Ukraine Violence Spreads: At Least One Killed in Odessa Riots

[muriel_volestrangler]

79. It's disgusting to see "Dems are as bad as Republicans" and "Russians were defending themselves"

on DU. Both are lies. Neither would come from a Democrat.

International observers? You remember this sub-thread was about the European far right supporting Putin? They were the observers that his troops allowed in:

National electoral authorities were not allowed to play a role organizing the vote, or to contest its outcome. No national or objective international monitors were allowed to observe conditions of the referendum.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-l-phillips/crimeas-technically-flawe_b_4992908.html

European right-wing extremists and other pro-Russian activists "observed" the Crimean "referendum"

The illegitimate "referendum" in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea was held in this Ukrainian region at the gunpoint of Russian occupation forces on 16 March. Supported by the pariah states such as North Korea and Assad's Syria, yet strongly defied by the EU, USA, Canada and other states, the Crimean "referendum" was, however, hailed as "fair" and "legitimate" by a number of European "election monitors" who have been hired by dubious European structures and who have clear links to the extreme right, far left, and pro-Russian organisations/companies.

The main organisation which invited the "observers" to monitor the Crimean "referendum" is the Eurasian Observatory For Democracy & Elections (EODE). It is headed by Luc Michel (1958) and Jean-Pierre Vandersmissen (???). Both are followers of the major Belgian collaborationist and neo-Nazi Jean-François Thiriart and members of the extreme right Parti Communautaire National-Européen (PCN-NCP).

Johannes Hübner (1956), member of the radical right-wing populist Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ).
Ewald Johann Stadler (1961), former member of the FPÖ, current member of the radical right-wing populist Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZÖ).
Frank Creyelman (1961), former member of the extreme right Vlaams Blok, current member of the extreme right Vlaams Belang.
Luc Michel (1958), former member of the neo-Nazi Fédération d'action nationale et européenne (FANE), current member of the extreme right Parti Communautaire National-Européen (PCN-NCP).
Pavel Chernev (1969), member of the extreme right Ataka party.
Erkki Johan Bäckman (1971), neo-Stalinist who does not recognise Estonia and Latvia as states. Banned from teaching at the University of Helsinki for distorting the history of the Baltic states.
Aymeric Chauprade (1969), member of the radical right-wing populist National Front, adviser on international issues.

http://www.searchlightmagazine.com/news/featured-news/european-right-wing-extremists-and-other-pro-russian-activists-observed-the-crimean-referendum