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In reply to the discussion: Is President Obama admitting we caused overthrow of Ukraine's government? [View all]tammywammy
(26,582 posts)13. Obama's referring to the early elections agreed to before Yanukovych fled
http://world.time.com/2014/02/21/ukraine-kiev-clashes-viktor-yanukovych-elections/
Ukraine President and Opponents Sign Deal in Bid to End Violence
Early elections and other concessions are part of an internationally-brokered deal to end battles between police and protesters in Kiev
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leaders signed a deal Friday that will bring early elections and a new coalition government, an internationally-brokered agreement intended to end the fighting between police and protesters that has left about 75 dead and scores wounded in Kiev this week.
Yanukovychs office announced that the centreal government and the opposition reached the deal after negotiations with European Union diplomats. The deal includes early elections and a promise by the president to form a coalition government. Yanukovych said in a statement on his website that he would begin the process for early elections, but he did not give a date, the Associated Press reports. He also promised constitutional reforms that would limit the power of the presidency, which has been a key demand for Kievs protesters. Ukraines parliament voted Friday in favor of amnesty for people who were detained during the protests, Reuters reports, and the parliament also voted to release the prominent jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
Foreign ministers from Germany, France and Poland sought a deal after two days of clashes between protesters and police around Kievs Independence Square left about 75 dead. Some of the fiercest fighting in the past few days left the bodies of twenty people scattered on the ground not far from where Yanukovych was meeting with the E.U. diplomats, Reuters reports.
The United States, which had been considering sanctions of its own, welcomes the easing of tensions.
Ukraine President and Opponents Sign Deal in Bid to End Violence
Early elections and other concessions are part of an internationally-brokered deal to end battles between police and protesters in Kiev
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leaders signed a deal Friday that will bring early elections and a new coalition government, an internationally-brokered agreement intended to end the fighting between police and protesters that has left about 75 dead and scores wounded in Kiev this week.
Yanukovychs office announced that the centreal government and the opposition reached the deal after negotiations with European Union diplomats. The deal includes early elections and a promise by the president to form a coalition government. Yanukovych said in a statement on his website that he would begin the process for early elections, but he did not give a date, the Associated Press reports. He also promised constitutional reforms that would limit the power of the presidency, which has been a key demand for Kievs protesters. Ukraines parliament voted Friday in favor of amnesty for people who were detained during the protests, Reuters reports, and the parliament also voted to release the prominent jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.
Foreign ministers from Germany, France and Poland sought a deal after two days of clashes between protesters and police around Kievs Independence Square left about 75 dead. Some of the fiercest fighting in the past few days left the bodies of twenty people scattered on the ground not far from where Yanukovych was meeting with the E.U. diplomats, Reuters reports.
The United States, which had been considering sanctions of its own, welcomes the easing of tensions.
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Is President Obama admitting we caused overthrow of Ukraine's government? [View all]
another_liberal
Feb 2015
OP
There is nothing in this piece which is not backed up by direct quotes . . .
another_liberal
Feb 2015
#5
We "brokered a deal to transition power in Ukraine" means "we overthrew the government." Really.
leveymg
Feb 2015
#77
One thing I don't need is a lesson in grammar. You could use one in Poli sci - a coup is not
leveymg
Feb 2015
#97
Except our well-funded fascists took over the Rada and staged our coup instead.
another_liberal
Feb 2015
#19
The "transition" Obama is referring to in your OP is the deal for early elections.
tammywammy
Feb 2015
#22
The RT op-ed actually includes a video of Obama saying exactly what the poster you replied to posted
JonLP24
Feb 2015
#43
He fled because our neo-fascist armed mobs had seized the Rada and the Presidential Palace . . .
another_liberal
Feb 2015
#33
But ........ he was supposed to stick around to be tortured and sodomized in the street
polly7
Feb 2015
#34
Yanukovych's Party of Regions actually had the highest total popular vote in the early elections
JonLP24
Feb 2015
#51
Yanukovich still had full control of the military and security forces. They had kept the protesters
pampango
Feb 2015
#36
Actually, Yanukovych took three days to leisurely pack up his things and then flew away.
Tommy_Carcetti
Feb 2015
#103
Yes, they don't need no stinking context when trying to cover putin's sorry **** and put the blame
Cha
Feb 2015
#110
Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov says Obama Confirmed US involved in Ukraine Coup
KoKo
Feb 2015
#71
The street battles that forced the deal were part of the overthrow. Where is the distinction?
leveymg
Feb 2015
#81
I call bullshit. If your story only works by leaving things out, it's a conspiracy theory.
DetlefK
Feb 2015
#26
What the US did was organize and instigate the overthrow of another sovereign government . . .
another_liberal
Feb 2015
#31
Really. You pose the question in your OP then reveal your pre-determined answer.
randome
Feb 2015
#35
didn't happen that way. article should quote from the signed treaties/agreements.
Sunlei
Feb 2015
#55
Putin invaded a country next to Russia. That was Ukraine. Both russia & ukraine 'leadership' were c
Sunlei
Feb 2015
#92
It can hardly be denied. I mean when you have neocons ON TAPE plotting the coup, even naming
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#75
Thanks, I guess they don't want to talk about that, despite the wide coverage it received at the
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#93
Same as Iraq. I remember them well. Even down to the old Saddam lover garbage from the last war they
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#99
Given that video shows Yanukovych voluntarily left under his own power, I'd say no. nt
Tommy_Carcetti
Feb 2015
#102