This is a long article in German, and I will only translate the central
thesis.
In German it reads
Dass es so weit gekommen ist, liegt an fatalen Fehlern der neuen Kiewer
Regierung und das Uk. Parlaments. Unter dem Druck rechter Stra�enk�mpfer,
die das Parlament in bedrohlichen Weise "bewachen" hat die werhovna Rada
ein Gesetz aufgehoben, das den Status der russischen Sprache im Osten und
S�den des Landes garantierte.
Not word for word, but Basically this means: that the reason things have
gone so far, lies in the fatal error of the new kyiv government and the
Ukrainian parliament. Under the pressure of the street manifestations,
which were watching parlament, the Verkhovna Rada repealed a law that
guaranteed the status of the Russian language in the east and in the south
of the country.
In other words, it is looking like the author is blaming Ukrainians for
this crisis, and the alteration to the language law.
I have to say, I have read scores of things in a similar vein. I have also
read twitters etc., from folks in the hot area, and it is all coming down
to " language" and " nationalists" in kyiv. The der spiegel article also
talks of nationalists in government, focusing on the seats Svoboda has in
govt.
We all know this is an old plan of Putin's....but Ukraine doesn't
have, like Marchuk said, good media out in the world to explain things.
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