Civil War in Ukraine: Western Empire vs Russia

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On the Russian Perveij Kanal there was a report in Russian about the Neo-nazi influence in the Maidan with a focus on the founder of and people of the Azov Batallion, now integrated in the Ukrainian Army.

Guess the "trial run" is being replaced with the second attempt now. Everything is primed for the "powder keg" to go off. It will depend on how many take will take the bait after the completed programming. :-/
 
Everything is primed for the "powder keg" to go off.
We will see.

There was in Germany: Der Fall Magnitski: Die Wahrheit hinter den US-Sanktionen gegen Russland
Reported in RT:
But will it make a difference?
 
Small sign that some people in Ukraine are trying to challenge the impunity of the Right Sector and to bring the right people to justice, instead of blaming Russia:

Violent Death Of Journalist - Blamed On Russia - Was Assault By Ukrainian Fascists
On Thursday the notorious Steele dossier about alleged Russian influence on President Donald Trump was officially debunked as unverified "internet rumor". On the very same day another case, in which Russia was accused of being behind a murder in Ukraine, fell apart.
On July 20 2016 a remote controlled bomb was used to blow up a car in Kiev and to kill its driver:
The blast threw the driver, Pavel G. Sheremet, a prominent journalist, into the back seat. The vehicle stopped then rolled backward, and for a moment, he seemed to be struggling to crawl free of the wreckage, closed circuit video showed.
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Mr. Sheremet, 44, a onetime employee of Russian state television turned critic of the Kremlin, was among several prominent journalists who had moved from Russia to Ukraine, where restrictions on the news media are looser.
Sheremet was the 14th journalist killed in Ukraine after the U.S. directed coup against its elected president and government. It was quite obvious that the extreme right in Ukraine, which had come to power during the coup, was behind the murder campaign:
As recently as May, Ukraine was rocked by a big scandal after the personal data of more than 4,000 media staff were posted online by Ukrainian ‘witch-hunting’ website Mirotvorets supported by the aide to Ukraine’s interior minister. The employees were accused by pro-Kiev activists of “collaborating with terrorists” for their reporting from war-torn eastern Ukraine.
Sheremet and the other killed journalists were on that list.
Western media largely ignored the anti-press murder campaign in Ukraine which was run by the fascist paramilitary Right Sector.
Instead, their reports on Sheremet peddled hints that Russia was behind the murder. The New York Times wrote at that time:
By the afternoon, President Petro O. Poroshenko called an emergency meeting of his national security staff and strongly hinted that Russia had been behind the brazen assassination.
“It seems this was an act done with the intention of destabilizing the situation in the country,” Mr. Poroshenko said. “In the conditions of war and aggression, I am not excluding the possibility of some foreign interest here.”
The Guardian noted:
Zoryan Shkiryak, an aide to the interior minister, said investigators suspected a homemade explosive device of 400-600 grams of TNT equivalent that was possibly detonated remotely.
Shkiryak said the likely motive was Sheremet’s professional activities, but added that investigators were considering personal conflicts and the “involvement of Russian special services”.
NPR also pointed to Russia:
Hours after the killing, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on television, "It seems to me this was done with one aim in mind: to destabilize the situation in the country," Reuters reports.
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Sheremet later said he no longer felt safe in Russia. Five years ago, he moved to Kiev. In an interview with Reuters in October, he said, "I'm threatened often and given hints. Every time I go to Moscow, it's like I'm in a minefield."
Following the death of Pavel Sheremet a number of similar assassinations occurred in Kiev which were again blamed on Russia.
Then came the murder of Arkady Babchenko which was again widely blamed on Russia.
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Crisis actor Arkady Babchenko - bigger

Even after it turned out that the internal Ukrainian security service SBU had faked the story and that Babchenko was alive and well, 'western' media repeated the SBU's lunatic claims that it had to fake the murder to reveal that Russia was behind a different real one. It later turned out that the whole case was faked as a cover for a corporate raid.
Throughout the three years after Sheremet's death the Ukrainian President Poroshenko stalled the investigation into the murder case. Under the new President Zelensky the investigation was revived. Two days ago the last of five suspects were detained:
The organizer of the murder of journalist Pavel Sheremet in 2016 was musician and Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) veteran Andriy Antonenko. The direct executor of the killing was the volunteer and children's physician Yulia Kuzmenko, according to the text of the suspicion notice handed to Kuzmenko during a search of her house on Thursday, December 12.
A scan copy of the suspicion was published by her attorney Vlad Dobos on his Facebook page on Friday night.
"The pretrial investigation found that Antonenko ... carried away by ultranationalist ideas, cultivating the greatness of the Aryan race ... trying to make his views an object of public attention ... remaining in the ATO area, from among volunteers and persons who had undergone military training as part of volunteer battalions ... decided to create an organized group in order to kill journalist and radio host Sheremet Pavel Grigoryevich," the text of the suspicion notice says.
All of the involved people are rightwing extremists. Antonenko was known to then President Poroshenko:
Antonenko, a muscular conflict veteran whose body is covered in tattoos, authored a song whose title translates as Came Quietly, Left Quietly, and which has been described as the unofficial anthem of the Special Operations Forces, a branch of Ukraine's military.
"From the first days of the war, Andriy assisted the army as a volunteer. The fighters of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) know Andriy well. And the song that he dedicated to the fighters of the SOF is known by heart," Poroshenko said in a Facebook post on July 29, 2017 that linked to a video of the song.
The female doctor, who allegedly pressed the remote control button to kill Sheremet, is also a coup supporting extremist:
Among Antonenko's Facebook friends is Kuzmenko, a 40-year-old doctor at a children's hospital in Kyiv. Kuzmenko volunteered to treat protesters who thronged Kyiv's central square and faced off against law enforcement during the Euromaidan uprising that pushed Moscow-friendly President Viktor Yanukovych from power in February 2014.
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Her Facebook page is filled with photos of herself in the field with soldiers and pro-Kyiv fighters, including some from Right Sector, a far-right Ukrainian paramilitary group.
Then there is the Right Sector couple that allegedly built the bomb:
Kuzmenko had recently been attending the trial of Vladyslav and Inna Hryshchenko, a couple who were detained earlier this year on charges of attempting to kill a businessman in western Ukraine by blowing up his car. The bomb fell off the car and failed to go off, authorities say.
The Hryshchenkos are now among the five suspects in Sheremet's killing. Law enforcement authorities said that the bombs used in the two cases were similar and that Vladyslav Hryshchenko is an explosives expert with six past convictions for extortion and robbery.
The two met while fighting among Right Sector forces in the province of Donetsk and later married.
The fifth person detained in the case is Yana Duhar, a nurse in a paratrooper battalion, who reconnoitered the area around Sheremet's house.
Russia had most likely nothing to do with any of the assassinations in the Ukraine that it was accused of. In most cases it is likely that the ruthless fascist of the Right Sector, which maintained the Mirotvorets kill list, were the culprits. Ukrainian oligarchs used them to eliminate their enemies and rivals. President Porochenko protected them.

It is good to see that this has changed under the new President Zelensky. 'Western' media should follow his example and do some real reporting about the fascist influence in Ukraine instead of blaming Russia of everything bad that happens there. After the catastrophic coverage of Russiagate it is high time for such a change.
 
Russia and Ukraine are very close to signing a transit deal for Russian gas to Europe. Very smart move as it makes US sanctions on Nord Stream 2 obsolete. It could also give Russia more leeway in dealing with Germany as it means more options to deliver gas to the other customers in Europe and that Germany is less critical for this delivery. How the different factions in Ukraine will react remains to be seen.


'Gas War' Averted: Russia & Ukraine Agree To Crucial Transit Deal, Defying The Hawks
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by Tyler Durden
Fri, 12/20/2019 - 14:10

This isn't supposed to happen according to those neo-Cold War pundits who keep telling us Putin is not only bent on taking over Ukraine, but Europe as well especially through gas and energy dominance.
Per FT, a major gas transit deal has been reached between Ukraine and Russia "in principle" and will likely be imminently signed into effect by Moscow and Kiev leadership, ultimately ending a standoff after Ukraine ceased buying gas directly from Gazprom in 2015:
European natural gas prices fell sharply on Friday after Russia and Ukraine reached a provisional deal to allow the continued transit of gas to Europe in the new year. A stand-off between the two countries had threatened to disrupt supplies to Europe when the existing contract expires on December 31.
...Late on Thursday, Russian energy minister Alexander Novak and his Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Orzhel said they had struck an agreement in principle for a new contract, adding that talks were set to continue in Minsk on Friday.
New contract looks to be struck to keep piping Russian gas through Ukraine to Europe, via Reuters.


“Our work today has been very efficient . . . the final protocol of the decision, which brings us closer to the signing of the final agreements, has been drafted,” Ukrainian negotiator Orzhel said of the talks, which were mediated by the European Commission in Berlin.
And just like that, the central rationale for new US sanctions targeting companies laying pipeline for the massive Gazprom-Europe Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline to Germany has been made mute and obsolete. Ironically the Nord Stream 2 sanctions are included in the 2020 NDAA which is about to cross Trump's desk, which ultimately aim to derail the project. The controversial 760-mile project that would allow Russia to export natural gas directly to Germany has been slammed by Washington as depriving Ukraine of badly needed gas transit fees along the current route for Russian supplies.

The US administration and media pundits have also charged Russia with attempting to compromise and intervene in Europe's energy independence for the sake of geopolitical leverage. And yet four years after the Crimea crisis, and more importantly just after Ukraine's Zelensky met with Putin a couple weeks ago in Paris, compromise and the defusing of tensions are in the air, despite US punitive measures and attempts to step in between.

The FT report continues:
Reports that both sides are closer to avoiding a third gas crisis since 2005 knocked prices across Europe on Friday morning, with UK contracts for delivery in January down 7 per cent to 36.25 pence per therm. Prices in the Netherlands dropped by a similar amount to €14 per megawatt hour.
...The gas price plunge stands to benefit Ukraine as it continues negotiations with Russia not only on the preliminary agreement on prolonging transit to European markets but also on the price and conditions for restoring Russian gas supply for domestic consumers.
This means that 2020 will witness Russian gas flow as normal across Europe via Ukraine.
Via Goldman Sachs/Bloomberg
Crucially, Ukraine gains some $3BN annually as Gazprom is responsible for over a third of the gas consumed in the EU, which must pass through the country in transit to central, southern, and north-west Europe.
This is also yet more confirmation, as we reported this week, US sanctions on Nord Stream 2 are too little too late to have any effect. This is why some in the Trump administration have already conceded defeat.
 
Russia and Ukraine are very close to signing a transit deal for Russian gas to Europe. Very smart move as it makes US sanctions on Nord Stream 2 obsolete. It could also give Russia more leeway in dealing with Germany as it means more options to deliver gas to the other customers in Europe and that Germany is less critical for this delivery. How the different factions in Ukraine will react remains to be seen.
Вот еще новость, говорящая что Россия всегда соблюдает договоренности.

«Газпром» 27 декабря выплатил украинскому поставщику газа «Нафтогаз» $2,9 млрд долга по решению Стокгольмского арбитража. Об этом сообщил глава «Нафтогаза» Юрий Витренко. Президент Украины Владимир Зеленский назвал это победой.

Посмотрим как поведут себя оппоненты.

Путин прокомментировал взыскание трех миллиардов долларов c "Газпрома"

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Here is another news saying that Russia always respects the agreements.

On December 27, Gazprom paid the Ukrainian gas supplier Naftogaz $2.9 billion in debt under the decision of the Stockholm arbitration. This was reported by the head of "Naftogaz" Yuri Vitrenko. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky called it a victory.
On December 27, Gazprom paid the Ukrainian gas supplier Naftogaz $2.9 billion in debt under the decision of the Stockholm arbitration. This was reported by the head of "Naftogaz" Yuri Vitrenko. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky called it a victory.

"Yes, Ukraine received $2.918 billion from Gazprom in compliance with the decision of the Stockholm arbitration," wrote on Facebook the Executive Director of" Naftogaz "Yuri Vitrenko.

As Vitrenko noted, Naftogaz welcomes the recognition by the Russian side of the need to comply with the arbitration decisions of 2017-2018 and its intention to continue transporting gas to the EU through the territory of Ukraine. According to Vitrenko, Ukraine and Russia continue to negotiate the terms of further cooperation after the end of the current contract on January 1, 2020.

«Another victory. For someone, maybe a little. And for the country — a big one, " wrote Zelensky on Facebook, reporting on the payment of Russia's debt by the decision of the Stockholm arbitration.

Recall that Russia and Ukraine on December 20 signed the Protocol of the agreement on gas transit and settlement of mutual claims. According to the head of "Gazprom" Alexey Miller, Ukraine and Russia will conclude an agreement on gas supplies in the amount of 65 billion cubic meters in 2020, and in 2021 and subsequent years-40 billion cubic meters "subject to the establishment of a competitive tariff." Miller said that the parties agreed to drop their claims against each other and withdraw the claims that are being tried. At the same time, Russia will pay $2.9 billion in a lawsuit that Ukraine won in the Stockholm arbitration.

«Еще одна победа». Россия выплатила Украине около $3 млрд долга - NewsMaker

Let's see how the opponents behave.

Putin commented on the recovery of three billion dollars from Gazprom"

MOSCOW, 19 Dec-RIA Novosti. Russian President Vladimir Putin, commenting on the decision of the Stockholm arbitration, which obliged Gazprom to pay "Naftogaz of Ukraine" 3 billion dollars, recalled a similar debt of Ukraine to Russia on Eurobonds.
"You said about three billion. I would like to draw your attention to the fact that part of our reserve funds from the national welfare Fund of Russia has been invested in Ukrainian securities - $ 3 billion. There is already a court decision in London on this issue, which is not being implemented, " the head of the Russian Federation said, answering a question during the annual big press conference.
Putin: if the US wanted to help Ukraine, money would be given
Sovereign Eurobonds of Ukraine for 3 billion dollars were placed at the end of 2013 in favor of the Russian Federation with a coupon rate of 5% per annum, which at that time was below the market level. Until the end of 2015, Kiev regularly served the debt, but then allowed it to default. The Finance Ministry filed a lawsuit in London's High court in March 2017 won: the court obliged Ukraine to pay the face value of the bonds of $ 3 billion, unrealized coupon payment of $ 75 million and penalty interest on these amounts. Each day of delay costs Kiev 673 thousand dollars.
The court of appeal of England in September 2018 issued a decision on the complaint of Ukraine, confirming the validity of the refusal to consider three of the four grounds stated in order to avoid fulfilling obligations under these Eurobonds. At the same time, the court stated that the fourth argument of Ukraine (the issue of Eurobonds under pressure from Russia), unlike the others, can not be rejected without a comprehensive trial.
In Ukraine, announced the recovery of "Gazprom" 2.1 billion dollars
Russia in November 2018 appealed to the Supreme court of great Britain's decision to organize a comprehensive process to study the argument about pressure on Ukraine. The Supreme court of great Britain on December 12 finished hearings on dispute about a debt of Ukraine to Russia for 3 billion dollars and left for decision-making. The final decision of the court will be adopted later.
The Stockholm arbitration in December 2017 and February 2018 ruled on disputes between Gazprom and Naftogaz in respect of contracts for the supply and transit of gas, obliging the Russian company to pay the Ukrainian 2.56 billion dollars. Ukraine is trying to forcibly recover these funds from Gazprom in various jurisdictions. In September, in its financial report, Naftogaz reported that the amount that Gazprom must pay it under the decisions of the Stockholm arbitration, as of June 30, rose to 2.817 billion dollars, including interest.
Путин прокомментировал взыскание трех миллиардов долларов c "Газпрома"
 
Это в качестве шутки, хотя и грешно смеяться над убогими.

В Конотопе дали «сокрушительный ответ» на открытие Крымского моста

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This is as a joke, though it is sinful to laugh at the wretched.

Konotop gave a "crushing response" to the opening of the Crimean bridge

Mayor of Konotop Sumy region Artem Semenikhin and other officials in a solemn ceremony opened the traffic light.

"Today, an important event is taking place for our city — the Grand opening of the traffic light on Uspenskoye-Troitskaya street. The installation of this traffic light will ensure road safety on this segment of the road, " said the host of the celebration.

Semenikhin himself said that "the most important thing is that the traffic light works on demand."

"There's a button here that lets you cross the road. God grant that in our city everything developed well, following the example of this traffic light, " the mayor added.

By such a "Grand" event could not pass the network users.

"This is a crushing response to the launch of trains on the Crimean bridge»;

"Ukraine is blooming and developing! Perhaps in 5-10 years every city with a population of almost 100 thousand people will have a modern traffic light that meets all European standards. Glory To Ukraine!»;

"Now Ukraine and this day is to celebrate "the Day Vakrita Swotor”»;

"Rather, it is the first and only traffic light in the city of Konotop! Here is and celebrate citizens such event! Well, holidays are necessary, right?!»;

"This is a" final farewell "to the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union," commentators joke.
В Конотопе дали «сокрушительный ответ» на открытие Крымского моста (ВИДЕО)
 
IMHO, this is something that appears like an ideal opportunity to make more mess in Ukraine. It would also be interesting to know who takes care of security in Ukraine's four nuclear power stations. If I am not mistaken it was an Israeli company securing Fukushima at the time of the big earthquake. Just like in case of Schipol, the Amsterdam airport where the unfortunate flight MH17 departed from before it was shot down. SOTT ran an article in the past that discusses probable CIA sabotage in Chernobyl. It is just a speculation but instead of wasting money on an all-out war, using local 'resources' to cause huge damage to your enemy is certainly far more effective strategy in this hybrid war so the idea is not far fetched at all. Or alternatively, considering the reliability of the Westinghouse fuel in Russian reactors, the US / Israel don't have to do anything but wait :-(


Американцы готовят для России новый Чернобыль - Americans prepare new Chernobyl for Russia
Латышев Сергей - Sergey Latyshev
January 4th, 2020

Power Unit 3 at South Ukraine NPP has been urgently shut down. The emergency occurred after it was first in Ukraine transferred to the industrial operation of nuclear fuel by Westinghouse Company.

Something happened today that couldn't help but happen. At first, the Ukrainian regulator for purely political reasons approved for the first time the transfer of one of the power units of one of the Ukrainian nuclear power plants to the commercial operation of more expensive nuclear fuel by the American company Westinghouse. Which is also technologically unsuitable for Ukrainian nuclear power plants of Soviet origin (we were talking about the State Nuclear Regulation of Ukraine and power unit 3 of South Ukrainian NPP). And today there followed the inevitable continuation of this sad story: it was this very unit of this very NPP that had a state of emergency. If it was really torn there, the whole South-East of Ukraine (historical Novorossiya) would have turned into radioactive Chernobyl, and the Russian Crimea would also get it.

When will the quantity turn into quality?

Power Unit 3 of the South Ukrainian NPP is disconnected from the power grid by automatic protection. The reasons for the protection are being investigated,

- according to the Energoatom report.

The Ukrainian company claims that "radiation, fire and environmental conditions at the South Ukrainian NPP and the adjacent area have not changed and are within the current norms. The other two power units at South Ukraine's Nuclear Power Plant, which "industrially" are not yet operating on American fuel, are functioning normally.

South-Ukrainian NPP is located on the banks of South Bug in Mykolaiv region. Three power units with total capacity of 3000 MW are operated at it. At present, the NPP operates at two thirds of its capacity. At present, Westinghouse nuclear fuel is used at six of the 13 VVER-1000 reactors of Ukrainian NPPs. Until recently, however, this was done only in "research operation" mode.

After unit 3 of South Ukraine's Energoatom NPP, the Westinghouse is also planning to admit two VVER-440 reactors at Rivne, which puts Ukraine's western neighbors Hungary, Slovakia and Poland at risk.

Why is it harmful?

The state of emergency was preceded by victorious reactions of the State Nuclear Regulatory Committee of Ukraine: what it analyzed and provided control at all stages of the process - "from development of conceptual solution on using new modification of nuclear fuel for Ukrainian NPPs to its putting into industrial operation". At the same time, the agency keeps silent that the products supplied by the USA to Ukraine create serious technological risks, which, according to experts, rapidly increase with the transition to industrial operation, and that they are more expensive than Russian. Nevertheless, by using political resources the Americans are pushing Russia out of this market at an accelerated pace in Ukraine.

Thus, the American fuel assemblies supplied to Ukraine differ from the Russian uranium-235 enrichment level: 3.48-3.82% against 3.99-4.38%, which directly affects both the heat output and burnout time of the assembly, and the production cost.

At the same time, a well-known problem of Westinghouse assemblies is their deformation, the facts of which have been fixed at Ukrainian NPPs more than once in the past, in general, everywhere where they were tried to be used at Soviet-type NPPs. This was the case, for example, in the Czech Republic, whose authorities refused to cooperate with Westinghouse in 2006. And this problem cannot be solved, because the fuel is always tightly tied to reactor technology, repeatedly warned Russian nuclear workers. While the Ukrainian superiors have been zealously applauding "diversification of sources of nuclear fuel supply for Ukrainian NPPs.

The whole of Ukraine as a potential Chernobyl

Ukraine currently meets over 50% of its energy needs thanks to the "peaceful" atom. There are four "horsemen of the Apocalypse" in Ukraine: Zaporizhzhya, South Ukrainian, Rivne, Khmelnytskyy NPP. They have a total of 15 units of VVER type with a total capacity of 13,880 MW. When the Americans force the Ukrainians to fill up all these dilapidated NPPs with their unreliable fuel, they will have a hand in hand before the universal disaster. And the question will be not whether it will happen, but when, and in what direction the wind will blow at that moment. There are numerous signals that it is coming: today is only the last in a long row. "Malfunctions" in Ukrainian NPPs have become commonplace, as well as supposedly "preventive" repairs.

Duty statements that "there is no threat to people, the radiation background has remained unchanged, and physical protection is in normal mode" do not cause confidence - neither at home nor abroad. Not only the honesty, but also the technological state of Ukraine's emergency services is also worrying: in case of a serious accident, it may be tried to hide until the last one.

It is not surprising, therefore, that the specialized journal Energy Research & Social Science, published by the Dutch company Elsevier, as already warned by Tsargrad, predicts a major nuclear accident at a Ukrainian nuclear power plant in the coming years with a probability of 80%. The most dangerous, from the point of view of the publication, Rivne and South-Ukrainian NPPs. That is, as we see, it is precisely those where they intend to first introduce the flawed American technology.

Draw conclusions

Indeed, everything indicates that constantly occurring technological failures and accidents at the Nezalezhnaya NPP will lead to the fact that one day the quantity will nevertheless turn into quality, and will explode in Ukraine. If we recall the terrible damage caused to Ukraine, Russia and Belarus by the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, it becomes scary. Then, after all, it was eliminated by the mighty USSR with its resources now missing from the heir countries. It led to massive radioactive contamination of land, the elimination of hundreds of cities, villages and towns, the irradiation of more than 8 million 300 thousand people, the premature death of tens of thousands of people, the total financial damage in the amount of hundreds of billions of dollars. The western neighbors of Ukraine were also seriously affected.

That’s what fate, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, is being prepared by American "friends" who are imposing Kiev their deadly products on Kiev and its neighbors. I don’t want to think about it, but this business, alas, may not be left to chance. For the United States, that Russia, that Ukraine, that Belarus are in fact the same thing. All this for Washington is Greater Russia, the weakening of which is the goal of American foreign policy.

Therefore, if a new Chernobyl happens in Ukraine, Russia will have to abandon all its resources to eliminate its consequences, distracting them from other urgent tasks and losing the confrontation with the United States on other fronts with the mighty ongoing hybrid war. This means that there is nothing improbable in the assumption that the United States will organize the new Chernobyl by Russia in Kiev.
 
Огнемёт и «санэпидемстанция»: Донбассу показали, как его будут «реинтегрировать» (ВИДЕО)
12.01.2020 - 8:28

Нацисты готовятся к массовому уничтожению жителей Донбасса — Зеленский молчит
14.01.2020 - 3:30

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The flamethrower and "the exterminators": they show to Donbass revealed as his will "reintegrate" (VIDEO)

12.01.2020 - 8: 28
Ideological neo-Nazi from the Ukrainian gang C14 Sergey Bondar showed how he plans to "reintegrate" Donbass.



Several videos on this topic, he posted on his page in the social network.

In one of them, he shows his neo-Nazi accomplice with a half-covered face in a helmet and uniform of soldiers of the Third Reich, in the hands of a flamethrower.

"Good sprayer against coloradov for that money. European manufacturer. I recommend it, " comments Bondar.

Another video shows a line of armed soldiers starting to shoot on command — this, according to Bondar, "reintegration" of Donbass.

"Thank you to the Ministry of veterans for a clear and clear position on the reintegration of Donbass. We will try to convey the idea to the Donbass", - commented on these videos Ukrainian video blogger Anatoly Shari, who also posted them on his page in the social network.

Well, we will only add that this can be a great story for a TV channel broadcasting to the Donbass, which is threatened to launch in Kiev.
Огнемёт и «санэпидемстанция»: Донбассу показали, как его будут «реинтегрировать» (ВИДЕО)

The Nazis are preparing for the mass destruction of residents of Donbass-Zelensky is silent
14.01.2020 - 3: 30
Ukrainian right-wing extremists have demonstrated their readiness to use Nazi methods of mass destruction of residents in the region in the event of the reintegration of Donbass.

This opinion was shared by Donetsk teacher Viktor Litvinenko.

"The former head of the group" C14 "Eugene Karas shows how he and his activists are going to "reintegrate" the Donbass, shooting alleged opponents with weapons.

These methods are well known to us since the great Patriotic war. The Nazi manuals have not changed in 80 years.

What does the President and his team think about this? "Servants of the people" are traditionally silent, and silence, as we know, is a sign of consent, " Litvinenkov said in an interview with a correspondent of the Donetsk news Agency.

The teacher is sure that the connivance of the authorities and law enforcement officers give freedom of action to the Nazis in Ukraine, who attack journalists and commit public massacres of dissidents.

"Moreover, the so — called Ministry of veterans Affairs" ATO" fully covers and encourages the actions of Ukrainian nationalists who call themselves participants in the fighting in the Donbass", - summed up Litvinenko.

As reported by" Russian Spring", the former leader of the Ukrainian Nazi organization" S14 "Eugene Karas posted a short video with the caption:" veterans responsibly preparing for the reintegration of Donbass." One of them shows a line of armed men who, after the phrase Karas: "preparing for the reintegration of Donbass" open fire with pistols and machine guns. Another video shows a flamethrower dressed in a uniform that resembles the uniforms of German soldiers during the great Patriotic war, which Karas calls the "new sanepidemstantsii" of Donbass.
Нацисты готовятся к массовому уничтожению жителей Донбасса — Зеленский молчит
 
Полмиллиона украинцев убежали в Россию в 2019 году
15.01.2020 - 14:28

Вот такая статистика. Для справки хочу сказать, что к 2014 году население Украины оценивалось самое большое в 30 миллионов человек, из них в России постоянно пребывает от 2,5 до 3,5 миллионов. В начале 90х, при последней переписи населения, было 52 миллиона. Такая грустная демографическая динамика.

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Half a million Ukrainians fled to Russia in 2019

15.01.2020-14: 28
The Main Department of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia on migration issues reported that in 2019, about 500 thousand Ukrainians received Russian citizenship. It is noted that this is almost twice as much as in 2018.

At the same time, the head of the profile Department of the Ministry of internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Valentina Kazakova said that such a significant increase occurred not only at the expense of residents of Donbass, who from the end of April 2019 receive Russian citizenship in a simplified manner.

According to official data, in 2019, about 200 thousand residents of Donbass became Russians, respectively, the remaining 300 thousand newly minted Russian citizens received citizenship in the usual way, having escaped from the "European territory".

"As for the citizens of Ukraine in General, in 2019, if we look at the figures, almost 500 thousand people acquired Russian citizenship. The year before last, there were 270 thousand, " the official said.
Полмиллиона украинцев убежали в Россию в 2019 году

Here's the statistics. For reference, I want to say that by 2014, the population of Ukraine was estimated to be the largest at 30 million people, of whom 2.5 to 3.5 million are constantly in Russia. In the early 90's, at the last census, there were 52 million people. Such a sad demographic dynamic.
 
Правда начинает просачиваться даже в украинском медиапространстве. Таким образом скоро полностью развалят всю мифологию, навороченную с 2014 года.

Фонд Сороса платил следователям и прокурорам, которые вели дела об убийствах на Майдане
22.01.2020 - 21:59

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The truth is beginning to leak out even in the Ukrainian media space. Thus, the entire mythology that has been tricked out since 2014 will soon be completely destroyed.

The Soros Foundation paid investigators and prosecutors who handled the Maidan killings
22.01.2020-21: 59
The Vozrozhdenie Foundation, which is funded by George Soros, paid representatives of the Ukrainian judiciary. Payments were made to prosecutors and investigators who are investigating the Maidan killings.

This was reported by a Ukrainian lawyer, former Deputy head of the AP Andrey Portnov.

"As a result of meetings in Davos, I learned that the Vidrodzhennya Foundation has been officially paying extra to investigators and prosecutors investigating the Maidan in recent years," he wrote in his Telegram channel.

"In other words, the investigation of the Maidan killings was purposefully funded by a foreign Fund and was carried out with a specific technical task for money," the lawyer said.

"After the change of the Prosecutor Ryaboshapka, who is close to this Fund, it is necessary to establish all those involved in obtaining illegal funding and the tasks and goals set for them. It is necessary to restore order in all areas where foreign money was used to split Ukrainian society and mythologize criminals, " Portnov concluded.
Фонд Сороса платил следователям и прокурорам, которые вели дела об убийствах на Майдане
 
Вот герои сегодняшней Украины.

На Украине чиновники и «патрiоти» в форме Третьего рейха хоронили боевика дивизии СС «Галичина» (ФОТО, ВИДЕО)
28.01.2020 - 23:31

Translation
Here are the heroes of today's Ukraine.

In Ukraine, officials and "patrioti" in the form of the Third Reich buried a fighter of the SS division "Galicia" (PHOTO, VIDEO)
28.01.2020-23: 31
The authorities of Ivano-Frankivsk came to the farewell ceremony with the last member of the SS division "Galicia" Mikhail Mulik. He died on January 25 in his hundredth year.

Galicia was part of the SS and fought in the Nazi army in world war II.

Despite the current ban on Nazi propaganda in Ukraine, the funeral was attended by people in Hitler's uniform and eulogies were made to the deceased.

"He has years of Siberian camps, exile and interrogation behind him-all for the sake of a free Ukraine. His tireless struggle for the fate of his native state will always serve as a shining example of patriotism and love for the Motherland," said Viktor Sinishin, Secretary of the Ivano — Frankivsk city Council.

And the mayor of the city Ruslan Marcinkiv assured that in the near future there will be a street named after Mulik.

"Today we are burying an entire era of the national liberation struggle. He was very punctual, he always had that military training. I give a promise that over time in our city there will be a street named after Mikhail Mulik-an honorary citizen and the last divisionist of Ivano-Frankivsk, " the mayor said.

Mulik and in the last years of his life was caressed by the authorities: he was the Chairman of the regional brotherhood of divisionists "Galicia" and was an honorary citizen of Ivano-Frankivsk.

The head of The Ukrainian Jewish Committee Eduard Dolinsky commented on the funeral on his page in the social network.

"The public, clergy and officials of Ivano-Frankivsk solemnly conducted a veteran of the SS division "Galicia", an activist of the OUN Mykhail Mulyk. Mykhailo Mulyk bravely fought for the triumph of Adolf Hitler's ideas, for the victory of German weapons under the leadership of the SS Reichsfuhrer Heinrich Himmler. The feat of an honorary citizen of Ivano-Frankivsk will forever remain in the hearts of citizens. The veteran will be buried on the Walk of Fame, " Dolinsky wrote.
На Украине чиновники и «патрiоти» в форме Третьего рейха хоронили боевика дивизии СС «Галичина» (ФОТО, ВИДЕО)
 
Опадают последние фиговые листки "бескомпромиссной поддержки" со стороны "вечного стратегического партнера" (по словам Зеленского). Украинские и Грузинские власти загнали себя в капкан- дальше некуда. Мне хочется надеяться, что власти Беларуси, Таджикистана, Киргизии, Узбекистана, Туркмении трезво посмотрят на ситуацию и соответствующим образом отреагируют на на поползновения США (в лице Помпео)

Невероятная зрада: Глава Госдепа заявил о потерянном для Украины Крыме
04.02.2020 - 21:43


Translation
The last Fig leaves of "uncompromising support" from the "eternal strategic partner" (according to Zelensky) are falling off. The Ukrainian and Georgian authorities have driven themselves into a trap. I would like to hope that the authorities of Belarus, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan will take a sober look at the situation and respond accordingly to the US encroachments (represented by Pompeo)

Incredible zrada: the Head of the state Department said about the lost Crimea for Ukraine
04.02.2020-21: 43
US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo said that Crimea is lost to Ukraine, because it is not possible to take it from Russia. The Ukrainian edition of "N V" reports about the "zrada" that came out of Pompeo's mouth.

The head of American diplomacy visited Kiev on January 31. During one of the closed meetings, Crimean "activist" Emine dzhaparova asked the White house to keep Crimea in the field of us foreign policy, as well as to help organize a conference on the Crimean issue in Washington.

In response, Pompeo cynically declared that "Crimea is lost".

"World players understand this," he said.

"Ukraine gave Crimea, and Russia is not one of those from whom something can be taken," the head of the state Department concluded.

The newspaper's interlocutors, who were present at the conversation, noted that " it was clear from the expression on Pompeo's face that he had slightly different priorities than the conference on Crimea."
Невероятная зрада: Глава Госдепа заявил о потерянном для Украины Крыме
 
Zelenskiy must have a short memory? Visiting Rome, he had asked the Pope for help with the release of prisoners of war. The Pope wasn't involved in the first prisoner exchange on September 7, 2019 or the late December 2019 release?

Sep 07, 2019 - Ukraine and Russia exchange prisoners in landmark deal ...
Dec 29, 2019 - Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists exchange 200 prisoners

Ukraine's president asks pope to help win release of prisoners of war Feb. 8, 2020
Pope Francis meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a private audience at the Vatican, February 8, 2020. Gregorio Borgia/Pool via REUTERS
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked Pope Francis on Saturday for help to win the release of prisoners of war held by Russia and Russian-backed separatists.

“(The pope) does everything possible to achieve peace and harmony throughout the world,” Zelenskiy said in a tweet after their meeting at the Vatican.

“I asked for help with the release of Ukrainians captured in Donbass, Crimea and Russia,” he said.

Video:
Ukraine's president asks pope to help win release of prisoners of war - Bing video
 
Украинский обман: В США показали «фильм-бомбу» про Майдан, Байдена и Обаму (ВИДЕО)
10.02.2020 - 23:16

Позитивный факт, однако на мой взгляд, автор статьи делает через чур смелые выводы.


Ukrainian deception: the US showed a "bomb movie" about Maidan, Biden and Obama (VIDEO)
10.02.2020-23: 16
In the United States, the one America News channel, which is close to the Republican party, showed the documentary " Ukrainian deception: Impeachment. Biden's Money. Mass murder».

Its author was a former adviser to Donald trump, political expert Michael Caputo.

In the 50-minute article, more than half of the time is devoted to Ukraine. In particular, we are talking about the role of then-President Barack Obama and his administration in the removal of Viktor Yanukovych from power in 2014, about the shootings on the Maidan, about the links of the family of former Vice President Joe Biden with corruption frauds in the company "Burisma", the interference of high-ranking Ukrainian officials in the us presidential election in 2016 on the side of the candidate from the us democratic party.

Former head of the SBU Nalyvaychenko, ex-MP Pashinsky, ex-President of Georgia Saakashvili, ex-Prosecutor General of Ukraine Shokin, one of the ex-employees of "Berkut" tamtur And his lawyer Goroshinsky took part in the shooting of the documentary.

There are also so-called "Georgian snipers" in the film, and Georgian General Tsitelashvili, who was one of the first to claim that some Georgian citizens were involved in the Maidan shootings.

The film also features an unknown masked man who claims to have fired on protesters and police on the morning of February 20, 2014.

"The order was to shoot at the Golden Eagle and at people, to provoke chaos. It started on the 20th around 8am... there were two of us. First I opened the window and my friend fired. Then we changed positions, and I took the rifle. And so we fired all 5 rounds, " - says the unknown.

When asked by the author of the film from whom he hides his face, the masked man replied: "From those who gave the order to shoot."

"Georgian snipers" again confirmed their version that their recruitment for the trip to the Maidan was carried out by Saakashvili's ally Mamuka Mamulashvili, who later became the commander of the"Georgian Legion".

They arrived in Kiev using fake passports. And Parubiy and Pashinsky, who were also responsible for the situation in the hotel "Ukraine" and for the supply of weapons, were involved in organizing the shooting on the Maidan, according to them.

Another Georgian citizen named Zurab points out in the film that during the Maidan he met in Kiev with Saakashvili and Lordkipanidze (ex-head of the Odessa regional police-ed.), as well as an unknown employee of the SBU.

"When I met with Georgy Lordkipanidze and Mikhail Saakashvili, Misha told us and the guys that we had a person with us who was from the security Service of Ukraine. We were instructed to find regular routes for Yanukovych. The task was given to track the routes of Yanukovych's movements. And they, say, planned to kill Yanukovych", - Zurab declares.

The film claims that out of 45 people — citizens of Georgia, who were brought to Kiev during the Maidan, only 14 remained alive. According to the author of the film, Michael Caputo, someone may want to get rid of dangerous witnesses. Caputo also visits one of the rooms of the hotel "Ukraine", where the shooting could have taken place.

Former Georgian military officer Tsitelashvili, who was one of the first in 2014 to claim that "Georgian snipers" were involved in the Maidan shootings, said in the film that people tried to reach him on behalf of ex-President Poroshenko and ex-head of the SBU Gritsak with a request to change his position.

«Touch with me. And invited to Ukraine on behalf of President Poroshenko and Gritsak. I was promised financial security if I changed my position. But I categorically refused, " says Tsitelashvili.

The author, an ex-adviser to trump, expresses his opinion in the film: "President trump intends to give the investigation a go. And he has a reason for it." And also says that President Zelensky "should not pay for what his predecessor did — for interfering in the American elections."

Caputo also draws a parallel between the events in Ukraine and the attempt to impeach Trump, pointing to the same handwriting and involvement of George Soros, former Vice President Joe Biden and other representatives of the us democratic party. They, according to the former adviser to trump, could provoke a protracted crisis in Ukraine, starting with the events of the Maidan, in the interests of self-interest and contrary to the national interests of the United States.

The telegram channel "Front notes" called the film a "bomb".

"Trump waited until the end of the impeachment process and has now begun the promised mochilovo Democrats. At the same time, many in Ukraine who are tied to the Democrats will also get it.

Express conclusions from watching the bomb movie:

1. From now on, the desacralization of euromaidan will go by leaps and bounds. Soon the word "euromaidan" will have a negative connotation.
2. It is already clear that we will never know the truth about the shooting of the Heavenly hundred and Berkut soldiers.
3. Soros, it seems, will soon be driven by a filthy broom from many countries.
4. Biden will be crushed by the new election, and the Democrats will fall into prostration.
5. Adventurer Saakashvili may have to forget about Ukraine.
6. Poroshenko, obviously, will start to whip up a hysteria to protect the "values of euromaidan" and prevent a rematch.
7. Ukraine's negotiating position on the Minsk agreement has deteriorated sharply, because the film claims that a coup took place.
8. Zelensky, as usual, will just stick his head in the sand and continue to engage in diplomatic tourism, " the channel's authors predict.
Украинский обман: В США показали «фильм-бомбу» про Майдан, Байдена и Обаму (ВИДЕО)

A positive fact, however, in my opinion, the author of the article makes very bold conclusions.
 
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has dismissed his chief of staff Andriy Bogdan and replaced him with a senior aide, Andriy Yermak, according to three decrees published on the presidential website on Tuesday 2.11.2020. It may have something to do with Bogdan's personal ties to Ihor Kolomoisky?

Ukraine president's chief of staff dismissed: presidential decree
FILE PHOTO: Andriy Bogdan, a lawyer and adviser to new President Zelenskiy, attends a news conference in front of the Presidential administration headquarters in Kiev, Ukraine May 21, 2019.  REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

No reason was given for Bogdan’s dismissal in the decrees. Relevant decree No. 46/2020 is available on the president's website.

Bohdan was appointed to the post on May 21, 2019. Prior to that, he had served as Ukrainian businessman Ihor Kolomoisky's personal lawyer since 2015.

Zelensky's aide Yermak appointed Head of President's Office
Zelensky's aide Yermak appointed Head of President's Office
Photo from UNIAN

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Andriy Yermak as Head of the President's Office.

Relevant decree No. 48/2020 is available on the president's website. "To appoint Andriy Borysovych Yermak as Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine," the document says.

Zelensky's aide announces president's "historic" visit to U.S.
Zelensky's aide announces president's "historic" visit to U.S.
Feb. 11, 2020 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's aide Andriy Yermak has said the date of Zelensky's official visit to the United States, which may become a "historic" one, is still unknown.

Russian FM Lavrov speaks about possible exchange of ambassadors with Kyiv
PM Honcharuk says 10% of government posts will be discarded in 2020 (Video)
REUTERS

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said the Russian side does not mind returning its ambassador to Kyiv and receiving the ambassador of Ukraine in Moscow.

Even in the current situation, our countries are highly interconnected in the economy, in the field of transport, in humanitarian affairs, in family ties. And, of course, it's unreasonable to constantly erect some kind of barriers, for air traffic, for rail transport, and just for communication," he said in an interview for the Rossiyskaya Gazeta government newspaper.

Lavrov said he had met with his Ukrainian counterpart Vadym Prystaiko only once, namely at the Norman Four summit in Paris in December 2019.

Kremlin introduces Kozak as new supervisor of 'Ukrainian direction'
Kremlin introduces Kozak as new supervisor of 'Ukrainian direction'
REUTERS

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration Dmitry Kozak has already started supervising the "Ukrainian direction" and issues of "integration."

"I could say that yes, Kozak is engaged in and will continue dealing with Ukrainian affairs and integration issues in his new position. The exact wording will be stipulated in the distribution of responsibilities, which has not yet been formalized," Peskov told journalists, answering a question from an UNIAN correspondent in Russia whether a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's aide Andriy Yermak [Head of President's Office as of February 11] with Kozak means that the latter will be in charge of the Ukrainian direction in the Russian Presidential Administration.

European Commission Vice President says would give Crimea back to Ukraine if switched places with Putin
European Commission Vice President says would give Crimea back to Ukraine if switched places with Putin

Feb. 10, 2020 - Věra Jourová, Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency, has suggested in a video interview that she would give Crimea back to Ukraine if she had an opportunity to take up Russian President Vladimir Putin's post for just one day.

The interview was part of a video series titled "Face to Face", the project by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe party where it has engaged with European Commissioners in an informal way to give the audience an opportunity to see high-level political figures from a more personal angle.

Asked, with which politician she would switch place for one day, the official said: "I think I would switch to Moscow and replace Vladimir Vladimirovitch Putin. If I have one day, I would give Crimea back to Ukraine."

UNIAN memo. Russia occupied the Ukrainian Crimea, introducing the military into the peninsula and organizing in March 2014 a pseudo-referendum on its self-determination.

The self-proclaimed Crimean authorities said that 96.77% of the inhabitants of the peninsula supported the accession of Crimea to the Russian Federation.

On March 18, 2014, the so-called "agreement" was signed in the Kremlin on the accession of Crimea and Sevastopol to the Russian Federation.
 
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