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In reply to the discussion: An important clarification from Russia Today News. [View all]newthinking
(3,982 posts)12. No, but they certainly should not consort and give them executive branch positions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriy_Parubiy
Andriy Volodymyrovych Parubiy (Ukrainian: Андрій Володимирович Парубій
is a Ukrainian politician[2] and the Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, appointed after leading the anti-government riots in the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.[3] His deputy is Right Sector leader Dmytro Yarosh.[4]
Biography
In the years leading up to the Ukrainian independence in 1991 Parubiy was an active activist for this independence, being arrested for holding an illegal rally in 1988.[2] In 1991 he founded the neo-Nazi[5] Social-National Party of Ukraine together with Oleh Tyahnybok.[2] Parubiy co-led the Orange Revolution in 2004.[2][6] In the 2007 parliamentary elections he was elected into the Ukrainian parliament on an Our UkrainePeople's Self-Defense Bloc ticket.[2] He then became a member of the deputy group that would later become For Ukraine!.[2] Parubiy stayed with Our Ukraine and became a member of its Political Council.[7]
In February 2010 Parubiy had asked the European Parliament to reconsider its negative reaction to former Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko's decision to award Stepan Bandera, the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, the title of Hero of Ukraine.[8]
Early February 2012 Parubiy left Our Ukraine because their "views diverged".[9] In 2012 he was re-elected into parliament on the party list of "Fatherland".[10]
In 201314 Parubiy was a commandant of the Euromaidan.[11] He was coordinator of the volunteer security corps for the mainstream protesters.[12]
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Andriy Parubiy, a lawmaker who served as commander of the protest movements guards, was chosen to serve as chair of the national security and defence council. Victoria Siumar, a civil society activist, and Dmytro Yarosh, head of Right Sector, a militant protest group, were proposed as his deputies."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Sector#cite_note-ftyarosh1-16 (note 16 at the bottom)
Andriy Volodymyrovych Parubiy (Ukrainian: Андрій Володимирович Парубій
Biography
In the years leading up to the Ukrainian independence in 1991 Parubiy was an active activist for this independence, being arrested for holding an illegal rally in 1988.[2] In 1991 he founded the neo-Nazi[5] Social-National Party of Ukraine together with Oleh Tyahnybok.[2] Parubiy co-led the Orange Revolution in 2004.[2][6] In the 2007 parliamentary elections he was elected into the Ukrainian parliament on an Our UkrainePeople's Self-Defense Bloc ticket.[2] He then became a member of the deputy group that would later become For Ukraine!.[2] Parubiy stayed with Our Ukraine and became a member of its Political Council.[7]
In February 2010 Parubiy had asked the European Parliament to reconsider its negative reaction to former Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko's decision to award Stepan Bandera, the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, the title of Hero of Ukraine.[8]
Early February 2012 Parubiy left Our Ukraine because their "views diverged".[9] In 2012 he was re-elected into parliament on the party list of "Fatherland".[10]
In 201314 Parubiy was a commandant of the Euromaidan.[11] He was coordinator of the volunteer security corps for the mainstream protesters.[12]
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Andriy Parubiy, a lawmaker who served as commander of the protest movements guards, was chosen to serve as chair of the national security and defence council. Victoria Siumar, a civil society activist, and Dmytro Yarosh, head of Right Sector, a militant protest group, were proposed as his deputies."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Sector#cite_note-ftyarosh1-16 (note 16 at the bottom)
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I doubt we will ever know. But we know they have bases, there is a fleet based there,
jtuck004
Mar 2014
#7
Far too often we believe just about anything the faces on our televisions tell us to believe.
another_liberal
Mar 2014
#22
No, but they certainly should not consort and give them executive branch positions
newthinking
Mar 2014
#12
When it gets to the point of justifying a military incursion into a sovereign nation
BainsBane
Mar 2014
#10
Crimea is considered and legally an autonomous region and has it's own parliment
newthinking
Mar 2014
#16
Autonomous regions don't get to invite armed foreign troops to patrol the country
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2014
#27
The part where the NYT excuses thousands of Russian soldiers taking over
Pretzel_Warrior
Mar 2014
#9
That is the key question. There is no doubt that Russian troops are allowed in Crimea - that's where
pampango
Mar 2014
#20
No. My point is that I'm sure we have the right to protect the base using troops within the base
pampango
Mar 2014
#35
At least someone had the courage to not just unquestioningly fall into line . . .
another_liberal
Mar 2014
#34
Yanukovych 'overthrew' himself. The February 21 agreement with the protesters required him to remain
pampango
Mar 2014
#36
I see that happen all the time ...seeing what has not been said and blathering about it...
L0oniX
Mar 2014
#41
Ex-RT Anchor Liz Wahl: RT 'Not About the Truth, It's About Promoting a Putinist Agenda'
Tx4obama
Mar 2014
#54