Posted by seumasach on March 1, 2014
Ukraine: Don’t blame us says Russian Ambassador to EU
1st March, 2014
Russia has nothing to do with what is happening in Crimea, according to the Head of the Russian mission to the EU, Ambassador Vladimir Chizhov, who noted that there is “a deliberate attempt to shift attention to Crimea” while what is happening there is “a natural result of events unfolding in Kiev”.
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Posted by seumasach on February 27, 2014
Ukraine to Compensate China for Violating Food Agreement
26th February, 2014
BEIJING, Feb 26, 2014 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) — Russian media said that China has made complaint to the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), demanding economic losses of USD 3 billion from Ukraine.
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Posted by seumasach on February 27, 2014
John Batchelor
25th February, 2014
President Viktor Yanukovich’s sudden, surprise departure from Kiev is the beginning of a long ordeal for Ukrainians. It’s also the start of a major threat to the several hundred thousand Ukrainian Jews.
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Posted by seumasach on February 27, 2014
People also chanted “Yarosh! Yarosh!”, demanding that the leader of the Right Sector, Dmytro Yarosh, be given a post.
Ukraine crisis: , Yatsenyuk is PM-designateKiev Maidan told [In fact, it was the Maidan who told the parliament that Yatsenyuk is PM-designate-Ed.]
26th February, 2014
Ukraine’s new interim government has been presented at Kiev’s main protest camp, the Maidan, following last week’s ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych.
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Posted by seumasach on February 27, 2014
leaving the EU to make up the $34 billion shortfall!
Yatsenyuk, 39, is a millionaire former banker who served as economy minister, foreign minister and parliamentary speaker before Yanukovych took office in 2010. Widely viewed as a technocratic reformer, he appears to enjoy the support of the U.S.[a subtle reference to Nuland’s famous phone conversation!-Ed.]
Obviously a man of the people!
Ukraine protesters nominate legislator for new PM
27th February, 2014
KIEV, Ukraine — Leaders of Ukraine’s protest movement on Wednesday proposed a top legislator as the country’s next prime minister, while Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered major military exercises just across the border in a show of force and apparent displeasure over the country’s new direction.
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Posted by seumasach on February 27, 2014
The Socilaist Worker’s Party which has claimed the vanguard role in the fight against fascism since the 1970s has failed to spot the fascist coup d’etat in Ukraine limiting itself to the casual observation that “some of the fascist street fighters have been offered jobs alongside the police”.
In fact , the riot police have been disbanded and according to EuroActiv “Andriy Paruby, head of the “self-defence” force protecting the Kyiv protest zone from police action during the three months of conflict, was named secretary of the powerful National Security and Defence Council”.
The “fascist street fighters” are being integrated into the regime. That sounds like a fascist regime to me.
“As fighting intensified the reliance on far right militias grew. But so did the depth of opposition to the president.” Oh well, in that case… I mean, if the it’s about breaking “Ukraine’s Stalinist ruling class”!
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Posted by seumasach on February 27, 2014
Statement of Chairman of the PSPU, Natalia Vitrenko
24th February, 2014
The entire world is disturbed by the events in Ukraine. The heart of the matter must be understood. The Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine, as a left opposition party that has fought and continues to fight against the domestic and foreign policy conducted both by the Orange forces under Yushchenko and by the alliance of the Party of Regions and the Communist Party of Ukraine, under Yanukovych, finds it necessary to present our evaluation.
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Posted by seumasach on February 26, 2014
The media have suddenly gone very quiet on events in Ukraine but then celebrating a fascist coup doesn’t look very good. I can only assume they intended to use these elements to provoke a crackdown and consequent civil war and were wrong footed by Yanukovitch’s ceding of power to them. This article reveals the conflict in Maidan Square as Tymoshenko’s camp try, in vain, to disarm the right wing groupings.
El Maidán se niega a desarmarse
24th February, 2014
En teoría, los poderes fácticos de Ucrania se han puesto al frente del ministerio del Interior, el Servicio de Seguridad del Estado y el Ejército. Sin embargo, el relevo, que en la superficie se presenta como una toma de posesión normal de los servicios clave para la protección del Estado y de los ciudadanos, es un proceso peligroso y plagado de dificultades. Así lo comprobó este diario el lunes en visitas a responsables de los distintos grupos que combatieron por el Maidán y que hoy se niegan a entregar las armas a los autoproclamados dirigentes del país, de los que desconfían claramente.
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Posted by seumasach on February 25, 2014
24th February, 2014
The chief rabbi of Ukraine has issued a warning to the Jews in his country: Be vigilant, stay away from the protests and avoid the center of Kiev.
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Posted by seumasach on February 25, 2014
Lauder said that WJC views with concern the vandalism that happened during Sunday night at the Giymat Rosa Synagogue in Zaporizhia, 250 miles southeast of Kiev, which sustained some damage from firebombs.
Lauder says new Ukraine’s government ‘must promote equal rights’
24th February, 2014
NEW YORK (EJP)— “We hope and expect that all members of the new Ukrainian interim government will promote equal rights for all citizens and harmony among Ukraine’s diverse communities,” World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder said Monday, saying he is ‘’looking forward to a democratic and peaceful future for Ukraine.’’
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Posted by seumasach on February 25, 2014
Ashton seems to realize that Russian support will be crucial in getting the EU out of this mess. Cosying up to Russia won’t endear her to the Maidan men however! Of course, she has committed the EU to nothing by way of financial support- Ukraine to be left to tender mercies of IMF. This is the mother of all messes.
EU’s Ashton urges Russian understanding, support on Ukraine
25th February, 2014
Feb 25 (Reuters) – Russia should behave like a good neighbour towards Ukraine and let it move forward in the way it chooses after three months of unrest and conflict, European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Tuesday.
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In These New Times 