Crisis Oekra�ne - Rusland #189 Waar we niet geloven in wat niet past

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Op vrijdag 27 februari 2015 19:48 schreef ZOA het volgende:

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Ik heb zo een Tshirt van Putin maar waar ik woon is dat momenteel zo 'n beetje hetzelfde als met een Feyenoord shirt in Rome lopen

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HaraldDoornbos twitterde op vrijdag 27-02-2015 om 20:12:39 significant this. RT @rConflictNews Serbia plans several military exercises with Russia. http://t.co/7rOHmFqFGA … reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 27 februari 2015 20:10 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

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Hoe gek

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Op vrijdag 27 februari 2015 20:54 schreef SureD1 het volgende:
Via @conflict_report:

#BREAKING #EVIDENCE
RUSSIAN ARMY T-72B1 IN #SHYROKYNE.
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#Mariupol #RussiaInvadesUkraine pic.twitter.com/khDjCHDE4M

Широкино 27 февраля / Обстановка в Широкино - Уникальные кадры / Интервью с жителями / 27.02.2015

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Russia’s largest Jewish organization has condemned the authorities of Ukraine, Baltic nations and Moldova over their official line of support to persons and groups known for close cooperation with Nazi Germany and crimes against humanity during WWII.

The Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (FJCR) approved the resolution ‘Against reviewing the result of the Second World War’ on Friday.

In this document, the leaders of the Russian Jewry againnoted that the current regime in Kiev was portraying as heroes and liberators the OUN-UPA group (Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists – Ukrainian Insurgents’ Army), regardless of the fact that its members had only gained notoriety by killing thousands of civilians over their ethnic roots, mostly Jews and Poles.

FJCR delegates drew attention to the actions of the authorities of the Baltic countries who "made heroes of former SS officers."

The FJCR members also recalled the 2013 incident when the writers’ association in Moldova nominated Paul Goma for the Nobel Peace Prize, ignoring the fact that this man was an avid anti-Semite who has described Holocaust as a “just retribution” to the Jews who, in his words, lacked to show loyalty to the government in 1940.

“By attempting to review the importance of the heroic deeds of the Soviet Military and the Soviet People, the authorities of these countries are directly or indirectly justifying collaborators,” the resolution states adding that “even partial justification of such phenomenon is in reality an acknowledgement of the fact that any extremist and terrorist ideology is acceptable and can be implemented.”

In January this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke in the Moscow Jewish Museum on the 70th anniversary of liberation of the Auschwitz death camp and noted that modern attempts to rewrite history are often made by people who try to distract attention from their nations’ collaboration with Hitler.

“It is hard to imagine that real ‘death factories,’ mass executions and deportations have become a terrible reality of the 20th century, that they were cold-bloodedly and thriftily organized in a Europe that seemed to be civilized back then,” Putin said.

“Direct attempts to silence history, to distort and rewrite history are inadmissible and immoral. Behind these attempts often lies the desire to hide one’s own disgrace, the disgrace of cowardice, hypocrisy and treachery, the intent to justify the direct or indirect collaboration with Nazism,” he added.

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Western nations should heed Russia's legitimate security concerns over the volatile situation in Ukraine, a top Chinese diplomat has said in a rare public statement on the crisis that has damaged relations between Russia and the West.

Qu Xing, China's ambassador to Belgium, said the Ukrainian crisis came about due to the ongoing “game”– a metaphor similar to that used by US geopolitical strategist Zbigniew Brzezinski, who referred to it as the “grand chessboard” – between Russia and the West, which has not abated despite, or because of, the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Arguing that outside interference by various powers inflamed the Ukrainian situation, Xing said Moscow would naturally feel threatened unless Western powers engaged in a more constructive approach.

Xing advised Western powers to “abandon the zero-sum mentality” in their efforts to deal with Moscow and the Ukraine crisis and “take the real security concerns of Russia into consideration," Reuters reported, quoting state news agency Xinhua.

China in the past has urged all involved parties to sit down and negotiate for peace.

The Chinese ambassador, whose Brussels office is in the same city as NATO’s headquarters, then offered some insight as to what motivates the United States on the international stage, and what could lead to its possible decline.

“The United States is unwilling to see its presence in any part of the world being weakened, but the fact is its resources are limited, and it will be to some extent hard work to sustain its influence in external affairs,” he was quoted as saying.

Xing said Washington's involvement in Ukraine could “become a distraction in its foreign policy.”

The Chinese diplomat’s comments represent a sharp departure from the relentless wave of hostile rhetoric coming from the West, which has gone to great lengths to blame Russia as the aggressor in the crisis.

Russia has been accused of arming eastern Ukrainian militia and dispatching soldiers and armaments as reinforcement – claims Moscow has denied on numerous occasions. There were even suggestions that Russia was somehow involved in the downing of Malaysian Airlines MH17 over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014.

Despite the extreme nature of the allegations, no substantive evidence has ever been presented to support such claims.

Indeed, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has blamed the United States as being the primary destabilizing factor in Ukraine.

“Through every step, as the crisis has developed, our American colleagues and the EU under their influence have tried to escalate the situation,” Lavrov told participants at the Munich Security Conference earlier this month.

Lavrov pointed to the failure of the EU to engage Russia over Brussels’ efforts to have Ukraine sign an economic association agreement with the bloc; the involvement of Western political figures during the Maidan protests; the failure of the West to condemn Kiev for branding its own citizens “terrorists;” and for supporting a coup that led to the toppling of a democratically elected president.

“The US made it public it brokered the transit of power in Ukraine. But we know perfectly well what exactly happened, who discussed candidates for the future Ukrainian government on the phone, who was at Maidan, and what is going on [in Ukraine] right now,” Lavrov said.

China is a member of BRCS, the economic association that includes Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa.

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ukrpravda_news twitterde op vrijdag 27-02-2015 om 16:44:10 На кордоні з Україною знаходиться 63,5 тисяч військових РФ | Українська правда http://t.co/8nHpxQerdP via @ukrpravda_news reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 27 februari 2015 20:15 schreef Houtenbeen het volgende:

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HaraldDoornbos twitterde op vrijdag 27-02-2015 om 20:12:39 significant this. RT @rConflictNews Serbia plans several military exercises with Russia. http://t.co/7rOHmFqFGA … reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 27 februari 2015 21:35 schreef remlof het volgende:

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Dan kan Servi� het EU-lidmaatschap voorlopig dus vergeten.

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This would take place despite the negative comments from the EU and the United States, the paper reported, and noted that last year's drills held in Serbia with the participation of Russia's Airborne Troops (VDV) also received criticism from the same quarters.

The article cites information obtained from "sources close to the Ministry of Defense and the Serbian Army," who said Serbia's foreign policy has not changed "despite the Ukrainian crisis and EU's demands to harmonize it with the European policy."

That is the reason military exercises with Russia are planned for this year as well, the daily quoted its sources.

However, "there is still no precise information about their number, date, or location, as programs are still being determined," writes Danas, and adds it was unofficially told by the Ministry of Defense and the Serbian Army that "a final agreement on the military exercises will be reached in the coming days."

The newspaper noted that Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic on Thursday met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, "a day after" Kerry spoke about Serbia being "in the line of fire" when it comes to relations between Washington and Moscow, and added that the conversation took place face to face.

"There has not been more precise information what they spoke about, in the context of Kerry's statement," the daily said, adding that Kerry during the "official part of the meeting" stressed that Serbia was taking on "an increasingly important role in many respects."

At the same time, Dacic told him that Serbia strives towards the EU and that its traditionally friendly relations with Serbia are "absolutely unrelated to its strategic orientation."

The newspaper reminded its readers that a recent report filed by EP rapporteur for Serbia Dacic McAllister, due to be adopted next month, expressed concern over the fact Serbia and Russia held joint military exercises at the height of the tensions between the EU and Russia, and that this remark was made "in the context of the call to Serbia to harmonize its foreign policy and introduce sanctions against Russia."

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Op vrijdag 27 februari 2015 21:33 schreef BarryOSeven het volgende:

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ukrpravda_news twitterde op vrijdag 27-02-2015 om 16:44:10 На кордоні з Україною знаходиться 63,5 тисяч військових РФ | Українська правда http://t.co/8nHpxQerdP via @ukrpravda_news reageer retweet

63,5 duizend soldaten staan op het punt van invallen vanaf de Krim.

Gaan we dan mensen.

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Op vrijdag 27 februari 2015 22:04 schreef SureD1 het volgende:
Op Veronica is een oude Top-Gear aflevering (februari 2014) waar ze door de Oekra�ne rijden, ze zaten net op de Krim. Bizar hoezeer de wereld in een jaar tijd veranderd is ....for the worse I might add...

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Op vrijdag 27 februari 2015 21:35 schreef remlof het
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Dan kan Servi� het EU-lidmaatschap voorlopig dus vergeten.

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Op vrijdag 27 februari 2015 22:07 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:

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Welke beledigende nummerplaten gebruikten ze daar?

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Op vrijdag 27 februari 2015 22:04 schreef SureD1 het volgende:
Op Veronica is een oude Top-Gear aflevering (februari 2014) waar ze door de Oekra�ne rijden, ze zaten net op de Krim. Bizar hoezeer de wereld in een jaar tijd veranderd is ....for the worse I might add...

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(Bloomberg) -- Three months after Saudi Arabia made clear it was going to let oil prices keep tumbling, the strategy is showing signs of working.

U.S. drillers are idling rigs at a record pace, gutting investment plans and laying off thousands of workers.

Those steps highlight how the Saudi-led OPEC decision on Nov. 27 to maintain output levels and protect its market share is having the desired effect -- pushing prices down so far that they threaten to curb output in the U.S. and other non-OPEC countries. Saudi Arabia, the most powerful member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, will maintain that tack when the group next meets in June, according to some of the world’s biggest banks.

“OPEC giving up on trying to control the price is working,” Francisco Blanch, head of commodities research at Bank of America Corp. in New York said by phone. “It is having the effect that we would expect, which is a decline in investment and ultimately supply, and somewhat higher demand. We think this change is for good.”

The number of rigs drilling for oil in the U.S. dropped by 37 last week to 1,019, the fewest since July 2011, data from Baker Hughes Inc. showed Feb. 20. Since Dec. 5, a total of 556 have been taken out of service. Oil explorers including Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Chevron Corp. have announced spending cuts of almost $50 billion since Nov. 1.

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Op vrijdag 27 februari 2015 22:18 schreef ZOA het volgende:

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Dat veranderen valt op de Krim erg mee en zeker niet 'for the worse'...

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Op vrijdag 27 februari 2015 22:20 schreef SureD1 het volgende:

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Ik had het niet over Krim, maar over de wereld...

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Op vrijdag 27 februari 2015 22:22 schreef ZOA het volgende:

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Je bent toch nog wel steeds blij toch? Dat je een stukje van de wereld bent?

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SputnikInt twitterde op vrijdag 27-02-2015 om 22:48:35 BREAKING: #Russian Politician Boris Nemtsov Killed in #Moscow http://t.co/ljHFd5T86Q http://t.co/M6QxGGNuDO reageer retweet

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BBCBreaking twitterde op vrijdag 27-02-2015 om 22:49:57 Russian opposition politician and former deputy PM Boris Nemtsov shot dead on Moscow street - Russian media http://t.co/kf9H3Zv2lT reageer retweet

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RT_com twitterde op vrijdag 27-02-2015 om 22:50:36 BREAKING: Opposition Russian politician Boris Nemtsov killed in the center of Moscow http://t.co/6xHGlqs5AR http://t.co/pnrRSh4Jyx reageer retweet

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obk twitterde op vrijdag 27-02-2015 om 22:44:58 Confirmed. Boris Nemtsov was shot four times in the chest and killed. Horrible, unbelievable. reageer retweet

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obk twitterde op vrijdag 27-02-2015 om 22:52:47 Boris Nemtsov was a sharp and and very well-known criticaster of Vladimir Putin. It gets darker all the time. reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 27 februari 2015 22:53 schreef Houtenbeen het volgende:

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obk twitterde op vrijdag 27-02-2015 om 22:44:58 Confirmed. Boris Nemtsov was shot four times in the chest and killed. Horrible, unbelievable. reageer retweet

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obk twitterde op vrijdag 27-02-2015 om 22:52:47 Boris Nemtsov was a sharp and and very well-known criticaster of Vladimir Putin. It gets darker all the time. reageer retweet