going to pay for this choice,” says Putin in the film.

2014 uprising also financed by U.S., says film - In the film, Zakharchenko tells Stone that the Ukrainian authorities knew that protests were being prepared for 2015. But the sudden halt to integration with the EU (after Russia made Ukraine a counter-offer shortly before Yanukovych was due to sign the agreement at an EU Eastern Partnership summit in Lithuania in late November 2013) accelerated the process. Public organizations financed by NED, journalists receiving U.S. grants and the TV channels created on the eve of the Maidan uprising played an important role, argues the film.

The order to drive away the protesters with force was given by head of the presidential administration Serhiy Lyovochkin, under the pretext of putting a Christmas tree on the square.

“It is an amazing coincidence but Mr. Lyovochkin is a friend of many American politicians,” the documentary reports, showing a photo of Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland.

When Stone asks Yanukovych if “he felt America’s hand” in the uprising, the former president says that many delegations came to Ukraine but took sides with the protesters, something that only exacerbated the conflict.

“When protesters seize government buildings, is this acceptable? Would it be acceptable if the Ukrainian ambassador had come to the protestors in Ferguson and handed out cookies or accused American policemen? Why was Ukraine treated in this manner?”


"Украина в огне" . Фильм Оливера Стоуна
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvQpHTxv4dw (1:35:44 min.)

Published on Nov 21, 2016

Что же на самом деле произошло на Украине и как страну захлестнула революционная волна? Что за события предшествовали Майдану, и кто распорядился убить Виктора Януковича? Как Россия стала для Украины врагом № 1? Кто и зачем дискредитировал Путина и Януковича в глазах Запада? На все эти вопросы ответит документальный фильм Оливера Стоуна "Украина в огне"


Оливер Стоун Украина в огне. Oliver Stone Ukraine in Flames
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1w31y-0uB0 (5:26 min.)

Published on Nov 17, 2016
о фильме сенсации, 2016
 
Ukraine sells state-owned bank to China
http://katehon.com/news/ukraine-sells-state-owned-bank-china

Thursday, 1 December, 2016 - The Ukrainian Bank for Reconstruction and Development was sold to China's Bohai Commodity Exchange Co., Ltd. (BOCE), which was the single bidder. This bank was privatized at a starting price of UAH 82,827,000 (3.038 million euros).

After a short profitable period in 2012, the Ukrainian Bank was traditionally at a loss. In addition, according to the international bank rating compiled during the Economic Forum in Davos, Ukrainian banks have taken the last, 140 th place, as Forbes agreed, which prevented very pessimistic future of the banking sector in the country.

Nevertheless, China has taken the decision to buy it. Most likely, this is due to the so-called intelligence. Apparently, this is due to one of Beijing's large-scale economic projects and its desire not only to test the possibility of Ukraine, but also on their own to provide economic security to its investors.

Foreword by Jafe Arnold: The following essay is a continuation of Dr. Eduard Popov’s voluminous article from 2010 on the history, trends, and future of Ukrainian neo-Nazism, generously written for The Greanville Post. In this installment, Dr. Popov and his colleague, Alexander Podsechin, present the dynamics of the fastest-growing and most dangerous neo-Nazi organization in Ukraine, Azov, and its offshoots. According to Dr. Popov’s earlier work, it is none other than Azov that represents the future of Ukrainian neo-Nazism and, quite possibly, one of the future ruling factions of what is left of “Project Ukraine”. If Dr. Popov’s assessment is correct, then his and Mr. Podsechin’s investigation of the face, strategy, and future of Azov will prove to be an ominous warning and timely analysis of a force whose real bite has yet to be fully felt.

Azov: The Face, Strategy, and Future of Ukraine's leading Neo-Nazis
http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/11/azov-face-strategy-and-future-of.html

On November 21st, the center of Kiev hosted a widely-advertised protest action by so-called “radicals” - at least this is how Ukrainian neo-Nazis and their numerous parties, organizations, and movements are called in Russia. As a rule, Russian media rather abstractly presents the varieties of Ukrainian neo-Nazism, while Ukrainian media have learned to distinguish between these groups by pointing to the ideological and organizational differences between them.

According to a number of publications in the Ukrainian press, the protest was prepared by Ukrainian neo-Nazis organized into two main columns. One was headed by the widely notorious (even abroad) Right Sector, and the other by the no less famous Azov battalion/regiment and its political daughters. It was in regards to none other than this organization that the famous journalist Pavel Sheremet, who was later assassinated in Kiev, said: “Azov is the most organized ideological force in Ukraine.” We have to agree with this assessment.

The authors of these lines belong to those few Russian authors who have long been interested in the history and background of this organized formation, not so much in its fighting and punitive operations in Donbass as in its social and political plans and methods of struggle.

Officially, Azov is only three years old. However, over this brief period of time it has succeeded in forming one of the most combat-capable (primarily in terms of motivation[1]) units of the Ukrainian Army/National Guard and gained valuable combat experience in many of the key battles of the war in Donbass, such as Mariupol and Ilovaysk in 2014 and Shirokino and Mariupol in 2015-16. Of course, Azov is far from the only volunteer formation, but there are several key points that qualitatively distinguish Azov from the host of other Ukrainian nationalist battalions and units that were formed in 2014-15.

First of all, this concerns Azov’s specific ideology of social-nationalism, which all of its members must share, and whose volunteer nature is capable of weeding out all of those who do not fit their ideological criteria. It should be noted that the genesis of Azov’s ideology dates back to the Kharkov-native Social-National Assembly and Patriot of Ukraine organizations and, in turn, the Lvov-native Social-National Party of Ukraine. Out of all of the large contemporary formations of this kind, only Azov and the public and political structures generated by it openly profess the ideology of social-nationalism, i.e., the Ukrainian version of German National Socialism.

Secondly, Azov’s leaders, such as Andrey Biletsky or its chief ideologist, Oleg Odnorozhenko, participated in the Ukrainian nationalist (neo-Nazi) movement in the early-mid 2000’s and even served prison sentences under Yanukovych for their activities. In other words, these people have consistently followed the path of realizing their ideals for many years without fear of going to prison and without any discouraging vested interests. This separates them from the outright criminals and “businessman in nationalism”, such as Konstantin Grishin (the Donbass Battalion) or the open bandits like Ruslan Abalmaz (the Aidar Battalion).

Thirdly and most importantly, in addition to combat units (first the Azov Battalion, then the Azov Regiment), over literally only a handful of years, Azov has managed to establish a fully-fledged social structure called the Civic Corps, which deals with social work and promotes their ideology not in words (as is customary in Ukrainian politics), but in deeds.
In autumn of this year, the National Corps political party was founded. Thus, Azov managed to establish a structure which boasts a clear and articulated ideology and includes:

- a constantly combat-ready unit numbering more than 1,000 people armed with heavy artillery, armored vehicles, plus reserve personnel and experienced, earlier demobilized soldiers;

- a social movement realizing a number of diverse projects ranging from cultural, educational, and charitable ones to scholarly and technological research;

- a political party relying on a social army and seeking to promote its interests through legal politics

Comparing this to the German SS (which had a widely-branched structure in many spheres of society during the Weimar Republic and then the Nazi state) would probably flatter Azov’s representatives, even though Azov has not itself drawn any official reference to German National Socialism. Nevertheless, Andrey Biletsky, the leader of the ultra-right Patriot of Ukraine group and historian by profession, is obviously familiar with the effective practices of the Third Reich. It is no accident that he is nicknamed the “White Master” among his like-minded associates.

Formed on the basis of an aid-collection point set up by Azov fighters in August 2014, the Azov battalion’s Civic Corps has in two years succeeded in organizing activities in numerous areas of work in society and widely promoted its ideas. Its public work includes:

1. Work with children

•Organizing and holding joint sports activities, touristic forays, and military training activities and competitions, as well as “lessons of courage” in schools, free sports leagues, and free patriotic military camps

•Charity fundraising to aid orphans

2. Work with youth

•Organizing free sports leagues and patriotic military camps

•Organizing various sports tournaments ranging from football to martial arts

•Organizing concerts, festivals, and music groups, including from Russia, who have a kind of cult status in working with youth subcultures

•Seminars and lectures for students in higher educational institutions (of course, with ideological overtones)

3. Work on promoting their ideology in society and presenting an alternative (a “third way”) against the backdrop of growing frustration with liberal ideology and practice. This work is done even in Ukraine’s “ally,” the European Union. Azov and its public and political structures position themselves as an ideological and political alternative to liberalism, portraying themselves as the only force capable of defending Ukraine from “foreign occupation” (by which is understood Russia) and saving the regime from “internal occupation” (which the ultra-right in Ukraine understands as the regime of the illegitimate President Poroshenko). Work in this field includes:

• Publishing video productions (documentaries)

• Holding art exhibitions and literary evenings

• Organizing and holding public lectures on historical and political topics

• Paying homage to their national and historical heroes. A special place in the pantheon of Azov’s heroes is reserved for Prince Svyatoslav, which is no coincidence. Svyatoslav was a pagan (just as many, if not the majority of Azov fighters profess paganism or “native faith”, rodnoverie) and destroyed the “Jewish” Khazar Khaganate. The commemoration of this historical figure was crowned with Azov’s installation of a monument to him in Mariupol. Svyatoslav represents a cult-like figure for many of the ultra-right in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. The erection of a monument to him in Mariupol appears to be an act of “privatizing” this figure for Ukraine.[2]

4. Work not directly related to their own politics

•Supporting protest actions by ordinary citizens against illegal construction

•Providing organizational and manpower assistance to protests in Kiev. An example of this was the assistance afforded to the miners’ trade union when it demanded the payment of delayed salaries and the reduction of utility bills. The purpose of such actions is to increase the recognizability and popularity of Azov’s Civic Crops and the National Corps party in society and expand its social base. In other words, Azov seeks to go beyond the narrow confines of the nationalist electorate (over whom it is already waging a fierce struggle with its competitors like Right Sector, etc.). This speaks to its leaders’ strategic-minded approach.

•Organizing raids against drug traffickers and narcotics distribution points

5. Work with the military and intelligence services

•During the period that Patriot of Ukraine functioned, according to some testimonies, close contacts were maintained with military intelligence (the GUR of Ukraine’s defense ministry) and the SBU, thanks to which Patriot of Ukraine’s fighters were trained with the help of paratrooper officers, special forces, and even underwent full courses for young soldiers. As a result, Kharkov’s neo-Nazis turned out to be the most prepared fighters of all volunteer units to participate in combat operations.

•Combat training was regularly improved through drills and establishing the necessary contacts with officers from the Ukrainian Armed Forces and SBU. Behind the scenes, Biletsky and his entourage advocated the idea that the “internal occupation” regime is not eternal, and that the state’s security services would need their own man in power, and even better, at the head of the state. The “White Master” Biletsky himself claims such a role. The success of such work is perhaps evidenced by the following fact: a number of generals on the level of brigade commanders immediately went on vacation so as to not participate in the dispersal of Azov and other ultra-right groupings’ protest in Kiev on November 21st.

•The establishing of contacts with representatives of foreign (mainly American) intelligence services and commando officers from NATO countries’ armed forces now operating in Ukraine, as well as with the numerous mercenaries and volunteers from neo-Nazi circles in Europe and Western countries. The aim of these contacts is creating and strengthening international ties with an eye to the future.

6. Political activity

•Operating in tacit alliance with Interior Minister Avakov. The Azov battalion/regiment, unlike the majority of volunteer formations, is organizationally subject not to the Ministry of Defense or even the SBU, but is a structural unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Biletsky himself has the rank of colonel of the interior ministry. This is an apparent contradiction since the interior ministry (known as the “cops”) have always held contempt for the ideologically-strong neo-Nazis. In terms of ideology, the leader of Azov has violated the purity of the ranks of those subordinate to the interior ministry. However, Biletsky follows the example of his idol, Adolf Hitler, in taking advantage of even enemy resources to achieve political and other goals. We believe that the notion that Avakov is using Azov for his own political aims is profoundly mistaken. On the contrary, Azov is exploiting a temporary and tactical alliance with Avakov (who is racially, ethnically, and ideologically alien to them) to resolve important intermediate tasks. Avakov remains just as alien to the white racists and neo-Nazis as Poroshenko.

•Azov is also involved in the Baltic-Black Sea Forum on issues of security, economic, cultural, and political cooperation, which has a broad circle of participating countries in Eastern Europe. Azov and its political wing, the National Corps party, are expanding their international ties and gradually promoting the old idea of Patriot of Ukraine on establishing a Central European Confederation.

•Preparing and holding political protests and demonstrations, the latest of which on November 21st was thousands-strong in the center of Kiev and called “A Question for Petro Poroshenko” (organized under the auspices of the National Corps).

Thus, in the activities of Azov and its social and political “daughters,” we can see a wide swathe and conceptual plan aimed not so much at the immediate situation as towards the more or less distant future. Hence the increased attention to working with children and youth, as well as the close attention devoted to ideological issues. Such work demands huge and concentrated efforts and a strategic approach.

Azov is the only force of Ukrainian neo-Nazism which has shown an ability to skillfully combine military, political, social, and parliamentary opportunities while simultaneously building a network of international relationships, all the while trying to saddle a wide protest movement against Petro Poroshenko’s regime. The leader of this combined structure, Andrey Biletsky, consciously keeps in the shade in contrast to his noisier and less effective like-minded competitors (in the likes of Yarosh, the former head of Right Sector), and is in no rush to sever partnership with the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Avakov.

These ideological and organizational advantages of Azov and the networks of social and political structures based on it, as well as the charismatic qualities of the White Master Biletsky, make Azov an attractive force in the eyes of many “radical youth” in Russia. Hence the phenomenon of Russian volunteers in Azov’s ranks, which to this day has not been met with adequate explanation in Russian expert circles and the media.

In 2010, one of the authors of this article prepared an extensive scholarly article on the phenomenon of Eastern-Ukrainian (Russian-speaking) nationalism and concluded that the future of Ukrainian nationalism (neo-Nazism) will belong to this generation and its various expressions. That article was written in the hope of provoking discussion and giving impetus to scholarly and expert studies on contemporary Ukrainian nationalism. Alas, this did not happen. Today, after more than six years, the relevance of this phenomenon has increased manifold, while official Russian scholars on Ukraine, as before, still do not realize the necessity of studying it, preferring instead to engage in mere “tearing off the masks” and “labeling.” As a result, the geographical center of this phenomenon has long since moved from the territory of Ukraine to Russia’s regions. This is the cost of scholarly laziness and inertia in thinking.
 
Reports From The Independent Region Of Donbass, The Only Place Still Standing Against American Tyranny By Paul Roberts And Alexander Chopov
http://novorossia.today/151519-2/

News From The Breakaway Republics

This has come to me from the independent Donbass region. The Western media provides nothing but disinformation about this area of the world as part of the ongoing demonization of Russia.

I am surprised that Russian intelligence did not discover in advance the Obama regime’s coup against the Ukrainian government. I continue to believe that the Russian government made a mistake refusing the breakaway republics requests to be re-incorporated into Russia like Crimea, but I understand that Putin was counting on his refusal to calm the fear of a “revanchist Russia” that Washington was infusing into Europeans. Putin’s strategy made sense, but it failed because Europe hasn’t the capability of foreign policy independence. Western Europe did not lose its independence to Nazi Germany. Europe lost its independence to Washington. It was the US that defeated Europe and reduced Europe to vassal states of Washington’s empire.

The links provided by Chopov below will give you English language reports from that part of the world where Washington, enabled by the EU, continues to provoke violence against Russian people.

My name is Alexander Chopov and I am the founder of the Donbass Truth Channel. Our goal is to give the people of Donbass, Crimea and South-East Ukraine a voice in English. We don’t just report the news, or show video reels of suffering. We put these things in context, for Western viewers to understand not only WHAT is happening, but WHY it is happening. For example, in our very first video we explain that when hundreds of thousands of people came out to protest the Maidan coup in the Spring of 2014 they weren’t “pro-Russian” or “pro-Putin” – they were first and foremost PRO-DEMOCRACY demanding the federalization of the country, and the right to elect local governments. But that truth would have made it very hard for Western media to demonize them – after all that would mean that they share the same democratic and freedom-loving values as the people in the West. We currently have 15 videos and are working on new ones. They are from Donbass, Crimea and Moscow. Our latest uploaded video is about the JIT report on the MH-17. We traveled to the crash site, and take an in-depth look at the report and all the glaring holes in it. Here is a link to our video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0STzxJ_Jw4 We also have lighter videos, like this one, where we, with hard-hitting facts, but light-heartedly, make fun of the demonization of Russia in Western media. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezp5X2CWH7s We are all volunteers and are doing this, because we believe that only when the people in the West realize that their governments are supporting people indiscriminately bombing civilian cities and killing kids, can this horrific war come to an end.

But since, unlike what Western media has people believe, Putin doesn’t give us suitcases of money, we have to means to advertise our work. Thus, only a few people see and learn the Truth. So, I would like to ask you, and your organization to help share our work with your readers, followers and subscribers, so that together we can get people to learn the truth, and help bring the end to the suffering of not only the people of Donbass, but of drafted Ukrainian soldiers, who are sent to die and kill their fellow citizens under false pretexts, as well as ease the tensions and warmongering towards Russia by some Western elites! Sincerely, Alexander Chopov.


Ukrainian sniper shelled workers at the DFS
http://novorossia.today/ukrainian-sniper-shelled-workers-at-the-dfs/

Ukrainian sniper started shelling at the brigade of workers that arrived to the territory of the Donetsk filtration station for restoration work of the power line. It was reported y the DPR Defence Ministry.

Sniper shelling does not let to restore power in the Donetsk filtration station, it was added.


UAF launched 90 artillery shells and mines at Yasinovataya in the morning
http://novorossia.today/uaf-launched-90-artillery-shells-and-mines-at-yasinovataya-in-the-morning/

Kiev junta troops subjected to shelling territory of Krutaya Balka, Vasilievka, suburbs of Yasinovataya since 7.40am.

Altogether they launched 66 artillery shells of 152mm and 122mm and 22 mines of 122mm caliber.

As a result of the shelling, power line was damaged. Ukrainian hostilities used infantry combat vehicles and grenade launchers also.


Three people got wounded in the DPR for the last 24 hours by Ukrainian shelling
http://novorossia.today/three-civilians-got-wounded-in-the-dpr-for-the-last-24-hours-by-ukrainian-shelling/

Two civilians and militarymen of the Donetsk People’s Republic got wounds as a result of shelling from the side of Ukrainian military units. It was reported by the DPR deputy of the Command-In-Chief.

‘As a result of artillery and mortar shelling by Ukrainian hostile side, woman of 64 years and a civil man of 35 years got wounded. One militaryman was wounded also’, Basurin pointed out.

Earlier it was reported that Kiev military units violated the ceasefire regime 1308 times for the last 24 hours


War Crimes As Ukraine Junta Shuts Down Water Supply To Sister Republic Lugansk
http://novorossia.today/151617-2/

The Ukraine Junta has stopped water supply to the Lugansk People’s Republic via Petrovskiy duct in the Kiev-controlled territory, LPR envoy to Minsk talks Vladislav Deinego told a news briefing at Lugansk Media Centre on Thursday.

“ The Ukraine Junta reattempted to stop water supply from 1 December. This time, only one water supply line was shut down as Petrovskiy duct pumps were turned off at around 11 a.m.,” Deinego said. “Water is not supplied to Lugansk from this direction though head of the Lugansk regional military-civil administration appears to be unaware of it alleging in public statements that everything is operating.”

LPR envoy to the economic working group of the Contact Group Elena Kostenko said Ukrainian side informed LPR via the Contact Group of its plans to cut off water supply to the Republic starting 1 December.

Earlier LPR envoy Vladislav Deinego said that Kiev claimed 270 mln hryvnia ($1 mln) that Lugansk allegedly owes it for water supply as the leaders of the Normandy Four (Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine) were discussing the revival of stalled peace process in Donbass at roundtable talks in Berlin on Oct. 19-20, though the appropriate payment agreement is not signed yet.

Deinego noted that Article 8 of the Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements envisioned “Definition of modalities of full resumption of socio-economic ties, including social transfers such as pension payments and other payments (incomes and revenues, timely payments of all utility bills, reinstating taxation within the legal framework of Ukraine).”

He also noted that the work of the Contact Group working group for economic issues has been continuously hampered by Kiev cavilling DPR representative status – Kiev reps refuse to talk to DPR’s Maxim Leschenko without providing any reasonable argumentation or reliable information.

Czech police have detained a criminal group of over a dozen people, including former members of Ukrainian armed formations, as well as German and Czech nationals, local media report.

Criminal Group Including Ukrainian Nationals Detained by Czech Police
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201612021048077262-czech-detain-ukraine-criminal-group/

The 15 members of the group who are suspected of theft and tax evasion could face up to 23 years in prison in Germany, Czech Radio said on Thursday.

The group has been active in Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria. About 250 Czech police officers were involved in the operation to capture members of the criminal group. The Czech police were assisted by over 100 law enforcement members from other countries. An internal conflict has been ongoing in southeastern Ukraine since 2014. Residents of the southeastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions have refused to recognize the new coup-installed Kiev authorities, which in turn launched a military operation against them. A number of volunteer battalions, notorious for their human rights violations, have been involved in military action against Donetsk and Lugansk residents.
 
Ukraine wants the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Special Monitoring Mission to the country (OSCE SMM) to deploy drones when monitoring the ceasefire in the eastern conflict-torn Donbas region, the Ukrainian parliament's First Deputy Chair Iryna Gerashchenko said Friday.

Ukraine Wants OSCE to Monitor Donbass Ceasefire With Drones
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201612021048094646-ukraine-osce-donbass/

Earlier in the day, a delegation of Ukrainian lawmakers visited NATO headquarters and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels, meeting with the alliance's Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller.

"Ukrainian members of parliament stated facts on ceasefire violations by pro-Russian fighters in the Donbass region and noted that survey methods used by the OSCE SMM require significant improvements and technical reinforcement with drones and constantly operational surveillance cameras," Gerashchenko, who represents Ukraine in the OSCE's Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine humanitarian subgroup, said on her Facebook page. The Ukrainian delegation used the meeting with Gottemoeller to discuss NATO support for Ukraine, the security situation in Donbass and Russia's Crimean Peninsula, as well as ceasefire violations in east Ukraine, according to Gerashchenko.


A defense agreement between Ukraine and Poland, signed by Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz on the Polish side, was reached after bilateral talks between Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda.

Ukraine, Poland Sign Defense Cooperation Agreement
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201612021048095898-ukraine-poland-defense-agreement/

A defense cooperation agreement between Poland and Ukraine was signed on Friday during Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko's visit to Poland.

The agreement, signed by Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz on the Polish side, was reached after bilateral talks between Poroshenko and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda, as well as the respective delegations.

Poroshenko, whose visit to Poland marks the 25-year anniversary of Poland's recognition of the Ukrainian independence, is leading a Ukrainian delegation which plans to sign a number of further bilateral documents with Poland.

Poroshenko is also expected to hold separate meetings with the heads of the Polish parliament, Marek Kuchcinski and Stanislaw Karczewski, as well as Prime Minister Beata Szydlo.


Russia will send a special "New Year" humanitarian aid convoy to Donbass on December 22, Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations Vladimir Artamonov said Friday.

Russia to Send 'New Year' Humanitarian Aid Convoy to Donbass on December 22
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201612021048096469-russia-donbass-humanitarian-convoy/

When asked by RIA Novosti about the date when the convoy would be sent, Artamonov said "on December 22."

Artamonov added that the convoy would comprise food, medicine, New Year gifts and other aid products.

Ukraine’s southeastern regions have been severely affected by Kiev’s military operation, launched in April 2014. The operation was a response to local residents' refusal to recognize the new coup-installed government in the country. Russia has sent over 65,000 tonnes of life-saving humanitarian aid to Donbass since August 2014. Earlier this month, Artamonov said earlier that Russia would continue providing monthly humanitarian assistance to the region in 2017.


Ukraine has moved the high-risk zones of missile launches westwards, a spokesman for the Russian civil aviation authority Rosaviatsiya has told the media

Ukraine moves missile launches away from Russian airspace
http://novorossia.today/ukraine-moves-missile-launches-away-from-russian-airspace/

According to the official, Ukraine last night issued a new “notification to airmen” (NOTAM) to the effect it has moved the high-risk zones westwards, away from Russia’s territorial waters.

“The new zones lie over international waters. The territorial waters of Russia are not affected. This zone is within Russian air traffic controllers’ zone of responsibility, but this will not affect flight safety,” he said.

Ukraine’s missile launches in the Black Sea pose no threat to the citizens of Crimea and all flights to the peninsula are performed as scheduled, the republic’s head Sergey Aksyonov told reporters.

“The Armed Forces (of Russia) fully ensure security of Russian citizens, including on the territory of the Crimean Republic. All our flights are performed as scheduled,” Aksyonov said commenting on the situation around Ukraine’s missile launches.


Ukrainian hostile army shelled a village in the Telmanovo region Belaya Kamenka by MRLS Grad. It was reported

Ukraine uses Grads at the south of the DPR
http://novorossia.today/ukraine-uses-grads-at-the-south-of-the-dpr/

‘At about 10pm Kiev junta troops started shelling the village Belaya Kamenka by Grad’, it was reported by the resource.
According to the spokesman, about 40 shells were fired in all. Information about casulaties and damages is being verified.

The DPR operations command said earlier on Thursday that a total of 1,308 episodes of shelling of DPR settlements by Ukrainian troops were reported during the day. Two civilians and one DPR serviceman were wounded.

In regard to its data, 40 shells were launched by Ukrainian side. Data on casualties and destroying is being checked.
 
angelburst29 said:
Foreword by Jafe Arnold: The following essay is a continuation of Dr. Eduard Popov’s voluminous article from 2010 on the history, trends, and future of Ukrainian neo-Nazism, generously written for The Greanville Post. In this installment, Dr. Popov and his colleague, Alexander Podsechin, present the dynamics of the fastest-growing and most dangerous neo-Nazi organization in Ukraine, Azov, and its offshoots. According to Dr. Popov’s earlier work, it is none other than Azov that represents the future of Ukrainian neo-Nazism and, quite possibly, one of the future ruling factions of what is left of “Project Ukraine”. If Dr. Popov’s assessment is correct, then his and Mr. Podsechin’s investigation of the face, strategy, and future of Azov will prove to be an ominous warning and timely analysis of a force whose real bite has yet to be fully felt.

Azov: The Face, Strategy, and Future of Ukraine's leading Neo-Nazis
http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/11/azov-face-strategy-and-future-of.html

On November 21st, the center of Kiev hosted a widely-advertised protest action by so-called “radicals” - at least this is how Ukrainian neo-Nazis and their numerous parties, organizations, and movements are called in Russia. As a rule, Russian media rather abstractly presents the varieties of Ukrainian neo-Nazism, while Ukrainian media have learned to distinguish between these groups by pointing to the ideological and organizational differences between them.

According to a number of publications in the Ukrainian press, the protest was prepared by Ukrainian neo-Nazis organized into two main columns. One was headed by the widely notorious (even abroad) Right Sector, and the other by the no less famous Azov battalion/regiment and its political daughters. It was in regards to none other than this organization that the famous journalist Pavel Sheremet, who was later assassinated in Kiev, said: “Azov is the most organized ideological force in Ukraine.” We have to agree with this assessment.

The authors of these lines belong to those few Russian authors who have long been interested in the history and background of this organized formation, not so much in its fighting and punitive operations in Donbass as in its social and political plans and methods of struggle.

Officially, Azov is only three years old. However, over this brief period of time it has succeeded in forming one of the most combat-capable (primarily in terms of motivation[1]) units of the Ukrainian Army/National Guard and gained valuable combat experience in many of the key battles of the war in Donbass, such as Mariupol and Ilovaysk in 2014 and Shirokino and Mariupol in 2015-16. Of course, Azov is far from the only volunteer formation, but there are several key points that qualitatively distinguish Azov from the host of other Ukrainian nationalist battalions and units that were formed in 2014-15.

First of all, this concerns Azov’s specific ideology of social-nationalism, which all of its members must share, and whose volunteer nature is capable of weeding out all of those who do not fit their ideological criteria. It should be noted that the genesis of Azov’s ideology dates back to the Kharkov-native Social-National Assembly and Patriot of Ukraine organizations and, in turn, the Lvov-native Social-National Party of Ukraine. Out of all of the large contemporary formations of this kind, only Azov and the public and political structures generated by it openly profess the ideology of social-nationalism, i.e., the Ukrainian version of German National Socialism.

Secondly, Azov’s leaders, such as Andrey Biletsky or its chief ideologist, Oleg Odnorozhenko, participated in the Ukrainian nationalist (neo-Nazi) movement in the early-mid 2000’s and even served prison sentences under Yanukovych for their activities. In other words, these people have consistently followed the path of realizing their ideals for many years without fear of going to prison and without any discouraging vested interests. This separates them from the outright criminals and “businessman in nationalism”, such as Konstantin Grishin (the Donbass Battalion) or the open bandits like Ruslan Abalmaz (the Aidar Battalion).

Thirdly and most importantly, in addition to combat units (first the Azov Battalion, then the Azov Regiment), over literally only a handful of years, Azov has managed to establish a fully-fledged social structure called the Civic Corps, which deals with social work and promotes their ideology not in words (as is customary in Ukrainian politics), but in deeds.
In autumn of this year, the National Corps political party was founded. Thus, Azov managed to establish a structure which boasts a clear and articulated ideology and includes:

- a constantly combat-ready unit numbering more than 1,000 people armed with heavy artillery, armored vehicles, plus reserve personnel and experienced, earlier demobilized soldiers;

- a social movement realizing a number of diverse projects ranging from cultural, educational, and charitable ones to scholarly and technological research;

- a political party relying on a social army and seeking to promote its interests through legal politics

Comparing this to the German SS (which had a widely-branched structure in many spheres of society during the Weimar Republic and then the Nazi state) would probably flatter Azov’s representatives, even though Azov has not itself drawn any official reference to German National Socialism. Nevertheless, Andrey Biletsky, the leader of the ultra-right Patriot of Ukraine group and historian by profession, is obviously familiar with the effective practices of the Third Reich. It is no accident that he is nicknamed the “White Master” among his like-minded associates.

Formed on the basis of an aid-collection point set up by Azov fighters in August 2014, the Azov battalion’s Civic Corps has in two years succeeded in organizing activities in numerous areas of work in society and widely promoted its ideas. Its public work includes:

1. Work with children

•Organizing and holding joint sports activities, touristic forays, and military training activities and competitions, as well as “lessons of courage” in schools, free sports leagues, and free patriotic military camps

•Charity fundraising to aid orphans

2. Work with youth

•Organizing free sports leagues and patriotic military camps

•Organizing various sports tournaments ranging from football to martial arts

•Organizing concerts, festivals, and music groups, including from Russia, who have a kind of cult status in working with youth subcultures

•Seminars and lectures for students in higher educational institutions (of course, with ideological overtones)

3. Work on promoting their ideology in society and presenting an alternative (a “third way”) against the backdrop of growing frustration with liberal ideology and practice. This work is done even in Ukraine’s “ally,” the European Union. Azov and its public and political structures position themselves as an ideological and political alternative to liberalism, portraying themselves as the only force capable of defending Ukraine from “foreign occupation” (by which is understood Russia) and saving the regime from “internal occupation” (which the ultra-right in Ukraine understands as the regime of the illegitimate President Poroshenko). Work in this field includes:

• Publishing video productions (documentaries)

• Holding art exhibitions and literary evenings

• Organizing and holding public lectures on historical and political topics

• Paying homage to their national and historical heroes. A special place in the pantheon of Azov’s heroes is reserved for Prince Svyatoslav, which is no coincidence. Svyatoslav was a pagan (just as many, if not the majority of Azov fighters profess paganism or “native faith”, rodnoverie) and destroyed the “Jewish” Khazar Khaganate. The commemoration of this historical figure was crowned with Azov’s installation of a monument to him in Mariupol. Svyatoslav represents a cult-like figure for many of the ultra-right in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. The erection of a monument to him in Mariupol appears to be an act of “privatizing” this figure for Ukraine.[2]

4. Work not directly related to their own politics

•Supporting protest actions by ordinary citizens against illegal construction

•Providing organizational and manpower assistance to protests in Kiev. An example of this was the assistance afforded to the miners’ trade union when it demanded the payment of delayed salaries and the reduction of utility bills. The purpose of such actions is to increase the recognizability and popularity of Azov’s Civic Crops and the National Corps party in society and expand its social base. In other words, Azov seeks to go beyond the narrow confines of the nationalist electorate (over whom it is already waging a fierce struggle with its competitors like Right Sector, etc.). This speaks to its leaders’ strategic-minded approach.

•Organizing raids against drug traffickers and narcotics distribution points

5. Work with the military and intelligence services

•During the period that Patriot of Ukraine functioned, according to some testimonies, close contacts were maintained with military intelligence (the GUR of Ukraine’s defense ministry) and the SBU, thanks to which Patriot of Ukraine’s fighters were trained with the help of paratrooper officers, special forces, and even underwent full courses for young soldiers. As a result, Kharkov’s neo-Nazis turned out to be the most prepared fighters of all volunteer units to participate in combat operations.

•Combat training was regularly improved through drills and establishing the necessary contacts with officers from the Ukrainian Armed Forces and SBU. Behind the scenes, Biletsky and his entourage advocated the idea that the “internal occupation” regime is not eternal, and that the state’s security services would need their own man in power, and even better, at the head of the state. The “White Master” Biletsky himself claims such a role. The success of such work is perhaps evidenced by the following fact: a number of generals on the level of brigade commanders immediately went on vacation so as to not participate in the dispersal of Azov and other ultra-right groupings’ protest in Kiev on November 21st.

•The establishing of contacts with representatives of foreign (mainly American) intelligence services and commando officers from NATO countries’ armed forces now operating in Ukraine, as well as with the numerous mercenaries and volunteers from neo-Nazi circles in Europe and Western countries. The aim of these contacts is creating and strengthening international ties with an eye to the future.

6. Political activity

•Operating in tacit alliance with Interior Minister Avakov. The Azov battalion/regiment, unlike the majority of volunteer formations, is organizationally subject not to the Ministry of Defense or even the SBU, but is a structural unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Biletsky himself has the rank of colonel of the interior ministry. This is an apparent contradiction since the interior ministry (known as the “cops”) have always held contempt for the ideologically-strong neo-Nazis. In terms of ideology, the leader of Azov has violated the purity of the ranks of those subordinate to the interior ministry. However, Biletsky follows the example of his idol, Adolf Hitler, in taking advantage of even enemy resources to achieve political and other goals. We believe that the notion that Avakov is using Azov for his own political aims is profoundly mistaken. On the contrary, Azov is exploiting a temporary and tactical alliance with Avakov (who is racially, ethnically, and ideologically alien to them) to resolve important intermediate tasks. Avakov remains just as alien to the white racists and neo-Nazis as Poroshenko.

•Azov is also involved in the Baltic-Black Sea Forum on issues of security, economic, cultural, and political cooperation, which has a broad circle of participating countries in Eastern Europe. Azov and its political wing, the National Corps party, are expanding their international ties and gradually promoting the old idea of Patriot of Ukraine on establishing a Central European Confederation.

•Preparing and holding political protests and demonstrations, the latest of which on November 21st was thousands-strong in the center of Kiev and called “A Question for Petro Poroshenko” (organized under the auspices of the National Corps).

Thus, in the activities of Azov and its social and political “daughters,” we can see a wide swathe and conceptual plan aimed not so much at the immediate situation as towards the more or less distant future. Hence the increased attention to working with children and youth, as well as the close attention devoted to ideological issues. Such work demands huge and concentrated efforts and a strategic approach.

Azov is the only force of Ukrainian neo-Nazism which has shown an ability to skillfully combine military, political, social, and parliamentary opportunities while simultaneously building a network of international relationships, all the while trying to saddle a wide protest movement against Petro Poroshenko’s regime. The leader of this combined structure, Andrey Biletsky, consciously keeps in the shade in contrast to his noisier and less effective like-minded competitors (in the likes of Yarosh, the former head of Right Sector), and is in no rush to sever partnership with the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Avakov.

These ideological and organizational advantages of Azov and the networks of social and political structures based on it, as well as the charismatic qualities of the White Master Biletsky, make Azov an attractive force in the eyes of many “radical youth” in Russia. Hence the phenomenon of Russian volunteers in Azov’s ranks, which to this day has not been met with adequate explanation in Russian expert circles and the media.

In 2010, one of the authors of this article prepared an extensive scholarly article on the phenomenon of Eastern-Ukrainian (Russian-speaking) nationalism and concluded that the future of Ukrainian nationalism (neo-Nazism) will belong to this generation and its various expressions. That article was written in the hope of provoking discussion and giving impetus to scholarly and expert studies on contemporary Ukrainian nationalism. Alas, this did not happen. Today, after more than six years, the relevance of this phenomenon has increased manifold, while official Russian scholars on Ukraine, as before, still do not realize the necessity of studying it, preferring instead to engage in mere “tearing off the masks” and “labeling.” As a result, the geographical center of this phenomenon has long since moved from the territory of Ukraine to Russia’s regions. This is the cost of scholarly laziness and inertia in thinking.
Considering the strong ideological basis of Azov:
http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/11/ukrainian-neo-nazis-set-their-sights-on.html said:
Ukrainian neo-Nazis set their sights on Lukashenko and Belarus
November 30, 2016 -
By Eduard Popov for Fort Russ - translated by J. Arnoldski -
It is worthy of attention that there are plans for Belarus:
http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/12/unholy-alliance-belarusian-and.html said:
Unholy Alliance: Belarusian and Ukrainian neo-Nazis are plotting a Minsk Maidan
December 2, 2016 -
By Eduard Popov for Fort Russ - translated by J. Arnoldski -

Continued from Part 1

Over the past several weeks, Ukraine has attempted to butt heads with Russia and Belarus. At the same time, Ukrainian authorities have counted on a Maidan in Minsk. Whether by coincidence or not, a huge stream of weapons and militants has been pouring into Belarus from Ukraine. In addition to Belarusian neo-Nazis who have fought in Ukrainian volunteer battalions in Donbass, Ukrainian militants themselves are infiltrating the country.

The Belarusian authorities and the public have also taken note of a large influx of refugees from Ukraine - we are talking about tens of thousands. It is easy for dozens or even hundreds of militants with experience in street fights with police to blend into this mass. In July of 2014, the author of these lines observed the same “deployment” of strong young men with minimal belongings and without women and children who, in an organized and efficient fashion, crossed the border into Russia under the guise of refugees. Later it became known that Ukrainian militants had infiltrated Russian territory in such a manner to prepare a future Maidan in Moscow. But they failed in Russia. Will they try to organize a Maidan in Belarus?

Yet another trend has been noted in the past few days. On November 29th, reports came in that Kiev might deprive Minsk of its status as the main negotiating venue on the conflict in Donbass. As the Ukrainian edition of Radio Svoboda reported, this was stated by the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, Anna Gopko. According to her, Minsk is openly supporting the Kremlin. The grounds for such an accusation was Belarus’ refusal to support Ukraine’s UN resolution on human rights violations in Crimea on November 15th. “If we have said that Minsk is a neutral platform where everyone is to go for negotiations, then after the vote, we can’t count on such,” Gopko stated.

It is obvious that Ukraine understands “neutral status” as none other than Belarus openly supporting pro-Ukrainian positions. In turn, Russia could also present a long list of complaints to the Belarusian authorities accusing them of a lack of “neutrality.” But Russia has not put forth such claims and has not proposed to replace Minsk with a different meeting place for negotiations. Russia’s complaints towards Belarus, or more precisely towards President Lukashenko, are of an entirely different sort, namely, that Lukashenko is not fulfilling his obligations as an ally (Russia and Belarus are members of the Union State). However, Moscow has consistently stressed that it respects Belarus’ state sovereignty and its neutral status.

Ukraine is very jealous and, in my opinion, is short-sighted in its relations and actions towards its neighbors and partners. The Ukrainian state and its diplomacy are only 25 years old and are therefore in their infancy. Thus, Ukraine is behaving like a naughty toddler who interprets any sense of independence as hostility. The most recent example of this was when Italian and Turkish delegations visited Crimea in October and November. The members of these delegations were threatened with being included on the Ukrainian foreign ministry’s list of persona non-grata. Indeed, the ministry officially threatened them with this.

But Belarus is a special case. Unlike Italy and Turkey, the Ukrainians have an arsenal of revenge. Once again returning to the beginning of the article, this revenge could manifest itself in attempts at organizing a Maidan and street actions in Minsk with the participation of Belarusian and Ukrainian neo-Nazis. The flow of arms which President Lukashenko nervously warned of and the influx of migrants from Ukraine give at least serious reason to consider the scenario of Ukraine preparing a Belarusian Maidan.

In September 2016, it was reported that the number of Ukrainian refugees in Belarus had reached 160,000. This was announced by Belarus’ foreign minister, Vladimir Makei. For a country of 10 million like Belarus, 160,000 people is an enormous figure.

Is it a coincidence that the unfriendly characterization of the legal government of the Republic of Belarus as the “Lukashenko regime”, large influxes of migrants (infiltration by future Maidan militants?) and weapons, and accusations that Minsk is in collusion with Moscow are all coming from Ukraine at the same time?


The human, technical, and psychological groundwork for a Belarusian Maidan are being prepared literally before our very eyes. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. What else Ukraine has in store for its Belarusian “brothers” is anyone’s guess.
With Ukrainian Nazis moving north into Belarus and probably west into Poland, and with IS members hiding among refugees from Libya, Turkey and Syria moving into Southern and Western Europe, what are the future plans of operation in Europe? What will be the impact on local citizens.
 
thorbiorn said:
Considering the strong ideological basis of Azov:
http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/11/ukrainian-neo-nazis-set-their-sights-on.html said:
Ukrainian neo-Nazis set their sights on Lukashenko and Belarus
November 30, 2016 -
By Eduard Popov for Fort Russ - translated by J. Arnoldski -
It is worthy of attention that there are plans for Belarus:
http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/12/unholy-alliance-belarusian-and.html said:
Unholy Alliance: Belarusian and Ukrainian neo-Nazis are plotting a Minsk Maidan
December 2, 2016 -
By Eduard Popov for Fort Russ - translated by J. Arnoldski -


Over the past several weeks, Ukraine has attempted to butt heads with Russia and Belarus. At the same time, Ukrainian authorities have counted on a Maidan in Minsk. Whether by coincidence or not, a huge stream of weapons and militants has been pouring into Belarus from Ukraine. In addition to Belarusian neo-Nazis who have fought in Ukrainian volunteer battalions in Donbass, Ukrainian militants themselves are infiltrating the country.

The Belarusian authorities and the public have also taken note of a large influx of refugees from Ukraine - we are talking about tens of thousands. It is easy for dozens or even hundreds of militants with experience in street fights with police to blend into this mass. In July of 2014, the author of these lines observed the same “deployment” of strong young men with minimal belongings and without women and children who, in an organized and efficient fashion, crossed the border into Russia under the guise of refugees. Later it became known that Ukrainian militants had infiltrated Russian territory in such a manner to prepare a future Maidan in Moscow. But they failed in Russia. Will they try to organize a Maidan in Belarus?

Yet another trend has been noted in the past few days. On November 29th, reports came in that Kiev might deprive Minsk of its status as the main negotiating venue on the conflict in Donbass. As the Ukrainian edition of Radio Svoboda reported, this was stated by the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, Anna Gopko. According to her, Minsk is openly supporting the Kremlin. The grounds for such an accusation was Belarus’ refusal to support Ukraine’s UN resolution on human rights violations in Crimea on November 15th. “If we have said that Minsk is a neutral platform where everyone is to go for negotiations, then after the vote, we can’t count on such,” Gopko stated.

It is obvious that Ukraine understands “neutral status” as none other than Belarus openly supporting pro-Ukrainian positions. In turn, Russia could also present a long list of complaints to the Belarusian authorities accusing them of a lack of “neutrality.” But Russia has not put forth such claims and has not proposed to replace Minsk with a different meeting place for negotiations. that Lukashenko is not fulfilling his obligations as an ally (Russia and Belarus are members of the Union State). However, Moscow has consistently stressed that it respects Belarus’ state sovereignty and its neutral status.

[...] Once again returning to the beginning of the article, this revenge could manifest itself in attempts at organizing a Maidan and street actions in Minsk with the participation of Belarusian and Ukrainian neo-Nazis. The flow of arms which President Lukashenko nervously warned of and the influx of migrants from Ukraine give at least serious reason to consider the scenario of Ukraine preparing a Belarusian Maidan.

In September 2016, it was reported that the number of Ukrainian refugees in Belarus had reached 160,000. This was announced by Belarus’ foreign minister, Vladimir Makei. For a country of 10 million like Belarus, 160,000 people is an enormous figure.

Is it a coincidence that the unfriendly characterization of the legal government of the Republic of Belarus as the “Lukashenko regime”, large influxes of migrants (infiltration by future Maidan militants?) and weapons, and accusations that Minsk is in collusion with Moscow are all coming from Ukraine at the same time?

The human, technical, and psychological groundwork for a Belarusian Maidan are being prepared literally before our very eyes. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. What else Ukraine has in store for its Belarusian “brothers” is anyone’s guess.

With Ukrainian Nazis moving north into Belarus and probably west into Poland, and with IS members hiding among refugees from Libya, Turkey and Syria moving into Southern and Western Europe, what are the future plans of operation in Europe? What will be the impact on local citizens.


This is a re-post from the Putin-Syrian thread but it might be connected to the influx of (militants) migrants from Ukraine and the groundwork for a possible Maidan in Belarus? A U.S. deployment of 4,400 soldiers and 2,800 vehicles are headed to eastern Europe, arriving in Germany in January and then onto Poland, before dispersing to other regions. Russia/Putin might be aware of Lukashenko position, needing to stay "neutral" but is also pro-Russian, and a possible uprising (Maidan) planned in Belarus? Might be why Russia heavily fortified Crimea with extra military defense on it's Borders? Question also, how much is Germany and Chancellor Merkel involved in these developments, if U.S. deployment will be heading back to Germany from Poland and it's close partnership with Ukraine Poroshenko? Ukraine and Poland just sign a Defense Cooperation Agreement?


Fort Carson prepares for biggest deployment to Europe since Cold War
http://kdvr.com/2016/11/30/fort-carson-prepares-for-biggest-deployment-to-europe-since-cold-war/

November 30, 2016 - Approximately 4,400 soldiers are headed to eastern Europe for a nine-month deployment , the Colorado Springs Gazette reports.

They’ll bring along more than 2,800 vehicles, including 72-ton tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles, containers, trailers and a few thousand firearms.

The 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, began loading the first trains that will send a heavy brigade’s worth of equipment overseas in support of Atlantic Resolve, Army officials said on Facebook last week.

“The Army is now working to shore up North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies against rising Russian aggression,” the Gazette reported. “The centerpiece of that effort will be the 3rd Brigade, which will be spread across eastern Europe from the Baltic to the Black Sea starting in January.”

“The rotations throughout Europe will demonstrate the continued U.S. support of its NATO allies while simultaneously allowing Soldiers to bilaterally train with their foreign counterparts,” according to the Fort Carson Mountaineer.

[...] Rosales said the plan is to move all the equipment to Poland within a couple of weeks of its arrival to Germany.

“The full set of equipment will arrive in Bremerhaven, Germany, and then move by rail, commercial line haul and military convoy to Poland, where 3rd ABCT will consolidate before dispersing units to Germany and across six other countries from Estonia to Bulgaria,” Desinor wrote.

While President Petro Poroshenko boasted of conducting missile firing exercises not far from Russia's Crimea as an incredible "drive in my Ukrainian nation," there might be a very down-to-earth explanation to why Kiev had to relocate the drills and ultimately scrap the second day of the "drive."

'Game Over': What Made Kiev Relocate and Scrap Its Bombastic Drills Near Crimea
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201612031048130444-ukraine-missile-drills-crimea-russia/

Moscow had been protesting against Kiev's intention to hold the drills on December 1-2 because the uncoordinated launches would extend into Russia's airspace and could endanger civil flights, thus breaching international law.

The Russian Defense Ministry even summoned the Ukrainian military attache to hand in a note of protest. Kiev relocated the drills from Russian territorial waters to neutral ones, but seemed adamant in indulging an apparent whim of flexing its muscles close to the peninsula that almost unanimously preferred rejoining with Russia to Ukraine's post-coup turmoil in spring 2014.

Ukraine conducted 16 missile launches on December 1 and announced it was preparing to continue in full swing on December 2, but then out of the blue the chief of the general staff declared the missile firing exercises over, praising the armed forces for "increasing combat capabilities." Poroshenko demonstrably tried to soften the change of course of the drills: "You can't even imagine what kind of drive engulfed my Ukrainian nation and how many calls defense minister [Stepan] Poltorak and I have received."

But you can't hide the obvious, according to Crimean lawmaker Dmitry Belik.

"Kiev was scared by steps Russia could take in response to the drills near Crimea. The clear line of air defense, Black Sea ships at Crimea's western coast and new Bastion missile systems made the Ukrainian leadership relocate the exercises," he told RIA Novosti. The lawmaker said Russia sent Kiev a clear message that the "game was over." "Air defense crews were ready to shoot down any missile which would cross into the peninsula's airspace," he underscored. Belik echoed Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov who said on December 1 Russia could strike Ukrainian missiles in case they represented any threat. Russia asked the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to respond to the drills but the agency has not commented yet.
 
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