Anyone surprised that there isn't much news of this, and the little that's reported at all, mostly fails to mention the people surrounded and burned alive were pro-Russians? -->
The other day, dozens of pro-Russian protesters retreated to a Trade Union building from a mob of armed right-wing extremists, and as the latter surrounded the building
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And the allegations are not that Putin is arming the pro-Russia protesters. The allegations are that Putin is arming the pro-Russian activists militants in East Ukraine. There are people protesting on the streets of East Ukrainian cities who are not being armed and have no intention to resort to violence. And then there are guys in military equipment without any signs on them and with black masks on their faces - now there's a distinction that shouldn't be overlooked, the same way we wouldn't like to lump genuine Ukrainian pro-democracy protesters along with those far-right fascizoid elements that instigated this Odessa incident.
It's this lack of sense of nuance that tends to perpetuate the poisoned discourse at both sides of the geopolitical divide, and further the downward spiral.
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Do you not notice the disproportionate coverage of the two sides here?
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And though I don't think that those poor souls died on direct order from Putin, or his henchmen, he is definitely to blame for fueling civil war in Ukraine.
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Actually the kidnapping is being discussed on CNN Worldwide as I speak - and for the third time this morning alone; watched it another two times yesterday, one was a nearly half-hour report on the African Voices program. And it totally should, because that's another enormous atrocity.
Still not a word about Odessa, though. Not from major networks, and not from any politicians in Washington.
I don't think, and correct me if I am wrong, Obama gave any statements about this kidnapping, either
Too bad for him, then. I hear there's pressure mounting on him from the grassroots to actually do something more than just "sharing intelligence" with the Nigerian authorities:
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/05/politics/us-nigeria-boko-haram/
"Officials told CNN the Obama administration is sharing ( ... )
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Ps. Would BBS stand for Big BullShit, then? :))
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On the other hand, Putin's mouthpiece on the international media scene, RT seems to be doing a tremendous job countering everybody else's anti-Russia bias with a condensated version of pro-Russia bias of their own. Similarly to the way FOX is striving to "restore balance to the Force" by countering what they perceive as the "lamestream media" liberal bias with a conservative bias of their own that matches the weight of the opposite bias combinedIn any case, it's ( ... )
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Exactly.
Also there is very symmetric situation:
- center-western protesters, non-legitimate authorities, West support
- south-eastern protesters, non-legitimate authorities, East support
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Troops was not need, pay to traitors was enough. Chunk of USSR was teared apart and Yushekno puppet set to throne.
> Also, Russian media has been playing fake stories about neo-Nazis terrorizing Russian speaking Ukrainians
Media of opposite side also use fake stories. And yes, there are real neo-Nazis terrorizing Russian speaking Ukrainians.
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The fact that Turchynov has just sacked the Odessa regional governor and appointed yet another well-known oligarch who shares his ultra-nationalist views, isn't helping much either, is it. Quite a nice freedom-fighting gang they've been forming up there in Kiev: Tymoshenko the Gas Queen, a bunch of violent neo-fascist right-wingers, plus a good amount of oligarchs who'd rather have you disappear in mysterious circumstances than tell you how they earned their first million.
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