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Ukraine: “Emergency measures” to build totalitarian state

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Posted on Strategic Culture Foundation, February 23, 2015
By Alexander Donetsky

It took 16 hours of hard work to reach and sign the February 12 Minsk agreement on Ukraine. Five days later the 13-point accord was endorsed by the United Nations Security Council. On February 20, Ukrainian President Poroshenko signed a decree on the introduction of the National Security Council decision of 25 January «On emergency measures against the Russian threat and terrorist attack supported by the Russian Federation».

The classified provisions of the document prevent from coming up with a detailed assessment of what the Kiev regime is going to do. No matter that, the part of the document which is open to public makes possible to trace the evolution of political regime in Ukraine.

Kiev has toughened the police control over the compliance with the order of registration of the place of living and the place of residence of Ukrainian citizens, foreigners and stateless persons in big cities, including the capital. The media censorship is going to be toughened. It was introduced on February 22 last year right after the coup to be called «a moratorium on criticism of government.» Practically all Russian TV channels are banned on Ukrainian soil. The Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council is to take additional measures to prevent «unsanctioned» infiltration of information coming from Russia. It is done in violation of Annex 1 (Article 5) of the United Nations Security Council’s Resolution 2022, (the «Package of Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements») which says «Ensure pardon and amnesty by enacting the law prohibiting the prosecution and punishment of persons in connection with the events that took place in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine.» The National Security and Defence Council offers the Prosecutor General of Ukraine «to take steps on the recognition of the so called «DPR» and «LPR» as terrorist organisations.» Instead of introducing laws to prevent persecutions, the President instructs to persecute opponents – the Ukraine’s partners at the Minsk talks – not in Ukraine only but also across the world.

The presidential decree calls for toughening the economic blockade of the territories under the anti-government self-defence forces’ control, in particular it orders the implementation of measures to stop deals on the electrical energy market with the plants that produce electrical energy in Novorossia. This provision is in strict violation of Article 8 of the Annex I, which envisions «Definition of modalities of full resumption of socioeconomic 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).»

There have been multiple violations of signed accords on the part of Ukraine pretty soon after they were reached, sometimes in a few hours. That’s what happened after reaching the accords on gas deals and proclaimed cease-fires in the area of conflict, as well as after the «Normandy format» talks in June 2014.

There have been leaks on the classified provisions of the document. Two Ukrainian news websites posted publications informing about the January 25 meeting of the National Security and Defence Council. In a few minutes they were deleted as a result of censorship but copies were posted to social networks. It has become known that tougher measures against the «fifth column» to include anyone whose opinion differs from the one of the government were part of the meeting’s agenda. Total control over Internet, cable TV and press is under consideration, as well as the steps to repress the citizens spreading around «antigovernment» information up to physical elimination of «state enemies.» 

The «emergency measures to counter the Russian threat» started to be implemented right after the presidential February 20 decree was signed. The next day the Ukraine’s Security Service recommended to strip 115 Russian news outlets of accreditation at state power bodies in Ukraine. Actually they are strictly banned from highlighting what happens in the country. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin called this decision absurd and absolutely ungrounded. Ukrainian MP Victoria Siumar has many times demanded Russian TV channels and films banned. This encroachment on freedom of speech was explained by the fact that Ukrainian journalists asked to pay attention to the fact that Russian reporters were actually involved in propaganda efforts, for instance, they allegedly recorded Ukrainian politicians to temper with or alter the recorded materials afterwards and thus distort the information. The absurdity mentioned by Deputy Foreign Minister Georgy Karasin is added by the fact that Victoria Siumar heads the Committee on Freedom of Speech and Information Policy.

Ukraine has become closer to becoming a repressive police state which has been clamping down on freedom of speech since the time of last year’s coup. Today it can be said that the process is finished. A totalitarian model to control the country’s life is about to come in full swing.

 

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/02/23/ukraine-emergency-measures-to-build-totalitarian-state.html

Estonia purchases 44 combat vehicles as NATO trains Estonia for war

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Exercise Baltic Bison. I hope the Baltic nations review the history of the American bison and what nearly happened to it in Americans’ pursuit of pleasure and westward expansion.

Lebensraum — another word for “manifest destiny”. Manifest destiny is an enshrined American value and goal. Remember: America is always looking for more territory.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Command Operations
February 23, 2015

Dutch and Estonian Forces train together in Exercise Baltic Bison 2015

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CV-90 Combat Infantry Vehicle

MONS, Belgium: Soldiers of the Dutch 43 Mechanised Brigade are training with their Estonian Infantry counterparts in tough winter conditions during Exercise Baltic Bison from 9-26 February 2015. Exercise Baltic Bison is part of NATO’s Assurance Measures in the region and is focused on international cooperation and knowledge sharing between the two NATO members.

“NATO’s assurance measures, including the Netherlands’ effort during operation Baltic Bison, is proof that NATO commitments are working in a proper way and in practice,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Aron Kalmus, Commander of the Estonian First Infantry Brigade. “I am more than glad, as an Estonian officer and as an Estonian citizen, that our Dutch colleagues amongst other NATO Allies have proved this by coming here in these difficult times in Eastern Europe.”

On 9 December 2014, the Dutch Minister of Defence, Ms Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, and her Estonian colleague Sven Mikser, signed a contract for the purchase of 44 Dutch CV-90 Combat Infantry Vehicles by Estonia. Exercise Baltic Bison provides the opportunity to introduce the tracked vehicle to the Estonian soldiers.

The Estonians will be trained on the various characteristics of this vehicle, such as mobility, firepower and protection, during the two week period. A lot of time will be spent on learning and recognizing each other’s procedures, so that close cooperation is guaranteed now and in the future.

NATO is continuing with its assurance measures such as increased exercises, enhanced air policing and maritime patrolling. The Alliance is also working hard to implement decisions from the Wales summit, including the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF), establishing reception bases for command and control, looking at the pre-positioning of supplies and equipment, possible improvements to national infrastructure, and the enhancing of the NATO Response Force.

Story by the Dutch Ministry of Defence and SHAPE Public Affairs Office

“This is what Ukrainian fascism looks like”–One year under the Wolfsangel

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2/23/2015
One Year Under the Wolfsangel
By Aleksey Albu, the Borotba [Struggle] Movement

Translated from Russian by J.Hawk

It’s been a year since the coup. Time to tally the results.

Remembering last year’s Maidan protests, one reaches the following question: what justified such casualties, if Yanukovich and his “bloody regime” had only one year left? What was the hurry? He could have been defeated during the elections, which would have given the new government legitimacy.

I reject the notion that the leaders of the Maidan wanted to improve the lives of their people.

What did Ukraine lose? Well, naturally, Crimea (almost two million people), Donbass (about five million people), and we have to keep in mind the process is not over. Next in line are the regions of Odessa, Kharkov, Zaporozhye, whose population will never accept the rule of neo-Nazis and oligarchs. But the main thing that Ukraine lost was the societal sense of balance, under which people of various political persuasions could discuss them without weapons but instead behind a glass of tea, or perhaps behind a negotiating table. Right now there are hundreds of thousands of people who do not want to meet with one another ever again, do not want to discuss anything together, and will never forgive.

There used to exist rules of the game in Ukraine, and those rules were violated a year ago. Judge yourselves—if earlier people could discuss those or other problems, they could convince one another of the validity of those or other ideas, could express their positions during elections, a year ago the aggressive nationalistic minority broke the mechanism of changing the government and brought their masters into power. The disorganized peaceful majority began to come out in protest, there were spontaneous uprisings in Kharkov, Nikolayev, Donetsk, Mariupol. Tens of thousands of people participated in protest actions in Odessa, Lugansk, and other cities. We need to emphasize that wherever those protests were peaceful they were drowned in blood or burned with fire.

What did people lose? It depends on the individual. Some lost their work, others their health, or their relatives, or…their life. Maidan’s result is counted in thousands of broken lives. The insane inflation had consumed both salaries and pensions. Inept economic policy destroyed hundreds of enterprises.

It’s no secret to anyone that the shock force of the Maidan were the right nationalist organizations, whose leaders obtained several key positions in the state and enormous financing. Naturally, all of the actions of the government were undertaken with an eye to the nationalists, who were willing to create a new Maidan at any moment. Human rights violations have become the norm in Ukraine. Every day there are arrests and beatings of dissenters.

The opposition forces which even recently could operate legally are now practically in the underground. Any protests driven by the catastrophic conditions in the industry are labeled as aid to the “occupiers.” Workers who have not been paid in months have also been deprived of their right to protest. The Labor Code is simply not adhered to at most enterprises.

Ukraine currently has a regime in which the big property owners and oligarchs can do anything they want to: not pay salaries, not pay benefits, fire people in violation of procedures, ban protests, suppress discontent. And to suppress it, and to reapportion property, they use the ultra-right militants. Nazi greetings, such as “Glory to Ukraine—Glory to Heroes!”, “Glory to the Nations—Death to Enemies!”, “Ukraine above everything!” are now deeply embedded in young minds. Thousands of people shout them out without thinking. This is what Ukrainian fascism looks like.

The year was spent to the sound of bombardment of civilian areas, the screams of people killed in the Labor Union building in Odessa, the cries of the mothers. May everyone who unleashed this war be damned! All who could not wait for the elections and led people to the Maidan. Everyone who gave orders to bomb peaceful cities and villages.

Glory and honor to all defenders of the Donbass, all participants in the anti-fascist underground, all progressive forces who fight against Ukrainian fascism!

Victory will be ours!

 

http://fortruss.blogspot.com/2015/02/this-is-what-ukrainian-fascism-looks.html

Symposium: The Dynamics of Possible Nuclear Extinction, February 28-March 1, 2015 at The New York Academy of Medicine

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Advance tickets on sale only until February 25. After that, only cash registration at the door of the event (note: there is no bank machine at the venue)

A unique, two-day symposium at which an international panel of leading experts in disarmament, political science, existential risk, artificial intelligence, anthropology, medicine, nuclear weapons and other nuclear issues will be held at The New York Academy of Medicine on Feb 28- March 1, 2015. The public is welcome.
 A project of The Helen Caldicott Foundation

Venue: The New York Academy of Medicine.
1216 Fifth Ave @ 103rd St.
NY, NY 10029

Location, Directions and Parking

TO REGISTER click HERE. 

Or: Click or copy and paste: https://tdopne.ticketbud.com/symposium-the-dynamics-of-possible-nuclear-extinction

Important notice: Tickets will be on sale until Feb 25th, 2015. Register early to reserve your place. After the cut off date you will have to pay by CASH at the venue.

There will be NO FOOD OPTION for those who do not pre-register.

There is no bank machine in the building.

 

*****THE EVENT WILL BE LIVE STREAMED***** Look for link on website.

The Symposium: The Dynamics of Possible Nuclear Extinction.

Russia and the U.S. possess 94% of the 16,400 nuclear weapons in the global nuclear arsenal. The U.S. maintains its first strike winnable nuclear war policy, and both countries have raised their nuclear arsenals to a higher state of alert because of the situation in the Ukraine. Furthermore it has just been announced that the administration has plans to replace every nuclear warhead and their delivery systems via ship, submarine, missile and plane, at a cost of one trillion dollars over the next thirty years.

This symposium to be held by The Helen Caldicott Foundation will address the following issues:
. What are the human and technological factors that could precipitate a nuclear war between Russia and the U.S., how many times have we come close to nuclear war and how long will our luck hold?
. What are the ongoing technological and financial developments relevant to the nuclear weapons arsenals of the US and Russia?
. What problems are associated with lateral proliferation of nuclear weapons via strenuous corporate marketing of nuclear technology?
. What are the medical and environmental consequences of either a small or large scale nuclear war?
. What are the underlying philosophical, political, and ideological dynamics that have brought life on earth to the brink of extinction?
. How can we assess this situation from an anthropological perspective?
. What is the pathology within the present political situation that could lead us to extinction?
. How can this nuclear pathology be cured?

Moderated by:

Day One: Kennette Benedict, Executive Director and Publisher, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Day Two: Ray Acheson, Director, Reaching Critical Will

The Presenters
(confirmed speakers, this is not the speaking order):

Theodore A Postol-
Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology, and National Security Policy, 
MIT. Striving for Armageddon. The US nuclear force modernization program, rising tensions with Russia, and the increasing danger of a world nuclear catastrophe
Seth Baum– Global Catastrophic Risk Institute, will address the catastrophic risk of nuclear war
Max Tegmark – Professor of physics at MIT and author of “Our Mathematical Universe,” will discuss artificial intelligence and the risk of accidental nuclear war.
Hans Kristensen – Federation of American Scientists, will address the current size of the global nuclear arsenals
Bill Hartung– Center for International Policy, will discuss the inordinate power and pathological dynamics exercised by the US military industrial complex
Greg Mello -Los Alamos Study Group, the role and funding of the nuclear weapons laboratories inherent within the US nuclear armament dilemma
John Feffer – Institute of Policy Studies will compare the money spent on the US military industrial complex compared with the paltry amount spent on the prevention of global warming
Alex Wellerstein– Assistant Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Stevens Institute of Technology – NukeMap, Personalizing the Bomb- what this means for young people today.

Bruce Gagnon – Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, will elucidate the ongoing and dangerous militarization of space

Bob Alvarez – Institute of Policy Studies, will discuss lateral proliferation and describe how a small nuclear exchange could trigger a global holocaust.

Robert Parry – Investigative Journalist, Consortium News. Will discuss Ukraine and the Human Factor: How propaganda and passions can risk nuclear conflagration.
Steven Starr– Associate of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, a board member and senior scientist for Physicians for Social Responsibility. Nuclear War: An Unrecognized Mass Extinction Event Waiting to Happen.
Holly Barker – Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Medical, Teratogenic and Genetic pathology related to US nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands.
Alan Robock – Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Environmental Sciences. Rutgers University, will outline his pioneering work on Nuclear Famine and Nuclear Winter.
Janne Nolan – Elliott School of International Affairs –  Hooligans at the Gate: The Checkered History of Arms Control
Mike Lofgren – former congressional staffer and author of Anatomy of the Deep State, will describe the merger of corporations and the US government as an underlying cause of the current  nuclear situation
Susi Snyder– (PAX, the Netherlands), Author of the 2013 & 2014 DON’T BANK ON THE BOMB reports
Hugh Gusterson – Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs, George Washington University will describe his anthropological research over many years studying the culture of nuclear weapons scientists at Livermore and Los Alamos.
Robert Sheer – author of STAR WARRIORS will describe how years after his research into the young men who work on nuclear weapons development at Lawrence Livermore Labs “The Madness Persists.
Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor and Professor of Linguistics, MIT will present the pathology within the present political system that could lead to catastrophic results if not cured
Dave Krieger – Nuclear Age Peace Foundation on what can we do? How the Marshall Islanders are speaking truth to power. The Nuclear Zero Lawsuits Brought by the Marshall Islands Against the 9 Nuclear Nations.
Tim Wright – Campaign Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) – some potential and exciting solutions
Helen Caldicott – President of The Helen Caldicott Foundation – An urgent prescription for survival

For full schedule:  http://helencaldicottfoundation.org/symposium-the-dynamics-of-possible-nuclear-extinction-l-february-28-march-1-2015-at-the-new-york-academy-of-medicine/

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Sen. John McCain arranges Native American land theft for mining company

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Sen. John McCain doesn’t just work with neo-Nazi and jihadist groups to steal land from Syrians, Ukrainians, and countries overseas. He also works for multi-national corporations and royal clients to take land from Native American tribes.

 

When the U.S. National Defense Authorization Act of 2015 (HR 3979) was coming up for a vote in December 2014, McCain inserted a provision at the very last minute which had nothing to do with military spending.

 

Rio Tinto, a British-Australian mining company, wanted Apache ancestral land in the state of Arizona for copper mining. Queen Elizabeth is a major shareholder in Rio Tinto, as well as the Bank of England. Republican lawmakers had been trying to give it to them for years. With people’s attention elsewhere, McCain inserted this and other provisions of land give-aways into the bill, and the bill was approved by Congress (325-98 House, 89-11 Senate ).[i]

 

This was not a surprise given the historic enmity and actions of the United States government against the native people of the Americas. The British crown has had its own policy of genocide against Native peoples – in Canada and Australia.[ii]

 

This action shows that the U.S. refuses to make progress toward reparations, respect, and addressing its past wrongs, and it continues to wage war against these tribes. Again, this is no surprise.

 

It is also another reminder of the true loyalties and faithful service rendered by the United States Congress to the world’s economically powerful.

 

The article below was written before the NDAA was approved.

 

Posted on Global Research, December 8, 2014

Congress Gives Native American Lands to Foreign Mining Company With New NDAA

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Congress is poised to give a foreign mining company 2,400 acres of national forest in Arizona that is cherished ancestral homeland to Apache natives. Controversially, the measure is attached to annual legislation that funds the US Defense Department.

This week, the House and Senate Armed Services Committees quietly attached a provision to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would mandate the handover of a large tract of Tonto National Forest to Resolution Copper, a subsidiary of the Australian-English mining company Rio Tinto, which co-owns with Iran a uranium mine in Africa and which is 10-percent-owned by China.

The “Carl Levin and Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015” – named after the retiring chairmen of the Senate and House Armed Services panels – includes the giveaway of Apache burial, medicinal, and ceremonial grounds currently within the bounds of Tonto. News of the land provision was kept under wraps until late Tuesday, when the bill was finally posted online.

The land proposed to be given to Resolution Copper, in exchange for other lands, includes prime territory Apaches have used for centuries to gather medicinal plants and acorns, and it is near a spot known as Apache Leap, a summit that Apaches jumped from to avoid being killed by settlers in the late 19th century.

Lands included in the plan will stop 1,500 feet short of Apache Leap and will not initially include an area known as Oak Flats, though, when it comes to the oaks, contradictory legal parameters are but a minor hurdle for a company like Resolution Copper to eventually drill there.

The House may vote on the NDAA as soon as this week with rules included that would bar the Senate from amending the legislation. On Wednesday night, a last-minute effort to strip the land provision from the NDAA failed in the House Rules Committee, which voted to give one hour for debate over the NDAA in the House.

Terry Rambler, chairman of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, told The Huffington Post he was saddened by news of the proposal, yet not all that surprised.

“Of all people, Apaches and Indians should understand, because we’ve gone through this so many times in our history,” Rambler said.

“The first thing I thought about was not really today, but 50 years from now, probably after my time, if this land exchange bill goes through, the effects that my children and children’s children will be dealing with,”Rambler added.

“Since time immemorial people have gone there. That’s part of our ancestral homeland,” Rambler said.”We’ve had dancers in that area forever – sunrise dancers – and coming-of-age ceremonies for our young girls that become women. They’ll seal that off. They’ll seal us off from the acorn grounds, and the medicinal plants in the area, and our prayer areas.”

Arizona Sen. John McCain was instrumental in adding to the NDAA the land deal that had been pursued by Rio Tinto for a decade, according to HuffPo. Some in Congress were reportedly concerned with the deal, but it ultimately materialized thanks to economic assurances. Rio Tinto claims mining in Tonto will generate $61 billion in economic activity and 3,700 direct and indirect jobs over 40 years.

Rambler said whether Rio Tinto’s economic assertions are true or not, it may not matter.

“It seems like us Apaches and other Indians care more about what this type of action does to the environment and the effects it leaves behind for us, while others tend to think more about today and the promise of jobs, but not necessarily what our creator God gave to us,” he said.

Rambler said he was particularly concerned with long-term ramifications, including the company’s intent to use “block cave” mining, which means digging under the ore, causing it to collapse.

“What those mountains mean to us is that when the rain and the snow comes, it distributes it to us,”Rambler said. “It replenishes our aquifers to give us life.”

Resolution Copper has said its mining plan for the area has been filed with the National Forest Service and that it will comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that supposedly protects federal lands.

But Rambler said NEPA is no match for Resolution Copper’s intent.

“This is what will happen – the law in one area says there will be consultation, but the law in another area of the bill says the land exchange will happen within one year of enactment of this bill,” Rambler said. “So no matter what we’re doing within that one year, the consultation part won’t mean anything after one year. Because then it’s really theirs after that.”

Basically, NEPA will only protect lands that remain in federal hands. The rest is fair game, according to federal law.

“We would only have to do NEPA on any activity that would take place on remaining federal land,” said Arizona Bureau of Land Management official Carrie Templin.

The 2015 NDAA contains other land deals, including one that would subject 70,000 acres of Tongass National Forest in Alaska to logging and another provision that would give 1,600 acres from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State for purposes of industrial development, a plan that has spurred tribal protest.

 

Sources:

http://rt.com/usa/211531-native-indian-lands-mining/

http://www.globalresearch.ca/congress-gives-native-american-lands-to-foreign-mining-company-with-new-ndaa/5418550

http://lastrealindians.com/house-approves-bill-to-give-apache-lands-to-foreign-corporation/

http://www.countercurrents.org/venturini261211.pdf

 

[i] http://armedservices.house.gov/index.cfm/ndaa-home?p=ndaa

http://www.ibtimes.com/us-senate-passes-585-billion-ndaa-military-authorization-1752207

[ii] http://westcoastnativenews.com/canada-it-cannot-be-called-anything-less-than-genocide/

http://westcoastnativenews.com/tens-of-thousands-first-nation-children-died-in-residential-schools/

http://itccs.org/mass-graves-of-children-in-canada-documented-evidence/

Hidden No Longer: Genocide in Canada, Past and Present, is available for download at http://hiddennolonger.com

David Swanson on new report: U.S. Army claims to be full of liars

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By David Swanson

“Lying to Ourselves: Dishonesty in the Army Profession” is the title of a new paper by Leonard Wong and Stephen Gerras of the U.S. Army’s Strategic Studies Institute. Its thesis: the U.S. Army is full of liars who habitually lie as part of a lying culture that has internalized and normalized lying to the point of unrecognizability.

Finally a claim from the Army I’m prepared to take seriously!

But the authors aren’t interested in the Army’s lying press releases or lying Congressional testimony or lying sound bytes promoting each new war, predicting imminent success, and identifying each dead adult or child as an evildoer. In fact, it seems pretty clear that the authors are in fact lying to themselves about the nature of the Army’s lying.

To hear them tell it, the Army’s lying problem could be the same as in any other institution. They don’t compare the Army to any other institutions, except to say that their analysis applies to the whole U.S. military, and the implication is that other institutions do not have it so bad. But the root of the problem, as they see it, is impossible demands placed on members of the military. To meet the impossible demands, people lie. And this — not the mission of mass murder — makes them “ethically numb.”

Members of the Army, we’re told, engage in “ethical fading,” using euphemisms and obscure phrases to disguise the immorality of what they are doing — namely overstating the supplies shipped or understating their own weight or some other “ethical” matter, not burning families to death in their homes with million-dollar missiles.

All of this unethicalness, the authors maintain, can create hypocritical leaders who hide billions in the “Overseas Contingency Operations” slush fund or cover up sex scandals. Really? Immorality enters an institution of mass murder that routinely deceives the public and much of the government from the bottom up? Excessive demands on troops creates a culture of lying than infects the good generals at the top? Are you kidding me? No, of course you aren’t. You’re lying to yourselves.

Soldiers realize pretty quickly that they’re not benefitting the people of Iraq or Afghanistan or whatever country they’re terrorizing. They understand that the entire mission is a lie. They learn to lie about their own actions, to plant “drop weapons,” to invent justifications, to provide support for their commanders’ efforts to believe their own lies.

Matthew Hoh, a State Department whistleblower, said today: “The culture of lying that is endemic and systemic in the Army, as found by researchers with the Army War College, finds its expression in America’s pointless wars, a one trillion dollar-a-year, pork-filled and inauditable national security budget, chronic veteran suicides, an expanded and more globally robust international terrorist movement, and untold suffering of millions of people and political chaos throughout the Greater Middle East perpetuated by our war policies.

“However, listening to our military leaders, and the politicians who adore and deify them rather than oversee them, America’s wars and its military have been a great patriotic success. This report is not a surprise for those of us who have worn the uniform, nor should it be surprising to those who have watched and paid attention with a modicum of critical and independent thought to our wars these past thirteen plus years. The wars are failures, but careers must prosper, budgets must increase and popular narratives and myths of American military success must endure, so the culture of lying becomes a necessity for our Army at a great physical, mental and moral cost to our Nation.”

In other words, War Is A Lie.

 

Source:
http://worldbeyondwar.org/u-s-army-claims-full-liars/

As posted on
http://www.globalresearch.ca/u-s-army-claims-to-be-full-of-liars/5432959

Ceriano Laghetto Piazza Martiri di Odessa; reazionne ambasciata ucraina in Italia; Commenti dei lettori

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English translation: https://freeukrainenow.org/2015/02/23/ukrainian-ambassador-wants-italian-town-to-change-the-name-of-odessa-martyrs-square/

Monza Today, 30 gennaio 2015
Ceriano Laghetto Piazza Martiri di Odessa | Reazione ambasciata ucraina in Italia
„Ceriano Laghetto, l’ambasciata dell’Ucraina: “Chiederemo spiegazioni”“
Massimiliano Melley

„L’intervista all’ambasciatore Perelygin: “Ci rivolgeremo al governo e alla prefettura”. Sotto accusa l’equiparazione della strage nazista del 1941 con la tragedia del 2014“

Rischia di diventare un caso nazionale la scelta del comune di Ceriano Laghetto di intitolare (a novembre 2014) una piazza ai “Martiri di Odessa”, la città ucraina sul Mar Nero. Questo perché – come si legge nella delibera – il riferimento è sia alla strage nazista verso gli ebrei sia alla tragedia del maggio 2014, allo scoppio dei disordini da parte dei separatisti filo-russi. “Stiamo pensando di rivolgerci alle autorità italiane: il governo, ma anche la prefettura della provincia”, chiosa l’ambasciatore ucraino in Italia Yevhen Perelygin, intervistato da MonzaToday.

Ambasciatore, lei ha ravvisato alcuni clamorosi errori nella delibera di Ceriano Laghetto. Ce li può illustrare?

Innanzitutto l’autorità locale ha tentato di paragonare i crimini nazisti contro gli ebrei di Odessa del 1941, durante la Seconda guerra mondiale, con gli eventi tragici del maggio 2014. Tale paragone è totalmente scorretto: nella prima circostanza si trattava di un caso di sterminio su base etnica, mentre la tragedia dell’anno scorso è stata causata dagli scontri tra gruppi di protestanti, aggravati dall’attività dei provocatori, sulla quale stanno ancora proseguendo le indagini.

Quali sono le conseguenze di questo errore?

Io considero che tale interpretazione fatta dal comune di Ceriano Laghetto potrebbe essere anche considerata come una diffamazione nei confronti dell’Ucraina, in quanto dalle indagini preliminari emerge il coinvolgimento di cittadini russi nella tragedia. Le indagini, comunque, non sono ancora completate. E’ terminato un processo preliminare: adesso tutti i materiali sono stati mandati alla Corte. Noi aspettiamo chiarezza su quanto avvenuto, che deve ancora arrivare con una decisione della Corte. Ma mi faccia aggiungere un fatto.

Prego.

La Federazione russa sta nascondendo sul suo territorio il latitante Dmitry Fuchedzi, allora vicecapo della polizia di Odessa, che, come risulta dagli organi investigativi dell’Ucraina, potrebbe essere coinvolto nella preparazione di questa tragedia. Purtroppo la Federazione russa si è rifiutata di consegnare questa persona agli organi investigativi dell’Ucraina. Questo atto della Federazione russa pone seri dubbi sulla sincerità delle dichiarazioni delle autorità russe.

Quindi il comune di Ceriano Laghetto si pone in contrasto con l’evidenza dei fatti?

Questa decisione dell’amministrazione comunale appare un atto manipolato da forze politiche che appoggiano l’iniziativa russa.

Ma c’è anche dell’altro…

Sì. Nel sito ufficiale del comune (e anche nella delibera, n.d.r.)  viene utilizzata più volte l’espressione “autoproclamato governo di Kiev”, che contraddice la posizione ufficiale del governo della Repubblica italiana che, come tutti i Paesi europei e di tutto il mondo, riconosce il governo attuale di Kiev come unico e legittimo in Ucraina, nominato dal Parlamento regolamente eletto. Non solo il governo italiano mantiene rapporti ufficiali con il governo ucraino, ma sta facendo sforzi per sostenerlo nel difficile momento dell’aggresssione militare e propagandistica da parte della Federazione russa. Pertanto non riesco a capire come un comune italiano possa compiere un atto che contraddice la linea politica ufficiale del governo.

Che cosa si aspetta dopo la vostra iniziativa?

Penso che il sindaco e i membri della sua giunta non sappiano tutta la verità sulla tragedia di Odessa, di qui la loro decisione di commemorare la piazza con il nome “Martiri di Odessa”. Penso anche che, dopo la nostra spiegazione ai rappresentanti del governo e alla prefettura, la comunità locale di Ceriano Laghetto dovrà tornare sui suoi passi. Questa è la mia opinione sull’accaduto.

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Lorenzo questo ambasciatore è vergognoso, basta guardare il video sul massacro di Odessa per capire chi sono i carnefici e chi le vittime. Vergogna al governo italiano che accredita certa gente e che ha subito riconosciuto il governo illegittimo ucraino. E noi vorremmo far entrare in europa questa gente!?

venerdì, 6 febbraio

LeviCh Secondo me qualcuno finemente ha preso l’ambasciata ucraina in giro, molto bravi … Scusate, ma sembrare piu’ cretino di cosi’ per un diplomatico e’ impossibile… Veramente un lavoro pulito…

venerdì, 6 febbraio

Adriano L’ambasciatore dovrebbe gioire che un paese Europeo intitoli qualcosa a dei suoi concittadini massacrati da criminali,al quale il suo paese non ha ancora dato un nome ne un volto,oppure li conosce benissimo ma si vergogna,perché i mandanti sono i suoi datori di lavoro?

giovedì, 5 febbraio

Marco Sapete chi é questo “Ambasciatore”?? É un tizio che tempo fa gridava davanti ad un gruppo di militanti “Viva Bandera”. Bandera era il criminale nazista che governava l’Ucraina ai tempi di Hitler. Stepan Bandera costruì campi d’internamento per dissidenti ed Ebrei, ma vennero perseguitati anche Russi e altre minoranze. Ora che i sostenitori di questo collaborazionista fascista hanno preso il potere (illegalmente) si comportano non troppo diversamente: hanno bandito i Partiti filoRussi e Comunisti, hanno ucciso i loro esponenti e soprattutto uccidono da mesi i civili Russofoni nel Donbass, bombardando ospedali, scuole, asili e case. Ad Odessa decine e decine di persone, anche donne (di cui una incinta) ed adolescenti appartenenti quasi tutti a Borotba, una organizzazione di stampo marxista-leninista, sono stati bruciati vivi nel palazzo dei sindacati, dove si erano rifugiati per scappare dai nazisti Ucraini. Le foto dei corpi martoriati sono raccapriccianti. Quindi dite al l’ambasciatore di fare l’ambasciatore.

giovedì, 5 febbraio

Diego L’ambasciatore dovrebbe ripassare la storia. Dovrebbe ricordarsi del ghetto di Lvov. Tra il 25 ed il 27 luglio 1941 scoppiò un pogrom nel quale vennero uccisi altri 2.000 ebrei. Per quattro giorni gli ebrei vennero massacrati dagli ucraini e dai tedeschi, morirono 4.000 ebrei. Dopo che l’8 luglio venne imposto agli ebrei di portare un bracciale con la stella di David . Gli ucraini sono avvezzi a simpatizzare con i nazisti . La pulizia etnica che intendono fare nel sudest del’Ucraina dovrebbe essere denunciata alla corte dell’Aia per crimini di guerra contro la popolazione civile di origine russa .E’ una vergogna avere questa gente in Europa e per fortuna c’e una Russia che non si fa mettere i piedi in testa da nessuno .

giovedì, 5 febbraio

Daniel Belin! ma lei ci sta prendendo per i fondelli? Non gli pare di aver esagerato con le stronzate? o pensa che i cittadini sono stupidi? cosa cerca di dimostrare caro ambasciatore? le immagini sono più che chiare,  pensa di poter indottrinare europa con il suo nazismo? ci faccia la cortesia se non gli va bene torni e di corsa a casa sua con i suoi nazisti e lasci questo paese.. hai pure il coraggio di dire un sacco di stupidaggini.. voglio che si ricordi una cosa, per quanto zio Sam lo paga per disinformare e portare una guerra in europa  noi i cittadini liberi la riterremo Lei suo governo e i suoi complici responsabili di crimini contro l’umanità.

giovedì, 5 febbraio

Daniel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOndq1oWjM4 ​ questo forse aiuta alla sua indagine? mi fai ridere sei un clown al servizio dei nazisti!

giovedì, 5 febbraio

 

Stefano Il Signor Ambasciatore ucraino, farebbe meglio a promuovere iniziative sul recupero della memoria storica nel suo paese. Dopo il crollo dell’Urss, in Ucraina sono stati eretti monumenti a a Stepan Bandera, un criminale nazista secondo lo stesso Centro Wiesenthal, ​ http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=4441467&ct=7922775#.VNM55Nm9Kc0 ​

giovedì, 5 febbraio

Serena I martiri di Odessa sono le decine di cittadini trucidati dalla ferocia nazista degli scalmanati sostenitori del Majdan nel maggio 2014. Fra gli assassinati c’erano adolescenti, donne in stato di gravidanza, anziani, cittadini pacifici che all’interno della Casa dei Sindacati svolgevano varie attività, nessun esito processuale può cambiare questa verità. Penso che l’Ambasciatore dovrebbe seriamente riflettere su ciò che sta avvenendo nel proprio paese, in particolare nella regione del Donbass, dove giornalmente l’esercito di kiev bombarda abitazioni civili, scuole ed ospedali. Non sono la Russia e Putin ad armare quei cannoni ma il  governo diretto dal Presidente Poroshenko, anche questa è una verità appurata, sebbene qualcuno provi a dire che i novorussi si “autobombardino”, come ad Odessa i poverini della Casa dei Sindacti si sarebbero dati fuoco da soli.

giovedì, 5 febbraio

Rolando Dubin iIncredibile ma vero, il diplomatico straniero ordina all’autorità italiana la rimozione della targa dedicata ai martiri di Odessa degli anni 40 e del 2 maggio 2014, e la nostra autorità china la testa e obbedisce immediatamente. Con una motivazione tutta burocratica, peraltro non insuperabile, che offende la comunità locale che ha pensato di ricordare due tristissimi episodi ceh hanno macchiato la storia europea.

mercoledì, 4 febbraio

Mirko Non c’è da meravigliarsi! Questo individuo si recò a Catania qualche mese fa. Ad attenderlo c’erano alcuni manifestanti a contestarlo, pacificamente e con massiccia presenza di polizia. Ebbene, Perelyghin  si è messo a gridare “Viva Bandera” (il collaborazionista dei nazisti) e a filmare i manifestanti col telefonino, forse per individuare degli ucraini.

mercoledì, 4 febbraio

Massimo Stento a crederci. Di fronte ad immagini così evidenti questi pseudo politici ucraini continuino ad insinuare che ci sia il nemico russo dietro una così ignobile strage. Vergogna!!! Conoscendo il livello di disinformazione dei politici italiani l’ambasciatore potrebbe anche riuscire nel suo scabroso intento. Si ricordi bene però che sarà Odessa a non dimenticare e là hanno le idee chiare su cos’è stato il Maidan!!!

martedì, 3 febbraio

Christian L’indecente ambasciatore del governo ukronazista, il pellegrino Yevhen Perelygin, facci l’ambasciatore e non rompa le palle all’Italia. Alle strade italiane ci pensiamo noi. Tanto onore al Sindaco ed ai consiglieri del Comune di Ceriano Laghetto

lunedì, 2 febbraio

Roberto Che l’ambasciatore ucraino se ne torni pure a Kiev, a casetta sua assieme ai suoi simili! (con tutto il rispetto per gli ucraini coinvolti in quell’ondata di nazismo e che vorrebbero solo vivere in pace).

lunedì, 2 febbraio

lina belin, adesso anche gli ucraini devono dire agli italiani cosa possiamo e cosa non possiamo fare nel nostro paese. se non gli piace l’italia – faccia la valigia, chiuda ambasciata e se ne torna in ucraina dai suoi nazisti

lunedì, 2 febbraio

 

Christian „io credo che è vergognoso che un ambasciatore si infastidisca sul fatto che una piazza sia stata intitolata a dei “cittadini di odessa arsi vivi.” I cittadini di Odessa sono anche cittadini ucraini o no? sono anche loro rappresentati dal signor ambasciatore o no? o secondo l’ambasciatore dovevano bruciare vivi ad Odessa ed è stato un peccato che qualcuno nel mondo li abbia ricordati?  “

 

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Ukrainian ambassador wants Italian town to change the name of “Odessa Martyrs Square”

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Italiano: Ceriano Laghetto Piazza Martiri di Odessa; reazionne ambasciata  ucraina in Italia — “Chiederemo spiegazioni”
http://www.monzatoday.it/politica/ceriano-laghetto-piazza-martiri-odessa-ambasciata-ucraina.html

From Fort Russ

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Odessa–the-First-Pogrom-by-George-Eliason-Activism-Anti-War_Civil-Disobedience_Class-War_Obama-Warmonger-140507-595.html

February 4, 2015
Nation-News.ru
Translated by Kristina Rus

The choice of a small town Ceriano Laghetto (30 km from Milan) to name one of their squares for the “Victims of Odessa” [Martiri di Odessa] turned into an event of national scale.

As prescribed in city charter, this name combines the memory of two events: the Jewish pogrom by the German Nazis and the tragedy in Odessa in May of last year.

The reaction of the Ukrainian Ambassador was immediate:

“We’re going to speak with the Italian authorities and the police of the province,” – announced the Ambassador of Ukraine Yevgeny Perelygin in an interview to MonzaToday. – Local authorities of Ceriano Laghetto try to equate the crimes of the Nazis against Jews in Odessa in 1941 with the tragic events of May 2014. This is absolutely untenable: in the first case we are talking about the liquidation of people along ethnic lines, while the cause of last years tragedy was the clash between groups of protesters, heated by provocateurs in respect to which the investigation is being carried out by law enforcement agencies”.

According to the ambassador, the decision of the authorities of Ceriano Laghetto can even be seen as slander against the Ukrainian state.

“The first results of the investigation point to the participation of Russian citizens in this tragedy,” – said Perelygin. – We are waiting for more clarification about the reasons for what happened, but you need to wait for the court decision.”

Perelygin also complained that one of the suspects is hiding on the territory of Russia, deputy police chief of Odessa, Dmitry Fucheji, who could be involved in the preparation of this tragedy. Russia has refused to extradite him to the SBU, and this casts doubt on the honesty of the statements of the Russian authorities”.

According to the Ambassador, the decision of the authorities of Ceriano Lagotto is caused by manipulation of the Pro-Russian political forces. As noted the official representative of Ukraine, the official website of the administration repeatedly used expressions such as “self-proclaimed Kiev government” that contradicts the official position of Italy, and the entire world community.

“The Italian government not only has official relations with Ukraine, but also tries to help us in this difficult time of military and propaganda aggression of the Russian Federation. So I can’t understand how the Italian city can do something that goes against the official position of the state”, – the edition quoted the words of the diplomat.

Perelygin believes that the mayor and the city administration do not know the true causes of the tragedy in Odessa, and this explains why they decided to call the square exactly – “Victims of Odessa”. According to the ambassador, after clarification to the local authorities, the city will have to change its decision and reject the title.

The readers of the newspaper, which published the interview, left a number of emotional comments:

Massimo: I can’t believe it! Despite all the obvious photo-video (from the place of the tragedy), these Ukrainian pseudo-politicians continue to insist that this terrible tragedy is caused by a Russian enemy. Shame on you!! Knowing the level of awareness among Italian politicians, the ambassador may even succeed in his dishonorable intentions. But remember, Odessa will not forget this, and they know, what Maidan actually was!

 Christian: Outrageous ambassador of ukro-nazi authorities, Evgeny Peregyn, be an Ambassador and do not provoke Italy. We can decide about the names of the Italian streets ourselves. Big respect to the mayor and administration of Ceriano Laghetto.

 Roberto: Ukrainian Ambassador should return home to Kiev, to his own kind! (With all due respect to the Ukrainians who are caught in this wave of Nazism, and who just want to live in peace).

 Lina: What the Hell, now even Ukrainians tell the Italians what we can do in our country! If you don’t like it, pack your suitcase, close your embassy and return to Ukraine to your Nazis!

 Christian: I think it is shameful that the Ambassador is annoyed by the fact that the square is named in the memory of “Odessans burned alive”. Odessa residents are citizens of Ukraine, right? The ambassador represents their interests, right? Or according to the ambassador, they should have been burned alive in Odessa, and it is a pity that someone in the world is trying to make them remembered?

All the rest of the amazing comments are below. Too bad Americans are so poorly educated and seem to lack such compassion. Thank you, Italian friends. 

Lorenzo

this ambassador is shameful, just watch the video on the massacre of Odessa to understand who are the perpetrators and who the victims. Shame to the Italian government that accredits some people and that he immediately recognized the illegitimate government of Ukraine. And we would like to get in europe these people !? 

LeviCh

I think someone finely has taken the Ukrainian embassy around, very good … Sorry, but seems more ‘idiot so’ for a diplomat and ‘impossible … Truly a clean job …

Adriano

Ambassador should rejoice that a European country title such something of his fellow citizens massacred by criminals, to which his country has not yet given a name it a face, or know them very well but is ashamed, because the instigators are his employers?

Marco
Do you know who is this “Ambassador” ?? He is a guy who recently cried in front of a group of militants “Viva Bandera”. Bandera was a Nazi criminal who ruled Ukraine in the time of Hitler. Stepan Bandera built internment camps for dissidents and Jews, were persecuted but also Russians and other minorities. Now that the supporters of this fascist collaborationist took power (illegally) behave not too differently: have banned the pro-Russian and Communist parties, have killed their leaders and especially kill civilians for months Russian speakers in the Donbass, bombing hospitals, schools, nurseries and homes. Odessa dozens and dozens of people, including women (one of them pregnant) and adolescents belonging to almost all Borotba, an organization of a Marxist-Leninist, were burned alive in the palace of the trade unions, where they had fled to escape the Nazis Ukrainians . Photos of tortured bodies are gruesome. Then say to the ambassador to the ambassador.

Diego

The ambassador should review the story. Should remember the Lvov ghetto. Between 25 and July 27, 1941 broke out a pogrom in which 2,000 Jews were killed others. For four days the Jews were massacred by the Ukrainians and Germans, 4,000 Jews died. After July 8, was imposed on the Jews to wear an armband with the Star of David. Ukrainians are accustomed to sympathize with the Nazis. The ethnic cleansing that they intend to do in Southeast del’Ucraina should be reported to the court in The Hague for war crimes against the civilian population of Russian origin .E ‘a shame to have these people in Europe and luckily there is a Russia that does not you put your feet in the head by anybody. and luckily there is a Russia that does not put their feet on the head by anyone.

Daniel
Crikey! but she is taking us for a ride? He does not seem to have exaggerated the crap? or think that people are stupid? What tries to prove dear ambassador? the images are more than clear, he thinks he can indoctrinate europe with his Nazism? we face the courtesy if not go well back and ran to his house with his Nazis and leave this country .. well you have the courage to say a lot of stupid things .. I want you to remember one thing, as Uncle Sam pays to misinform and bring a war in europe us free citizens deem the Lei his government and his accomplices responsible for crimes against humanity.

Daniel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOndq1oWjM4 this perhaps helps his investigation? you make me laugh you are a clown for the Nazis!

Stefano

The Ambassador of Ukraine, would do better to promote initiatives on the recovery of historical memory in his country. After the collapse of the USSR, in Ukraine were erected monuments aa Stepan Bandera, a Nazi criminal in the same Wiesenthal Center, http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=4441467&ct=7922775#.VNM55Nm9Kc0 

Serenai

martyrs of Odessa are the dozens of people killed by the Nazi ferocity of rowdy supporters of Majdan in May 2014. Among those killed were teenagers, pregnant women, elderly, peaceful citizens that in the House of Trade Unions held various activities, no outcome of the case can change this truth. I think that Ambassador should seriously reflect on what is happening in their country, particularly in the Donbass region, where every day the army of kiev bombard civilian homes, schools and hospitals. No Russia and Putin to arm those guns but the government headed by President Poroshenko, this is a truth ascertained, although some try to say that you novorussi “autobombardino”, for the poor people of the House of Odessa would Sindacti data fire yourself.

Rolando Dubini

Unbelievable but true, the foreign diplomat orders the Italian authority the removal of the plaque dedicated to the martyrs of Odessa of the 40 and May 2, 2014, and our authorities bows his head and obeys immediately. With a whole bureaucratic motivation, although not insurmountable, that offends the local community that has decided to remember two sad episodes CEH have stained European history.

Mirko
No wonder! This individual went to Catania a few months ago. Waiting for him there were some protesters to challenge it, peacefully and with massive police presence. Well, Perelyghin he began to shout “Viva Bandera” (the Nazi collaborationist) and to film the demonstrators with the cell phone, perhaps to identify the Ukrainians.

Odessa massacre coordinator killed in Kharkov terrorist attack

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February 23, 2015
IPolk (Internet Militia)
Translated by Kristina Rus
“No Condolences”
“Internet militia” reports: Kharkov explosion during Maidan anniversary march on February 22 killed the coordinator of Kharkov Maidan, who brought the football fans of “Metallist” to burn people in Odessa Trade Unions building on May 2, 2014.
Kristina Rus:
 
Without looking at any other information, two theories about yesterday’s Kharkov explosion have a right to exist: either it was done by the Kiev junta or by it’s opponents.
 
Kiev junta of course is a terrorist government. It came to power by provocations and resorted to provocations in order to stay in power. As soon as it was done with one provocation it would begin plotting the next. If the information above is indeed true, then the Kiev junta could kill two birds with one stone: get rid of a key witness and earn some reputation points by “proving” that the “separatists” are indeed “terrorists”, just when the public opinion was shifting away from the war after Kiev’s devastating loss of 3,500 soldiers in Debaltsevo.
 
If it was done by the “Kharkov anti-junta underground”, then they could set out to eliminate a key participant of the Odessa massacre, and terrorize junta supporters, who are not welcome by the majority Russian-speaking Kharkov. But then they would be resorting to the same tactics as the junta. No doubt, that it is possible that there could be some in the resistance who could turn to such methods on their own, just like the anti-fascist underground in the 1940’s. But it would also a gift to the junta and the Western media supporting it in justifying their narrative and would be contrary to the overall mission of the anti-junta movement to create an all-inclusive truly democratic society without terror and nationalist slogans in Ukraine (or at least their own regions-republics).
 
At least 700 people have been detained in Kharkov on charges of separatism, and Kharkov was of course the only other city besides Lugansk and Donetsk, were the resistance had seized the regional administration building in April, trying to set up a Kharkov Republic. In a way Kharkov saved Lugansk and Donetsk, since it was geographically closer to Kiev and was the only location were the junta could manage to direct it’s storm troopers, who stormed the building arrested the activists inside, and surrounded it’s perimeter, but would not respond to locals’ questions in Russian or Ukrainian.
 
The fact that administration buildings were seized by the Right Sector and other militants (previously trained for years in Poland and Lithuania) in Western Ukraine and downtown Kiev as part of a coup to overthrow the government of Yanukovich did not seem to upset junta’s Western backers. 
http://www.fortruss.blogspot.com/2015/02/odessa-massacre-coordinator-killed-in.html

ANNOUNCEMENT: Russian news site to pay expenses of foreign journalists, bloggers, to visit Donbass

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Posted by the Saker, February 18, 2015

by Charles Bausman

I’m writing to let people know of an interesting opportunity.

A private Russian citizens’ initiative whose goal is to provide information about the Ukraine war not covered in the western media, is organizing a press tour to the Donbass and Moscow in the second half of March. The invitation is open to all journalists and bloggers, mainstream and alternative.

They are offering to cover all expenses in Russia, i.e. – accomodation in Moscow, transport to and from Donbass, and accomodation in Donbass. Participants would have to pay for their own transport to Moscow.

I am acquainted with the company organizing the tour, Europa Objectiv, and their CEO Andrei Stepanenko, and can confirm that they are a legitimate group and reliable people. They publish a German language news site providing news and analysis about what is going on in the Ukraine. www.europaobjektiv.com. Andrei asked me to share this information with our readership. Here is the announcement on their site in German.

They stress that they are a completely private initiative not funded by the Russian government, and from what I know about them, I believe this to be accurate, however, I should add the disclaimer that I cannot, obviously, confirm this absolutely.

There are a lot of these citizen initiatives in Russia, often organized by Russians frustrated with government policies they see as too hesitant, and many of them really are what they say they are. In the end analysis, I don’t think this is a critical issue. Participants should be aware that this group has a point of view they are trying to share, and factor that in to their reporting.

I think its a good opportunity for journalists with limited budgets, both alternative and mainstream, to have a chance to go to these regions and try to get to the truth.

I’m actually curious to see what the response will be, and curious to see what the ratio of mainstream to alternative journalists will be. Mainstream publications are also hampered by seriously slashed budgets. Lets see how many of them show an interest in this opportunity.

For those of you who sign up, the few of us from Russia Insider who are in Moscow would be delighted to meet you. We’ll also try to send someone on the tour.

Charles Bausman, Editor, Russia Insider

Full text of a letter from Europa Objectiv describing the tour follows below:

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«Europa objektiv» (europaobjektiv.com), being a non-government and non-commercial media project, offers the opportunity for journalists and bloggers to take part in the press tour in Donbas (Ukraine) and in Moscow (Russia).

The 5-day program assumes:

Stage 1 – Moscow (2 days)

– On the first day you will be able to meet with prominent Russian political scientists, experts on Ukraine, politicians, and hear their opinions on Ukraine crisis.

– On the second day you will be able to see the exclusive video footages, photo and audio recordings captured by Russian journalists since the beginning of the Ukraine crisis, which have never been broadcasted by the western mass media. Furthermore we’ll organize the meeting with the authors of these materials. You can freely use them to create your own materials.

Stage 2 – Donbas – (2 days, by request)

– we plan to meet with representatives of Donbas militia troops

– you will be able to talk to local citizens

– authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic take over security issues and the possibility of maximum freedom of movement in Donetsk. As well as in Moscow “Europa Objektiv” will make video and audio recordings, these footages you can also use to create your own materials.

The aim of the press tour:

– to provide exclusive video and photo materials for alternative mass media in Europe

– to enable journalists to witness the truth about the events taking place in Donbas, to communicate with the victims of the war in the East Ukraine, to make your own decision about the reasons of the war in the contemporary Europe, to show the world community the facts, that are hidden by the mass media controlled by the current U.S. administration: the bloody revolution on the Maidan in Kiev, glorification and rebirth of the fascism in Ukraine, the reasons of the rebellion of the civil population in the East Ukraine.

In addition the opportunity to make your own journalistic materials, you will be able to take a part in the shooting of the collective documentary film (optional)

that is going to be spread among US and European mass media offices and on the Internet. The documentary will consist of 1.5-2 minutes reportages, that will be filmed by the participants of the press tour.

Costs:

– Europa Objektiv provides accommodation in Moscow and in Donbas, and transport to and from Donbas. Participants will travel to Donbas by flying to Rostov (Russia), and then traveling by bus to Donetsk.

– All transport charges to Moscow to be paid by participants of the press tour.

Time constraints: approximately 16-22 or 23-29 of March. The dates could be discussed. Your desires will be taken into account.

Concerning participation in the press tour info@ukraine-crisis.org or sozial@ukraine-crisis.org.

 

http://vineyardsaker.blogspot.com/2015/02/announcement-russian-news-site-to-pay.html