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US Deploys F-16 Fighter Jets In Poland and Lithuania Amid Ukrainian Turmoil

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– US deploys fighter jets in Poland and Lithuania amid Ukrainian turmoil (RT, March 10, 2014):

The US is sending a dozen F-16 fighter jets and nearly 300 service personnel to Poland by Thursday as part of a training exercise in response to the crisis in neighboring Ukraine, the Polish defense ministry confirmed.

The agreement to deploy US military forces in Poland was made between US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, and Poland’s Minister of National Defense Tomasz Siemoniak during a telephone conversation on Sunday, March 9, 2014, according to a statement on the official website of the Polish Ministry of National Defense.

Read moreUS Deploys F-16 Fighter Jets In Poland and Lithuania Amid Ukrainian Turmoil

Ukraine Lieutenant Colonel In Charge Of Crimea Unit Defects To Russia, Takes Soldiers With Him

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– Ukraine Lieutenant Colonel In Charge Of Crimea Unit Defects To Russia, Takes Soldiers With Him (ZeroHedge, March 10, 2014):

Mere days ahead of Crimea’s referendum to join Russia (or not) and following reports of shots fired between Russian and Ukrainian forces, the Ukraine Defense Ministry reports (via Facebook):

  • *UKRAINE LIEUTENANT COLONEL DEFECTS TO RUSSIAN FORCES: MINISTRY
  • *UKRAINE OFFICER IN CHARGE OF CRIMEA UNIT DEFECTS: UKR MINISTRY
  • *OFFICER CONVINCES ‘SEVERAL’ SOLDIERS TO DEFECT: DEF MINISTRY

Lt. Colonel Sadovnyk is the officer reported as ‘kidnapped’ yesterday in Bakhchisarai. It would appear Crimea is annexing itself as this comes just one week after the head of Ukraine’s Navy defected.

Via UKRInform,

The commander of a Ukrainian military unit, Lieutenant Colonel Volodymyr Sadovnyk, was kidnapped in Bakhchisarai on Sunday.

This was stated by the chief of staff of the military unit, Lieutenant Colonel Serhiy Hunder, according to Ukrainian media.

Read moreUkraine Lieutenant Colonel In Charge Of Crimea Unit Defects To Russia, Takes Soldiers With Him

Ukraine Military Conducts Training Drill, To Test ‘Combat Readiness’

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– Ukraine Military Conducts Training Drill, To Test “Combat Readiness” (ZeroHedge, March 10, 2014):

Just out from the Ukraining defense ministry:

  • UKRAINE ARMED FORCES CONDUCT TRAINING DRILL: DEFENSE MINISTRY
  • UKRAINE DEFENSE DRILL AIMED AT TESTING `COMBAT READINESS’: MIN

It may not be an abrupt ICBM launch, but it certainly increases the odds of some unintentional, or fully intentional, provocation between the Ukrainian and Russian militaries which as we have been following over the weekend, are amassing in very disturbing numbers in Crimea and, soon, east Ukraine.

For those who missed our coverage over the past few days, here are some of the clips foreshadowing this “drill” announcement. The first clip below captured the 80th Airborne Regiment out of Lviv moving out, direction mainland, preparing to repel foreign attack.

Read moreUkraine Military Conducts Training Drill, To Test ‘Combat Readiness’

Ukrainian Drone Captures Video Of Russian Troops Fortifying In The Crimea

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– Ukrainian Drone Captures Video Of Russian Troops Fortifying In The Crimea (ZeroHedge, March 9, 2014):

The only thing that is unclear about the following clip released by the Ukraine’s Border Guard supposedly capturing Russians “digging in” on a key route linking Crimea to the rest of the Ukraine, is what is funnier: that the Russian soldier is “painting” the drone with a laser flashlight, or that according to the Ukrainians said action was evidence the drone was being “shot at” by Russian soldiers.

As a follow up, here is another video made by a Ukrainian drone showing the distribution of Russian forces on the peninsula.

AND NOW: Sarah Palin’s Advice To Barack Obama: ‘Stop Putin With Nukes’

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Conservative pundit and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has offered her solution to the instability in Russia and the Ukraine.

– Sarah Palin’s advice to Barack Obama: ‘Stop Putin with nukes’ (News.com.au, March 9, 2014):

Sarah Palin has offered unsolicited advice to US President Barack Obama on containing Russian aggression, saying “the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke”.

The Republican former vice presidential candidate used a predominantly crass tone throughout her appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Read moreAND NOW: Sarah Palin’s Advice To Barack Obama: ‘Stop Putin With Nukes’

Ukraine: ‘World’s Oldest Pyramid’ Found In Crimea

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FYI.

Flashback:

– Oldest, Largest Pyramids Found In Bosnia – Interview With Dr. Sam Osmanagich:

– Russian military, Crimea earthquake hid by USGS, near ‘world’s oldest pyramid’ by Sevastopol (WTF RLY Report, March 4, 2014):

The Ukraine situation is getting strange. There are reports that the occupation in Crimea is curiously located near what is said to be the world’s oldest pyramid.

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– World’s oldest pyramid found in Crimea (AFP, Sep 3, 2012):

Monday, September 03, 2012 – Tblisi—A Ukrainian scientist discovered the oldest pyramid in the world in Crimea. As the ICTV channel reported, the finding was revealed by accident, when during his test alternative methods of finding water Ukrainian scientist Vitalii Goh discovered underground unknown object, which proved to be a giant pyramid of 45 meters in height and a length of about 72 meters. Goh said that the pyramid was built during the time of the dinosaurs, Crimea news agency or QHA reported.

“Crimean pyramid” has a truncated top, like a Mayan pyramid, but its appearance is more like an Egyptian. It is hollow inside, and a mummy of unknown creature is buried under the foundation. “Under the foundation is a small body in the form of a mummy long 1.3-1.4 meters with a crown on his head.”

“There is a resonance chamber of so-called Sphinx. The pyramids were built in the era of the dinosaurs,” says the scientist in an interview with ICTV.

– World’s oldest pyramid found in Crimea (Crimean News Agency, Aug 31, 2012):

Read moreUkraine: ‘World’s Oldest Pyramid’ Found In Crimea

Another East-Ukraine City Falls To Pro-Russian Protesters As Ukraine Denies Sending Troops To Crimea

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Turns out the “Ukrainian Attack” opening played by the west is a poor & terribly flawed opening strategy.

We’ve now entered the middlegame and …

– India Backs Russia’s ‘Legitimate Interests’ In Ukraine

– China Sides With Russia On Sanctions; Ambassador Warns ‘Western Nations Would Be Hurting Themselves’

– ‘BRILLIANT’: EU Leaders Draw Up Plans To Send Some Of Their Stocks Of Russian Gas To Ukraine If Russia Cuts Off Supply

… the western aggressors are losing more and more ‘territory’ with every passing day

… as the corporate media propaganda about what is happening in the Ukraine is exposed as just being another big lie:

– Leaked & Confirmed: Kiev Snipers Hired By Maidan Coalition (Full Conversation)

– ‘Behind The Kiev Snipers It Was Somebody From The New Coalition’ – A Stunning New Leak Released

– BBC Now Admits: Armed Nazis Led ‘Revolution’ in Kiev, Ukraine

– Ukraine Crisis: Just Another Globalist-Engineered Powder Keg

– What The US Media Won’t Tell You About Ukraine

– Russia Has Longstanding 25,000 Troop Allowance In Crimea & Other Facts You May Not Know About

– Another East-Ukraine City Falls To Pro-Russian Protesters As Ukraine Denies Sending Troops To Crimea (ZeroHedge, March 9, 2014):

Despite clear evidence otherwise, presented here extensively yesterday, this morning Ukraine has denied that is has “plans to send armed forces to Crimea” and instead Ukrainian troops are performing “training exercises” in base, Interfax news agency quoted Acting Defence Minister Ihor Tenyukh as saying on Sunday. Responding to media speculation about Ukrainian military movements after Russian forces took control of Crimea, Tenyukh said the only troop movements that might be seen would be from one base to another to take part in the training exercises. “No movements, no departures for Crimea by the armed forces are foreseen. They are doing their routine work which the armed have always had,” he said. Right, and Russia just happened to launch an ICBM as a “drill” in the middle of the greatest Cold War re-escalation in 30 years.

Adding somewhat to the confusion was the statement by Pavlo Shysholin, head of country’s border guard service tells reporters in Kiev, who said that so far Ukrainian border guards denied entry to 3,500 people and that Ukraine border troops remain in Crimea, would leave only if “forced” but more importanly:

  • UKRAINE BORDER TROOPS BOOST FORCES ON EAST BORDER: SHYSHOLIN

So there is an escalation in the mobilization, only not toward Crimea, which the Russians already control entirely, but the critical East, which as everyone knows, is the next target for Putin annexation once the Crimean referendum passes in one week.

Confirming just this were just released photos from another major city in east Ukraine, this time Lugansk, where pro-Russian protesters just stormed and took over the city administration building. Their demand: to be part of the March 16 referendum to become part of Russia.

Read moreAnother East-Ukraine City Falls To Pro-Russian Protesters As Ukraine Denies Sending Troops To Crimea

BBC Now Admits: Armed Nazis Led ‘Revolution’ in Kiev, Ukraine

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See also:

– Ukraine Crisis: Just Another Globalist-Engineered Powder Keg

– BBC Now Admits: Armed Nazis Led “Revolution” in Kiev, Ukraine (The Daily Sheeple, March 7, 2014):

Like the West’s support of sectarian terrorists across the Middle East, including Al Qaeda, it has found the most despicable elements in Ukrainian society to lead “revolution” for the sociopolitical reordering of Eastern Europe. As the dust settles, and the West’s proxy regime finds itself safely entrenched in Kiev, Ukraine – the Western media can now finally recuperate some of its lost legitimacy after months of denying the obvious – that armed Neo-Nazis led the so-called “Euromaidan” uprising.

A BBC Newsnight short titled, “Neo-Nazi threat in new Ukraine,” reveals xenophobic Jew-hating nationalists, armed and leading the mobs in Kiev, directly contradicting months of Western media narratives portraying the rabble as aspiring for “freedom,” “democracy,” and “closer ties with the West,” with the most absurd example being  the “I am Ukrainian” propaganda reel.

Far from a “pro-democracy” uprising, the “Euromaidan” was yet another case of Western engineered regime change leveraging the good intentions of the ill-informed to mask the covert backing of ugly armed extremists, just as it had done all across the similarly engineered “Arab Spring” in 2011.

In the light of the BBC’s report, confirmed intercepted phone conversations between the EU and Estonia regarding the Ukrainian opposition’s hiring of snipers deployed against both police and protesters takes on a new degree of veracity with deepening implications. It also reframes US Senator John McCain’s taking to the stage in Kiev, side-by-side with these overt Nazis as an abhorrent, shameful act bordering on treason and material support of terrorism.

Read moreBBC Now Admits: Armed Nazis Led ‘Revolution’ in Kiev, Ukraine

Ukraine’s Military Mobilizes, Prepares For Combat: Trucks, APCs, SAMs, Tanks Rolling Out

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– Ukraine’s Military Mobilizes, Prepares For Combat: Trucks, APCs, SAMs, Tanks Rolling Out (ZeroHedge, March 8, 2014):

Did somebody say de-escalation?

Read moreUkraine’s Military Mobilizes, Prepares For Combat: Trucks, APCs, SAMs, Tanks Rolling Out

Ukraine Crisis: Just Another Globalist-Engineered Powder Keg

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– Ukraine Crisis: Just Another Globalist-Engineered Powder Keg (ALT-MARKET, March 5, 2014):

When one studies history, all events seem to revolve around the applications and degenerations of war. Great feats of human understanding, realization and enlightenment barely register in the mental footnotes of the average person. War is what we remember, idealize and aggrandize, which is why war is the tool most often exploited by oligarchy to distract the masses while it centralizes power.

Read moreUkraine Crisis: Just Another Globalist-Engineered Powder Keg

Warning Shots Fired At OSCE Mission In Crimea; Russia Warns Of Treaty Force Majeure Over ‘Unfriendly NATO Threats’

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– Warning Shots Fired At OSCE Mission In Crimea; Russia Warns Of Treaty Force Majeure Over “Unfriendly NATO Threats” (ZeroHedge, March 8, 2014):

Perhaps it is time to finally admit that anyone who thought Putin’s Tuesday press conference, which the market so jubilantly assumed was a case of “blinking” and de-escalating tensions with the west, was wrong. If there is still any confusion, following yesterday’s news that Gazprom officially threatened Ukraine with cutting off its gas supplies, as well as the storming of a Ukraine base by Russian troops – luckily with no shots fired so far – then today’s developments should any remaining doubts. Moments ago AP reported that as the latest, third in a row, group of OSCE inspectors tried to enter Ukraine, they were not only barred from doing so, but warnings shots were fired to emphasize the point by pro-Russian forces.

From AP:

An Associated Press reporter says pro-Russian forces refused to let a foreign military mission enter Crimea on Saturday.

After the officers had stopped, the armed men fired warning bursts of automatic weapons fire into the air to make other unidentified vehicles halt. No injuries were reported.

Read moreWarning Shots Fired At OSCE Mission In Crimea; Russia Warns Of Treaty Force Majeure Over ‘Unfriendly NATO Threats’

Breaking News: Russian Troops In Crimea Storm Ukrainian Military Base (TIME – Haaretz – Reuters)

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– Russian Troops Storm Ukraine Air Force Base In Crimea, Reuters Confirms (ZeroHedge, March 7, 2014):

Update 2: ARMED ATTACKERS LEAVE UKRAINE MILITARY BASE IN SEVASTOPOL: TV5

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Update, and this time from Reuters:  

  • ARMED MEN ENTER UKRAINIAN MILITARY POST IN CRIMEA AND TAKE CONTROL, NO SHOTS FIRED – REUTERS REPORTER ON THE SCENE
  • UKRAINIANS AND FORCES THOUGHT TO BE RUSSIANS HOLD NEGOTIATIONS AFTER MILITARY POST TAKEN, NO ARMS SEIZED – REUTERS REPORTER

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– Russian soldiers storm Ukrainian military base in Crimea (Haaretz, March 7, 2014):

Russian troops on Friday stormed a Ukranian military base 5 kilometers from the Ukranian city Sevastopol, located on the Black Sea coast of the Crimean peninsula. No shots have been fired.

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– Russian Troops in Crimea Storm Ukrainian Base (TIME, March 7, 2014):

Russian troops reportedly launched an attack on a Ukrainian base outside the Crimean port city of Sevastopol—risking a dangerous escalation of the present crisis

Russian troops began storming a Ukrainian military base on the Crimean peninsula soon after dark on Friday, ramming the gates with a truck and rushing inside, a Colonel of the Ukrainian air force tells TIME. Within two hours, the Russian forces managed to seize part of the Ukrainian air force base at the edge of Sevastopol, the city that also houses Russia’s Black Sea naval fleet.

“The attack is on,” says Colonel Viktor Kukharchenko, the deputy commander of another Ukrainian air force base in Crimea. “The Russian forces are now trying to take the rest of the base. Their commander is negotiating with our forces, demanding they lay down their arms and surrender.” He said he was not aware any shots being fired in the course of the attack. A spokesman for Ukraine’s defense ministry confirmed that the A-2355 base outside Sevastopol had been stormed by Russian troops late in the evening on Friday, adding that it houses a tactical aviation command center responsible for anti-aircraft defenses. He also said there were about 100 Ukrainian soldiers posted inside the base.

Read moreBreaking News: Russian Troops In Crimea Storm Ukrainian Military Base (TIME – Haaretz – Reuters)

America’s Staggering Hypocrisy in Ukraine

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– America’s Staggering Hypocrisy in Ukraine (Common Dreams, March 5, 2014):

ince World War II – and extending well into the Twenty-first Century – the United States has invaded or otherwise intervened in so many countries that it would be challenging to compile a complete list. Just last decade, there were full-scale U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, plus American bombing operations from Pakistan to Yemen to Libya.

So, what is one to make of Secretary of State John Kerry’s pronouncement that Russia’s military intervention in the Crimea section of Ukraine – at the behest of the country’s deposed president – is a violation of international law that the United States would never countenance?

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Russia Threatens Retaliation To Sanctions, Announces Support For Crimean Referendum

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– Russia Threatens Retaliation To Sanctions, Announces Support For Crimean Referendum (ZeroHedge, March 7, 2014):

It appears Obama’s latest “one hour” conversation with Putin has just made things downshift from bad to worse.

Moments ago Russia accused the European Union of taking an “extremely unconstructive position” by freezing talks on easing visa barriers that complicate travel between Russia and the EU over Ukraine.

“Russia will not accept the language of sanctions and threats“ and will retaliate if sanctions are imposed, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement about agreements reached at an emergency EU summit on Thursday.

And assuring that the imminent Crimean referendum due in just over a week will rapidly deteriorate the current detente was overnight news that Russia’s upper house of parliament will support Crimea in its bid to join the Russian Federation, the speaker of the upper house of parliament said Friday. “If the people of Crimea decide to join Russia in the referendum, we, as the upper house, will certainly support this decision,” Valentina Matvienko said at a meeting with Vladimir Konstantinov, his counterpart in the Crimean parliament.

Read moreRussia Threatens Retaliation To Sanctions, Announces Support For Crimean Referendum

Lawmakers Ready To Pass Bill Allowing Acceptance Of Crimea Into Russian Federation

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– Lawmakers ready to pass bill allowing acceptance of Crimea into Russian Federation (RT, March 6, 2014):

Several Russian parliamentarians have voiced their readiness to fast track a new bill on accepting new regions into the Russian state, and made it clear that the move was caused by fears over the fate of ethnic Russians in the Crimean Republic.

The draft law simplifies the procedure of accepting a part of a foreign state into the Russian Federation, and could be passed as early as next week, the head of the Fair Russia party Sergey Mironov told reporters on Thursday.

Read moreLawmakers Ready To Pass Bill Allowing Acceptance Of Crimea Into Russian Federation

The Russian Perspective: ‘There Will Be War In Ukraine’

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– The Russian Perspective: “There Will Be War In Ukraine” (ZeroHedge, March 6, 2014):

With Ukrainians living in the Crimea region voting to join Russia, the West calling for sanctions (well some of the West), boots still on the ground, and markets apparently of the belief that all is well in the world once again, we thought the Russian perspective on the next steps was useful…

Via Sergei Markov of The Moscow Times,

The current crisis is not about Crimea. It is about the rights of Russian-speakers throughout Ukraine whom the Kremlin wants to protect from violence and discrimination. Russia does not want a military intervention in Crimea and does not want to take Crimea from Ukraine.

Read moreThe Russian Perspective: ‘There Will Be War In Ukraine’

High-Probability Of Russian Assault Overnight, Ukraine Pravda Says

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– High-Probability Of Russian Assault Overnight, Ukraine Pravda Says (ZeroHedge, March 6, 2014):

On the heels of the Russian navy intentionally sinking a vessel blocking the Ukrainian navy from entering The Black Sea, Ukraine Pravda reports that it is “most probable that Russian troops will assault units in Ukrainian Crimea overnight continuing to the weekend.” Citing a source in the uniformed services, Ukraine Pravda warns that “despite reports that Russian troops ended in learning, active phase lasts. They did not return to the barracks,” and maintain “peak readiness.”

Via Ukraine Pravda (via Google Translate),

On the night of Thursday to Friday a great opportunity to assault Ukrainian part of the Russian special forces.

This “Ukrainian Pravda” reported a source in the uniformed services.

“Despite reports that Russian troops ended in learning, active phase lasts. They did not return to the barracks. Could maintain peak readiness by the end of the weekend,” – said the source.

Read moreHigh-Probability Of Russian Assault Overnight, Ukraine Pravda Says

Crimea Parliament ‘Accelerates Crisis’, Votes To Join Russia

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– Crimea Parliament “Accelerates Crisis”, Votes To Join Russia (ZeroHedge, March 6, 2014):

While the world is convinced that Putin’s Tuesday press conference was an admission of blinking to the west, the reality is anything but that, and hours ago Crimea’s parliament voted to join Russia on Thursday and its Moscow-backed government set a referendum within 10 days on the decision in what Reuters said is a “a dramatic escalation of the crisis over the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula.” To be sure, the Crimea – which has an ethnic Russian majority – affiliation to Moscow as opposed to Kiev is well-known, yet still the sudden acceleration of moves to bring Crimea formally under Moscow’s rule came as European Union leaders gathered for an emergency summit to seek ways to pressure Russia to back down and accept mediation. And now all Putin has to do is sit back and say the people have spoken and without spilling a drop of blood has effectively split the country in two parts, with the entire east of Ukraine, where pro-Russian sentiment also runs high – sure to follow Crimea. Just as we said from the very beginning.

From Reuters:

The Crimean parliament voted unanimously “to enter into the Russian Federation with the rights of a subject of the Russian Federation”. The vice premier of Crimea, home to Russia’s Black Sea military base in Sevastopol, said a referendum on the status would take place on March 16. The announcement, which diplomats said could not have been made without Russian President Vladimir Putin’s approval, raised the stakes in the most serious east-west confrontation since the end of the Cold War.

Read moreCrimea Parliament ‘Accelerates Crisis’, Votes To Join Russia

Ukraine Acting President Loses It Over ‘Crime Against Nation’ Crimea Referendum

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– Ukraine Acting President Loses It Over “Crime Against Nation” Crimea Referendum (ZeroHedge, March 6, 2014):

Ukraine’s Acting President Turchynov is not happy about what his ‘fellow countrymen’ in the east are doing:

  • *UKRAINE PARLIAMENT TO DISSOLVE CRIMEA LEGISLATURE: TURCHYNOV
  • *UKRAINE PRESIDENT SAYS ONLY NATIONAL CRIMEA VOTE IS LEGAL
  • *UKRAINE’S TURCHYNOV SAYS MARCH 16 REFERENDUM WOULD BE ‘FARCE’
  • *TURCHYNOV CALLS MARCH 16 REFERENDUM ‘CRIME AGAINST NATION’

So how will he enforce that decision? Perhaps this is the instigation that Putin has been waiting for? Bonds and precious metals are suddenly bid on this news.

It appears things are escalating once again…

Read moreUkraine Acting President Loses It Over ‘Crime Against Nation’ Crimea Referendum

Russia Today Anchor Liz Wahl Quits Live On Air Over ‘Whitewashed’ Coverage Of Putin (Video)

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– Russia Today Anchor Quits Live On Air Over “Whitewashed” Coverage Of Putin (ZeroHedge, March 5, 2014):

Presented with little comment, suffice to add former Washington DC RT correspondent Liz Wahl’s comments that “personally she cannot be part of a network funded by the Russian government that whitewashes the action of Putin…”  At least RT was correct when it said yesterday that “Contrary to the popular opinion, RT doesn’t beat its journalists into submission, and they are free to express their own opinions, not just in private but on the air.”  One wonders if Ms. Wahl’s next stop will be MSNBC, FOX or CNN, where the truly unbiased coverage can be found.

Today’s drama takes to a entirely new level the statement voiced by another RT presenter who also denounced as “wrong” Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine.

“I can’t stress enough how strongly I am against any state intervention in a sovereign nation’s affairs,” Abby Martin declared in her news programme.

RT said it respected Ms Martin’s views, and that she would not be reprimanded.

Read moreRussia Today Anchor Liz Wahl Quits Live On Air Over ‘Whitewashed’ Coverage Of Putin (Video)

What The US Media Won’t Tell You About Ukraine

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– What the US Media Won’t Tell You About Ukraine (Common Dreams, March 4, 2014):

As usual, America’s foreign correspondents are falling down on the job.

Stories devoid of historical context cast Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a naked act of neo-Soviet aggression. Considering that the relevant history begins a mere two decades ago, its omission is inexcusable.

The spark that led to the takeover of Crimea was not the overthrow of President Viktor Yanukovich. It is what happened the day after.

Read moreWhat The US Media Won’t Tell You About Ukraine

Russia Has Longstanding 25,000 Troop Allowance In Crimea & Other Facts You May Not Know About

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– Russia’s 25,000-troop allowance & other facts you may not know about Crimea (RT, March 4, 2014):

Ukraine’s statement at the UN that ‘16,000 Russian soldiers had been deployed’ across Crimea sparked a MSM feeding frenzy that steadfastly ignored any hard facts that got in their way.

Especially unwelcome is the fact that the so-called ‘invasion force’ has been there for 15 years already.

The media many trust described in hysterical tones how the Autonomous Republic of Crimea was under a full-scale Russian invasion with headlines like: “Ukraine says Russia sent 16,000 troops to Crimea”, “Ukraine crisis deepens as Russia sends more troops into Crimea,” as well as “What can Obama do about Russia’s invasion of Crimea?”.

Facts, and ardent statements by top Russian diplomats were totally ignored by the western ‘war press’.

Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin pointed to the longstanding 25,000 troop allowance while FM Sergey Lavrov stressed the Russian military “strictly executes the agreements which stipulate the Russian fleet’s presence in Ukraine, and follows the stance and claims coming from the legitimate authority in Ukraine and in this case the legitimate authority of the Autonomous Republic Crimea as well.”

So here they are, the facts:

Read moreRussia Has Longstanding 25,000 Troop Allowance In Crimea & Other Facts You May Not Know About

Former U.S. Treasury Official: The Fault In Ukraine Is Not Russia’s, It Is The US’

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– The fault in Ukraine is not Russia’s, it is the US’ – US former Treasury official (Voice of Russia, March 5, 2014):

The fault in Ukraine is not Russia’s, it is the US’. The US is the one who organized, financed and provoked the coup, and the US was incompetent and lost control of the coup to the ultranationalists who threat to the Russians in the Crimea. So, it is purely normal for the Russian government to react as Ukraine is not an area of the United States’ strategic interests, Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury and a contributor to Global Research, told the Voice of Russia.

Why do you call the US media portrayal of the situation as the absence of integrity?

Read moreFormer U.S. Treasury Official: The Fault In Ukraine Is Not Russia’s, It Is The US’

Putin Totally Blasts US: U.S. Has Invaded Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan Against International Law And They Bully The World (Video)

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– Putin Totally Blast the U.S. saying; U.S. has invaded Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan against International Law and they Bully the World (Sherrie Questioning All, March 4, 2014):

Putin is Standing up and he is telling the truth.  You will never hear this on the U.S. media channels.

Putin said the U.S. is a big bully and says U.S. will make countries regret not bending to their will.

He says the U.S. invaded Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan illegitimately and Russia is being completely legitimate in going into Ukraine.

Read morePutin Totally Blasts US: U.S. Has Invaded Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan Against International Law And They Bully The World (Video)