saying you are anti fascist and being anti fascist are rarely the same thing
as putin well knows
On Mar 11, 2014, at 9:07 AM, Francine Ponomarenko <[email protected]> wrote:
> I meant to say yatseniuk and klitschko are Far from fascism! Sorry about typo.
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> On Tuesday, 11 March 2014, Francine Ponomarenko <[email protected]> wrote:
> I seem to recall shortly after the Zek's other public speech! Putin invaded Ukraine. So, what does it mean now, with this speech. What is he suggesting? When he says he will return? What will Putin do? In the last speech you will recall he said Putin has to do something, and Putin did, he invaded Ukraine and this criminal "diversion" put severe pressure on the fledging government, and it continues. I do not believe he made the speech without Putin's scriptwriters. Note how he was reading it, even having trouble in some spots. He is clearly trying to get the west to turn their support away. But is Putin now supposed to go in and save the world from "new fascists"? It's too insane. Yatseniuk, klitschko, the whole lot of them are not so far from fascism and nationalism, it's a joke.
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> On Tuesday, 11 March 2014, <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Dream on -- he will return but in handcuffs
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> It is criminal to decimate the army so that Ukraine had only 6,000 combat ready troops :O so Ukraine was not even in a position to defend itself. This no doubt was part of the master plan of Putins.
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> Defiant Yanukovych Says He'll Return To Kyiv
> http://www.rferl.org/content/yanukovych-ukraine-appearance-russia-rostov-crimea/25292472.html
> By RFE/RL
> March 11, 2014
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> http://www.rferl.org/media/video/25293029.html
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> A defiant Viktor Yanukovych, ousted as Ukrainian president, has reiterated from exile that he is still the country's leader and remains commander of the country's armed forces.
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> In a short statement delivered from the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, Yanukovych said he is sure the armed forces would refuse to obey any "criminal orders" and that he intends to return to Kyiv as "circumstances permit," saying, "I am sure it won't be long."
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> He added: "I want to remind everyone that I remain not only the single legitimate president of Ukraine, but also the supreme commander in chief [of the armed forces]. I did not discontinue my duties before the end of my term. I am alive. I have not been removed from my post by means defined in the constitution of Ukraine."
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> He denounced the West as "protectors of the dark forces" currently in power, calling the current government "a band of ultranationalists and neo-fascists." He said a presidential election set for May is illegal.
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> "In the U.S. and some other countries, they insist that I have lost my legitimacy as the president because I have fled the country. I repeat: I have not fled anywhere," Yanukovych said. "At the moment when the government buildings and presidential administration were seized by radicals, indeed, when they were seizing power in an unconstitutional way, with arms in their hands, I was, as you all know, in Ukraine, in Kharkiv, then in Donetsk, and then in Crimea. Again, at the moment of the coup, I did not leave the territory of Ukraine."
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> RFE/RL LIVE BLOG on the Ukraine crisis
> http://www.rferl.org/contentlive/live-blog-crisis-in-ukraine/25287590.html
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> He lamented that Crimea is going to secede from Ukraine, blaming the actions of the "extremists" in power. But he predicted the country "will rise up and unify."
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> It was Yanukovych's first appearance since February 28, when he also spoke from Rostov-on-Don and claimed to still be Ukraine's legitimate leader.
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> Meanwhile, pro-Russia lawmakers in Crimea, occupied by Russian forces, have approved a declaration on the republic's independence.
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> http://www.rferl.org/content/crimea-independence-declaration-approval-parliament-ukraine-russia/25292918.html
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> The lawmakers announced that the March 11 adoption of the declaration is a technical step ahead of a March 16 referendum that will ask voters whether Crimea should join Russia. Seventy-eight out of 81 lawmakers present voted in favor.
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> Ukraine's parliament meanwhile warned the parliament in Crimea that it faces dissolution unless it cancels the referendum.
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> ALSO READ: Journalists, Activists Reported Missing In Crimea
> http://www.rferl.org/content/journalists-activists-reported-missing-in-crimea/25291690.html
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> Western states and the post-Yanukovych government in Kyiv have said they will not recognize the vote.
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> French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says European Union sanctions could be imposed on Russia as early as this week.
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> Speaking on French radio, Fabius said that if Russia responds positively, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Moscow and sanctions won't be imposed immediately. But, he warned, if Moscow responds negatively, travel restrictions and sanctions targeting the assets of individual Russians could be implemented.
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> "The vote is illegal and the annexation of Crimea by Russia would also be illegal," Fabius said. "So we cannot accept something th
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