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In reply to the discussion: What we're told about (the overthrow) bears only the sketchiest relationship with reality (Guardian) [View all]newthinking
(3,982 posts)39. So are you denying that Andriy Parubiy is in charge of Defense?
along with two members of Right Sector? You have not said what you think of that?
The new deputy prime minister, Oleksandr Sych, is from Svoboda; National Security Secretary Andriy Parubiy is a co-founder of the neo-Nazi Social-National Party, Svoboda's earlier incarnation; the deputy secretary for National Security is Dmytro Yarosh, the head of Right Sector. Chief prosecutor Oleh Makhnitsky is another Svoboda member, as are the ministers for Agriculture and Ecology (Channel 4, 3/5/14). In short, if the prospect of fascists taking power again in Europe worries you, you should be very worried about Ukraine.
From: FAIR: Denying the Far-Right Role in the Ukrainian Revolution
http://www.fair.org/blog/2014/03/07/denying-the-far-right-role-in-the-ukrainian-revolution/
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What we're told about (the overthrow) bears only the sketchiest relationship with reality (Guardian) [View all]
newthinking
Mar 2014
OP
That would be quite funny if it were coming from someone known for pushing a single viewpoint
newthinking
Mar 2014
#10
Yeah, you're just trying to be 'fair and balanced' by offering the pro-Putin "viewpoint."
ProSense
Mar 2014
#13
Well, right here at DU, we have plenty of posters who have lived there, or have family there,
quinnox
Mar 2014
#3
People who are from Ukraine or somehow connected to Ukraine are just as likely to have an agenda
Fumesucker
Mar 2014
#27
I believe that you and I are the only people anywhere who do not know what is going on.
pangaia
Mar 2014
#5
I don't quite buy the bullshit whine "Waaaah, the President was elected in a fair election..."
MADem
Mar 2014
#6
Right, and the PMs on the west were not corrupt? Corruption is endemic there
newthinking
Mar 2014
#16
Why wait until May to have an election? We have no idea what a majority of Ukrainians think about
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#26
Indeed. He also didn't expropriate tens of billions from the treasury and live in obscene luxury.
MADem
Mar 2014
#53