Sanctions on autopilot:
Five more European countries have joined the row:
Montenegro, Albania, Iceland, Norway and Lichtenstein. All renowned world powers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/rolling_news/2014/05/140526_rn_eu_sanctions_new_countries.shtmlYet none so far has condemned the rigged elections in Ukraine.
More double standards on the Western part:
Yanukovich allegedly ordered Berkut to disperse Maidan with force. It was later proven to be wrong, yet the West cried out and gave green light to displace Yanukovich.
Valtsman (aka Poroshenko) ordered to intensify the massacre of civilians in the South-East, and the West hails it as the triumph of democracy.
Fresh images:
Up to 100 killed in Kiev military op, Donetsk E. Ukraine - anti-govt forceshttp://rt.com/news/161592-donetsk-truck-grenade-killed/
Terrorist Kolomojskij, asked everyone to talk to him only in Ukrainian (as opposed to Hebrew, I presume):
http://lenta.ru/news/2014/05/27/mova/According to this item, he started to expand his dictionary, learns pronunciation of Ukrainian words and their meaning.
So, in other words, he suddenly started to learn Ukrainian. Hopes to please the Right Sector?
New Op-Edge at RT:
Europe and Ukraine: A tale of two electionshttp://rt.com/op-edge/161664-elections-in-eu-ukraine/ Few in Europe would have noticed how this process is so far away from “democracy” –instead enshrining intolerance and an ideology of blind confrontation, as represented by this “debate” in Kiev driven by a clueless Yale historian.
Key facts that should be understaood are how the West ignored the Odessa massacre, as well as the detention of Russian journalists; and how the West dismissed the aspirations of eastern and southern Ukrainians as the work of “pro-Russians” or “terrorists.” These people simply became objects of repression - fully supervised by the West, with now the whole regime change theatre of the absurd in Kiev legitimized through an election charade.
Another long (sorry) relevant quote from the Op-Edge:
There’s no evidence Right Sector and Svoboda will cease to be crypto-fascist, racist and intolerant just because Poroshenko – the King of Ukrainian Chocolate – is now the president. By the way, his margin for maneuver is slim, as his own markets – not to mention some of his factories – are in Russia. Heavy industry and the weapons industry in eastern Ukraine depend on Russian demand. It would take at least a whopping $276 billion for the West to “stabilize” eastern Ukraine. The notion of the EU “saving” Ukraine is D.O.A.
Moscow, once again, just needs to do what it is doing: nothing. And make sure there will be no economic or political help unless a federalized – and Finlandized - Ukraine with strong regions sees the light of day.
Even the Brookings Institution has reluctantly been forced to admit that the US neo-con gambit has failed miserably; there’s no Ukraine without Russian help.
So it’s up to the Chocolate King to prove himself a leader of all Ukrainians, and only then will he have a shot at entente cordiale with – and even help from - Moscow.
Signs so far are mixed. Poroshenko said Ukraine could “possibly” become an EU member state by 2025 (it won’t happen). He ruled out entering NATO (wise move). He rejects federalization (dumb move). He believes that with a strong economy Crimea would want to be back (wishful thinking). Still, he believes in reaching a compromise with Moscow (that’s what Moscow always wanted, even before regime change).
Like this for instance:
