According to the BBC Western leaders are having a great time in Munich: they are re-igniting the Cold War under the pretext of – what else? – “supporting democracy” in the Ukraine: European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said the “future of Ukraine belongs with the EU” while US Secretary of State John Kerry said the US backed Ukraine’s “fight for democracy“.(…) Mr Van Rompuy’s opening speech referred to the
I just wanted to also mention another interesting counter-example of resistance to the mob: Ukrainian Justice Minister Elena Lukash who, when her ministry was invaded by armed rioters went on TV and issued an ultimatum: either leave the ministry or I will introduce martial law. Elena Lukash The mob withdrew.The Ukrainian government denied that it was considering introducing martial law.Typical.Nevertheless, this goes to show that the these rampaging mobs are
Something really interesting happened on Sunday in Kiev. As several times before, a group of about one hundred rioters stormed the building of the Energy Ministry which is located close to the Maidan square and city center. The heavily armed rioters rapidly overcome the building’s security service (which had orders not to shoot) and penetrated into the building which they immediately began to tear about. Then something really interesting happened:
According to the Regnum news agency the Sevastopol City State Administration is threatening to break-away from the Ukraine and create a “Federal State of Ruthenia/Small-Russia”. Here is a rough and quick translation of the article: The Chairman of the Sevastopol City State Administration Volodymyr Yatsuba appealed to citizens in connection with what is happening in the country, and especially in its western regions, the correspondent of IA REGNUM reports. Yatsuba
In my past articles about the Ukraine (see here, here, here and here) and in many posts in the comments section I have expressed my complete disgust with Yanukovich whom I see as absolutely immoral, weak, stupid and corrupt. Every move he has made so far has only strengthened my absolute loathing for this man whose role in igniting the current chaos in the Ukraine cannot be overstated. But I
Kiev burns EU official and Klichko meet to coordinate the insurrection Kiev burns
Alexander Mercouris and Mark Sleboda make minced meat out of Anders Aslund. And just for the record, keep in mind that “from November 1991 to January 1994, Åslund worked as a senior advisor to the Russian reform government under President Boris Yeltsin and Acting Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar. He worked also with Deputy Prime Ministers Anatoly Chubais” (Wikipedia). So that “democrat” was hard at work for democracy while Russia was
First, this is an pic of a list of cities in the Ukraine were nationalists have stormed local government buildings (some attacks were successful, other were not). Sure looks to me like one more step towards a civil war: 2nd, for context, here is an interesting report on how such revolutions are prepared: (thanks to J. for sending this to me!!)
This from the BBC: Ukrainian opposition leaders have issued an ultimatum to President Viktor Yanukovych, after talks failed to resolve the political stalemate. Vitali Klitschko said he would lead pro-EU protesters “on the attack” in the capital, Kiev, if the government refused to call snap elections. Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said compromises “might be possible”, but the opposition should avoid ultimatums. Notice the difference in tone? Opposition: ultimatum, attackRegime: compromise,
This is a picture taken off a live stream from the Grushevski street in the center of Kiev at 10:45EST today: The riot police has only been given the right to use water cannons, teargas and flash-bang grenades. In the meantime, the cops are burned alive by Molotov cocktails and the US is introducing sanctions against “Ukrainian officials responsible for the violence in the center of Kiev”.The Saker
Yesterday some very serious riots took place in Kiev. The Yanukovich government has passed a new law which attempts to restrict the kind of rioting the Ukraine has seen in the past months, and the response of the rioters was a full scale assault on the riot police. What I find the most appalling is that the government is ordering the riot cops to just stand there and hold their
President Putin announced that Russia will buy the equivalent of 15 billion US dollars worth of Ukrainian government bonds and that it will slash the price of Russian gas sold to the Ukraine from $400 to $268.5 per 1,000 cubic meters. The most amazing part of that offer is that it is made “unconditionally“. In other words – Russia will single-handedly prevent the Ukrainian economy from collapsing and declaring a
The Russian media has announced the Ukrainian President Yanukovich has agreed to participate in a “round table” with former Presidents Kravchuk, Kuchma and Yushchenko and representatives of the opposition, i.e. Klichko, Iatseniuk, Tsiagnibok to find a solution to the current crisis. It also appears that Catherine Ashton (aka Baroness Ashton of Upholland), Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the European Union, will also arrive in
