Following the publicized estimations that the true fatality rate of the junta’s army during the “anti terrorist operation” may have been in the region of 8,000 to 12,000, a number of important points can be made: These figures are of course unverified. However they do not look unreasonable to me […]
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Is Kiev Wildly Understating Combat Deaths?
Ukrainian military and right wing political leaders say they are. The evidence seems to support them. In the past two weeks persistent rumors that Kiev has been hiding thousands of killed and wounded Ukrainian servicemen and ‘volunteers battalion’ casualties have forced their way into the Ukrainian press. The most vocal […]
Black Sea Strategy –Threshold of World War?
The article Ukraine, Iraq and a Black Sea Strategy by George Friedman came into focus of international experts’ attention. The author is known to make no bones about it when he expresses his opinion. While others wrote about European values, democracy and open society to take hold in Ukraine, he devoted his […]
As the Cookie Crumbles, Ukraine’s Civil Divisions Move West
The Ukrainian Civil War did not end with the 5 September Minsk Protocol, despite many in the mainstream media alleging that this is so. Besides the fact that the ‘ceasefire’ was a misnomer and never implemented in practice, the war has now evolved past an East-West Ukrainian struggle and into […]
Ukraine: This Parrot Has Ceased to Be
For all the speculation making the rounds about the Minsk Agreement and the Minsk Protocol, it is essential to keep one very salient fact in mind. The western blather about how the Russians are pulling the strings and is simply so much hot air–and not the kind that might help […]
Future of Transnistria in context of Ukrainian crisis
Transnistrian claim for independence is being met with a certain degree of sympathy and understanding by some of the western experts. As an example, a Finnish political analyst and blogger Ari Rusila can be named; he usually presents the Transnistrian de facto statehood in quite a positive light, admitting, in […]
7 Reasons Obama should forget about Crimea
U.S. President Barack Obama is under enormous pressure from political opponents, the media and pundits to push back forcefully against President Vladimir Putin. It was Putin, after all, who not only returned Crimea to Russia but also pledged to defend Russian compatriots elsewhere in Ukraine and around the world. The current U.S. sanctions, which have blacklisted a couple dozen Russian individuals […]
U.S. Take Note: Russia Is Back as a Global Power
The U.S. had two options after the Soviet collapse: to integrate Russia into Western security and economic structures or to further isolate and weaken it by expanding NATO to its borders and integrating other former Soviet republics instead. U.S. President George H.W. Bush leaned toward integrating Russia into the West, but he lost his re-election bid in 1992. His successors — Bill Clinton, […]
Ukraine: NATO’s Eastern Prize
Ever since the democracy manipulation efforts of international hedge fund brigand George Soros were joined with the artificial street revolution tactics of CIA tactician Gene Sharp to form the core strategy of the U.S. neo-conservative goal of imposing a «New American Century» on the entire world, Ukraine has served as […]
Does the EU really want Ukrainians or just their territory?
Christine Stone asks whether the current crisis over the Ukraine’s relationship with the EU was precipitated by the West rather than President Yanukovich. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the demonstrations that have crippled central Kiev for the past fortnight is how they were triggered. Even allowing that ordinary people […]
Ukraine: Europe’s Partner or Europe’s Puppet?
As the second most populous former Soviet republic, Ukraine has seemed uncomfortable with its independence since 1991 and less than committed to making it work. The fundamental issue has always been: does the country remain entwined with its larger neighbour Russia or, does it succumb to the blandishments of the […]
Will Gay Marches Culminate in a Fourth Reich?
Before the new law was adopted in Russia prohibiting the distribution of homosexual propaganda to minors, LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) activists had for many years dreamed of marching through the streets of Moscow demanding the same rights that their “rainbow” compatriots already possess in many EU countries (the […]
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