Communist volunteers in Donbass
someone please direct me to a Fountain of Youth
Footnotes from the Ukrainian "Crisis"; New High-Points in Cynicism Part IV
Re: Footnotes from the Ukrainian "Crisis"; New High-Points in Cynicism Part IV
"There is great chaos under heaven; the situation is excellent."
Re: Footnotes from the Ukrainian "Crisis"; New High-Points in Cynicism Part IV
Memories of war: innocent victims
POSTED BY @NSANZO ⋅ 10/23/2017
Destroyers in Donetsk at the end of 2014, in the days to which Lashkevich refers
From Donetsk, where she has been living since the early months of the war, Odessa journalist Irina Lashkevich has told the DPRK and RPL authorities that they have been critical of the suffering of the people of Donbass and the consequences for their lives of the war. If a few months ago presented a project that sought to face that suffering, the journalist is now addressing the "Ukrainian patriots" of which so many critics receive to tell the story of one of the many dramatic episodes of the war in Donetsk .
Original: Irina Lashkevich
I want to address the Ukrainian patriots who continue to shout that the Crimea is ours and that they believe in the victory of the Ukrainian Army in Donbass. You know the war in Donbass through the Ukrainian collaborationist press or the resentful displaced who seek profit. I want to tell you a story. You can do what you consider opportune with your opinions, those that say that "everything is his fault". You trust in characters like Mustafa Nayyem or Boris Bereza and you do not believe me, that I am also Ukrainian. And to that I say: I laugh at your opinions.
By 2014, there were children playing on the football field. From Peski, the Ukrainian Army bombarded with force. At four p.m. There were no troops or military equipment in that area. It was just one of the residential areas of Donetsk. The children died, their bodies jumped to pieces because of the shrapnel. Many children have been injured by shrapnel. I helped to recover the remains of these children so that they would not be eaten by the dogs. For me it was one of the hardest days of the war. After nine days, I returned to the soccer field and met the parents of the dead children. The father of one of the children took a handkerchief from his pocket, unwrapped it carefully and said, "Look, I found another fragment of my son's skull. I'm going to go to my son's grave to bury him. "
I was impressed. I will remember forever that fragment of that child's skull.
They will not forgive you, there is nothing for you, these people do not understand how it is possible to live with you - wild - in the same country. That's the reality.
You can continue to shout Crimea is ours to satiety, but also it is possible to understand that they will never give Crimea to you. I never jumped in Maidan, I did not take up arms during the war and I have seen the battle from this side. You are idiots, complete idiots dressed in embroidered shirts. Those whom you have brought to power have laughed at you. Nobody takes pity on you, as no one can pity psychopaths ready to get shot in the foot.
In the photograph, that father shows a fragment of the skull of his dead son. The second is the passport of the child who received shrapnel wounds and miraculously survived. There was a small icon in the passport, and the shrapnel could not pass through it to penetrate the heart.
https://slavyangrad.es/2017/10/23/12734/
Google Translator
POSTED BY @NSANZO ⋅ 10/23/2017
Destroyers in Donetsk at the end of 2014, in the days to which Lashkevich refers
From Donetsk, where she has been living since the early months of the war, Odessa journalist Irina Lashkevich has told the DPRK and RPL authorities that they have been critical of the suffering of the people of Donbass and the consequences for their lives of the war. If a few months ago presented a project that sought to face that suffering, the journalist is now addressing the "Ukrainian patriots" of which so many critics receive to tell the story of one of the many dramatic episodes of the war in Donetsk .
Original: Irina Lashkevich
I want to address the Ukrainian patriots who continue to shout that the Crimea is ours and that they believe in the victory of the Ukrainian Army in Donbass. You know the war in Donbass through the Ukrainian collaborationist press or the resentful displaced who seek profit. I want to tell you a story. You can do what you consider opportune with your opinions, those that say that "everything is his fault". You trust in characters like Mustafa Nayyem or Boris Bereza and you do not believe me, that I am also Ukrainian. And to that I say: I laugh at your opinions.
By 2014, there were children playing on the football field. From Peski, the Ukrainian Army bombarded with force. At four p.m. There were no troops or military equipment in that area. It was just one of the residential areas of Donetsk. The children died, their bodies jumped to pieces because of the shrapnel. Many children have been injured by shrapnel. I helped to recover the remains of these children so that they would not be eaten by the dogs. For me it was one of the hardest days of the war. After nine days, I returned to the soccer field and met the parents of the dead children. The father of one of the children took a handkerchief from his pocket, unwrapped it carefully and said, "Look, I found another fragment of my son's skull. I'm going to go to my son's grave to bury him. "
I was impressed. I will remember forever that fragment of that child's skull.
They will not forgive you, there is nothing for you, these people do not understand how it is possible to live with you - wild - in the same country. That's the reality.
You can continue to shout Crimea is ours to satiety, but also it is possible to understand that they will never give Crimea to you. I never jumped in Maidan, I did not take up arms during the war and I have seen the battle from this side. You are idiots, complete idiots dressed in embroidered shirts. Those whom you have brought to power have laughed at you. Nobody takes pity on you, as no one can pity psychopaths ready to get shot in the foot.
In the photograph, that father shows a fragment of the skull of his dead son. The second is the passport of the child who received shrapnel wounds and miraculously survived. There was a small icon in the passport, and the shrapnel could not pass through it to penetrate the heart.
https://slavyangrad.es/2017/10/23/12734/
Google Translator
"There is great chaos under heaven; the situation is excellent."
Re: Footnotes from the Ukrainian "Crisis"; New High-Points in Cynicism Part IV
The Ben Stimson Case: Prosecuted For Fighting Fascism in Ukraine
On July 14 this year a British man from the Manchester area named Benjamin Stimson, aged 41, a man the London Times called a “socialist” to add to his crimes, was convicted under the British Terrorism Act for “facilitating” acts of “terrorism” by serving with one of the Donbass Republic militias for four months in 2015, as an ambulance driver.
Stimson was arrested in November 2015 immediately on his return to Britain and after having made the mistake of giving an interview to a BBC journalist about his role in the Donbass. He was remanded into custody and in July sentenced to over 5 years in prison. His crime? Simply telling the BBC that he was a “working class man with no work whose last job was on a zero hours contract” and that if attacked in the war he was willing to kill to defend himself. As the British prosecutor described the charges and facts to the judge the public had to wonder why Ben Stimson was sitting in the dock and not being feted around town because the prosecutor, apparently unaware that anything was amiss, portrayed a heroic figure, a real working class hero.
“Mr. Jamieson (the prosecutor) said:
“The defendant suggested that after watching reports in the media about far-right groups in Ukraine, he was inspired to join the rebels. He also complained of his lack of employment prospects back home.
“He went on to say ‘well I just see this as a more Western imperialist aggression towards Russia, to people who are not necessarily playing the Western game. I have come here as a working class man with no work. Last job I had was in December last year, zero hour contracts. You can’t live in Britain anymore now. No housing, so I voted with me feet’.”
Instead of being feted by the public for volunteering to be an ambulance driver in relief of the besieged peoples of the Donbass under constant attack by the pro-fascist forces in Kiev he is being punished with imprisonment. He acted against the interests of the British NATO government and so was charged with a political crime, given a political trial, that is, no trial at all, and thrown into prison solely for political reasons. It appears that a guilty plea was extracted from him under duress by the Prosecution that threatened him with the more serious charge of engaging in preparation of terrorism that carries a life sentence upon conviction. His lawyer must have worked on him as well to plead guilty to a terrorism charge when he was guilty of nothing at all since he was never engaged in terrorism or with terrorists. He could have won a trial.
Several defences were open to him that had a good chance of being successful if fully developed in a trial. The first is that he did not serve with any terrorists but with the legitimate armed forces of the Donbass republics defending themselves against the illegitimate pro-Nazi regime of Kiev, a regime that came to power through a violent putsch against the legitimate Yanukovich government in 2014, a putsch aided by the NATO powers including Britain.
The Donbass Republics have duly constituted governments and properly organized armed forces with defined chains of command that engage in open military combat with the forces of the Kiev regime. The Donbass forces, whose actions are purely defensive to protect the people of their regions, do not attack civilians. The Donbass Republics are recognized in the Minsk Agreements as legitimate entities that are engaged in diplomacy with all the big powers. They are not “terrorist” organizations. They are committing no acts of terror. It is instead the Kiev forces that are engaged in acts of terror against the civilian population of the Donbass who are under constant bombardment and siege by them.
The second is that the prosecution was selective since British mercenaries have served and are serving with Kiev militias in Ukraine and have returned to Britain without any repercussions. Several mercenary companies have men operating in Ukraine against the Donbass republics. Just on the 12th September the Donbass high command reported the presence in Krasnogorovka of a platoon strength unit of British mercenaries. Their presence is no secret as these men have given interviews to local TV and talk about their presence on social media but the British prosecution service turns a blind eye to their activities.
The third defence is that the trial was a political one arranged to give legitimacy to the Kiev regime, to condemn Russia as the “aggressor,” and to cover the British support for fascism and a fascist regime in control of Kiev and the close cooperation between the British mercenaries working for Kiev and the British regular forces and government.
The fourth is that his case was used by the British government as a device to prove that its anti-terror laws were not targeted at Muslims but can also be used against anyone fighting for a secular cause, so long as it is a cause that falls foul of the British elites.
The London based charity, War on Want, in a damning report on the use of mercenaries in wars, stated that Britain is a central hub of the mercenary business, that there are hundreds of British mercenary companies operating around the globe. The leading ones such as G45, Aegis Defence Services, Control Risks and Olive Group are complex corporations with PR
departments, marketing, and a public face as “risk management consultants” and “security consultants” to those operating in “high risk environments.” They make huge profits on wars from Afghanistan to Africa.
The report states:
“At the heart of the industry is a revolving door between the companies, military intelligence and corporate worlds, with the interests of these sectors closely intertwined. No fewer than 14 companies are based in Hereford, close to the British Special Air Services (SAS) Regiment headquarters and at least 46 companies employ former members of the British Special Forces. Many of the smaller companies consist entirely of ex-military personnel and the larger corporations have ex-military personnel in key posts.”
So if you are an out of work lad in Manchester and you are looking for some pay and some adventure you can freely sign up to work for these companies, be sent to commit acts of terror against the people of the Donbass or the resource rich nations of Africa, or Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, wherever the British government requires you. You will be handsomely paid and guaranteed a career. But if you want to defend people against these terrorists, you will be arrested on a trumped up charge and thrown into prison.
That the conviction was a political one was even admitted by the judge, without any sense of shame, who said, on sentencing him,
“You ultimately did no physical harm to anyone but you assisted the militia by your presence and your involvement, and you will have given a lead to others.” Aye, there’s the rub. He gave a lead to others. He must be made an example of.
The conviction also makes clear the NATO and Kiev regime policy towards the defenders of the Donbass. They are considered criminals not lawful combatants. Instead of the Geneva Conventions applying on capture, they will face criminal charges or perhaps be thrown into the black holes of the CIA and other western intelligence agencies.
The NATO backed war in Ukraine against the peoples of the Donbass has thousands of victims. Now it has a victim in Britain, another political prisoner in a British jail. Ben Stimson is a man who should never have been charged, who was denied a fair trial, whose liberty must be restored. So long as liberty is denied him we can have none. So free Ben Stimson, to free us all.
https://journal-neo.org/2017/10/21/the- ... n-ukraine/
Neo is a suspect outlet but this is fine.
On July 14 this year a British man from the Manchester area named Benjamin Stimson, aged 41, a man the London Times called a “socialist” to add to his crimes, was convicted under the British Terrorism Act for “facilitating” acts of “terrorism” by serving with one of the Donbass Republic militias for four months in 2015, as an ambulance driver.
Stimson was arrested in November 2015 immediately on his return to Britain and after having made the mistake of giving an interview to a BBC journalist about his role in the Donbass. He was remanded into custody and in July sentenced to over 5 years in prison. His crime? Simply telling the BBC that he was a “working class man with no work whose last job was on a zero hours contract” and that if attacked in the war he was willing to kill to defend himself. As the British prosecutor described the charges and facts to the judge the public had to wonder why Ben Stimson was sitting in the dock and not being feted around town because the prosecutor, apparently unaware that anything was amiss, portrayed a heroic figure, a real working class hero.
“Mr. Jamieson (the prosecutor) said:
“The defendant suggested that after watching reports in the media about far-right groups in Ukraine, he was inspired to join the rebels. He also complained of his lack of employment prospects back home.
“He went on to say ‘well I just see this as a more Western imperialist aggression towards Russia, to people who are not necessarily playing the Western game. I have come here as a working class man with no work. Last job I had was in December last year, zero hour contracts. You can’t live in Britain anymore now. No housing, so I voted with me feet’.”
Instead of being feted by the public for volunteering to be an ambulance driver in relief of the besieged peoples of the Donbass under constant attack by the pro-fascist forces in Kiev he is being punished with imprisonment. He acted against the interests of the British NATO government and so was charged with a political crime, given a political trial, that is, no trial at all, and thrown into prison solely for political reasons. It appears that a guilty plea was extracted from him under duress by the Prosecution that threatened him with the more serious charge of engaging in preparation of terrorism that carries a life sentence upon conviction. His lawyer must have worked on him as well to plead guilty to a terrorism charge when he was guilty of nothing at all since he was never engaged in terrorism or with terrorists. He could have won a trial.
Several defences were open to him that had a good chance of being successful if fully developed in a trial. The first is that he did not serve with any terrorists but with the legitimate armed forces of the Donbass republics defending themselves against the illegitimate pro-Nazi regime of Kiev, a regime that came to power through a violent putsch against the legitimate Yanukovich government in 2014, a putsch aided by the NATO powers including Britain.
The Donbass Republics have duly constituted governments and properly organized armed forces with defined chains of command that engage in open military combat with the forces of the Kiev regime. The Donbass forces, whose actions are purely defensive to protect the people of their regions, do not attack civilians. The Donbass Republics are recognized in the Minsk Agreements as legitimate entities that are engaged in diplomacy with all the big powers. They are not “terrorist” organizations. They are committing no acts of terror. It is instead the Kiev forces that are engaged in acts of terror against the civilian population of the Donbass who are under constant bombardment and siege by them.
The second is that the prosecution was selective since British mercenaries have served and are serving with Kiev militias in Ukraine and have returned to Britain without any repercussions. Several mercenary companies have men operating in Ukraine against the Donbass republics. Just on the 12th September the Donbass high command reported the presence in Krasnogorovka of a platoon strength unit of British mercenaries. Their presence is no secret as these men have given interviews to local TV and talk about their presence on social media but the British prosecution service turns a blind eye to their activities.
The third defence is that the trial was a political one arranged to give legitimacy to the Kiev regime, to condemn Russia as the “aggressor,” and to cover the British support for fascism and a fascist regime in control of Kiev and the close cooperation between the British mercenaries working for Kiev and the British regular forces and government.
The fourth is that his case was used by the British government as a device to prove that its anti-terror laws were not targeted at Muslims but can also be used against anyone fighting for a secular cause, so long as it is a cause that falls foul of the British elites.
The London based charity, War on Want, in a damning report on the use of mercenaries in wars, stated that Britain is a central hub of the mercenary business, that there are hundreds of British mercenary companies operating around the globe. The leading ones such as G45, Aegis Defence Services, Control Risks and Olive Group are complex corporations with PR
departments, marketing, and a public face as “risk management consultants” and “security consultants” to those operating in “high risk environments.” They make huge profits on wars from Afghanistan to Africa.
The report states:
“At the heart of the industry is a revolving door between the companies, military intelligence and corporate worlds, with the interests of these sectors closely intertwined. No fewer than 14 companies are based in Hereford, close to the British Special Air Services (SAS) Regiment headquarters and at least 46 companies employ former members of the British Special Forces. Many of the smaller companies consist entirely of ex-military personnel and the larger corporations have ex-military personnel in key posts.”
So if you are an out of work lad in Manchester and you are looking for some pay and some adventure you can freely sign up to work for these companies, be sent to commit acts of terror against the people of the Donbass or the resource rich nations of Africa, or Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, wherever the British government requires you. You will be handsomely paid and guaranteed a career. But if you want to defend people against these terrorists, you will be arrested on a trumped up charge and thrown into prison.
That the conviction was a political one was even admitted by the judge, without any sense of shame, who said, on sentencing him,
“You ultimately did no physical harm to anyone but you assisted the militia by your presence and your involvement, and you will have given a lead to others.” Aye, there’s the rub. He gave a lead to others. He must be made an example of.
The conviction also makes clear the NATO and Kiev regime policy towards the defenders of the Donbass. They are considered criminals not lawful combatants. Instead of the Geneva Conventions applying on capture, they will face criminal charges or perhaps be thrown into the black holes of the CIA and other western intelligence agencies.
The NATO backed war in Ukraine against the peoples of the Donbass has thousands of victims. Now it has a victim in Britain, another political prisoner in a British jail. Ben Stimson is a man who should never have been charged, who was denied a fair trial, whose liberty must be restored. So long as liberty is denied him we can have none. So free Ben Stimson, to free us all.
https://journal-neo.org/2017/10/21/the- ... n-ukraine/
Neo is a suspect outlet but this is fine.
"There is great chaos under heaven; the situation is excellent."
Re: Footnotes from the Ukrainian "Crisis"; New High-Points in Cynicism Part IV
Residents of Lugansk celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Great October Revolution by laying flowers at the monument to Vladimir Lenin.
Several hundred Lugansk residents, as well as politicians and public figures of the city, took part in the commemorative rally.
“One hundred years ago, the revolutionary events in Petrograd changed not only the history of the world, but also the future of many countries and peoples. Few people believed that the Bolsheviks would succeed, but they did. And this is one of the main lessons of October — if you set lofty goals of justice and brotherhood, then victory will be yours. Therefore, the leftist idea is immortal,” said Maxim Chalenko, coordinator of the Forum “Antifascism-Internationalism-Solidarity” (AIS Forum), at the rally.
He also said that November 7 was a special day for him personally.
Lugansk Communist leader Maxim Chalenko.
“Twenty years ago, on this very spot, I was accepted into the Komsomol. Some of my older comrades remember this. But even more of those here became a Communist and a Komsomol later. Some of them I have already given membership cards,” Chalenko said.
Lugansk Komsomol leader Anna Brekhova.
“Today in all cities and districts of Lugansk, people celebrate the 100th anniversary of the revolution. Some can openly come to the monuments, lay flowers, express their views. Unfortunately, in the part of Lugansk which is controlled by Ukraine, this is not possible. But people understand that it is not so easy to ban leftist ideas, and thus justice will be restored,” said Lugansk City Council Deputy Ekaterina Popova.
The Eternal Flame in Lugansk, capital of the Lugansk People’s Republic.
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https://allpowertothesoviets.wordpress. ... evolution/
Translated by Greg Butterfield
Putin would give these people over to the Nazis....
Several hundred Lugansk residents, as well as politicians and public figures of the city, took part in the commemorative rally.
“One hundred years ago, the revolutionary events in Petrograd changed not only the history of the world, but also the future of many countries and peoples. Few people believed that the Bolsheviks would succeed, but they did. And this is one of the main lessons of October — if you set lofty goals of justice and brotherhood, then victory will be yours. Therefore, the leftist idea is immortal,” said Maxim Chalenko, coordinator of the Forum “Antifascism-Internationalism-Solidarity” (AIS Forum), at the rally.
He also said that November 7 was a special day for him personally.
Lugansk Communist leader Maxim Chalenko.
“Twenty years ago, on this very spot, I was accepted into the Komsomol. Some of my older comrades remember this. But even more of those here became a Communist and a Komsomol later. Some of them I have already given membership cards,” Chalenko said.
Lugansk Komsomol leader Anna Brekhova.
“Today in all cities and districts of Lugansk, people celebrate the 100th anniversary of the revolution. Some can openly come to the monuments, lay flowers, express their views. Unfortunately, in the part of Lugansk which is controlled by Ukraine, this is not possible. But people understand that it is not so easy to ban leftist ideas, and thus justice will be restored,” said Lugansk City Council Deputy Ekaterina Popova.
The Eternal Flame in Lugansk, capital of the Lugansk People’s Republic.
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https://allpowertothesoviets.wordpress. ... evolution/
Translated by Greg Butterfield
Putin would give these people over to the Nazis....
"There is great chaos under heaven; the situation is excellent."
Re: Footnotes from the Ukrainian "Crisis"; New High-Points in Cynicism Part IV
Indeed, he would love to throw them in jail, himself...Putin would give these people over to the Nazis....
" If it were necessary to give the briefest possible definition of imperialism we should have to say that imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism." Lenin, 1916
Re: Footnotes from the Ukrainian "Crisis"; New High-Points in Cynicism Part IV
4.6 billion to fight against Russia
colonelcassad
9 Nov, 16:26
In the US Congress, announced the allocation of 4.6 billion dollars to fight with Russia in eastern Europe, within the defense budget for 2018.
We are talking about conducting exercises, maintaining the readiness of deployed troops in Eastern Europe, supporting the armies of local satellites, carrying out activities related to cybersecurity, information warfare, etc.
Ukraine within the framework of these plans will receive 350 million dollars, Pribatltika - 100 million.
It is worth noting that there was a forecasted increase in spending on Eastern Europe, but not as large as it could have been. It is worth recalling that in 2015 the budget for this activity was about 750 million dollars. In 2016, it grew to 3.5 billion. Now, the growth is not so significant, but nevertheless, the trend towards an increase in spending on "counteraction to Russia" is quite likely, and the CIA is likely to increase spending in this direction NSA.
What does this mean in practice?
1. The activity of US and NATO troops in the western direction will not decrease, but, on the contrary, will increase slowly. Motivation will remain the same - "counteraction to Russian aggression." Moreover, in addition to deploying its contingents, the US will continue to pressure the younger allies and satellites to increase their participation in US programs in Eastern Europe.
2. There will be more teachings and various military activities. They will be connected both with the development of the interaction of the US Army with the armies of NATO countries, but also with the solution of tasks to increase the combat capabilities of armies of buffer states like Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Symmetrical measures taken by the Russian Federation will be presented as "evidence of aggressive intentions" and justification for the subsequent growth of the military budget.
3. The increase in funding will certainly affect the strengthening of information and propaganda activities, so that we can expect increased military propaganda on the topic "bad Russia thought bad," "Russia wants to seize Poland, the Baltic region, Moldova" (underscore).
4. The attacks on the information infrastructure of the Russian Federation in the framework of "fighting against Russian hackers" will most likely increase, while it should be understood that other services are engaged in this issue besides the Pentagon. Full cyber attacks on state civil and military intelligence agencies are possible. Most likely to continue the activation and intelligence activities in Eastern Europe and Russia.
5. In Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, the NATO propaganda will intensify, and accordingly the anti-Russian propaganda aimed at fighting for the buffer states. The ultimate goal is determined by the strategy of "deterring Russia" and is associated with the complete squeezing out of Russian political, economic and military influence in these states. Poroshenko is likely to maintain Washington's support in the medium term, and pressure on Lukashenko and Dodon will intensify.
Thus, the general escalation rhetoric in diplomatic relations will persist, due to systematic practical and information anti-Russian events along the lines of the Pentagon. Trump could not / did not want to break this vector, so despite some efforts on both sides to reduce tensions, the "hawks" from the both sides will prevail in the medium term, as Russia is unlikely to leave such activity unheeded on its borders, which will result in the strengthening of military contingents in the west, carry out their rearmament, intensify technical and intelligence reconnaissance in Eastern Europe, and conduct active counterpropaganda activities within the framework of the ongoing information warfare, etc.
But in this there is also a positive side, no matter how hard our Westerners tried to normalize relations with the US at the cost of concessions, they are unlikely to get it now. Accordingly, the logic of the conflict will push the Russian Federation to more active steps, although it is likely that before the presidential elections the situation will be preserved within the existing situational status quo in Eastern Europe.
https://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/3796772.html
Google Translator
colonelcassad
9 Nov, 16:26
In the US Congress, announced the allocation of 4.6 billion dollars to fight with Russia in eastern Europe, within the defense budget for 2018.
We are talking about conducting exercises, maintaining the readiness of deployed troops in Eastern Europe, supporting the armies of local satellites, carrying out activities related to cybersecurity, information warfare, etc.
Ukraine within the framework of these plans will receive 350 million dollars, Pribatltika - 100 million.
It is worth noting that there was a forecasted increase in spending on Eastern Europe, but not as large as it could have been. It is worth recalling that in 2015 the budget for this activity was about 750 million dollars. In 2016, it grew to 3.5 billion. Now, the growth is not so significant, but nevertheless, the trend towards an increase in spending on "counteraction to Russia" is quite likely, and the CIA is likely to increase spending in this direction NSA.
What does this mean in practice?
1. The activity of US and NATO troops in the western direction will not decrease, but, on the contrary, will increase slowly. Motivation will remain the same - "counteraction to Russian aggression." Moreover, in addition to deploying its contingents, the US will continue to pressure the younger allies and satellites to increase their participation in US programs in Eastern Europe.
2. There will be more teachings and various military activities. They will be connected both with the development of the interaction of the US Army with the armies of NATO countries, but also with the solution of tasks to increase the combat capabilities of armies of buffer states like Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Symmetrical measures taken by the Russian Federation will be presented as "evidence of aggressive intentions" and justification for the subsequent growth of the military budget.
3. The increase in funding will certainly affect the strengthening of information and propaganda activities, so that we can expect increased military propaganda on the topic "bad Russia thought bad," "Russia wants to seize Poland, the Baltic region, Moldova" (underscore).
4. The attacks on the information infrastructure of the Russian Federation in the framework of "fighting against Russian hackers" will most likely increase, while it should be understood that other services are engaged in this issue besides the Pentagon. Full cyber attacks on state civil and military intelligence agencies are possible. Most likely to continue the activation and intelligence activities in Eastern Europe and Russia.
5. In Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, the NATO propaganda will intensify, and accordingly the anti-Russian propaganda aimed at fighting for the buffer states. The ultimate goal is determined by the strategy of "deterring Russia" and is associated with the complete squeezing out of Russian political, economic and military influence in these states. Poroshenko is likely to maintain Washington's support in the medium term, and pressure on Lukashenko and Dodon will intensify.
Thus, the general escalation rhetoric in diplomatic relations will persist, due to systematic practical and information anti-Russian events along the lines of the Pentagon. Trump could not / did not want to break this vector, so despite some efforts on both sides to reduce tensions, the "hawks" from the both sides will prevail in the medium term, as Russia is unlikely to leave such activity unheeded on its borders, which will result in the strengthening of military contingents in the west, carry out their rearmament, intensify technical and intelligence reconnaissance in Eastern Europe, and conduct active counterpropaganda activities within the framework of the ongoing information warfare, etc.
But in this there is also a positive side, no matter how hard our Westerners tried to normalize relations with the US at the cost of concessions, they are unlikely to get it now. Accordingly, the logic of the conflict will push the Russian Federation to more active steps, although it is likely that before the presidential elections the situation will be preserved within the existing situational status quo in Eastern Europe.
https://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/3796772.html
Google Translator
"There is great chaos under heaven; the situation is excellent."
Re: Footnotes from the Ukrainian "Crisis"; New High-Points in Cynicism Part IV
The version of the sniper on the Kiev massacre: "Orders from the opposition"
In 2014, Ukraine died 80 people The accusations against the Yanukovych anti-front
Gian Micalessin -Wed, 15/11/2017 - 09:09
"Everyone started shooting two or three shots at a time. It went on for fifteen, twenty minutes. We had no choice. We were ordered to shoot both on the police and the demonstrators, without any difference.
I was totally outraged. " So Georgian Alexander Revazishvilli remembers the tragic shootout of 20 February 2014 in Kiev when a group of mysterious snipers opened fire on crowds and cops massacring over 80 people. That massacre has horrified the world and changed the destiny of Ukraine by forcing Filipino President Viktor Yanukovich accused of organizing the shootout. But the massacre also changed the fates of Europe and our country, triggering the crisis that will lead to sanctions against Putin's Russia. Sanctions revealed a boomerang for the Italian economy ( Watch the video ).
The version of the Maidan Square Sniper
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Revazishvilli's confessions and two other Georgians - gathered by writers in the documentary "Ukraine, the hidden truths" aired tonight at 23.30 on Matrix, Channel 5 - reveal a different truth and disconcerting. The truth of a massacre and the same opposition that accused Yanukovych and his Russian allies. Revazishvilli and his two companions - met and interviewed in the documentary - are a former member of the security services of former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and two former militants of his own party. Hired in Tbilisi by Mamuka Mamulashvili, Saakashvili's military advisor, are tasked with supporting - along with other Georgian and Lithuanian volunteers - ongoing demonstrations in Kiev in return for a $ 5,000 final fee. Having fake passports arrive in Ukraine to coordinate demonstrations and lead the Ukrainian police, initially without using weapons. The weapons come on stage on February 18 and are distributed to the various Georgian and Lithuanian groups by Mamulashvili and other leaders of the Ukrainian opposition. "There were three or four weapons in each bag, there were Makarov guns, Akm guns, rifles, and then cartridges." The following day Mamulashvili and the leaders of the protest explain to volunteers who will face a police assault at the Conservatory building and at the Ukraine hotel. In that case - he says - we must shoot at the square and sow the chaos. But one of the protagonists confesses to having received another explanation, much more comprehensive. "When Mamulashvili arrived, I also asked him. Things are getting complicated, we have to start shooting - he replied that we can not go to the pre-election presidential elections. But who should shoot? "I asked. He replied that who and where it did not matter, you had to shoot somewhere so much to sow chaos. "
"It did not matter if we fired at a tree, a barricade, or the molotov. confirms another volunteer - what counts was sowing confusion. Listen to the screams confess Alexander - there were dead and injured. My first and only thought was to leave me in a hurry before they caught up with me. Otherwise they would break me. Someone was already shouting that there were snipers Four years later Alexander and his two companions reported that they had not yet received the slightest reward and had also decided to tell the truth about who used them and abandoned them. "At that time I did not realize, I was not ready, then I understood. We've been used. Used and stuck. "
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Saakashvili & unpaid mercenaries, what could go wrong?
In 2014, Ukraine died 80 people The accusations against the Yanukovych anti-front
Gian Micalessin -Wed, 15/11/2017 - 09:09
"Everyone started shooting two or three shots at a time. It went on for fifteen, twenty minutes. We had no choice. We were ordered to shoot both on the police and the demonstrators, without any difference.
I was totally outraged. " So Georgian Alexander Revazishvilli remembers the tragic shootout of 20 February 2014 in Kiev when a group of mysterious snipers opened fire on crowds and cops massacring over 80 people. That massacre has horrified the world and changed the destiny of Ukraine by forcing Filipino President Viktor Yanukovich accused of organizing the shootout. But the massacre also changed the fates of Europe and our country, triggering the crisis that will lead to sanctions against Putin's Russia. Sanctions revealed a boomerang for the Italian economy ( Watch the video ).
The version of the Maidan Square Sniper
Post it on your site
Revazishvilli's confessions and two other Georgians - gathered by writers in the documentary "Ukraine, the hidden truths" aired tonight at 23.30 on Matrix, Channel 5 - reveal a different truth and disconcerting. The truth of a massacre and the same opposition that accused Yanukovych and his Russian allies. Revazishvilli and his two companions - met and interviewed in the documentary - are a former member of the security services of former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and two former militants of his own party. Hired in Tbilisi by Mamuka Mamulashvili, Saakashvili's military advisor, are tasked with supporting - along with other Georgian and Lithuanian volunteers - ongoing demonstrations in Kiev in return for a $ 5,000 final fee. Having fake passports arrive in Ukraine to coordinate demonstrations and lead the Ukrainian police, initially without using weapons. The weapons come on stage on February 18 and are distributed to the various Georgian and Lithuanian groups by Mamulashvili and other leaders of the Ukrainian opposition. "There were three or four weapons in each bag, there were Makarov guns, Akm guns, rifles, and then cartridges." The following day Mamulashvili and the leaders of the protest explain to volunteers who will face a police assault at the Conservatory building and at the Ukraine hotel. In that case - he says - we must shoot at the square and sow the chaos. But one of the protagonists confesses to having received another explanation, much more comprehensive. "When Mamulashvili arrived, I also asked him. Things are getting complicated, we have to start shooting - he replied that we can not go to the pre-election presidential elections. But who should shoot? "I asked. He replied that who and where it did not matter, you had to shoot somewhere so much to sow chaos. "
"It did not matter if we fired at a tree, a barricade, or the molotov. confirms another volunteer - what counts was sowing confusion. Listen to the screams confess Alexander - there were dead and injured. My first and only thought was to leave me in a hurry before they caught up with me. Otherwise they would break me. Someone was already shouting that there were snipers Four years later Alexander and his two companions reported that they had not yet received the slightest reward and had also decided to tell the truth about who used them and abandoned them. "At that time I did not realize, I was not ready, then I understood. We've been used. Used and stuck. "
http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/ ... 63409.html
Google Translator
videos at link
Saakashvili & unpaid mercenaries, what could go wrong?
"There is great chaos under heaven; the situation is excellent."
Re: Footnotes from the Ukrainian "Crisis"; New High-Points in Cynicism Part IV
Plotnitsky wrote a letter of resignation
colonelcassad
November 24, 19:48
What a twist. The head of the MGB of the People's Republic of China, Pasechnik, stated that Plotnitsky had written a letter of resignation. For health.
Statement Pasechnik L.I.
Today, Igor Venediktovich Plotnitsky resigned for health reasons.
Numerous military injuries, the consequences of concussion, occurred. In accordance with his decision, I proceed to discharge the duties of the head of the Republic until the upcoming elections.
I am grateful to Igor Venediktovich for his decision and trust. Igor Venediktovich made a great contribution to the process of peaceful settlement. He is one of the signatories of the Minsk agreements, today he is appointed as an authorized representative of the Lugansk People's Republic for the implementation of the Minsk agreements.
I also declare my commitment to the Minsk Agreements. The Republic will consistently implement the commitments undertaken in accordance with these agreements.
The Council of Ministers, the People's Council of the People's Republic of Finland and other authorities continue to work in the regular mode. For my part, I want to assure the inhabitants of the LNR that I will do everything in my power to benefit the people of Lugansk region.
If Plotnitsky is everything, it means that Cornet and the groups of influence behind him have won, and the role of the siloviki in the LNR will multiply. That roof, which saved Plotnitsky in 2015 during the affair of Lyamin, this time could not or did not want to help him.
AND ABOUT. head of the LCN became the head of the MGB Pasechnik.
Statement Degtyarenko V.N.
The People's Council of the Lugansk People's Republic received a statement from Plotnitsky Igor Venediktovich about resigning himself from the authority of the Head of the Republic and his statement on the appointment to the post of acting president. Head of the Republic of Pasechnik Leonid Ivanovich. I have no doubt that the People's Council will support the candidacy of Pasechnik Leonid Ivanovich to the post of Acting Head of the Luhansk People's Republic. All the necessary changes to the normative legal acts will be made without delay.
Statement of Kozlov SI
Today I reported. head of the Luhansk People's Republic Pasechnik Leonid Ivanovich on the work of the Council of Ministers and received instructions from him. The Council of Ministers continues to work in a regular mode.
Statements are published on the website of Lugansk Information Centerhttp://lug-info.com/
PS. The change of power is likely to entail substantial personnel reshuffles in the republic in the medium term.
https://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/3830570.html
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This swine had his hand in the murder of 'Brain' and other heroes. One can only hope that his retirement is short, painful and ends in a 'bang'.
colonelcassad
November 24, 19:48
What a twist. The head of the MGB of the People's Republic of China, Pasechnik, stated that Plotnitsky had written a letter of resignation. For health.
Statement Pasechnik L.I.
Today, Igor Venediktovich Plotnitsky resigned for health reasons.
Numerous military injuries, the consequences of concussion, occurred. In accordance with his decision, I proceed to discharge the duties of the head of the Republic until the upcoming elections.
I am grateful to Igor Venediktovich for his decision and trust. Igor Venediktovich made a great contribution to the process of peaceful settlement. He is one of the signatories of the Minsk agreements, today he is appointed as an authorized representative of the Lugansk People's Republic for the implementation of the Minsk agreements.
I also declare my commitment to the Minsk Agreements. The Republic will consistently implement the commitments undertaken in accordance with these agreements.
The Council of Ministers, the People's Council of the People's Republic of Finland and other authorities continue to work in the regular mode. For my part, I want to assure the inhabitants of the LNR that I will do everything in my power to benefit the people of Lugansk region.
If Plotnitsky is everything, it means that Cornet and the groups of influence behind him have won, and the role of the siloviki in the LNR will multiply. That roof, which saved Plotnitsky in 2015 during the affair of Lyamin, this time could not or did not want to help him.
AND ABOUT. head of the LCN became the head of the MGB Pasechnik.
Statement Degtyarenko V.N.
The People's Council of the Lugansk People's Republic received a statement from Plotnitsky Igor Venediktovich about resigning himself from the authority of the Head of the Republic and his statement on the appointment to the post of acting president. Head of the Republic of Pasechnik Leonid Ivanovich. I have no doubt that the People's Council will support the candidacy of Pasechnik Leonid Ivanovich to the post of Acting Head of the Luhansk People's Republic. All the necessary changes to the normative legal acts will be made without delay.
Statement of Kozlov SI
Today I reported. head of the Luhansk People's Republic Pasechnik Leonid Ivanovich on the work of the Council of Ministers and received instructions from him. The Council of Ministers continues to work in a regular mode.
Statements are published on the website of Lugansk Information Centerhttp://lug-info.com/
PS. The change of power is likely to entail substantial personnel reshuffles in the republic in the medium term.
https://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/3830570.html
Google Translator
This swine had his hand in the murder of 'Brain' and other heroes. One can only hope that his retirement is short, painful and ends in a 'bang'.
"There is great chaos under heaven; the situation is excellent."
Re: Footnotes from the Ukrainian "Crisis"; New High-Points in Cynicism Part IV
Savchenko told about her vision of "euromaidan"
22:15 03/12/2017(updated: 23:19 on 03/12/2017 )
Nadezhda Savchenko. Archive photo.
© RIA Novosti / Stringer
MOSCOW, Dec 3 - RIA Novosti. A deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, Nadezhda Savchenko, commented on the situation with the blocking of the NewsOne office in Kiev, calling the "euromaydan" a coup or "incomplete revolution". She made this statement on the air of the TV channel.
The parliamentarian noted that Ukrainians need not be afraid of the words "coup d'état" and "revolution", but of "what happens." "And there is a direct loss of human lives due to the fact that the authorities are not able to provide security, conduct foreign economic policies, so that people are happy," she said.
According to the deputy, as a result of the "euro-memedayana" events, the ruling elite has changed in the country, but the system of power has remained unchanged. However, the revolution can only be discussed if the system has changed, Savchenko said.
"Therefore, we can say: either we have a coup d'etat that the Ukrainians support, or we have an incomplete revolution, which the Ukrainians also support," the deputy explained.
The reason for what is happening in Ukraine is that Ukrainians are unhappy with what is happening with the change of power, she stressed. "I think that the authorities need to think about it," Savchenko concluded.
On Sunday, unknown, dressed in military uniform and balaclava, surrounded one of the entrances to the territory of the office of the Ukrainian news channel NewsOne in Kiev with barbed wire. They explained that they were protesting the policy of the TV channel and demanding from its owner, Verkhovna Rada deputy Yevgeny Murayev, an apology for calling the "Euro-Majdan" a coup d'état, not a revolution. Murayev, in turn, said that the action involved people nationalist Dmitry Korchinsky, who was paid for this action in the administration of Peter Poroshenko.
On Friday in the evening air of NewsOne, a scandal broke out after Muraev stated that he considered the "euromaydan" a coup d'état. At that moment, five deputies were in the studio, all of them left the air in protest, saying that "there were hundreds of thousands on the Maidan", and "neither the leading nor the television channels should pass for these red lines." After that, the parliamentary faction of the "Popular Front" was demanded to punish citizens for "denial, non-recognition and cynical statements" about the "euromaidan".
https://ria.ru/world/20171203/1510120044.html
even bat-shit insane war criminals know this, but Americans don't.
22:15 03/12/2017(updated: 23:19 on 03/12/2017 )
Nadezhda Savchenko. Archive photo.
© RIA Novosti / Stringer
MOSCOW, Dec 3 - RIA Novosti. A deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, Nadezhda Savchenko, commented on the situation with the blocking of the NewsOne office in Kiev, calling the "euromaydan" a coup or "incomplete revolution". She made this statement on the air of the TV channel.
The parliamentarian noted that Ukrainians need not be afraid of the words "coup d'état" and "revolution", but of "what happens." "And there is a direct loss of human lives due to the fact that the authorities are not able to provide security, conduct foreign economic policies, so that people are happy," she said.
According to the deputy, as a result of the "euro-memedayana" events, the ruling elite has changed in the country, but the system of power has remained unchanged. However, the revolution can only be discussed if the system has changed, Savchenko said.
"Therefore, we can say: either we have a coup d'etat that the Ukrainians support, or we have an incomplete revolution, which the Ukrainians also support," the deputy explained.
The reason for what is happening in Ukraine is that Ukrainians are unhappy with what is happening with the change of power, she stressed. "I think that the authorities need to think about it," Savchenko concluded.
On Sunday, unknown, dressed in military uniform and balaclava, surrounded one of the entrances to the territory of the office of the Ukrainian news channel NewsOne in Kiev with barbed wire. They explained that they were protesting the policy of the TV channel and demanding from its owner, Verkhovna Rada deputy Yevgeny Murayev, an apology for calling the "Euro-Majdan" a coup d'état, not a revolution. Murayev, in turn, said that the action involved people nationalist Dmitry Korchinsky, who was paid for this action in the administration of Peter Poroshenko.
On Friday in the evening air of NewsOne, a scandal broke out after Muraev stated that he considered the "euromaydan" a coup d'état. At that moment, five deputies were in the studio, all of them left the air in protest, saying that "there were hundreds of thousands on the Maidan", and "neither the leading nor the television channels should pass for these red lines." After that, the parliamentary faction of the "Popular Front" was demanded to punish citizens for "denial, non-recognition and cynical statements" about the "euromaidan".
https://ria.ru/world/20171203/1510120044.html
even bat-shit insane war criminals know this, but Americans don't.
"There is great chaos under heaven; the situation is excellent."
Re: Footnotes from the Ukrainian "Crisis"; New High-Points in Cynicism Part IV
UPDATED: Saakashvili Wanted By Ukraine's General Prosecutor’s Office
5 December, 2017 1843
It has been a pretty dramatic day in Ukraine. After Ukrainian law enforcement officers turned up to the former Georgian president and ex-governor of Ukraine’s Odesa region Mikheil Saakashvili’s apartment this morning and tried to detain him, events took an unexpected turn.
A few hours and some violent clashes later (including one odd rooftop confrontation), hundreds of Saakashvili's supporters, joined by the politician himself, have marched to the parliament calling for the impeachment of President Petro Poroshenko.
The General Prosecutor’s office then announced that they put Saakashvili on the wanted list and asked the police to detain him.
Hromadske breaks down everything that has happened on December 5 so far.
Not a good morning
Around 8 a.m. David Sakvarelidze, the former Odesa region prosecutor and a Saakashvili supporter, wrote on his Facebook page that there had been an attempt to break into Saakashvili’s flat and urged his followers to come to the streets.
Shortly after, clashes erupted between Saakashvili’s supporters who gathered outside the apartment block and law enforcers. Meanwhile Saakashvili, in an apparent attempt to evade arrest, climbed onto the building’s roof. The politician, who was followed around by agents of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), reportedly threatened to jump off the building.
The bizarre confrontation ended in Saakashvili’s brief detention: after having carried the politician to a blue police minivan — the event that has now been well-documented in today’s media coverage — the law enforcers put him inside the car and attempted to drive off. But Saakashvili’s supporters blocked the road, smashed the car’s window and released their leader.
In reaction to the events, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko called for Saakashvili to turn up to the SBU office tomorrow morning at 9 a.m.
“I am calling for Saakashvili to show his manly courage,” Lutsenko said at the Ukrainian parliament around 5 p.m. “And turn up to the investigator and obtain the investigation documents in a legal way.”
The spokesman of the General Prosecutor’s office Andriy Lysenko later told Hromadske that Saakashvili has been put on the wanted list.
“The General Prosecutor’s office prepared and handed over the decree on putting Saakashvili, who previously escaped detention, on a wanted list to the Head of the National Police Serhiy Knyazev,” he said.
What is Saakashvili being accused of?
During a press briefing this afternoon, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko announced the official reason behind Saakashvili’s detention: according to him, fugitive oligarch Serhiy Kurchenko — a close ally of ousted former President Viktor Yanukovych — had financed Saakashvili.
Lutsenko claims that Saakashvili took $500,000 from the pro-Russian businessman who is now hiding in Russia.
“Using Kurchenko’s money, Saakashvili carried out protests aimed at seizing the [Ukrainian] government and restoring control over their assets for people close to Yanukovych,” he said.
The Prosecutor General's office also released an audio recording allegedly featuring a phone conversation between Kurchenko and Saakashvili, during which the two men discuss cooperation.
Lawyer Markian Halabala told Hromadske that Saakashvili was detained for “supporting a criminal organization.”
Saakashvili vehemently denies all the accusations. He wrote on his Facebook page that he “barely knows who Kurchenko is.” Earlier, he told a Hromadske journalist, who was at the scene of the clashes, that Lutsenko’s accusations are “absolutely fake.”
The aftermath
According to the press secretary of the National Police Oksana Blyshchyk, nine people were detained in relation to the December 5 events. Some of them were released shortly afterward.
Blyshchyk also said that she doesn’t know yet about the amount of people who were injured during the clashes.
The Kyiv Prosecutor’s Office has announced that they have started criminal proceedings with regards to the lawmakers who “impeded the job of the law enforcers who were trying to detain Saakashvili.”
The spokesperson of the Kyiv Prosecutor’s Office told Hromadske that these pre-trial investigations will be carried at the SBU headquarters in Kyiv.
Background
This comes just two days after an anti-Poroshenko protest organized by Saakashvili’s Movement of New Forces political party. Thousands of protesters marched through Kyiv on December 3 calling for Poroshenko’s impeachment.
Earlier this year, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stripped Saakashvili of his Ukrainian citizenship while the politician was outside the country. However, in September, Saakashvili managed to re-enter Ukraine when his supporters broke through the border and carried him onto Ukrainian territory.
https://en.hromadske.ua/posts/ukraine-d ... frontation
Who said comic opera was dead?
Sometimes people get what they deserve. Gotta wonder though, has there ever been so many wack-jobs on the world's stage simultaneously?
5 December, 2017 1843
It has been a pretty dramatic day in Ukraine. After Ukrainian law enforcement officers turned up to the former Georgian president and ex-governor of Ukraine’s Odesa region Mikheil Saakashvili’s apartment this morning and tried to detain him, events took an unexpected turn.
A few hours and some violent clashes later (including one odd rooftop confrontation), hundreds of Saakashvili's supporters, joined by the politician himself, have marched to the parliament calling for the impeachment of President Petro Poroshenko.
The General Prosecutor’s office then announced that they put Saakashvili on the wanted list and asked the police to detain him.
Hromadske breaks down everything that has happened on December 5 so far.
Not a good morning
Around 8 a.m. David Sakvarelidze, the former Odesa region prosecutor and a Saakashvili supporter, wrote on his Facebook page that there had been an attempt to break into Saakashvili’s flat and urged his followers to come to the streets.
Shortly after, clashes erupted between Saakashvili’s supporters who gathered outside the apartment block and law enforcers. Meanwhile Saakashvili, in an apparent attempt to evade arrest, climbed onto the building’s roof. The politician, who was followed around by agents of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), reportedly threatened to jump off the building.
The bizarre confrontation ended in Saakashvili’s brief detention: after having carried the politician to a blue police minivan — the event that has now been well-documented in today’s media coverage — the law enforcers put him inside the car and attempted to drive off. But Saakashvili’s supporters blocked the road, smashed the car’s window and released their leader.
In reaction to the events, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko called for Saakashvili to turn up to the SBU office tomorrow morning at 9 a.m.
“I am calling for Saakashvili to show his manly courage,” Lutsenko said at the Ukrainian parliament around 5 p.m. “And turn up to the investigator and obtain the investigation documents in a legal way.”
The spokesman of the General Prosecutor’s office Andriy Lysenko later told Hromadske that Saakashvili has been put on the wanted list.
“The General Prosecutor’s office prepared and handed over the decree on putting Saakashvili, who previously escaped detention, on a wanted list to the Head of the National Police Serhiy Knyazev,” he said.
What is Saakashvili being accused of?
During a press briefing this afternoon, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Yuri Lutsenko announced the official reason behind Saakashvili’s detention: according to him, fugitive oligarch Serhiy Kurchenko — a close ally of ousted former President Viktor Yanukovych — had financed Saakashvili.
Lutsenko claims that Saakashvili took $500,000 from the pro-Russian businessman who is now hiding in Russia.
“Using Kurchenko’s money, Saakashvili carried out protests aimed at seizing the [Ukrainian] government and restoring control over their assets for people close to Yanukovych,” he said.
The Prosecutor General's office also released an audio recording allegedly featuring a phone conversation between Kurchenko and Saakashvili, during which the two men discuss cooperation.
Lawyer Markian Halabala told Hromadske that Saakashvili was detained for “supporting a criminal organization.”
Saakashvili vehemently denies all the accusations. He wrote on his Facebook page that he “barely knows who Kurchenko is.” Earlier, he told a Hromadske journalist, who was at the scene of the clashes, that Lutsenko’s accusations are “absolutely fake.”
The aftermath
According to the press secretary of the National Police Oksana Blyshchyk, nine people were detained in relation to the December 5 events. Some of them were released shortly afterward.
Blyshchyk also said that she doesn’t know yet about the amount of people who were injured during the clashes.
The Kyiv Prosecutor’s Office has announced that they have started criminal proceedings with regards to the lawmakers who “impeded the job of the law enforcers who were trying to detain Saakashvili.”
The spokesperson of the Kyiv Prosecutor’s Office told Hromadske that these pre-trial investigations will be carried at the SBU headquarters in Kyiv.
Background
This comes just two days after an anti-Poroshenko protest organized by Saakashvili’s Movement of New Forces political party. Thousands of protesters marched through Kyiv on December 3 calling for Poroshenko’s impeachment.
Earlier this year, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stripped Saakashvili of his Ukrainian citizenship while the politician was outside the country. However, in September, Saakashvili managed to re-enter Ukraine when his supporters broke through the border and carried him onto Ukrainian territory.
https://en.hromadske.ua/posts/ukraine-d ... frontation
Who said comic opera was dead?
Sometimes people get what they deserve. Gotta wonder though, has there ever been so many wack-jobs on the world's stage simultaneously?
"There is great chaos under heaven; the situation is excellent."