Ukraine’s former PM says no Russian pressure behind EU deal rejection
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"I have never heard Putin or Medvedev say that if you sign the agreement with the EU, then you will have another government and the president," Mykola Azarov told reporters
On the contrary, Russia and China had agreed to provide Ukraine with up to $42 billion in loans and investment. "Ukraine could have seen a significant economic recovery," Azarov said.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian side was subjected to pressure on the part of the EU, he said.
On the contrary, Russia and China had agreed to provide Ukraine with up to $42 billion in loans and investment. "Ukraine could have seen a significant economic recovery," Azarov said.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian side was subjected to pressure on the part of the EU, he said.
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Gaddafi’s fate was prepared for Yanukovych — Ukrainian former PM Azarov
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The former premier Mykola Azarov also said he does not condemn Yanukovych for leaving Kiev and heading for the country’s east when his liquidation was reportedly being organized.
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He said Yanukovych had the opportunity to "keep order in the country," prevent the February 2014 coup.
"When an operation to shoot dead people on Maidan [Independence Square in downtown Kiev, the symbol of Ukrainian protests] was organized, the entire world and Ukraine were frightened — it was for the first time in our history that over 130 people were cold-bloodedly [shot dead] on Maidan, 26 of them being law enforcement officers," Azarov said.
"In this context, Yanukovych lost his heart and the hands of those who plotted a coup were free. He was called a bloody tyrant and it was said he was subject to liquidation. Groups tasked with capturing him and implementing the Libyan variant were formed. He was to have died like Gaddafi," he said.
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He said Yanukovych had the opportunity to "keep order in the country," prevent the February 2014 coup.
"When an operation to shoot dead people on Maidan [Independence Square in downtown Kiev, the symbol of Ukrainian protests] was organized, the entire world and Ukraine were frightened — it was for the first time in our history that over 130 people were cold-bloodedly [shot dead] on Maidan, 26 of them being law enforcement officers," Azarov said.
"In this context, Yanukovych lost his heart and the hands of those who plotted a coup were free. He was called a bloody tyrant and it was said he was subject to liquidation. Groups tasked with capturing him and implementing the Libyan variant were formed. He was to have died like Gaddafi," he said.
I stopped reading this for a few months, and came back to check through them, and OMFG you guys are dumb. The Russia and Ukraine situation isn't even reported on in US. No one gives a shit. And it's extremely funny that all the news about things going on in Ukraine are only being reported by from Russian news sources, which, apparently, arent even allowed to go into Ukraine, or get killed there.
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