In These New Times

RT

18th May, 2014

The removal of Kiev’s coup-imposed authorities from power is the only way to restore peace and stability in Ukraine, opposition leader and ex-presidential candidate Oleg Tsarev told RT.

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Fin24

18th May, 2014

Berlin – German industry is ramping up efforts to dissuade Chancellor Angela Merkel from imposing tough new economic sanctions on Russia over Ukraine, warning of lasting damage to domestic firms and the broader economy if Moscow is hit hard.

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Chancellor Angela Merkel, attending her party’s campaign event, was booed by a rally of protesters holding signs, which read ‘Europe is strong only with Russia’ or ‘Stop the Nazis in Ukraine.’

RT

18th May, 2014

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called for restraint in imposing new sanctions on Russia, as politicians, businesses and the general public in Germany grow ever more skeptical of putting more pressure on Moscow.

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ITAR-TASS

16th May, 2014

KIEV, May 16 /ITAR-TASS/. Ukraine’s Communist leader Petr Simonenko, who runs for the Ukrainian president at the snap presidential elections scheduled for May 25, said on Friday he was quitting from the race.

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Since the West are losing the “New Cold War”  on all fronts their best bet is to end it. Or do they wish to lose everything, all credibility, just to keep NATO, the various lobbies and agencies and other archaicisms on life support. Washington, hopefully, still has some power and they still have ways of making their puppets talk

Ukrainian officials launch unity talks as tension remains high

Washington Post

17th May, 2014

KIEV, Ukraine — Government officials, dignitaries and representatives from restive eastern Ukraine launched a second round of talks on national unity Saturday, even as tensions remained high in the troubled Donetsk and Luhansk regions near the border with Russia.

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Kyiv Post

17th May, 2014

“Ukrainian government remains committed to the idea of decentralization of power and is ready to ensure a special status for Russian and languages of national minorities”, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk has said.

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Primitive prejudice, stupidity and the reflexive compliance of the New York Times

Patrick L.Smith

Salon

15th May, 2014

However Ukrainians settle their drastic differences — and they can, providing all sides find the will to do so — a large and welcome consequence of this crisis falls to Americans. This is summed up in a single word. Ukraine gives us the gift of revelation.

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Blackwater Mercenaries Direct Kiev Regime’s Crackdown In Ukraine

Axis of Logic

15th May, 2014

Hundreds of US mercenaries are directing the repression of pro-Russian protesters in eastern Ukraine by the fascist forces of the NATO puppet regime in Kiev, according to German media reports.

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