The regime in Kiev says the snipers on 20th February 2014 belonged to the security forces. No surprise there. It also insinuates that the Russians were involved – a predictable but nonetheless fantastic allegation that will only serve to undermine its credibility on this issue. The one interesting thing is […]
Tag: Euromaidan
Why America Needs a Face-Saving Retreat Plan for Ukraine
The American foreign policy blunders in Ukraine have been colossal, and as it currently stands, it looks as like they have completely backfired. Ukraine rejected the EU Association Agreement in November, only to have a covert Western-led coup usurp power. At that time, American policy seemed to have prevailed, but […]
Washington sanctioning Democracy and hailing Nazism
Today US President Barack Obama has extended the sanctions against Russia, introduced earlier by an executive order declaring “a national emergency” in view of the “actions and policies of persons — including persons who have asserted governmental authority in the Crimean region without the authorization of the Government of Ukraine […]
Blame Game Over Ukraine And Crimea’s Status
From the position of his country’s best interests, ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych had valid reasons for not signing the European Union Association Agreement (EU AA). One need not be a Yanukovych supporter to see the reasoning behind this opinion. This last thought relates to Yanukovych’s shortcomings as a democratically […]
Ukraine: Truth – the First Casualty
Future historians will no doubt puzzle long and hard over the extraordinary incompetence of Western diplomacy in the decades following the fall of the USSR.
Ukraine: a candid, in-depth discussion
Fighter jets are scrambling, tanks are rumbling, naval destroyer ships are entering dangerous territories, sanctions – diplomatic and economic – are flying, and leaders around the world are exchanging heated rhetoric. What in the world is happening in Ukraine? Here is a discussion with a perspective that is sadly missing […]
The Bear Roars Back
Even during a confrontation approaching catastrophic war, leave it to Secretary of State John Kerry to lighten the mood with a touch of comedy gold. Lashing Russia for its troop surge into Crimea as a response to the latest color revolution in Kiev, America’s top diplomat pronounced with a straight […]
Washington’s Hysteria Towards Russia Hides US Regime Change
Legally, Washington and its European allies haven’t a leg to stand on. Both can be rightly accused of violating international law from their gross interference in Ukrainian sovereign affairs – from the instigation of violent street protests that led to the sacking of an elected president and government, to the […]
Six Cold-War-era coup d’états that the Euromaidan leaders should know about
“They shall no more prevail than we give way to.” William Shakespeare, Henry VIII “King Henry the Eighth, to six wives he was wedded. One died, one survived, two divorced, two beheaded.” English mnemonic device From the early 1950s until 2000 the United States supported a number of quasi-fascist regimes […]
European policy of appeasement to ultranationalists in Ukraine – Video
The ongoing political crisis in Ukraine triggered by the unconstitutional forceful actions of the armed opposition that used to be backed by a number of Western governments, urges us to raise and try to answer the following questions: – Was the European policy towards Ukraine for the last years a […]
Ukrainian nationalism – its roots and nature (II & III)
The Saker’s analysis of the situation in Ukraine done in the midst of the coup d’etat and Crimean events at the end of February 2014.
European Parliament adopts irrelevant resolution on Ukraine
Today the European parliament has passed an extremely irrelevant resolution on Ukraine. 1.They recognize the putchist “government” and self-nominated “Supreme Rada” in Kiev as the legitimate central authorities in Ukraine. 2. They call to enforce “targeted sanctions against those responsible for violence” despite the fact that the leaders of the […]
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