Ukraine postpones 'trade suicide', halts talks with EU

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I squarely put the blame on NATO and US of ousting Yanu just to corner Putin. The day will surely come when american allies gang up against her and then they will know.

 

[amoy]

White House To Russia: Stay Out Of Ukraine

 

[Razor]

Warrant Issued for Deposed Ukraine Leader for Mass Murder

Ukraine's Interior Ministry issued an arrest warrant Monday for the deposed president, Viktor Yanukovych, on charges of mass murder.
Acting Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said Yanukovych was being sought in connection with the killings of "innocent citizens," a reference to protesters killed during clashes last week between anti-government protesters and police.
"Yanukovych and other officials have been declared wanted," Avakov said in a statement on his Facebook account.
Yanukovych fled the Ukrainian capital Saturday, one day after tentative deal mediated by the EU and Russia was reached to call early elections and form an interim government.
As that deal quickly fell apart and members of Yanukovych's Party of Regions resigned en masse, parliament voted to impeach the president and installed a new acting head of state in his place.
Acting president and parliament speaker Oleksandr Turchynov said Yanukovych tried to board a charter plane in Ukraine's eastern region of Donetsk over the weekend, but was prevented from doing so by customs officers.
He gave no details on Yanukovych's destination, as the flight did not undergo the registration procedure.
Yanukovych insisted Saturday that he would neither resign nor sign any agreement with what he called "bandits terrorizing the country." He described the events in Kiev as a "coup".

Warrant Issued for Deposed Ukraine Leader for Mass Murder | World | RIA Novosti

 

[Razor]

Will NATO annex Ukraine?

Anyone who believes Washington is deeply enamored of 'democracy' in Ukraine must hit eBay, where Saddam Hussein's WMDs have been found, and are on sale to the highest bidder.

Or pay attention to the non-denial denials of the Obama administration, which swears on a daily basis there's no 'proxy war' or Cold War redux in Ukraine.

In a nutshell; Washington's bipartisan Ukraine policy has always been anti-Moscow. That implies regime change whenever necessary. As the European Union (EU), geopolitically, is nothing but an annex to NATO, what matters is NATO extending its borders to the Ukraine. Or at least Western Ukraine – which would be a valuable consolation prize.

This is a purely military-centric game – the logic of the whole mechanism ultimately decided in Washington, not in Brussels. It's about NATO expansion, not 'democracy'. When neo-con State Department functionary Victoria Nuland had her 15 seconds of fame recently, what she actually meant was "We're NATO, F**k the EU." No wonder there will be an urgent NATO Defense Ministers meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, centered on Ukraine.

No one will ever read that in US corporate media – or in academia for that matter. Harvard Professor Francis Boyle talking to Voice of Russia, or Princeton's Stephen Cohen in a recent article for the Nation, are glaring exceptions.

Every informed analyst knows the mastermind of this 'policy', since the 1970s, is Zbigniew 'The Grand Chessboard' Brzezinski. Dr. Zbig was US President Barack Obama's mentor at Columbia and is the Talleyrand of the Obama administration's foreign policy machine.

He may have softened up a notch recently, arguing that although the US must remain the supreme power across Eurasia, Russia and Turkey must be seduced by the West. Yet his historic Russophobia was never diluted.

'Saint' Yulia is back
As we're now on the road (again) of regime change in Ukraine, that seems not such a lousy deal for only $5 billion - the amount volunteered by neo-con Nuland herself. Compare it to other lavish Bush-Obama continuum foreign adventures, from Afghanistan and Iraq to Syria. Yet expect major bumps ahead.
Most arguably progressive, as well as some rabidly right wing, Google generation denizens in Western Ukraine and in Kiev seem to entertain the notion that the country, under regime change, will be accepted as an EU member, they will get an EU passport, and will find a good job in Europe, just as Polish plumbers and Romanian restaurant managers did.

Well, not really. If only they could board an EasyJet and see with their own eyes what's going on, job market-wise, in southern Europe or in London for that matter, now terrified of a horde of Eastern Europeans seizing English jobs.

As for the ultra-nationalists and frankly neo-fascists – totally anti-EU - the only thing they care about is to get rid of the Russian Bear's embrace. And then what?

In the West's ardor for 'democracy' it's so easy to forget that Western Ukrainian fascists were aligned with Hitler against the USSR. It's their descendants that have been in the forefront of the hardcore violence last week. And Right Sector still insists they will continue to 'protest'. In this sense they may not be Washington's preferred puppets; they are just momentarily useful patsies.

As for former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko – now elevated in the West to the status of a blonde Mother Teresa – she has called the Maidan (Independence) Square protesters "liberators." They may soon liberate themselves from her – after highly corrupt 'Saint' Yulia runs for president next May.

The Ukraine that works - in the east and south – is made up of historic Russian provinces, think Kharkov, the Black Sea, Crimea. The country's GDP is roughly $157 billion. That's one fifth of Turkey (which may become the new Pakistan). As it is, Ukraine holds no economic value whatsoever to the West (even less if it becomes the new Syria). The only 'positive' would be NATO's warped strategic advance.

Anyone who believes a mired-in-crisis EU will buy Ukraine out of is economic mess could once again bid for Saddam's WMDs on eBay. Or imagine the US Congress handing out $15 billion for Ukraine to smooth out its foreign debt, not to mention reducing the price of imported gas – just like Moscow did last December.

Say hello to my Iskander
The multi-billion dollar question now is what Russian President Vladimir Putin will do. One must feel tempted to detect roars of laughter in the Kremlin corridors.

For starters, Putin will decide whether or not Moscow will buy $2 billion in Ukrainian eurobonds after there's a new government in Kiev, as Gazeta.ru reported. Kiev will get absolutely nothing from Moscow until it's clear the new regime will play ball, in the interests of holding the country together.

'Saint' Yulia, by the way, was originally thrown in jail because of a gas deal that was negotiated on Moscow's high price terms. Back to hard facts: Ukraine cannot survive without Russian gas, and the Ukrainian industry cannot survive without the Russian market. One can mix all shades of Orange, Tangerine, Campari or Tequila Sunrise revolution, and throw in the requisite IMF 'structural adjustment' correction – these facts are not going to change. And forget about the EU 'buying Ukrainian'.

The Western Orangeade gang – from masters to servants – may still bet on civil war, Syria-style. Anarchy looms – provoked by the neo-fascists. It's up to Ukrainians to reject it. A sound solution would a referendum. Get the people to choose a confederation, a partition (there will be blood) or keeping the status quo.

Here's a very possible scenario. Eastern and southern Ukraine become part of Russia again; Moscow would arguably accept it. Western Ukraine is plundered, disaster capitalism-style, by the Western corporate-financial mafia – while nobody gets a single EU passport. As for NATO, they get their bases, 'annexing' Ukraine, but also get myriads of hyper-accurate Russian Iskander missiles locked in their new abode. So much for Washington's 'strategic advance'.

Pepe Escobar is the roving correspondent for Asia Times/Hong Kong, an analyst for RT and TomDispatch, and a frequent contributor to websites and radio shows ranging from the US to East Asia.
The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT.

http://rt.com/op-edge/will-nato-annex-ukraine-414/

 

[SajeevJino]

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There Should be a Russian Intervention needed

"According to recent information, the Black Sea Fleet of armored vehicles exhibited at the entrance to Sevastopol. This is very alarming. However, in this situation, no need to get excited and make sweeping statements. It is necessary to resolve the situation peacefully, and ensuring the territorial integrity and peace throughout the Ukrainian state "- quoted his politics press office .

Чорноморський флот Росії виставив БТРи на в'їзді в Севастополь, — Луценко

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[Razor]

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There Should be a Russian Intervention needed



Чорноморський флот Росії виставив БТРи на в'їзді в Севастополь, — Луценко

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"According to recent information, the Black Sea Fleet of armored vehicles exhibited at the entrance to Sevastopol. This is very alarming. However, in this situation, no need to get excited and make sweeping statements. It is necessary to resolve the situation peacefully, and ensuring the territorial integrity and peace throughout the Ukrainian state "- quoted his politics press office .

Of course there will be Russian ships in Sevastopol considering that Sevastopol is the Headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

 

[feathers]

ITAR-TASS: World - Timoshenko plans to go to Germany for medical treatment

ITAR-TASS/EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV

KIEV, February 24. /ITAR-TASS/. Former Ukrainian Prime Minister and Batkivshchina (Fatherland) party leader Yulia Timoshenko said she intended to go to Germany for medical treatment.

During a telephone conversation with Timoshenko on Sunday, February 23, German Chancellor Angela Merkel invited her to come to Germany and undergo treatment at the Charite clinic.

On October 11, 2011, Timoshenko was sentenced to seven years in prison for having acted in excess of her powers which had resulted in damage to national interests. Timoshenko was also barred from holding public positions for three years and has to pay a penalty of $189 mln in damages to Naftogaz Ukrainy. She was also charged with financial abuses in the Unified Energy Systems of Ukraine.

The Prosecutor General's Office then filed a lawsuit demanding compensation from Timoshenko in the amount of 19.5 million hryvnia in this case.

In late December 2011, Timoshenko was transferred from the investigation prison to a correctional facility in the eastern Kharkov region. She fell ill on August 18, 2011, two weeks after her arrest. She insisted that she be examined and treated by independent medics. On May 9, 2012, she was admitted to the Kharkov Railway Hospital for medical treatment.

The opposition demanded that Timoshenko be set free and allowed to go abroad for medical treatment.

Timoshenko was released from prison last week by a resolution adopted by the parliament.

 

[feathers]

ITAR-TASS: World - Ukraine may sign EU association agreement after stable government is formed

VIENNA, February 24. /ITAR-TASS/. The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement may be signed as soon as a new stable government is formed in the country, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said in Budapest on Monday at a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Visegrad Group (V4) uniting four Central European States - Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.

"After setting Yulia Tymoshenko free Ukraine has fulfilled all the terms of signing the Association Agreement," he said. "The treaty waits for signing and, as soon as Ukraine forms a stable government, it can be signed."

Sikorski commented on the fact that Verkhovna Rada speaker and Ukraine's interim president Oleksandr Turchynov confirmed the country's intention to resume the European course, maintaining at the same time good relations with Russia.

Timoshenko asks not to consider her candidacy to the post of Ukraine's prime minister

He also expressed hope that "Russia will play a constructive role", adding that it would be easier for Moscow to cooperate with Kiev if it was confirmed that "Ukraine is an ethnically and culturally diverse country, which, as a member of the European Council, should be tolerant towards minorities".

The Visegrad Group was formed in February 1991 by Czechoslovakia, Poland and Hungary in order to intensify cooperation among the three Central European states and to facilitate integration in European and transatlantic institutions through mutual support. Since the disintegration of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Visegrad Group has been comprised of four countries, as both successor countries, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, are members of the Visegrad Group.

 

[nrupatunga]

Watching and Waiting: Will the Russian Bear Turn on Ukraine?

It's a nightmare scenario for Russia: Protesters oust a neighboring ally, send him fleeing and set up a decidedly pro-Western government.

So as events in Ukraine move at warp speed, many Western observers ask when the Russian bear will snap out of its post-Sochi daze and strike back. After all, Russia and the Ukraine were part of the same country during Soviet times, and Moscow has vital interests there, in addition to a shared cultural, social and political heritage.

Rumors are already flying that Russia's President Vladimir Putin may be moving troops and tanks close to the Ukrainian border, in preparation for an attack. There is no evidence that this is the case, and Ukraine has denied the reports. That hasn't stopped American and British officials from reacting.

A Russian invasion of Ukraine would be a "grave mistake," President Barack Obama's National Security Adviser Susan Rice said on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday.

Russia's considerable interests in Ukraine fuel fears of an intervention.

Deposed President Viktor Yanukovych backed out of a trade pact with Europe last year and instead turned to Russia, prompting the furious response from thousands of Ukrainians who eventually toppled his government.

In November, Putin admitted that his country's agriculture, car and aviation industries would suffer if European goods were allowed to transit through Ukraine tariff-free, adding there could be a jump in Russian unemployment as a result.

Then there are considerable military interests – Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula is the home of Russia's Black Sea Fleet.

So it is no surprise that Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev has already made clear the Kremlin's deep displeasure at Yanukovych's toppling.

"We do not understand what is going on there. There is a real threat to our interests and to the lives of our citizens," Medvedev told Russian news agencies, explaining why Moscow had recalled its Kiev ambassador on Sunday.

"There is no one to talk to there. There are big doubts about the legitimacy of a whole series of organs of power that are now functioning there,'' he said. "Armed people are no partners for dialogue."

Earlier, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had claimed the opposition failed to abide by what appeared to be a breakthrough agreement reached on Friday between the Ukrainian government and the opposition.

The opposition "in effect, seized power in Kiev," Lavrov said

But despite Russia's economic and military interests in Ukraine, and a history of interventions in countries it feels are part of its sphere of influence, few analysts in Russia believe Putin will move on Ukraine – for now.

"Putin won't send in troops or turn off the gas taps. There is no goal to destroy Ukraine, at least not now," said Russian analyst Fyodor Lukyanov, an expert in Russian-Ukrainian relations. He was referring to past closures of Russian natural gas through Ukrainian pipelines when Putin has needed to pressure Kiev.

"He knows that Kiev is bankrupt, and figures there's room to bargain," even with a pro-Western Ukraine.

That seemed to be echoed in a phone conversation Sunday between Putin, still in Sochi, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The chat "underscored their joint interest in a stable Ukraine, both in economic and political terms," according to a Merkel spokesperson.


So the Kremlin has talked tough but mostly watched as their man in Kiev morphed from the country's president into a fugitive from justice, charged with "mass killings" of protesters.

All bets are off, Lukyanov said, if the new government there becomes too nationalistic or anti-Russian.

"Moscow could start to encourage separatism" by carving out, for instance, a small, breakaway republic in Eastern Ukraine which protects its interests, he said.

Oleksander Turchinov, Urkaine's acting president – the man parliament picked to replace Yanukovych until elections are held in late May – seemed clearly aware of that danger. In an address to the nation, Sunday night, he reached out to Russia.

He said the new government wanted to put relations "on a new equal footing, that recognizes and takes into account Ukraine's European choice."

But if Ukraine does split apart, don't hold your breath for a comeback by the ousted president. "Yanukovych is finished," said Lukyanov. "He's lost the plot. If Putin plays the separatist card, he'll need a fresh and charismatic leader. Not this s**t.''

Whatever happens, a stable Ukraine will not be an option, at least not with its current crop of leaders – pro-Russian or opposition, he said.

"The whole ruling class is incompetent," he said.

 

[nrupatunga]

This was the deal stuck between opposition(then) and ukraine president Viktor Yanukovich (deposed now).

http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/cae/...licationFile/190027/140221-UKR_Erklaerung.pdf

But looks like most of the points agreed have been thrown out of window by opposition then and current rulers.

 

[Razor]

Moscow Accuses Ukraine's New Leaders of 'Dictatorial Methods'

The Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday that Ukraine's new authorities aim to employ "dictatorial and sometimes terrorist methods" to suppress opposition in disloyal regions.
The statement follows the ouster of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych over the weekend, which has already aroused concerns that a surge of nationalism in the former Soviet nation could unfairly marginalize the substantial ethnic Russian community.
On Sunday, lawmakers also revoked a series of laws adopted by the previous government, including a bill recognizing Russian as an official language in regions where at least 10 percent of the population is Russian-speaking.
Moscow expressed doubts about the legitimacy of the parliament's actions, saying that lawmakers "churn out 'decisions' and 'laws,' including those designed to infringe on the rights of Russians and other national minorities who live in Ukraine."
"[The new leaders] aim to use dictatorial and sometimes terrorist methods to suppress disloyal citizens in various regions of Ukraine," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
"Calls are being made to introduce an almost complete ban on the Russian language, bring about lustration, abolish parties and organizations, close disloyal media and drop restrictions on the propaganda of neo-Nazi ideology," the ministry said.
Russia also expressed its "extreme concern" about recent "armed clashes between aggressive youths [or] militants from ultra-right nationalist organizations and law-enforcement officers who defend peaceful citizens and the interests of the state."
"Militants refuse to disarm, they refuse to leave the streets of cities that are de-facto under their control, to free administrative buildings, to cease violence," the statement reads.
Moscow also called for a constitutional reform, in line with the recent reconciliation agreement, signed shortly before the parliament impeached Yanukovych.
"It is evident that for this reform to be a success, all political forces and all regions of the country should take part, and its results should be put to a nationwide referendum," the statement reads.

Moscow Accuses Ukraine's New Leaders of 'Dictatorial Methods' | World | RIA Novosti

 

[Razor]

Good advice, wrong address: Russia responds to Susan Rice 'no tanks to Ukraine' warning

Russia sees merit in the advice against use of force in Ukraine which US National Security Adviser Susan Rice voiced, but believes it was wrongly directed towards Moscow. Washington would be a more appropriate recipient of the piece of wisdom.

"We have noted the expert assessment of Susan Rice based on multiple cases when American troops were sent to various places of the word, especially those where the US administration believed the norms of Western democracy were in danger, or where the local regimes were getting out of hand," a Russian Foreign Ministry source told news agencies on Monday.

The source added that, "We expect that national security adviser would be giving to the US leadership the same advice on the mistaken path of the use of force if it decides to conduct a new intervention."


The veiled reproach comes after a Sunday interview, in which Susan Rice said bluntly that sending troops to restore ousted President Yanukovich's leadership in Kiev "would be a grave mistake" on the part of Russia.

Rice did not elaborate on why she believed Moscow would even consider using military force to help Yanukovich. During the three months of confrontation in Ukraine, Western officials flocked to the country in support of the opposition crowd. Russia, meanwhile, distanced itself from the situation and only criticized the West for what Moscow considered blatant meddling in Ukraine's internal affairs.

"The position of some of our Western partners doesn't show genuine concern, but a desire to act out of geopolitical self-interest," said a statement on the Russian foreign ministry's website.

Following the ouster of President Yanukovich, Moscow has not changed its stance nor voiced any support for him. It only criticized the opposition for not keeping its word and breaking a West-sponsored reconciliation agreement, which it signed with Yanukovich.

Moscow wants to see somebody in Kiev who would have the authority and power to implement whatever agreements the countries may negotiate, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev stressed on Monday.

"Frankly, the legitimacy of many governmental bodies is in doubt there," he said. "Treating masked men armed with Kalashnikov rifles, who are now circling Kiev, as a government – we would find it difficult working with such a government."

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the establishment of new Russia, it has fought just one war with a foreign power. In 2008, Russian tanks were sent to Georgia, after the latter tried to use military force to seize control over its breakaway region of South Ossetia. Russia justified its actions by the death of Russian peacekeepers who were stationed in Georgia under a UN mandate with the brief not to allow military action between Georgians and Ossetians, and who were killed by the advancing Georgian troops.

Russia also used its military in its own territory in the Republic of Chechnya, which went from a nationalist uprising to forming a de facto independent government to transforming into a hotbed of banditry and terrorism, spilling violence into neighboring Russian regions. Moscow eventually took Chechnya back under its control through alliances with some local militant factions and by offering generous rebuilding funding in exchange for assurances of security and loyalty.

In 1991, when the USSR ceased to exist, the US conducted a war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq. Since then America has fought four major wars against foreign nations, including the bombing campaign in Yugoslavia, the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq (for the second time), and the bombing campaign in Libya. It stopped short of starting a fifth war against Syria in 2013, a move which was prevented in large part by the mediation of Russia, which convinced the Syrian government to relinquish its chemical weapons.

Washington justifies its interventions on humanitarian reasons and the obligation to depose repressive governments. Such obligations however, do not seem to apply to countries which have a poor human rights record, like Saudi Arabia, but remain American allies.

Western double standards exposed by Russia.

http://rt.com/news/russia-usa-rice-advice-450/

 

[Razor]

Moscow Slams Ukraine's Bill on Curtailing Russian

A Ukrainian bill that would see Russian dropped as an official language in a number of regions is a "blatant violation" of ethnic minorities' rights, a senior Russian diplomat said on Tuesday.
"The attack on the Russian language in Ukraine is a blatant violation of the rights of the ethnic minority. It is against the principle of the rule of law," said Konstantin Dolgov, a human rights official at the Foreign Ministry.
The legislative proposal follows the ouster of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych over the weekend and has already aroused concerns that a surge of nationalism in the former Soviet nation could unfairly marginalize the substantial ethnic Russian community.
The bill, passed by the Ukrainian parliament on Sunday, repeals the 2012 law, under which Russian is recognized as a second official language in regions where at least 10 percent of the population is Russian-speaking. Just under half of Ukrainian regions meet that standard.

Source: http://en.ria.ru/world/20140226/187893079/Moscow-Slams-Ukraines-Bill-on-Curtailing-Russian.html

Ethnic Russian population in Ukraine (This is not the percentage of people speaking Russian just the ethnic Russian population, a much larger percentage will speak Russian.)

Source: File:Russians Ukraine 2001.PNG - Wikimedia Commons

 

[Razor]

Riot Police Unit at Heart of Ukraine Unrest Disbanded

The elite Riot police unit Berkut (literally meaning Golden Eagle aka maroon berets) has been disbanded. Basically, revenge by the opposition directed against the Berkut for doing their duty.

The acting Interior Minister of Ukraine has announced that a riot police force deployed against anti-government protesters in the bloody unrest that culminated with the toppling of the president is to be disbanded.
Arsen Avakov wrote on his Facebook account that he signed a decree on the liquidation of the Berkut unit on Tuesday.
The proposal to dissolve Berkut was put forward earlier this week by the nationalist Svoboda party, which played a key role in the street protest movement.
Berkut was relentlessly deployed by the now-ousted President Viktor Yanukovych's government to contain and quell the demonstrations sparked in late November by a sudden decision to cancel Ukraine's planned deal to forge closer trade and political ties with the EU.
Within days of the start of a sit-in protest in the capital's central Independence Square, Berkut forces were dispatched to forcibly break up tent dwellings in a tactical miscalculation that added impetus to the demonstrations.
Later, they were frequently used as frontline defense against radical protesters seeking to march on government buildings and came under much criticism for their allegedly excessively aggressive treatment of demonstrators.
Their supporters have argued, however, that police had no choice in adopting heavy-handed measures in facing off rioters typically armed with sticks, shields, bricks, Molotov cocktails and, reportedly in some cases, lethal firearms.
Around 100 people, including more than a dozen police officers, were killed at the peak of the violence last week, many of them from gunshot wounds.
The authorities installed after Yanukovych's sudden flight from the capital, Kiev, over the weekend accuse the former president of direct responsibility in the bloody crackdown on protesters and have said they want to see him tried in an international tribunal.

Riot Police Unit at Heart of Ukraine Unrest Disbanded | World | RIA Novosti

 

[Razor]

Russia Demands OSCE Condemn Ukraine Language Law Plans

Russia demanded Wednesday that an intergovernmental security and rights group condemn what it described as the rise in nationalist and neo-Fascist sentiments in western Ukraine, as well as moves to curb the use of the Russian language in the former Soviet nation.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a statement after meeting with Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Secretary General Lamberto Zannier that attempts to turn Ukraine's Russian-speaking population into "non-citizens" should be rejected.
Ukrainian media reported Sunday that a draft law enshrining Ukrainian as the only official state language was being considered by parliament.
Russian is currently recognized as an official language in regions where at least 10 percent of the population is Russian-speaking. Just under half of Ukrainian regions meet that standard.
The country is split between the Ukrainian-speaking West and the Russian-speaking East, although many speak both or a mixture of the two known as "surzhyk."
Lavrov said the proposal on limiting the use of Russian constituted a constraint on free expression of views and could be used to forcibly shut down undesired political parties.
The legislative proposal follows the ouster of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych over the weekend and has already aroused concerns that a surge of nationalism could unfairly marginalize the substantial ethnic Russian community.
Yanukovych had his base of support in the east, while the protest movement, which also includes a notably rabid nationalist element, has drawn most of its impetus from western regions.
Yanukovych, who was voted into power with 48.9 percent of the vote in 2010, was often ridiculed during his time in office for his poor command of Ukrainian.

Russia Demands OSCE Condemn Ukraine Language Law Plans | Russia | RIA Novosti

 

[amoy]

Russian media - Ukraine to compensate China for violating food agreement

China has made complaint to the London International Court of Arbitration （LICA), demanding economic loss of USD 3 billion from Ukraine"¦"¦ As agreed the Ukrainian party should have supplied grains worth $1.5 billion to China.

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[amoy]

the abv source: Voice of Russia

also Ukrainian ports Odessa and Iljechevsk have been major entry ports for Chinese goods in transit to Central/Eastern Europe. current turmoil has forced traders to swap to other Black Sea ports.

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[The Messiah]

The west wants to do the same in India also, but because of diversity and contradictions they dont know where to start

 

[ubuntu]

The west wants to do the same in India also, but because of diversity and contradictions they dont know where to start

They have started and ----ed up Delhi with AAP.

 

[Razor]

'I dare you take my gun!' AK-47-toting Ukraine far-right leader tells officials

Regional parliament members in a Ukrainian city held a session at gunpoint when one of the radical nationalist opposition leaders came to them, armed to the teeth, as the law of power seems to be prevailing in the tumultuous post-coup country.

A Kalashnikov appears to be the best argument in a debate for Aleksandr Muzychko, an activist of the nationalist "Pravy Sektor" (Right Sector) movement and one of the Maidan's most prominent and controversial leaders.

On Tuesday he came to the Rovno regional parliament, where he threatened the regional MPs with a machine-gun and a number of other weapons as he demanded a decision on granting apartments to the families of protesters who were killed during last week's violent clashes in central Kiev.

"Who wants to take away my machine-gun? Who wants to take away my gun? Who wants to take away my knives? I dare you!" Muzychko said.

His lobbying methods have apparently been imported from Chechnya, where the man, aka Sashko Bilyi, was fighting alongside separatist forces in the 1990s. He now boasts of having demolished Russian tanks and killed Russian soldiers.

This man seems to be a terrorist and the protectors of Freedom and democracy from the West don't seem to mind

These are the people who are going to run Ukraine and the ethnic Russians in Ukraine are going to feel the heat. Russia must reach out to them.

http://rt.com/news/radical-opposition-intimidating-techniques-882/