Footnotes from the Ukrainian "Crisis"; New High-Points in Cynicism Part IV

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Neo-Nazi Sternenko, defended by Odessa governor, kills alleged assailant

Translator's note: Sergei Sternenko, former head of the Odessa branch of the Right Sector fascist movement, killed one man and wounded another in an altercation on May 24, in what appears to be infighting among the city's far-right ultra-nationalist groups.

After being hospitalized in Odessa, Sternenko soon fled to Kiev. There is mounting evidence that Odessa officials, including Regional Gov. Maxim Stepanov, who previously bailed out the fascist, are protecting Sternenko from investigation.

Presented here is a selection of articles from Timer, one of the few surviving Ukrainian news sources with an anti-fascist perspective.
Fountain massacre: what do we know a day later?
May 25: TIMER decided to bring together all the data on the conflict that happened between the former head of the Odessa branch of the Right Sector, Sergei Sternenko, and two men on the evening of May 24 on Fountain Road, as a result of which one of the opponents of Sternenko was killed, and the second and Sternenko himself were injured.


The body of Ivan Kuznetsov, slain by Right Sector's Sergei Sternenko.
Photos: Timer-Odessa.net

Sternenko's opponents have been identified. They were a 29-year-old resident of Ilyichevsk (Chernomorsk) Ivan Kuznetsov (who died as a result of the conflict) and his contemporary Alexander Isaykul from the Black Sea settlement of the Kominternovsky district of the Odessa region.

According to the sources of TIMER in law enforcement agencies, both men have a certain criminal background: they were activists of one of the semi-criminal structures (headed by a certain Alexander P.), participating in various criminal trials, including wearing masks for various "patriotic actions.” On this basis, our sources believe that the statements of Sternenko that the men attacked him on somebody's order may be true.

The investigation has now officially established that the injuries to all three participants in the clash were caused by the same weapon. In a video published by Sternenko immediately after the events, he confirms that the knife belonged to him (i.e., the attackers were unarmed). Subsequently, Sternenko removed the video and now denies that the knife was his: he claims that during the fight he took it from one of the attackers. The police are skeptical of these statements.

However, even if the knife belonged to Sternenko, it could still be said that the murder took place within the framework of self-defense, even without exceeding the limits of this: The Criminal Code of Ukraine gives citizens the right to use weapons in case they were attacked by a group of persons.

Sternenko’s main problem is different. According to preliminary information, based on the inspection of the scene and the nature of the wounds received by the victims, Sternenko inflicted a fatal wound to the dead man after both attackers fled. The fact that Sternenko rushed in pursuit of one of the assailants is confirmed by his girlfriend on the remote video, and the same is said by witnesses interviewed by the police. Moreover, the nature of the wounds found on the body of the deceased, is such that with them, in principle, he could not escape. And this means that these injuries were incurred after the flight -- in a situation that precludes the interpretation of what happened as self-defense on the part of Sternenko.

In other words, the actions of Sternenko during the first part of the events as a whole fit within the scope of the Criminal Code. However, by rushing after in pursuit of the assailant and finishing him off, Sternenko still committed a serious crime.

According to TIMER, the police and the prosecutor's office, as of the morning of May 25, came to the conclusion that Sternenko should be suspected of a murder. However, given the political context of the situation, law enforcement officers do not dare to take such a decision without consent of higher authorities.

TIMER is closely following the developments.

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Activist-killer left Odessa
May 27: The former head of the Odessa branch of the "Right Sector", who on the night of May 25, in a fight, inflicted deadly wounds to a 29-year-old resident of Ilyichevsk (Chernomorsk), left Odessa for Kiev.


Fascist Sternenko in the hospital.

Sternenko himself wrote about this on his Facebook page.

According to him, in Odessa he simply could not receive appropriate treatment: in particular, Sternenko claims that he was refused medical care at the Jewish hospital, so he had to go to one of the capital's clinics.

Sternenko claims that Kiev doctors diagnosed him with a lot of problems with his wounded hand, which will require long treatment. In general, the activist does not seem to be returning to Odessa in the near future.

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Stepanov does not regret his pledge for the activist-murderer: if everything was repeated, I would do the same
May 29: Chairman of the Odessa Regional State Administration Maxim Stepanov said that people are trying to "discredit" him in connection with the case of the local right-wing radical Sergei Sternenko, who recently stabbed a man.


Odessa Regional Governor Maxim Stepanov


The Ukrainian official made the statement at a briefing after the May 29 meeting in the Regional State Administration.

"In November 2017, thousands of Odessa citizens defended the Summer Theater. Then there was an unjust decision of the court, which was later cancelled by the court of appeals. I stress: canceled completely. I, as a citizen of Ukraine, not as the head of the region, I gave my reaction to this unfair decision of the court. If this situation was repeated, regardless of the name of the citizen of Ukraine, today I would do the same," Stepanov said.

"Concerning the attempt to discredit my name in the context of this situation: I believe that this is the revenge of people whom I prevent from engaging in illegal activities in the territory of the Odessa region, and my political opponents, who are not given peace of mind by the successful development of the Odessa region," added the chairman of Odessa regional state administration.
As TIMER previously wrote, right-wing street activist Sergei Sternenko late at the night on May 24 stabbed to death a young paratrooper, Ivan Kuznetsov, who had three children. Recall also that it was Governor Maxim Stepanov who once made a considerable deposit for Sternenko in the amount of 600 thousand hryvnia, so that the latter was not put behind bars on suspicion of organizing riots in the Summer Theater of Odessa on November 18, 2017. Head of the regional police Dmitry Golovin received injuries then.

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Exiled anti-fascist leader and former Odessa Regional Deputy Alexey Albu comments:

Why doesn’t anyone raise the question of the Odessa governor's responsibility in the murder of 29-year-old Ivan Kuznetsov by neo-fascist Sergei Sternenko?

After all, Sternenko was under investigation, and on November 25, 2017, the court imposed upon him a measure of restraint in the form of detention. True, with a reservation -- the opportunity to be bailed out with a deposit of 608 thousand hryvnia. The amount was donated by the chairman of the Odessa Regional State Administration, Maxim Stepanov.

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Translated by Greg Butterfield

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N: most of the deaths of civilians in the Donbass are to blame for Ukraine
25 civilians in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions were killed and 80 more were injured as a result of hostilities in the Donbass from January 1 to May 15, 2018.

This is stated in the report of the UN Monitoring Mission on Human Rights in Ukraine.

The most bloody was in April 2018, when 13 people died and 33 people were injured. In the first half of May, two died and 14 civilians were injured.

For the period from February 16 to May 15, 2018, UN observers recorded 81 victims among the civilian population (19 dead and 62 wounded). Of these, 36 were victims of artillery and mortar shelling, and 13 suffered from fire from small arms.

UN: most of the deaths of civilians in the Donbass are to blame for Ukraine


The UN states that the overwhelming number of civilian casualties is on the conscience of government troops.

In particular, speaking about the victims of artillery and mortars, the UN monitoring mission states that, citing, "33 victims (6 dead and 27 wounded) can be referred to the responsibility of the Government, and 3 victims (all wounded) to the responsibility of the armed forces groups ".


Corresponding fragment of the English version of the report

A similar situation is observed with the losses from the fire of small arms. "Fire from small arms caused 13 civilian casualties (all wounded): 12 victims, probably should be attributed to the responsibility of the government, and 1 victim - to the responsibility of armed groups," states the UN.

"OHCHR (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - Ed.) Identifies the responsible party, based on the geographic area in which the civilian casualties took place, as well as the direction of the fire. OHCHR can not establish which side of the conflict can be held responsible for all victims among the civilian population, "the authors of the report explain.

According to the monitoring mission, since the beginning of the conflict, 2,725 civilians were killed in the Donbass, including 140 children. Up to 9 thousand civilians were injured.

http://timer-odessa.net/news/v_2018_god ... y_120.html

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Communist from the U.S. given DPR party card



On June 20, 2018, the legendary warrior-internationalist from the United States and citizen of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Russell Bonner Bentley, well-known by his call-sign «Texas,» celebrated his 58th birthday.

In honor of the birthday of «Texas,» on June 23, 2018, he was awarded a party card of the Communist Party of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

US communist Russell Bonner Bentley, like all antifascists of the world, closely following the developments of the Kiev Maidan and events in eastern Ukraine from the very beginning. After the Odessa tragedy on May 2, 2014, he decided that he could no longer observe the crimes of the Ukrainian fascists from afar. He sold everything he had, and bought a plane ticket to Rostov-on-Don.

«Texas» is recording his memoirs in his book «The Donbass Cowboy,» the first part of which has been published in the electronic version in English.



Happy birthday, Donbass cowboy!

Happiness, health and confidence in our Victory!

On behalf of the Communists of Makeyevka,

Sergey Yurtaev

First Secretary of the Makeyevka City Party of the Donetsk People ‘s Republic



http://wpered.su/2018/06/25/communist-f ... arty-card/

At least one American communist is worth a damn. I look forward to 'Donbass Cowboy' when a real copy is published.

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Ukraine’s Got a Real Problem with Far-Right Violence (And No, RT Didn’t Write This Headline)
BY JOSH COHEN


Members of the far-right C14 group in a file photo. Credit: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

It sounds like the stuff of Kremlin propaganda, but it’s not. Last week Hromadske Radio revealed that Ukraine's Ministry of Youth and Sports is funding the neo-Nazi group C14 to promote "national patriotic education projects" in the country. On June 8, the Ministry announced that it will award C14 a little less than $17,000 for a children’s camp. It also awarded funds to Holosiyiv Hideout and Educational Assembly, both of which have links to the far-right. The revelation represents a dangerous example of law enforcement tacitly accepting or even encouraging the increasing lawlessness of far-right groups willing to use violence against those they don't like.

Since the beginning of 2018, C14 and other far-right groups such as the Azov-affiliated National Militia, Right Sector, Karpatska Sich, and others have attacked Roma groups several times, as well as anti-fascist demonstrations, city council meetings, an event hosted by Amnesty International, art exhibitions, LGBT events, and environmental activists. On March 8, violent groups launched attacks against International Women’s Day marchers in cities across Ukraine. In only a few of these cases did police do anything to prevent the attacks, and in some they even arrested peaceful demonstrators rather than the actual perpetrators.

International human rights groups have sounded the alarm. After the March 8 attacks, Amnesty International warned that "Ukraine is sinking into a chaos of uncontrolled violence posed by radical groups and their total impunity. Practically no one in the country can feel safe under these conditions." Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Freedom House, and Front Line Defenders warned in a letter that radical groups acting under "a veneer of patriotism" and “traditional values" were allowed to operate under an "atmosphere of near total impunity that cannot but embolden these groups to commit more attacks."

To be clear, far-right parties like Svoboda perform poorly in Ukraine’s polls and elections, and Ukrainians evince no desire to be ruled by them. But this argument is a bit of "red herring." It’s not extremists' electoral prospects that should concern Ukraine's friends, but rather the state's unwillingness or inability to confront violent groups and end their impunity. Whether this is due to a continuing sense of indebtedness to some of these groups for fighting the Russians or fear they might turn on the state itself, it’s a real problem and we do no service to Ukraine by sweeping it under the rug.

The anti-democratic ideology these groups espouse runs counter the values of the Euromaidan. Ukrainians took to the streets to confront former President Yanukovych because they wanted to live in a democratic state where everyone is held accountable. Honoring the values of Euromaidan therefore requires Kyiv to protect all citizens, regardless of ethnicity, sexuality, or political views.

Far-right impunity also represents a dangerous threat to Ukraine’s statehood. It’s been long understood in Western political and legal philosophy that the state must have a monopoly on violence in order to be a legitimate state, and when a state loses this monopoly, society starts to break down. Ukraine's certainly nowhere near this point, but it shouldn't take any chances either.

Kyiv should understand that turning a blind eye toward all of this activity risks damaging Ukraine's international reputation. The Kremlin won't hesitate to cynically use the far right's activities to push its false claim that Ukraine is a hornet's nest of fascists, while Kyiv could also lose support in the West for its inaction.

Luckily, the authorities still have time to nip things in the bud if they act now. President Petro Poroshenko could start by enacting a “zero-tolerance” policy on unsanctioned vigilantism and direct authorities to cleanse law enforcement agencies of far-right sympathizers such as Sergei Korotkykh, who heads the National Police’s head of security for sites of strategic importance.

Government agencies at all levels should also stop cooperating with far-right groups. In addition to the Youth Ministry's problematic funding, C14 and a Kyiv city district recently signed an agreement allowing C14 to establish a "municipal guard" to patrol the streets; three such militia-run guard forces are already registered in Kyiv, and twenty-one operate in other cities as well. And C14's dangerous leader Yevhen Karas even boasts openly about cooperating with the Security Services of Ukraine (SBU). All this needs to end and state officials found to be cooperating with extremists must be removed.

Finally, it’s important that Poroshenko and other senior government officials publicly condemn extreme organizations like C14 and speak out in support of marginalized groups. As three straight years of incident-free Kyiv Pride events demonstrate, the state certainly possesses the capability to deter far-right vigilantism if it wants to. However, the authorities are clearly aware of Kyiv Pride’s international visibility and the real test will come once the bright lights disappear.

It won't be easy to end far-right impunity, but the government must summon the will to do so now.

Josh Cohen is a former USAID project officer who managed economic reform projects throughout the former Soviet Union. He is a contributor to Reuters, Foreign Policy, the Washington Post, and others.

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The Atlantic Council, ho ho. The writer a former USAID spook... Must be pretty bad, eh? The same motherfuckers who cheerleaded and brought this regime into being. And now daring to give advice. Shame is vanishingly rare.

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The parties in Minsk agreed on a new "silence regime" in the Donbass from July 1
June 27, 2018, 17:59

The tripartite contact group on the settlement of the conflict between the Donbas and Ukraine has agreed a new regime of silence from July 1. This was reported by the spokesman of the representative of Ukraine in the TCH in Minsk Olifer.

"In connection with the beginning of the harvest, the Tripartite Contact Group with the participation of the representatives of ORDLO confirms the full commitment of the parties to the conflict to a comprehensive, sustainable and indefinite ceasefire from July 1, 2018, Kiev time," she said.

Earlier today it was reported that the meeting of the Contact Group on the settlement of the conflict between the Donbas and Ukraine ended in Minsk .

Earlier it was reported that in Minsk at a meeting of the humanitarian subgroup on the Donbass, the Ukrainian side did not agree on signing a declaration condemning torture and violence against civilians.

In May, it was reported that during the previous meeting of the subgroup on humanitarian issues in Minsk, the Ukrainian side ignored the OSCE proposal to sign a declaration banning the use of torture and violence against prisoners.

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What a travesty

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"Murder of law enforcers of armed forces, robberies and smuggling": ex-fighter of the "Right Sector" told about the crimes of Stempitsky in Donbass
Kiev, on July, 9th.

Representatives of the "Right Sector" battalion in the summer of 2015 liquidated three fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The terrible crimes of the so-called Liberators of Donbass were told by a Russian, a former member of the PS Aleksey Filippov , who was a direct witness of the massacre of Ukrainian security forces. It should be noted that Filippov served time in a Russian prison for participating in military operations in the Donbass as part of a battalion representing an organization banned in Russia.

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As the Russian himself said, he originally went to the Donbas to fight on the side of the militia, but in the process it was decided to introduce it into the "Right Sector" to subsequently transmit the coordinates of enemy positions. It was possible to carry out the conceived practically without obstacles. After some time Filippov got into the 7th battalion of the DUK, which was engaged in collecting weapons and selling it to Ukraine for arming the reserve units. Alexei says that weapons were obtained by any means: they were exchanged, stolen, taken away. So, one of the mortars was exchanged at the APU for two cans of good stew.

But the most terrible crime of the 7th DUK battalion was the murder of three law enforcement officers, whose deaths in the Ukrainian media were represented, as the activities of LDNR saboteurs. However, this is impossible, since the positions of the APU and the "Right Sector" are so that no saboteurs will slip there unless it is conducted by no one. Filippov prepared his statement on the crime in order to send it to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko . The Russian noted that if the Ukrainian special services can easily disclose the murders invented by them, then let them disclose the real crime .

"In 2015, the 7th Battalion of the Right Sector liquidated three servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: the commander of the engineer-sapper platoon of the 2nd battalion of the 93rd brigade of the All-Ukrainian Armed Forces Alexander Tsisar" Ship ", Stepan Zagrebelny Kolobok and Oleg Grinovich" Serpent. Liquidated were on the personal orders of one of the leaders of the PS Andrew Stempitsky, "- said Anatoly Shilia Phillipov.



The real reason for eliminating the fighters of the APU was that the "Ship" caught on the hot representatives of the 7th battalion, who stole from its warehouse TNT. "Thorn" threatened to surrender them to the Security Service if they did not stop their looting. Such a turn was particularly unfavorable for Stempitsky, since he could lose the only channel for the export of weapons, after which an order was given for destruction.

Filippov explained that he had been silent for three years, since he was in Ukraine, where, after promulgating such information, he would have died in an accidental car accident, but when he returned to Russia, he was sentenced to two years. At the will of the former representative of the PS came out just recently, so right now he managed to give this information publicity.

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Mafia with racist ideology

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British Military Instructors Arrived to Save Ukrainian Troops in Mariupol From a Cholera Outbreak
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The cholera diseases that are ravaging Mariupol started to seriously threaten the units of the UAF deployed in the district of the city. This was reported by the head of the press service of the DPR Minstry of Defence Daniil Bezsonov.



“According to the head epidemiologist of Mariupol, over the past week an outbreak of cholera diseases has been recorded among the population. This is connected to an irregular water supply and also the lack of chlorine supplies from the Dnepro-Azot enterprise,” said Bezsonov.

He noted that the inspections that are carried out in the 36th separate marine brigade deployed in Mariupol revealed multiple violations in relation to the organisation of a water supply. The command of the UAF made a group of servicemen attend courses at the Ground Forces’ Military Academy in Odessa.

“At the territory of the academy, under the leadership of instructors from the Army of Great Britain, the military personnel will take part in courses concerning logistic support and catering services. I.e., the sanitary and epidemiological situation in the 36th separate marine brigade is so bad that the the command of the UAF needed the help of their European curators,” stressed Bezsonov.

As a reminder, earlier it became known that “Rospotrebnadzor” [Russian Federal Consumer Rights Service – ed] strengthened sanitary and quarantine controls on the border of Ukraine and Russia in connection with the outbreak of cholera in Mariupol.

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"We, ordinary people, are cannon fodder"
POSTED BY @NSANZO ⋅ 07/30/2018 ⋅ LEAVE A COMMENT

Original Article: Kristina Melnikova / Eadaily



The town of Petrovskoe, in the district of Starobeshevksiy, is located just south of Dokuchaevsk, which, along with Gorlovka, is one of the places where the Ukrainian Army is accustomed to testing the defenses of the DPR. According to the Minsk agreements, Petrovskoe is a demilitarized zone with an OSCE observation post that mission observers visit from time to time. However, here it is no secret to anyone that the Minsk agreements exist only on paper. The history of Petrovskoe is further evidence of this.

At the end of May, it was said that the people had been captured by the Ukrainian Army, although it later turned out that they had simply reinforced their positions in this "demilitarized" zone. "It does not embarrass the OSCE," said Eduard Basurin. Currently Petrovskoe district is much quieter than in the first years of the war, but, according to the testimony of civilians, the proximity to the front is still felt.



The route to Petrovskoe is picturesque. The golden fields give way to the green of the steppe and small villages between the threatening trenches and tank remains. Along the road, red signs that read "Be careful, mine" periodically remind how close the fight is. Before the war, Petrovskoe was a very small town and now, as residents say, there are about ten courtyards where two or three people live. In Petrovskoe there are no shops where you can buy food or other products, so for that the residents have to move to neighboring Stila.



Now here, mainly retirees live. "Nadia, come. The journalists have come, "shouts Uncle Vania. He has lived with Nadezhda for 38 years. "What a suffering," laughs the woman. "What suffering? We have lived well. Well, I speak badly sometimes, but who does not? "Her husband hugs her. You can see that they are in perfect harmony when they talk about their children, they remember how they started dating, they teach the wedding photos. Now Vania and Nadia live alone. They survive with a small pension that helps their economy. They have a cow, whose milk they sell for only 50 rubles a liter. But, in the current circumstances, at least it helps a little. Before they received help from the Red Cross, which brought them coal and food. And the Local Council gave them material to repair the damage that their house had suffered from the fire.

They, like the entire population of Donbass, are tired of this ceaseless war. "Well, tell me, who does not want peace? But it turns out that we have neither peace nor war. What are we doing? Since 2014 have we made progress? The soldiers tell us: "there are orders not." At some point they promised: when Trump comes, the war will end, then they said after the Olympics. They talk, they talk and nothing happens. The harvest, the school year, Holy Week, they call everything truce, but it does not make any sense, "explains the indignant Vania. "Someone is still putting money in this war, otherwise it would not have lasted that long," he complains.

They do not want to go back to Ukraine. "Why do we have to love this Ukraine? We have to follow our path. And for that, the war has to end, "he explains. His neighbor, Alexander, who worked as a truck driver, says he lives up to date. "What to do? There is no one to look for, nobody needs us. We have cows and pigs to feed the family, "he says when talking about the farm. Now the town is quieter than in previous years, but there are still bombings. "There they bombed us on the 29th, the bomb fell between the farm and the river," he says in the direction of the fields beyond the town. "Have the rumors reached you that the Ukrainian Army had arrived?" I ask. "Let them pass! Here we have someone who defends us. We trust our soldiers, if it were not for them, we would already be dead, "Alexander insists.

About the town in the old days, remember: "we lived well. They cultivated seeds, grain, wheat. It was like that. And now nothing. In the hangar is in destroyed equipment, some seeds grow wild. Wild as wolves, "he laments. I ask about Ukraine. "What good has he done to us? He came to kill us, to remove the pensions for the elderly. Thanks to the RPD I have raised the pension a little, "he explains. And he adds: "And I will say something else, if there is a war it is that someone is filling their pockets. And we, ordinary people, are cannon fodder. That's right, friends. "

I have to say that this is a fairly common opinion in the front areas. Much of the population does not want to return to Ukraine, trusts the militias, believes in the future of the DPR, but does not understand this war and its rules, with truces that accumulate like rings in a trunk, and do not expect a quick peace . But, despite everything, they live and try to make their lives more prosperous, even in these circumstances.

https://slavyangrad.es/2018/07/30/14978/

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Electoral discrimination as punishment
POSTED BY @NSANZO ⋅ 08/14/2018 ⋅ LEAVE A COMMENT

Original Article: Antifashist



Six months before the election campaign, the Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine proposes to filter the electorate according to its separatist sentiments. Thus, one of the activists of Maidan, Andrey Magera, to whom Yuschenko gave a post in the CEC, has taken the initiative to deprive the residents of Donbass and Crimea of ​​the right to vote.

Magera, vice president of the Central Electoral Commission, believes that those who participated in what qualifies as a pseudo-referendum in Crimea or Donbass should be deprived of Ukrainian citizenship and, therefore, of the right to participate in the elections guaranteed by the document of the Trident. The idea was posted on Facebook, accompanied by a video in which residents of Lugansk are asked if they are willing to hand over their Ukrainian passports and exchange them for Russian passports.

Later he deleted the account, citing a curious explanation: not to publicize the "pro-Putin media" that had conducted the survey. However, the officer did not withdraw his words. As he explained, if Ukraine adopts a new Constitution, it should introduce the idea of ​​withdrawing Ukrainian citizenship to those who have voluntarily received a Russian passport, to those who have participated in the "occupying governments" and who actively participated in the referendum of the DPR and the RPL.

"Given Poroshenko's very low popularity ratings, he is looking for any way to limit the protests of the electorate. So you start talking about manipulating passports, a witch hunt. Because we know how easily the servile press controlled by power qualifies as dissident anyone and are able to create a "lustration commission" to decide who they allow to vote and who does not. A flagrant violation of civil and electoral rights in the Constitution, but who pays attention to the Constitution? At the end of the day, Poroshenko has already announced changes in the Magna Carta. So he seeks to eliminate dissidents who could support the current power, especially the opposition camp, "says analyst Yakubov.

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On the hunt for "separatists"
POSTED BY @NSANZO ⋅ 08/15/2018 ⋅ LEAVE A COMMENT


Sternenko and his troops on May 2, 2016

Entrenched in his personal war against the city authorities, the former leader of the Praviy Sektor in Odessa, Serhiy Sternenko has again accused the mayor of being willing to "change the blue and yellow flag for the Russian tricolor". With no more support than his collaborators and without any sign that the influence of Ukrainian nationalism has increased in the city, Sternenko appeals to the ever useful Russian threatto demand that the Kiev authorities act against Gennady Trujanov, who has never been characterized by his closeness to Russia or pro-Russian positions. However, to distinguish between the authorities and the population (forgetting that it was the population that chose the mayor), Sternenko observes Ukrainian patriotism in the city. For this, without shame, use as evidence on May 2, 2014.

Sternenko's statements do not foreshadow protests in Odessa or an increase in anti-government sentiments or actions (let alone pro-Russian ones) but more pressure on any movement that minimally departs from the lines established by Ukrainian nationalism.

The statements of Sternenko
Original Article: Antifashist

Odessa radical and former regional leader of the Praviy Sektor, Serhiy Sternenko, says that Russian flags could be hoisted in public buildings in Odessa. In his opinion, this is due to the dominance that "separatists" enjoy in the city.

"I think that if Gennady Leonidovich [Trujanov, the mayor of Odessa] wants to remove the blue and yellow flag from the city and put the Russian tricolor, he could do it very quickly, because there is no reaction from the central authorities to what is happening today in day in Odessa, "lamented Sternenko.

However, Sternenko also affirms that in Odessa there are many true "patriots". "The vast majority of Odessa citizens support the territorial integrity of Ukraine. This response became clear in 2014 during the events of May 2, when the majority of citizens came out to defend our city from the Donetsk scenario implementation. The part of pro-Russian and anti-Ukrainian citizens is too big. I have not done surveys, but in my opinion it's about a third of this city, "Sternenko said.

The Odessa nationalist also spoke about the Ukrainian artists who perform in Russia. We must remember that Sternenko is usually one of the initiators of attempts to prevent concerts by artists who have performed in front of the Russian public. "I think that the fact that people who have some influence in the media demonstrate in public, even before their fans, support for the aggressor country is a very dangerous social phenomenon, which will mark future generations of Ukrainians in hatred against their own country . How that ends already we saw it in 2014 and we continue seeing it today, "he said.

You have to remember that Sternenko killed one man and seriously injured another. Despite the clear indications of his guilt [the police determined that the only weapon that was used in the fight was Sternenko, which dismantles the idea that the ex-leader of the Praviy Sektor snatched the knife from the person who attacked him and stabbed him in self-defense, fearing for his life], Sternenko walks peacefully through Ukraine.

https://slavyangrad.es/2018/08/15/15073/

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Odessa always was, and always will be a Russian city.