Annual address of President to Verkhovna Rada “On Internal and External Situation of Ukraine in 2016”
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Fellow Ukrainians!
Dear people’s deputies!
Dear Ukrainian Government!
First of all, I would like to congratulate everyone once again on the 25th anniversary of restoration of our state independence. Yes, it is true that the parliament is made up from the ruling faction and the opposition. This is the inviolable and important feature of democracy. But sometimes there are moments when one should forget at least for a second who is right and who is left, liberal or conservative, Ukrainian- or Russian-speaker. Independence Day is the day when you overcome barriers and remember that all of us are Ukrainians at the foremost.
In conditions of lasting aggression of Russia against Ukraine when military threat from the East is the biggest strategic challenge, the issue of national unity and political consolidation is a life-and-death issue. This is the main thing I would like to say today.
We are preparing to mark the centenary of the Ukrainian national revolution. Only in exile, its prominent leaders and participants have realized that the main reason of losing independence had been incurred due to infighting. I am convinced that we must learn historic lessons and that the political struggle will not cross the line when democracy and European values are overshadowed by chaos, anarchy and warlordism.
I would like to repeat once again my words on Independence Day: state independence gave us democracy and freedom, civil dignity and national unity; taught us to defend ourselves and opened the European perspective for our country. Now, we must supplement our spiritual and moral achievements with material achievements and ensure the increase of welfare of every citizen of free Ukraine. This is our main task.
In order to achieve such an ambitious goal, we need three components: peace, security and reforms. Our security depends first and foremost on the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the quality of Ukrainian diplomacy.
I would like to emphasize: we highly appreciate support from our western partners. At the moment, 40 import contracts on the supply of various means of defense are being fulfilled on a total sum of USD 1.5 billion. Our friends gave us armored vehicles, unmanned vehicles, surveillance and communications equipment, counterbattery radar stations etc. A few weeks ago we received a large shipment of night vision devices; another one is on the way.
In general, it is clear that Ukraine must rely on itself in defense – on its army and military-industrial complex.
Everyone can clearly see how the army has changed in two years. Two years ago, we didn’t have one and now we do and it is powerful! Of course it doesn’t have luxurious conditions, but it is motivated morally and financially. Yes, it doesn’t have pickles for a meal, but it is full-fed. Yes, it doesn’t have a Haute couture uniform, but it is dressed and the uniform is modern. It is armed and prepared for the defense of the state yet not under the latest trend of military-technical fashion.
If the Ukrainian authorities had always paid such attention to the Armed Forces, “green men” wouldn’t have entered Crimea. And there wouldn’t have been Russian troops in Donbas as well. Frankly speaking, dear friends, I was simply shocked when the Prosecutor General’s Office informed me on the scale of selling military equipment and armament for trifling sum. That is why our heroes-volunteers fought back with bare hands in spring 2014. There were no armed vehicles, there were no weapons, airspace was not secure. Now, it is different: They’d better not interfere.
The parade of August 24 was a symbolic report. There were a lot of people’s deputies there, but I really missed all of you, leaders of factions, for the entire Ukrainian nation to see our unity and our pride. In fact, every day and night military actions test our troops to the limit. But our troops hold the line against the aggressor whose resources far exceed all possible kinds of resources we possess. And it cannot do anything.
I would like to outline the nearest plans on modernization of defense and security sector. Of course, all of us have enormous dreams. But there are earthly realities that do not leave much choice between what we want and what we can afford.
Almost 3% of GDP for the defense is a lot compared to barely 1% allocated by governments in mid zero years. But it is too little for a country, which is de-facto in the state of war. However, we cannot afford more unfortunately – military pressure on the budget and social sphere is already critical. That is why the army still needs civil assistance, civil support. The state is grateful to everyone whose private civil initiative strengthens our defense capacity.
I would like to emphasize that we will use the existing resources rationally under transparent control of society and parliament. We will strictly control the expenditures, clearly determine long-term needs of the army and other security structures.
Not only repaired and modernized, but also modern new military equipment has already been supplied to the troops. Last year, we have made operational about 20 new types of weaponry and military equipment. This year, the Ministry of Defense will accept 20 more. And I would like to remind that we are in the very beginning of military-technical modernization of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. We have an open field for work.
Over 100 private enterprises that produce and supply hundreds of components are involved in cooperation on ensuring the state defense order and the program of import substitution. This is the real scale of state-private partnership in the defense sphere. These are hundreds of enterprises, not one or two.
Unfortunately, dear people’s deputies, the law on special confiscation has become a stumbling block. It is an important source of funding the defense order this year. Dear friends, it is our debt to the country and I once again urge you to vote for the law in the edition that removes all your fears. Make the amendments you see fit, but please adopt this law and ensure funding for the state defense order and other items of defense expenditures.
For the development of new technologies and industrial base, for the production of modern weapons, as well as for receiving additional financial resources, we export goods and services for military purposes to more than 60 countries! Last year, we concluded export contracts for the sum that exceeds USD 1.3 billion. The portfolio of orders of our enterprises in 2016 already exceeds a billion dollars. But I once again emphasize that the MIC enterprises serve the Ukrainian army first of all. We export new samples of weaponry produced by the MIC enterprises beyond the state defense order, not the weaponry of the Ukrainian army. Export does not weaken national defense.
We do everything in the defense sphere firmly holding a compass the needle of which points at the North Atlantic. Actually, a compass is the key element of NATO emblem. And it directs us to full compatibility with NATO standards, not only in the military sphere.
We have reached the unprecedentedly close level of cooperation with NATO countries. And we will increase, expand and enhance it until the achievement of full membership criteria. Our strategic goal is NATO membership. I insist: this pointer is motionless for us as the North Star in the starry sky.
It is important that in 2.5 years, the number of supporters of Ukraine’s accession to NATO has increased significantly and it substantially exceeds the number of opponents today. But the given issue still has significant differences between macro-regions.
We should also be aware that the Alliance has no consensus on Ukraine’s membership as well. Yes, formally the door has been open since the Bucharest Summit 2008. But this door is sensory and may close if we come closer too fast. Therefore, every step must be weighed and pre-calculated in order to avoid the repetition of the Membership Action Plan eight years ago. I want to emphasize that the measures we take now are much greater than the Membership Action Plan of 2008.
It is natural that the community is very interested in how the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be shaped in the future. As Supreme Commander-in-Chief, I implement the course on professionalization of the Ukrainian troops and I have reported to the Ukrainian people on the parade that the Ukrainian army has concluded contracts with 75% of personnel already. This component will continue to increase, and this will require further improvement of structure and salary growth. I emphasize that only this year, 50 thousand volunteers signed up to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This enabled us to demobilize five waves of mobilization. I am sure that this line will be continued.
Personally, I would prefer neither mobilization nor martial law. I see a very different plan for our country. But will there be a new wave of partial mobilization or, God forbid, full mobilization? The final answer to this question depends on Moscow.
Our border with Russia is the longest in Europe: two thousand kilometers only on land. I emphasize that Russia is constantly increasing its military presence first of all on our border, it is flexing its muscles on the west and south-west strategic directions. The high level of threat of armed aggression remains in the south. And the Russian terrorist troops in Donbas have almost 38.5 thousand people, over 600 tanks and 1250 armored combat vehicles, 750 artillery system units, over 300 multiple launch rocket systems.
Unfortunately, we do not see the desirable progress in the implementation of the Minsk agreements. However, direct offensive by Russian terrorist troops has been stopped. The absence of new waves of mobilization is also a positive consequence of the Minsk agreements. Just as the return of thousands of Ukrainian hostages kept in prisons in the occupied territories and Russia.
In general, due to the enhancement of the defense capacity of the AFU, we feel more secure than a year before. The temperature of conflict is lower than it was in 2014 and 2015.
We will observe the Minsk agreements no matter how hard it may be. This allowed our diplomacy to win the struggle for the continuation of sanctions of the EU, USA, Japan, Australia and other countries in spring and summer. But we have not yielded any principled position of Ukraine.
Moreover, in a difficult dialogue, we have convinced our western allies and partners that any political settlement must be preceded by apparent and undeniable progress in security issues: sustainable ceasefire, withdrawal of Russian troops and equipment from the occupied territories, disarmament of militants and finally, restoration of control over our border.
And the second reading of constitutional changes, the ghost of which has always been present in this hall, hasn’t taken place. And it will not happen until proper conditions for this appear. Dear people’s deputies, any decision will be exclusively yours. Neither constitutional amendments nor the law on local elections in Donbas and other strategic steps will take place without your participation. Thus, our cooperation is vital.
Russia wants to transform the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions into Donbas protectorate and infiltrate it into the composition of Ukraine under its conditions in order to undermine us from inside. We will not allow that.
However, there is another extreme in this issue. The internal one. And we cannot pretend it doesn’t exist. Some Ukrainian politicians attack the Normandy format and the Minsk process because they pave a real way to return Donbas and they are the only tool to achieve this goal. And it turns out that not everyone wants that, because they’re different, because they will not vote right, they will choose them and not us, they will pull us to the East, and we will pull to the West. Of course nobody says that loud, but wickedness can be easily read between the lines. This philosophy is unacceptable for me and I would like to tell its apologists that it won’t be how you want!
Fantasies about peace in exchange for territory are completely illusory. This approach will bring neither peace nor territories. There will be only shame and ever-smoldering conflict.
Struggle for the restoration of Ukraine’s territorial integrity within the borders of 1991 was, is and will be the main priority for me. Just as it has been approved during the real referendum, inter alia, by the majority of Donbas and Crimea residents. And there was no other referendum! Putin’s statement that the Crimean issue is closed is just nonsense. Although in reality it was actually closed in 1954 and 1991: Crimea was, is and will be Ukrainian. And there will be no other conversation.
It is obvious that there is no military solution to the problem of territorial integrity. First of all, the capacity of our army is purely defensive. Second, the enemy entrenched in the most urbanized and densely populated areas and towns with our compatriots – citizens of Ukraine.
So the only way of settlement and restoration of territorial integrity is the political-diplomatic way based on the defense capabilities of the army.
We must understand that we will not get up one beautiful morning to see that the status-quo of early 2014 in Donbas has been restored. The process of real, not formal restoration of territorial integrity, reintegration of residents of the occupied territories of Donbas into Ukraine, return of the Ukrainian sovereignty to Donbas will be difficult, painful and long.
And only the Minsk process paves the way to the beginning of this process according to our opinion and the opinion of our partners. Thus, we are interested in its continuation, as well as in maintaining the Normandy format more than anyone. And any attacks on it, including those made by the aggressor, will not lead to anything. We shall ensure the winning process of returning Ukrainian sovereignty. In principle, we can exercise in inventing various formats ever so long, but let’s not forget: any format makes sense, only if Russia takes part in it and if it is a multilateral format.
Exclusively a multilateral one, since the behavior of Russia on the world’s arena, its violations of the international law, the attempts of the Kremlin to ruin the architecture of European and global security, the Kremlin’s expansionism is a continental and global challenge, and it can be resolved exclusively on the bilateral basis.
Ukraine needs further considerable international support in its fight against the Russian aggression. And, I may also recognize that it becomes harder and harder due to various objective and subjective factors to provide the same support to our diplomacy.
These days the European Union has been undergoing severe tests, may be, the most complicated for the time it is in existence. The migration crisis, acts of terrorism – they are external attacks against Europe testing its internal strength. This turbulence results in such events as the Eurosceptics’ victory at the referendum in the Netherlands, which indeed – and all of us understand this – had only a formal relation to the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, the UK voting for Brexit.
The forthcoming year’s elections in some European countries may bring to power either ultras or at least the political forces inclined to compromises with the Kremlin believing appeasement of the aggressor to be the best policy. Nobody has learnt the lessons of Munich. They are ready to put themselves in Putin’s shoes with the same enthusiasm as the Western leaders demonstrated trying to understand Hitler.
Europe still speaks in one voice, but there are countries speaking with a strong Russian accent. The authorities of the day in our partner countries are under strong pressure of the opposition prone to a compromise with Moscow. The opposition, in its turn, relies on the requirements of the business circles and social groups believing they are the victims of the alleged curtailment of their countries’ cooperation with Russia.
One can easily see Russia has been applying the non-military hybrid war methods – known from the Ukraine’s case – in the EU countries. The Kremlin does not hide they have been using the European democratic values to ruin the West.
I’m sure Europe will overcome all the challenges strategically. However, on the tactics level, all of us should understand, how much complicated the tasks for our Ukrainian diplomacy become, in what unfavorable conditions they should ensure a single European position as concerns the sanctions and other forms of pressure on the Russian Federation.
During the meeting of ambassadors late in August, everyone was provided both general and individual guidelines. Including, those to be applied if the developments in some countries follow the scenario which is not the best for us.
The main thing is to facilitate strengthening of the international coalition in support of Ukraine and to prevent lifting of the sanctions from the RF until the territorial integrity of Ukraine is restored completely. Facilitating the strengthening of Ukraine’s defensive capacity by intensifying cooperation in military technology and defense spheres, transfer of military technologies, provision of lethal weapons to us, at least in the case of a full-scale Russia’s invasion, which we, of course, do not rule out, and to which we should be ready firmly any time.
We should put efforts to keep the issue of Crimea, its militarization and human rights abuses in the peninsula high on the international agenda seeking expansion of the relevant package of sanctions as the United States of America, our partner, did last week.
The Russia’s infringements of the human rights on the occupied territories, including those of Crimean Tartars, demand the application of additional sectoral sanctions. I think a modernized analogue of Jackson-Vanik amendment wouldn’t go amiss.
The diplomats are set the objective to be more active in engaging international partners to the process of liberating our political prisoners kept in Russia and the annexed Ukrainian Crimea, the hostages kept in the occupied area of Donbas.
The EU’s final decision on visas would become yet another proof that Europe, being one of Ukraine’s key partners, has recognized our progress in the implementation of the domestic reforms. You know that yesterday one more step was made at the Committee of the European Parliament.
The anti-corruption reform is the toughest one. A widespread and deep-seated network of powerful corruption relations has been, from the very beginning, and unfortunately still remains a weighty component of the political, economic and social systems. Moreover, not only formal, but also informal institutes suffer from it, petty corruption is an unalienable feature of Ukrainians’ life style. First of all, we should demonstrate to our society that the attack on corruption started from the top — then we would have a moral right to tackle it at every level.
Problems with the start of e-declaration system are of pure technical nature. My political will as the President to launch this system remains and will remain unchanged. This system creates a new reality strengthening society’s capability to watchdog my and yours assets, incomes, expenditures, and lifestyles. Villas, car fleets, money of all “people’s servants” should come out of the shadow to the light, this is what the people have been long waiting for. I see no big thing in this — I have been living in the conditions of transparency for many years.
We had to spend some time for building a relevant infrastructure. Finally, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office started their operations. I underscore that it is too early to draw any conclusion, the social expectations are very high and I hope they will be met. All of you can see this by the specific cases launched against… our law enforcement bodies including the General Prosecutor’s Office, by the names they are interested in, by the entities they are rooting against, they ignore personal taboos and closed spheres.
However, I am categorically against dividing law enforcement bodies into the new ones and the old ones. I would like to emphasize all of them share in the common cause, and we can strike at the corruption only by a single front, not by different columns.
Positive changes in prosecution are obvious. One hundred working days of the new Prosecutor General clearly demonstrate that. And it is not about quantitative indicators, although the prosecutor’s office has initiated over 100 notable proceedings, more than one per day. It is about the contours of qualitative positive changes the implementation of which involved, inter alia, foreign experts. The prosecutor’s office is transforming into the European body that monitors the legality and does not serve the interests of political or business circles.
A large-scale purification of the Security Service from traitors, corrupt officials and people with low professional and moral qualities has been carried out. Over the past two years, this figure might be heard for the first time, more than two thousand officials of the Security Service have been dismissed. They have been substituted by young patriotic officers. Absolute majority of them have practical experience in hostilities in eastern Ukraine.
All law enforcement bodies are being transformed. Patrol police has already deserved people’s trust and it must preserve it. We have finally started to create the Ukrainian police from the former Soviet militia. Reaction of leadership to the unfortunate incidents of recent weeks was and should be immediate and adequate. These incidents should in no way affect the process of reforming the Ministry of the Interior or question its accuracy.
In summary, what do we have now? Raid against corrupt officials organized by the Prosecutor General’s Office, National Anti-Corruption Bureau, Security Service and Ministry of the Interior is moving with unprecedentedly large scale. Such a great number of senior officials has never been detained or placed under investigation.
Probably, I would be more convincing citing posts, officials and crimes charged. Its volume may have replaced the whole text of the address. But I do not have any lists either ex post or for the future. Please, do not make a racket about political repressions. We should better realize new realities: true hunt for corrupt officials has been started; any sinner has a chance to get into this snare.
And if everything is exactly as I say, there are questions. Why does the Ukrainian society not see this progress? Because insufficient time has passed for people to believe that it is not a PR campaign, but a serious systemic work. Second, as people say, it resembles sport fishing: “caught, showed, released”. The key word here is “imprisoned”. Probably, our law enforcement agencies can report to the public only having court sentences.
Thus, judicial reform must complete the entire system of struggle against corruption. Its implementation may take several years but this meticulous work must result into a new judicial system – fair, independent and just.
First of all, formation of the new Supreme Court of Ukraine from scratch is about to begin on a competitive basis. I invite those judges who meet high professional and ethical standards, requirements of anti-corruption legislation and want to honestly and faithfully perform their duties to take part in the competition. I have the same request to experienced lawyers.
Already this month, I will submit urgent draft laws “On the Supreme Council of Justice” and “On the Constitutional Court of Ukraine” for your consideration. I count on your support, dear people’s deputies.
There are countries in the world where corrupt officials are executed, but even there people still take bribes, sometimes on a grand scale. All this should convince us of the need not to reduce the fight against corruption only to punitive methods absolutely necessary under the impressive scale of this phenomenon in Ukraine. Preventive measures that gradually remove the layers of soil, which is the most fertile for corruption, are equally necessary and even more efficient.
We can cite a few examples of the effectiveness of this approach from our practice. The most striking example is the e-procurement system with a really symbolic name “ProZorro”. It has grown from a successful experiment into an efficient anti-corruption instrument mandatory for all budget procurements and purchases of public companies. It has already saved billions of public money.
Deregulation also reduces contacts between government officials and businessmen. That is why we consider it not only as a way to stimulate business and economic growth, but also as an efficient anti-corruption agent. Over the past two years, we have reduced the number of permits by more than 40% – from one hundred forty-three to eighty-four. We have reduced the number of business activities subject to licensing by 46%. We have eliminated compulsory registration of foreign investments and simplified registration of medicines. Some drugs produced and registered in the European Union and the United States do not require registration at all.
Massive deregulation has been carried out in agriculture – agribusiness has saved seven billion hryvnias per year only on certification procedures!
Up to half of the total regulation in Ukraine is written out at the level of laws. Thus, efficient deregulation is impossible without an efficient work of the Parliament. Currently 39 deregulatory bills have been registered, of which only 8 have been adopted in first reading. To realize this plan we need seventy successful votings. We also need to adopt 5 laws weekly for six months.
If somebody thinks that deregulation does not apply to him, he is mistaken. Business difficulties affect every Ukrainian, because the final consumer pays for everything.
We must eliminate, literally sweep away all obstacles – tax, customs, administrative-bureaucratic, mental – those hindering business, discouraging investors, hampering initiative and job creation.
Without any desire to take away the bread of the Government, I will note that against the backdrop of the achieved macro-economic stabilization and restoration of economic growth, the Cabinet of Ministers must switch from the policy of survival to the strategy of development, from the macro-financial recovery to the economic growth, from the policy of tightening belts to the household budget stabilization and gradual increase of Ukrainians’ revenues. And I see that the Government adheres to these guidelines.
Our forced militarization is a driver of our economic growth. Short-term effects from it should be converted into multiplicative ones that will have an impact not only on the defense industry, but also on the development of production of dual purpose and the raw material supply of the defense industry. It is about synergistic effect of the production of modern armament and military equipment, as well as “peaceful” use of innovations, whose original purpose was military.
I have once again seen the way it is combined on the Day of Knowledge during my visit to the NTUU “Igor Sikorsky KPI” where inventors work for the defense within the innovation and production association and immediately offer the results of their startups for conversion. By the way, I will not adopt the budget for the following year, which abolishes scholarships and public funding of Masters’ education.
In early July, I had a meeting with leaders of successful Ukrainian startups, representatives of venture funds. For today, Ukrainian business has created a modern innovative economic sector focused on the global market and important in terms of macroeconomics. According to the results of 2015, IT sphere has become the third sphere in Ukraine in terms of exports and reached the mark of USD 2.5 billion, which forms 3% of Ukrainian GDP. Over two thousand startups have been registered in the country and they demonstrate rapid growth – up to 100% per year. Last year’s investments reached USD 132 million, almost half of them were provided by foreigners. Ten Ukrainian IT companies have been included in the list of top 100 outsourcing companies of the world. We have a huge human resources potential: Europe’s fastest growing number of IT professionals, over 90 thousand today and the expected increase up to 200 thousand the following year. It is good that our higher education flexibly responds to the given request of the labor market. I would like to remind that the huge global high-tech giants were born in garages and student dormitories. Our task is to maximally support the IT sector.
Meanwhile, the AIC remains a major source of foreign exchange earnings of the country. The share of the agricultural sector in the overall commodity structure of exports has reached the highest value in 25 years. The leading role of the agricultural sector in the context of building an innovative economy is perhaps somewhat controversial. However, it is extremely important, as long as the process of increasing high-tech “muscles” by the agricultural complex continues.
Lack of a right to freely buy and sell agricultural lands surely restrains investments into the agricultural sector, infringes peasants’ rights, as well understates rent payments taking last coins out from their pockets. This is an axiom.
However, I am also aware of the public opinion concerning this issue, and positions of a majority of the parliamentary factions.
I respect it.
However, how to solve this dilemma belongs to your competence, dear members of the Parliament: whether to stick head in the sand and to change nothing or, at last, to establish the land market including all possible safeguards against any negative consequences.
We have to look for new markets for the Ukrainian products so intensively, as for the investments into Ukraine.
Apart from the military invasion, Russia commits an economic aggression against our state. At the beginning of this decade almost one third of the Ukrainian export went to the Russian market. Kremlins’ attack had started yet before the Maidan, as the introduction of a number of restrictions led to decline in Ukraine’s export to Russia by 15% in 2013. In 2015, comparing with 2014, our export to Russia decreased by half, so far we have not hit the bottom and the decline is still ongoing – and in the mid-year we have minus 34%. Russia’s share in the Ukrainian export is now 9% showing further downturn trend.
All those, who would like to speculate with the phrase “as we have the war, someone raises money from the trade with Russia”, shall be interested in a final data: over the last years the volume of our export to Russia dropped by five times. Probably, they thought that they would bring Ukraine to the knees, and unemployment and poverty would sharply increase. However, this has not happened and will not happen.
We are looking for new markets and find them. Probably, it is good in strategic terms that we reduced so drastically our dependency on the Russian market, where political blackmailing and imperial pressure are running show instead of the economic laws. However, we have to understand that aggressive closure of the market by Russia has become an economic shock for Ukraine. According to some calculations, it cost minimum 15 billion dollars. We have lost dozens if not hundreds of thousands of the working places, and this economic aggression is one of the key reasons of a sheer fall of the living standards.
Why did Russia do that?
First, it started this policy to break up the signing of the Association Agreement with the European Union. Then it defined goals that are more ambitious. Economic goal – to stifle us, hit finances, and bring down our defense capacities. And political goal – to heighten tenses within the society, to heat up dissatisfaction with the authorities and protest sentiments by deepening social crisis. They are dreaming very much about early elections to remove so-called Kyiv regime so hated by them. Unfortunately, there are some people within the Ukrainian politicum, which are ready to perform this scenario, there are also those who let use them blindfold, as well those about whom they say “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing”.
However, my friends, I believe that we, the Ukrainian society, will withstand this pressure. I believe in the Ukrainian society, in the Ukrainian people.
Our key alternative to the Russian market is the EU’s one. Deep and comprehensive free trade area with the EU has started to function since 1 January. In the first mid-year our export to the European Union increased almost by 7%, and the EU’s share in the total export of goods reached 39.2%. Structural changes are taking place in the geography of our foreign trade. We are opening eastern markets. I found a lot of irony in the social networks about my August visit to the Southern Asia. In the meantime, in the course of the first six months our export to Indonesia was growing the fastest. Just imagine, it increased by seven times. And today this country with 250 million of population makes demand for the products of the Ukrainian agricultural sector, machine building. As well, extremely important agreements were reached during the visit.
It is understandable that this growth with Indonesia started from basic level; however, the potential is evident. Every new market and every additional percent of export mean new working places; this is revenue to the Ukrainian budget, as well strengthened national currency. And this is a part of my job.
Please apologize me for the emotions, however, I have to say that. Drop in the living standards, poverty, financial hardship of a majority of the Ukrainians and a high social price of the Russian aggression weigh heavily on my heart. On the one hand, I do not know any examples in history about a country that had a prosperous economy while armed hostilities were taking place on its territory. We did our best to avoid the default, to ensure macroeconomic stability and to keep minimal level of the social protection. At the same time, we had to introduce unpopular and tough reforms, first concerning tariffs, within the framework of cooperation with the international financial organizations. I understand everyone who was hurt with this step. However, believe me, if we had not introduced them it would have been even worse, we would have had economic and social collapse.
Dear Members of the Parliament, you are probably closer to the people than representatives of other branches of power, and you are the first whom the people are appealing to with a cry from the heart. No matter how critical sometimes are your speeches in this assembly, TV shows or during the meetings with the voters, I understand your motives. We together, however each in their own way, feel our responsibility before the Ukrainian people for the peace and well-being, for fulfilling urgent tasks to increase the living standards and tackle the poverty. I as the President and the Government also, I do believe in that, are ready to cooperate with the Parliament.
However, I strongly warn you against simple solutions. It is very easy to make all Ukrainians millionaires, and we all remember that times when the money costed less than the printing paper. To make people wealthy is much harder task.
Beginning of the GDP growth creates economic preconditions for the stop of drop in the living standards and the start of its restoration. One has to support the Government’s initiatives in that direction, to hear the Parliament, including the parliamentary opposition, to react on the civil society’s suggestions.
We also have political preconditions. At the beginning of the year we got experience, so important for the parliamentary presidential democracy, how to overcome the parliamentary governmental crisis – we created the coalition and appointed the new Government. Furthermore, one has to learn to be easy-going about situational voting in the Parliament, when presidential or governmental initiatives are supported by different opposition factions or non-affiliated groups. It is not a tragedy. It is rather a positive picture when decisions, which are important for the country, sometimes rest upon the support of even constitutional majority.
Now it is a little bit less than three years before the next presidential elections and a little bit more than three years before the scheduled parliamentary elections.
This finally provides us with an opportunity to compete in who is best in doing and not in who is best in promising. We will of course continue our course towards decentralization, expansion of powers and financial capacities of local authorities, and the draft budget 2017 will prove this. By the way, the government expects Verkhovna Rada to adopt at least ten laws that will strengthen decentralization. I recently came back from Mariupol and was very pleased that the budget for development of Mariupol and other cities increased by 3-6 times in comparison with 2013. This is real decentralization!
External threat has accelerated the shaping of modern Ukrainian political nation on the basis of the civil patriotism. All polls demonstrate fundamental changes that took place in the social consciousness. The issues of unity, integrity, unitarity is not even under discussion: only positive data. People are proud of their Ukrainian citizenship, state symbols, respect and honor Ukrainian language. The Euro-Atlantic vector, the EU and NATO predominate in geopolitical preferences of majority of Ukrainians.
The war has removed from the agenda many issues related to foreign and adverse to Ukrainian interests symbols, traditions and cultural codes. In the framework of the law on de-communization more than one thousand and two hundred idols of Lenin were demounted. 26 regions and 987 of localities lost their communist names that tied their citizens by invisible mental thread to the former empire. The law has restored justice in relation to those, who dedicated his life to fight for independence and unity of Ukrainian state. The state has restored the historical truth in the question of national memory. Now, we, all together have possibility and have to re-triple our work for the future of Ukraine.
I think, all understand that we will not observe indifferently the interference of another state into our church affairs, its attempts to use in its own interests the feelings of the part of Ukrainian orthodox.
Dear People’s Deputies, I would like to thank you for the address of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew as a Primate of our Mother church concerning issuing Tomos of Autocephaly to the Orthodox Church in Ukraine. Such step was and remains necessary, taking into account the tradition according to which the position of the secular power in such issues is important for Ecumenical Patriarch. We took into account this tradition, and, I hope, His All-holiness heard us.
The polls that demonstrate that more and more orthodox Ukrainians would like to have, as it is in most of the orthodox countries, the only one local Ukrainian autocephalous church, were also taken into account.
At the same time, I would like to assure you that autocephaly does not mean appearance of state church. Nothing will be changed in the constitutional principles of interaction between the state and religious organizations and no one will limit the freedom of conscіence. Each Ukrainian has and will have the right to believe in God in his own way and go to his church.
I also thank you, dear People’s Deputies, for the Law, that provides increase in share of Ukrainian songs on the radio. In my address to the representatives of Ukrainian diaspora at the meeting two weeks ago I sent “greetings” to the owners and top-managers of some TV channels, that hold unacceptably low share of content in Ukrainian language. I hope that television industry’s reaction to this will come sooner than you adopt relevant law. In such a sensitive field conscious self-regulation is always better than constraint by the law, taking into account that we by no means infringe the right of the TV channels and radio stations to broadcast in Russian and other languages in order to satisfy the needs of the Ukrainian citizens.
Unity of the country and consolidation of Ukrainians as a modern political nation is my key priority. The status of Ukrainian language as the only one state language will be filled with real meaning and with respect to national minorities. As the events of recent two years have demonstrated, they stand firmly on the positions of Ukrainian national patriotism. The state has to appreciate that.
Dear Ukrainians!
My foreign advisors, authors of successful reforms in their countries, are saying that there are more systematic changes in Ukraine that have been established and are undergoing in the course of last two years than before in 23 years. Perhaps, from the height of historical process they can see better. Perhaps, they do not feel obvious painfulness of the process of transformations as much as we do.
To reform in terms of hybrid war, in terms when one part of the territory is annexed and another is occupied is very complicated task. But we are moving forward.
The analyses of experience of Georgia, Poland, Slovakia and Singapore demonstrate that the first cogent results from reforms were achieved in three-six years after their launch.
We do not have that much time. I share your dissatisfaction with the tempo. I understand how much it does not comply with expectations of the society.
Obviously, there is a need to accelerate systematic modernization in all spheres. I am confident, that historically and strategically we are on a right way. But I do see risk when political destabilization might crush first shoots of social-economic revival suffered by the whole nation, which were paid with such a high price. Exactly on internal shake bets external enemy.
Most of the problems ahead us have appeared not yesterday and not the day before yesterday. They are the consequence of many illusions and mistakes that accompanied the whole period of independence. Today, this legacy makes itself felt, becoming complex historical challenge for the Ukrainian statehood. At the same time, the time of crises has opened to us few opportunities and perspectives that will allow Ukraine worthily meet this challenge. The Ukrainian people realized themselves as a nation. The state firmly stands on democratic principles of power. The vector of foreign policy cooperation and integration has been decided for good.
There are still a lot of difficulties ahead, but trials and victories, gained by enormous efforts and blood of the best sons and daughters of our nation in all times, does not give us another choice but only victory, only frontward!
I am confident that everything will be alright.
Thank you. And, Glory to Ukraine!
source: http://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/shorichne-poslannya-prezidenta-do-verhovnoyi-radi-pro-vnutri-38077
Poroshenko
War, war, war, war, and more war!
How can they speak of “Russian aggression”? If the Russians were aggressive they would have been in Kiev a few years ago. Russian patience and tolerance are the real threat.
Peter AU on September 06, 2016 · at 11:49 pm EST/EDT
Over the last couple of years, in the three theaters of the US war on the world, SCS, Syria, Ukraine, the US media and politicians seem to concentrate on one active front while planning and preparations are being made in the background for the next moves on the other two fronts.
The SCS tribunal decision after much build up was dead on arrival, so more planning and prep work required for a new move there. Attention lately has been on Kerry’s plan B which has now been defeated and the US have lost ground rather than gaining some.
Looks like Ukraine’s turn on stage has come up again. A long relatively quiet period in which no doubt a lot of planning and preparation have taken place. Russia seems to be preparing for a new move by the US in Ukraine.
With the purge of Ukraine’s security services and the ranks being filled with I take it, rabid neo-nazi’s… I guess they really would be stupid enough to try a direct attack on Crimea/Russia.
In the SCS, a major component of the US pivot on China was turning the ASEAN countries against China and to the US. In this the US have so far have been utterly defeated with President Duterte capping it by publicly labeling Obama as “son of a whore”
In Syria, Turkey have become extremely anti US since the attempted coup and is now actively working against US interests in Syria so a major loss for the US in theater.
I suspect that whatever the US has planned for the next move in Ukraine will be defeated as decisively as Kerry’s plan B in Syria with the US losing ground rather than gaining some..
lsammart on September 07, 2016 · at 4:57 am EST/EDT
I hope and pray so too!!
Uncle Bob 1 on September 06, 2016 · at 11:50 pm EST/EDT
OMG,so much BS in one speech. The chamber must have overflowed with gas. If someone had lit a match there the Ukrainian people would have been saved many more hardships.
Having said something “funny”, now I’ll get to the serious. When the legal government was overthrown in Feb. 2014 was the time to have acted against the junta. They should “never” have been recognized as a legitimate government. And a “government in exile” should have been formed right then. That would have made it extremely hard for countries to have recognized the junta. And even those that did would have been aware it was not certain they would stay in power. But foolishly that wasn’t done. So while at that time,the majority of Ukrainians were pro-Russian.And didn’t agree with NATO alignment. Today we have had two and a half years of fascist terror rule,and propaganda, in 90% of Ukraine.Many if not most of the pro-Russians have either been silenced,live in fear of speaking,have lost faith in Russian help,or have been subverted by the fascist propaganda.The media and education systems have been “manipulated” to conform to the fascist ultra-nationalism of the neo-nazis. And the propaganda has repeated over and over that “Russia is the aggressor” and “we must have NATO to protect us”.I have friends that live in junta Ukraine (Russian World friends). We talked in 2014-2015 about how if the NAF or Russian troops came the Southeast would rise to help them.Today they have lost hope. And try to “exist” under junta rule.While people around them, more and more, “drink the junta koolaid”. There is such a thing as “timing” in the World,and we lost a huge opportunity to win this war at the very beginning of it.Now if we “do” win,it may only be partial. And will certainly be much harder,and take much longer, to restore Ukraine to its former pro-Russian thinking.While if we don’t win,we are doomed to a “Pakistan-India” situation. Constant border troubles,threats of war,small scale fighting,that can at any moment lead to full scale fighting.A keg of gunpowder waiting for the match. And with Clinton in the White House,we see the one ready with that match.
T1 on September 07, 2016 · at 3:59 am EST/EDT
Cough, cough.I agree. Cough.
Cortes on September 07, 2016 · at 12:16 am EST/EDT
People whose grandparents in NE England founded the original Building Societies (US – Savings & Loans) and retail co-operative movements which gradually bought up upstream wholesalers and farmers so as to minimise the shafting of their members of mutual societies lived according to the principle:
Porky Pete and his cohorts better make damn sure they’re out of Dodge City when the Ukrainian people wake up to reality.
S113 on September 07, 2016 · at 12:30 am EST/EDT
“I am convinced that we must learn the historic lessons and not permit the political struggle to cross the line when democracy and European values are overshadowed by chaos, anarchy and warlordism.” … …. ….
“That is why the army still needs civil assistance, civil support. The state is grateful to everyone whose private civil initiative strengthens our defense capacity.”
Right, because private citizens who independently finance state military activities aren’t warlords, they’re… what exactly? How many conversations has Poro had with Dick Cheney anyway?
Hillary’s coughing fits are actually more evidence of brain damage.
She suffered a bleed and clot episode between her ear and brain.
Her cough reflex suffered impairment.
She seems to be audio stimulated into epileptic fits. Many epileptics are photo stimulated. Hillary seems to be audio stimulated.
I bet that Russia has infiltrated their cleansed security service.
JJ on September 07, 2016 · at 9:53 am EST/EDT
subconscious reflex syndrome-she cannot bear to listen to the truth, or listen for the truth…….or find any truth within herself so her brain trips out………..????
My niece has epilepsy sadly but sometimes we feel she emotionally, stressfully winds herself up without knowing it or being able to self aware of that ,then an episode comes on.
Carmel by the Sea on September 07, 2016 · at 6:30 pm EST/EDT
It is not epilepsy.
Hillary has Parkinson’s according to this doctor with 30 years of experience:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr1IDQ2V1eM
ioan on September 07, 2016 · at 7:36 pm EST/EDT
As you know, I’m not a fan of Hillary, but chewing on her illness Is not on my taste. She has many other things on her back which are more important, why to stay in the same queue with those on whatever side, who love to talk about an illness of a person ? In my view, is not a gentlemen habit to do this, whoever the person may be. I see it as a premeditated derail from her acts which have been listed very well.
@ioan,
You have a right to your opinion as others to theirs.
Hillary’s is a public figure. She may be the next president (God forbid!) of the U.S. and because of this, her health is indeed the world’s business.
A person with Parkinson eventually gets dementia. Bad enough we have psychos running the country. The world does not want a president whose brain literally does not work and in an emergency might decide to press the “red button”.
And I don’t care how much the entire world “chews” on her illness.
I say: Good!
Did she not laugh when poor 69 year old Gaddaffi was lynched on a most violent manner through the streets? All bloody and begging for his life? Did she not laugh at such barbaric atrocity?
Well then!….as far as I’m concerned Hillary can go to hell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQMJwUFdbM8
Your argue is good, agree.
sadness on September 07, 2016 · at 3:33 am EST/EDT
So much hate in every box of chocolates….For his Nazi sweet treats he mixes compounded chocolate with SpecialService American fruit & nut cake.
natoistan on September 07, 2016 · at 3:53 am EST/EDT
G-20 Stare Down in the New Cold War. Stephen F. Cohen, NYU, Princeton University.
“President Obama, who has weighed ruling out a first use of a nuclear weapon in a conflict, appears likely to abandon the proposal after top national security advisers argued that it could undermine allies and embolden Russia and China, according to several senior administration officials.”
https://audioboom.com/boos/5019279-g-20-stare-down-in-the-new-cold-war-stephen-f-cohen-nyu-princeton-university-eastwestaccord-com
Very good program. I think they have the problems understood quite well.
SanctuaryOne on September 07, 2016 · at 4:19 am EST/EDT
And if anyone believes this crock of feathers I have a Kerch Strait bridge they can buy. Special price for the credulous.
“Special price for the credulous.”
Poro’s speech is obvious
He believed was famous
And became ridiculous
me on September 07, 2016 · at 4:30 am EST/EDT
well , i did read the whole thing. its a translation into english. but i cant help myself with the impression that i am reading one of adolf hitlers war speeches in 1938. will people ever learn ?
Justin on September 07, 2016 · at 11:39 am EST/EDT
Honestly, you can not compare the dellusionment of Modern Day Oligarch Ukraine with Germany of the 1930’s.
If you think Hitler was on the same page as these guys then I would really advise you do some serious historical reading of Germany from the unification of Germanic States under Bismark to the collapse of the Weimar Republic in the late 20’s to early 30’s. Also take into account British foreign policy, British and French colonialism, the Causes of WW1 and the treatment of the loosing powers at the hands of the British, French and allied powers after WW1 especially Hungry and Austria.
Ukraine’s modern mess is completely an internal situation fueled by support from expats living abroad globally. A combination of extreme oligarchism similar to what Russia experienced in the 90’s and a healthy dose of anti Soviet (Soviet of course being Russia because you know, we in the West all know that the USSR was Russia’s brain child and no Russians suffered during that period of time) rhetoric from Ukrainian Expats with help from today’s Imperial Alphabet Agencies and NGO’s.
I would tend to think modern day Russia has more in common with Germany of the 1930’s and as such is severely propagated against and demonized.
Starikov has it right, follow the money – Globally and there you will find the answers.
Ralph on September 07, 2016 · at 1:23 pm EST/EDT
‘Ukraine’s modern mess is completely an internal situation fueled by support from expats living abroad globally.’ – Where’s the mention of the USG in this, the main cause, with the (bad) jews too?
Justin on September 07, 2016 · at 2:35 pm EST/EDT
USG via Ukrainian Expats initially although now directly with Military and Alphabet Agencies involved.
Those others, well most are natives although dual ++ citizens – aka Oligarchs.
What about biden, nuland (& pyatt) – and (at least) $5 billion; soros???
James lake on September 07, 2016 · at 7:47 am EST/EDT
Reading this turns my stomach.
Can the ukrainian people truly believe in this nonsense?
So mush Russia hatred
Is this what their EU partners want to support??
With this open enemy on the border what will Russia do?
Oz on September 07, 2016 · at 10:12 am EST/EDT
Russia will wait for it to crumble from within.
JJ on September 07, 2016 · at 12:10 pm EST/EDT
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 – 14:43
“While the generation having seen the war is alive in Donbass, the region will not be returned to Ukraine.
It has been pointed out by Ruslan Kotsaba, the Western Ukrainian journalist on air of the Lvov Channel Zik.
‘The point of no return has been passed. While the generation is alive that saw all this destruction by the Ukrainian army that, by the way, had illegally destroyed civilians because the army has no right to fight against its population, having annihilated civilians in Donetsk and Lugansk.
We have lost Donbass for 20 years. Even if we have better financial stability they will not want it because they are alive eyewitnesses of the fact how Ukraine meanly behaved in relation to its citizens,’ pointed out Kotsaba.
DONi News Agency
note French foreign Minister the other day-France and Rus agree on many things, but France and EU still holds that crimea belongs to ukraines territorial integrity and was annexed……….same old stuff………….hopefully Merkel is so engaged with her own situation as VP noted the other day, she’ll drop the Crimea subject soonish…………….
Uncle Bob 1 on September 07, 2016 · at 8:55 pm EST/EDT
While I “somewhat” agree with his statement.Its not really a case of “time heals all wounds”. As long as an anti-Russian regime,and propaganda machine, exists in “Ukraine”. The people of Donbass won’t want to be a part of that country.Not just “this generation”,but the new ones either.People don’t want to be ruled by people that hate them.Its as simple as that.Only a federated,inclusive “Ukraine” has “any” chance of seeing Donbass part of their country again,ever.That is the solution Ukrainians need to think about. The myth that Russian-Ukrainians will somehow accept rule and union with Russophobes is a “pipe-dream” of the Ukrainian nationalists.
As to the German and French FM’s visiting Kiev soon. I don’t see that as anything progressive. As long as their “masters”,the US,doesn’t agree with pressure on the junta. Then its all “talk” for them to say they are going to “convince” Poroshenko to follow Minsk 2.Why would he. He’s knows the US won’t “allow” the EU to “really” cut him off. Sure they might threaten,but one call or visit by a US official,and they’ll do nothing.He knows that,and they know that.And for God’s sake,Russia “should” know that.Its just all talk,no action.
The Ukrainian situation is totally frustrating and depressive. We lost the golden opportunity to finish this before it became a horrible stalemate in 2014.So now we continuously play the game of not losing everything. This game of not winning,but not losing everything, can last for generations if it has to. Dooming those people on all sides to misery.And giving us constant reasons to post comments.Quite a few of the people of Donbass in the free areas are refugee’s and fighters from the occupied areas of Donbass. They lost everything there. And most have relatives still enslaved on the other side of the ceasefire (if you want to call it that) line.How they tolerate that without striking out,is a testament to their faith that Russia will help them in the end to regain their homes. A faith that by now I don’t totally share.I see years of talk,further “ultra-nationalist fascism” of the people in Ukraine including occupied Donbass territories,more terror,more shelling (just enough to not cause an all out war,but killing people daily or weekly).I hear people say things like “a bad peace is better than a good war”.And I think,first,that sounds nice. And then I think,what are they smoking. If we believe that, then we need to make peace with ISIS,and leave the “Islamic State” in control of half of Syria and Iraq. It would be a bad peace,but at least maybe no more war. Or that Stalin should have made peace with Hitler. Leaving the Germans in control of Belarus and Ukraine. That would have been a bad peace,but at least no more war. I recall a peace similar to that in WWI called “Treaty of Brest-Litovsk”,had the Germans not lost the war in the West,that peace would have lost to the USSR all her Western Territories.That was a bad peace,but at least no more war.So sometimes when we hear sayings that “sound good”,its better to look “beyond the sound bite” at what that really entails.
Russia will wait for Poro to do take the first step in the wrong direction, because Poro will have to, his speech of Heaven on Earth with some salt and pepper for the Ukrainians is a sign that he is pressed by the time.
JJ on September 07, 2016 · at 10:14 am EST/EDT
this all reads like history repeating itself…….like the Azov battalions etc being on drugs and that recent article where Germans were sold the “folksdrugs ‘, plus the drug scene with Hitler-BTW-pic of Poro having been rather “ill’ down his shirt in an airplan flight has been going around , Roma peoples evicted from ukr village last week, anna-news has vid of a ‘corporate takeover’ ie a group of thugs try to gain entrance to a business premises being security guarded in order to claim it for themselves(frequent operation in ukr, also gangs strip companies for scrap)….
Poroshenko Says Kiev Losing Support in the West
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It has become increasingly difficult for Ukraine to secure Western support in its fight against “Russian aggression” and a full-scale invasion from Russia cannot be ruled out, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday.
Poroshenko said Europe’s internal strength was being tested by external issues such as the migration crisis and militant attacks, and warned elections in 2017 could see political forces more willing to compromise with the Kremlin take power.
His comments underline Ukrainian concerns about losing support in its standoff with Russia over the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and an ongoing conflict between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists in the Donbass region.
The European Union is divided over whether to continue putting sanctions on Russia that have taken an economic toll on both sides. Ukrainian lawmakers have previously also voiced fears that the rise of populist sentiment in Europe and Great Britain’s exit from the EU bloc could weaken support for Kiev.
“Ukraine will continue to need strong international support in the fight against Russian aggression,” Poroshenko said at the opening of the September parliament session.
“But securing this support is becoming increasingly difficult for our diplomats due to different objective and subjective factors.”
The conflict in Donbass has killed more than 9,500 people since separatist violence erupted two years ago, and a ceasefire agreement is routinely violated.
Tensions between Ukraine and Russia spiked in August after Russia accused Ukraine of planning attacks in Crimea.
As a result, while Poroshenko said that Ukraine is now safer than it was a year ago, he also warned that a full-scale invasion from Russia could not be ruled out.
“Over the course of the next year, political forces could come to power as a result of elections in several European countries that may not be extremist, but are inclined to compromise with the Kremlin,” Poroshenko said.
“Europe still speaks with one voice, but there are also countries where the Russian accent is already too audible.”
Abby Haglage
Thu, 10 Sep 2015 15:15 UTCMap
© Photo illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast
from Sept 2015
“A new book proves a long-discussed rumor that Hitler’s Nazi soldiers were addicted to Pervitin, a pill form of crystal meth.
Adolf Hitler was intoxicated with drugs—nearly all of them. Throughout his reign of terror, he shot up anything from steroids to heroin before sending Nazis 35 million pills of meth—on one occasion alone.
The fact, long discussed in Nazi lore, has resurfaced with new details in a book out Thursday by German writer Norman Ohler titled Der Totale Rausch (The Total Rush). Ohler, an award-winning novelist and screenplay writer, spent years sifting through German and U.S. records to uncover more details about the Fuhrer’s drug-induced genocide, which led to the death of six million Jews.
To keep up with Hitler’s fast-paced killing machine, Nazis relied on what was essentially a pill form of crystal meth, called Pervitin. Synthesized by a chemist in Berlin and marketed for alertness, the drug was initially sold over the counter in pharmacies across Europe. Just one pill, says Ohler, gave the Nazis the alertness they needed to remain awake for hours. Thanks, in part, to the ease with which they could obtain it, the Nazis believed it to be just “like coffee.”
A major report in Der Spiegel from 2005 initially told the story of how the drug was initially introduced to the German military force (Wehrmacht) after a military doctor’s experimentation of it on 90 college students led him to the conclusion that it would “help win the war.” Less than six months later, millions of the pills were flown to the front lines and handed out to the Nazis before invasions.
Overtime the habit turned to an addiction, as evidence in letters from the time. In November of 1939, one Nazi in Poland sent a letter to his family with a note that read: “It’s tough out here…Today I’m writing you mainly to ask for some Pervitin.” Six months later, he wrote again: “Perhaps you could get me some more Pervitin so that I can have a backup supply?” Then two months later: “If at all possible, please send me some more Pervitin.”
Ohler says the drug was used specifically for Blitzkreigs, including the invasion of Sudetenland, Poland, and France. The Nazis found Pervitin effective at keeping them awake for “days at a time,” allowing them to hike as many as 36 miles in a day.
Their use of the drug was no secret, at least in the beginning. Ohler found British press at the time glorifying the drug as a “miracle pill.” While use of the drug began to diminish once it was outlawed in 1941, Ohler spoke with one general who said it continued much longer.
Comment: The time-tested tradition of drugging up soldiers – almost always on the side of the aggressors – continues:
Tell-tale signature of Black-Ops: East Ukrainian self-defense militias say Kiev military storming their cities appear to be under influence of drugs”
Any in house Saker psychiatrists able to offer an opinion on this mass delusional psychosis in the RADA?
“Ohler, an award-winning novelist and screenplay writer, spent years sifting through German and U.S. records to uncover more details about the Fuhrer’s drug-induced genocide, which led to the death of six million Jews. ”
I think this information alone proves the book to be worthy of the dustbin. Two elements that help in my diagnosis – Award Winning German Novelist and Screenplay Writer and the second, can you guess what had my B.S. meter ringing loud???
Beuler? Anyone??
6 million.
Also take into account that German media is controlled by ??? ( the hint is in the 3 question marks).
Please JJ, a little more discretion when posting info here.
It is though well known that the German Wehrmacht Army was using Amphetamines distributed in their food rations. No different to the Soviets using Vodka or the US using Cocaine which they were and was in their bottled Fav drink.
Militaries have been utilizing substances to help their men fight since eons ago. Just because the Western Media and their stooges go on a nation historical character assassination trip does not mean that what they publish is true.
What is that new wonder substance being used by US Proxies in Iraq and Syria? CAPTAGON?? How about all that crap about Viagra with Qaddafi’s soldiers and their raping of Libyan civilians??
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/benefits/health-care/2015/02/13/defense-department-troops-erectile-dysfunction/23350711/
We I do believe are here to see through the B.S not propagate it.
The Pervitin was used only by soldiers on active front duty, especially when the situation was critic – continuous attack or defense fighting, and only for those soldiers and in rotation.The drug was distributed by an officer, being kept by him. They didn’t give higher dose because that caused a hit-back, the soldiers complaining of not being able to sleep, becoming more tired than before. That’s why, the pills have been given very carefully, not to cause greater damage to the soldiers.That was the rule in the German army.
The Brits gave their troops benzedrine, the americans have their drugs, too. Captagon for the Takfiris.
If the Ukrainian authorities, instead of fulfilling the Minsk agreement, continue their aggressive rhetoric against Russia, and carry out repression and discrimination of the Russian population, the Russian authorities will be forced to dismember the former Soviet republic.
This was said at a press conference in Moscow, said political analyst Alexei Chesnakov, leader of the Center for Political Studies.
“If Europe will not put in effort to pressure on Kiev, this will mean the potential resumption of hostilities. For Russia, our fundamental concern is the implementation of the agreements that have been signed in Minsk on 12 February, 2015. This will ensure that the Donbass republic will have autonomous status. “, he stated.
“As an expert, I can see what is happening in Ukraine itself. If Ukraine continues to increase aggressive rhetoric in relation to the Russian Federation, to take Russia as an enemy, if the Ukrainian government will make laws that toughen its stance towards Russians, then of course for Russia it is most probable there will be no other choice than to demand in fact any, by any means, the disintegration of Ukraine and its transformation beyond a federal state, into a union of states, or several independent states.
If you have on your border a state where the authorities organize their society with highly aggressive rhetoric against a neighbor, and in this state lived 40-42 million people, then you can not sit idly by. “, stated Chesnakov.
He drew attention to the appearance of articles in the Ukrainian press from the adviser to the Ukrainian president, Vladimir Gorbulina, where he “describes the ideology of a future war between Ukraine and Russia.”
“This is not the first article, nor the third article of Mr. Gorbulina. If such items will come out then this is a declaration that Ukraine is preparing for war with Russia. We can not sit and wait for there to be some standard Anschluss scenario. An Anschluss towards Donbas will not happen. Do not count on it. How is Gorbulin not writing his own Mein Kampf”, warned Chesnakov.”
http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/09/expert-moscows-ultimatum-will-ukraine.html
The exercise codenamed as Caucasus2016 follows a period of heightened tensions between Russia and Ukraine after the Kremlin accused Kiev of plotting terror attacks against Russians in Crimea.
© SPUTNIK/ ALEXEI DRUZHININ
the Russian forces began a massive military exercise to test troops’ combat readiness and cooperation between different branches of the country’s armed forces. The exercise, involving over 12,500 servicemen including Navy, Airborne and Aerospace units was conducted in the south of Russia. The war games, codenamed Caucasus2016, will be carried out over six days ending on September 10 according to an announcement by the Russian Ministry of Defense. The exercises aim to assess and improve the skills of military commanders “in planning, preparation and conducting of combat operations.” The massive war games are likely to grab the attention of Western analysts who continue to call for a more aggressive posture towards Russia in light of recent demonization of the country surrounding accusations tied to the 2016 US presidential election and with tensions simmering in the Ukraine providing a convenient excuse to escalate anti-Russian provocations. ​Some have referred to this as the “Summer of Provocation” after NATO engaged in unprecedented military exercises led by Germany along Poland’s border with Russia featuring over 30,000 troops and advanced military hardware. The exercises, known as the Anaconda War Games, were the largest foreign military buildup along Poland’s border since the Nazis invaded in World War II and occurred on the 75th anniversary of that invasion. Given the increasingly hostile foreign relations environment that Russia finds itself in vis-à-vis the West there is certainly an urgency to test troop preparedness and communication. The drills additionally look to test new military equipment in field conditions, according to the statement by the Russian Defense Ministry including the country’s top of the line combat helicopters, fighter jets and battlefield tanks. The exercises will involve Crimea on Ukraine’s border and will feature cooperative efforts of the Black Sea Fleet and the Caspian Sea Flotilla and follow a period of heightened tensions between Russia and Ukraine after Moscow accused Kiev of sending sbaoteurs into the Crimean Peninsula to carry out terror attacks.
Read more: https://sputniknews.com/russia/20160906/1045000191/russia-war-games-crimea-ukraine.html
Oligarch and President: Poroshenko’s Business Empire Grows Even as Ukraine Sinking
The fortunes of Petro Poroshenko and his close political allies keep on growing — even as everyone else is losing money. They’re also winning an awful lot of state contracts these days
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http://russia-insider.com/en/oligarch-and-president-poroshenkos-growing-business-empire/ri16315
also note
BRUSSELS, September 7. /TASS/. Ambassadors of 28 EU countries agreed at a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday to extend individual sanctions against the citizens of Russia and the self-proclaimed republics in eastern Ukraine for another six months, a source in the EU Council told TASS.
“Ambassadors of the EU countries approved today the extension of restrictive measures until March 15, 2017,” the source said, adding that the decision is yet to be officially backed by all 28 EU countries at the meeting of the EU Council and published in the Official Journal.
Russian Diplomat: EU sanctions absurd if Kiev fails to fulfil Minsk deal
The EU Council is expected to take the decision by September 15 when the current sanctions expire, the diplomat said. The blacklist includes 146 individuals and 37 legal entities. “We expect no changes in it,” he added.
http://tass.com/world/898373
EU wrapped around Poro’s fingers, don’t they look fools……………..
Frank on September 07, 2016 · at 1:13 pm EST/EDT
Ukraine’s battered economy disappointed in the first quarter, managing only a meagre expansion despite extremely supportive base effects. Recent data suggest that the economy closed Q2 on a weak note as industrial production returned to contraction after four months of increases. Despite some very minor improvements in the state of the economy this year, the country remains reliant on external support, which continues to be delayed. In July, an expected payment of over USD 1 billion from the IMF was postponed over technical issues, i.e. monies going into oligarch pockets. In addition, the country’s political ambitions to become further integrated with the EU now seem non-existent as the Union focuses on the UK’s withdrawal. These figures clearly show the economic and social debacle which is unfolding in Ukraine which now has a per capita income similar to Angola. I don’t think there has been a modern day European collapse of this sort in the post-war period. The collapse isn’t coming some time in the future, it’s here already. The fruits of Russophobia, Enjoy
Ukraine Economy Data percentage change between 2011-2015
Population (million) 45.5 million falls to 42.7 million
GDP per capita (US$) 3.,586.00 falls to 2,038.00
GDP (US$ billionn) 163 falls to 87
GDP GROWTH 5.5% falls to -9.9% (note minus)
Investment 8.5% to	-9.3%
Industrial Production 8.0 falls to -13.0 (note the minus sign)
Retail Sales 13.7%	-21.0% (minus)
Unemployment Rate 7.9% rises to 9.35%
Public Debt (% of GDP) 36.4 rises to 79.4
Stock Market (annual variation in %)14.2 falls to 4.0
Inflation Rate (CPI, annual variation in %, eop) 4.6 rises to 43.3%
Policy Interest Rate (%)7.75 rises to 22.00
Exchange Rate (vs USD) UAH8.01 rises to 24.03
Current Account (% of GDP) -6.3 -0.3
Exports (USD billion) 62.4 falls to 35.4
Imports (USD billion) 80.4 falls to 38.7
International Reserves (USD) 31.8 falls to 13.3
External Debt (% of GDP) 77.3 rises to 137
When I was last in Ukraine for the 2012 football tournament I could get 11 hyrvnias for a £ now I can get 35.
Using Google Street View on Kiev was an eyeopener for me. This city is home to many flagship luxury retailers. I counted Cartier, Louis Vuitton, Audemars Piguet, Chopard, Vacheron Constanin, Montblanc among others. Now by way of comparison I hail from an Canadian province that is the same size as the Ukraine geographically but with one tenth of the population. My province has ten times the GDP of the Ukraine but has none of the flagship luxury retailers that the Ukraine has. This would suggest to me that the Ukraine economy is dysfunctional, inequitable and corrupt. I could be wrong but I’m afraid I might be right.
Comparing a provincial capital to a nations capital has its downsides.Remember all of Canada has less population than Ukraine. So a better comparison might be between all of Canada including Montreal and Toronto. I suspect they do have retailers like those in those cities. But still,the reason they have them in a country like Ukraine with a much smaller GDP is because of the lopsided economy. And the great wealth of the oligarchs.
n the village with a lovely name “Cake” (Kodyma district of Odessa region) occurred at all unsympathetic developments. A large group of armed insurgents on thirteen machines, his arrival at the village, trying to select the sunflower crop, grown on 500 hectares of workers LLC “Pirozhenskoe”.
Bandits threw firecrackers at people, shot at, threatened. Police also long hiding, sat out. And when there was – no one was arrested. Raiders allegedly villagers Kodyma district has not left, so we should expect more attacks.
Predatory locusts in camouflage today robs Ukraine. And where then get away, when they themselves Kiev authorities have given them guns and sent to kill the residents of Donbass. And now it is the radicals weapon, a business of banditry, turned inward Square.
Vasily Semyonov
In conjunction with PGO Natspolitsiey exposed police Khmelnitsky region, who organized a corruption scheme of theft of fuel and lubricants.
This is stated in the Prosecutor General’s Office reported on Monday.
It is stated that a preliminary meeting held in April this year in criminal proceedings under article “abuse of power or official authority by a law enforcement authority, resulted in grave consequences” and other serious criminal offenses.
“It is established that officials of the Central administrative board of the National Police Office of Ukraine in the Khmelnitsky region by prior agreement among themselves for years 2015-2016 was organized and implemented in the work of the corrupt scheme of theft of fuel and lubricants (fuel, namely gasoline A-92, a-95 and diesel fuel), as well as their further distribution to individuals that are intended for daily needs structural and territorial police units “, – the report says.
It is stated that the investigation has revealed some facts of theft by the same police officers of large sums of money, “aimed at the purchase of food for the units held in the Donbas.”
“A total of four search, the results of which were seized a large number of accounting documents. At the employee implicated police found a large amount of cash (US dollars, euro, hryvnia), as well as a large number of fuel coupons, “- said GPU.
The prosecutor’s office noted that the special operation carried out successfully, “despite the fact that the information on documenting illegal activities of employees of the Chief of the National Police Office of Ukraine in Khmelnitsky region was” merged “.
so bandits trying to steal crops, Inter tv building was surrounded by tyres ready to burn it down with people inside just like Odessa,
There were details of today’s attack on the office of Ukrainian radicals “Inter” journalist Ruslan Smeschuk told what was going on inside the building, “I and the operator began to extinguish the fire extinguisher in international newsroom. They all broke out immediately. Soon we realized that we put out will not work with the camera and began to break through to the exit. They saw the unknown that we shoot, beat us, and laid on the floor. ”
Director of “National Information Systems” ( “NIS” is included in the Inter Media Group), Alexander Pylypets said that nnapadavshie in masks broke through the guard post, was sprayed in the building of several dry powder fire extinguishers, then set fire to the studio and fled. After self radical left anti-tank mine. Himself a fire has been extinguished, the building broken windows of the second floor burned almost all. The employees were rescued from the fire on the roof of the building, where they were shooting fire.
Recall: Sunday, 4 September 15 in Kiev Ukrainian radicals in Balaclava tried to seize the building and set fire to the “Inter” TV channel. This year is already the second attempt to capture unwanted Maidan channel power. In February, the fighters of the nationalist battalion “Azov” stormed “Inter” TV channel. Then about fifty youths armed with clubs tried to break into the building, but the guards repulsed the attack with the help of fire extinguishers. After the failed assault radicals pelted with garbage courtyard TV channel, as well as painted anti-Russian slogans facade.
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even USA jounalists have stuff stolen
his was on Sunday, September 4 reported in the operational command of the DNI.
“Intelligence DNI revealed the arrival in the area of ​​responsibility 16 58 ompb ompbr of Ukraine accredited journalists from the United States for lighting with low-Ukrainian leadership position in the event zone” ATO “and falsification of data on violations of the ceasefire regime,” – said in a statement.
The command added that according to a source in the headquarters of the 58th separate motorized infantry brigade, the militants of the “Right Sector”, at a checkpoint in Avdeevka area, taken from one of the journalists of the equipment and the money she had.
“In this incident Ukrainian command is being investigated, the journalist conducted conversations about non-disclosure of circumstances of the incident, but a reporter from the United States intends in any event to publicize the illegal actions of the Ukrainian security forces and to express dissatisfaction with the Ukrainian side, in the interests of which it is working” – said the representative of the army command DNI .
The Ministry of Finance has sent an order to the universities of Ukraine, which requires management to educational institutions to provide information on students who studied at public expense, and at the same time receive a scholarship. This was reported in the social network, the independent expert in the field of education Andrew Black. He believes that this ministerial action is aimed at identifying students from “wealthy families” to deprive them of their scholarships.
this how a ukraine corporate takeover takes place
“This morning, unknown persons attacked the security guards of the company, located in Kryukovshina village, Kyiv-Svyatoshinsky district, in order to capture the enterprise,” – said the press service of the Ukrainian Natspolitsii on Sunday, 4 September. The attack left one person dead, another injured.
At the scene works investigative team, set the individual victims and the circumstances of the incident.
Over the past two years after the Maidan number of raids in Ukraine increased by more than 1.5 times. According to experts, the fight against raiding in Ukraine, ineffectual and useless for one reason – the state structure, which should deal with raiding themselves involved in it. That is almost anecdotal example: in the village of Odessa region Ovideopol dismissed the head of district administration rescued his office by hiring “military command”.
The American edition of Foreign Policy article devoted to the plight of journalists in Ukraine. The publication notes that the war against journalists in the country becomes more and more bloody.
“Knowing pitiful achievements of Ukraine in the investigation of crimes against journalists, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko quickly announced that the investigators of the American FBI service will be attached to the investigation into the murder of Pavel Sheremet. But after a month Poroshenko after the announcement, the investigation zastroporilos or not started at all – so far no arrests, no established consequence of suspects “, – said the Foreign Policy.
Containers where Lvov can leave unwanted books and clothing, regularly suffer from robbers. Mutual Community was even forced to remove one of the drawers, because the clothes from it not only constantly stealing, but also scattered throughout the county. In addition, the Vandals break the locks and the containers.
With containers that are all over the city, clothes, books and toys come to mutual community volunteers. And then – or at second-hand store things or homeless support center in Vinnik. Here clothing and shoes handed out to all who are in trouble. And for someone Vynnyky too far, or just can not wait, and dismantled containers directly under the church.
And a mass phenomenon: in such containers grazing homeless, punks and so-called Roma people. The latter has recently drove from Lviv Vlodko Hitsyak.
“In the container there was someone. Apparently, some of the children. They all pulled out and passed, and others wore. I went up to ask what they were doing, they replied that they allowed the priest – a man says. – I realized that this is just the theft and said that now call the police and that they should get out of here. ”
The very thing happened on Sykhiv near the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin. Rector Fredina Orestes says: do not hesitate to steal and in broad daylight, and even during Sunday services. Already changed the locks, and the key is hidden in the church, but the resourceful people will always find a way to circumvent the system.
“Such containers I’ve seen in Europe. No there is not even tried something screwed or do. The method is very simple – put, emptied. We see, put the child back, or I’ve even seen and adults. Rollover, the throwing out everything, then throw back this way, “- he talked about. Orestes.
Things that did not fit, simply scatter the church. One of them even had to pick up the containers at all on Levandovke. His Roma plundered regularly tell social workers.
“The problem is not only that they steal these things throw the territory and, in fact, destroy the containers, tear the locks, they simply break down, handle tear out”, – said social worker Olga Biyanskaya community.
In “Resident” say Roma tried to even negotiate. Moreover, the things for which one does not regret. On certain days of the week they come to the center to support the homeless and take clothes for themselves and for relatives.
The strike are participating doctors in various fields and from different regions of Ukraine. The reason for the action was the so-called “reform of Medicine”, which resulted in declining health facilities, destroyed the system of emergency medical care, destroyed the very medical industry. In addition to this – the low salaries of health workers, their social injustice.
Since September, the price of milk and all dairy products in Ukraine will increase by 15-20%. It is reported by the press service of the Association of Milk Producers.
In Transcarpathia increased the protection guards at the Ukrainian-Romanian and Ukrainian-Hungarian border. Force limit mobile reserves. Such active steps on the part of the State Border Service are increasingly causing discontent Ukrainians involved in criminal activities.
The latter, often resort to threats to intimidate the border guards. Regular physical threats were made to address employees yesterday.
ukr may boycott 2017 football world cup, is not sure if will hold eurovision, OSCE cars attacked,
Himself to understand clearly does not work for democracy and stability in Ukrainian legislators. The apparent increase in criminality, the media situation – disassembly radicals with TV channel “Inter”, the last confirmation.
So today on the agenda of the meeting is very “nezalezhnoy” Verkhovna Rada a draft resolution included an address to the US House of Representatives with respect to the consideration of the bill number 5094 “Act of stability and democracy in Ukraine.”
It is reported by the press service of the parliament.
Without the approval of such importance without the US Congress today the bill does not do. Or is it a desperate attempt to shift responsibility for their own actions, which leads Washington to head the US Congress?
In Ukraine, continues to rapidly de-industrialization process. Director of State Enterprise “Ukrpromzovnishexpertyza” Vladimir Vlasyuk, in an interview with Ukrainian edition, said that in order to stop the process of de-industrialization, the remnants of Ukraine need to consume about 12 million. Tons of rolled products in the domestic market each year.
700000 ukr people in Poland have been given work permits and do not want to return
Ukrainian media reported that the streets of the country’s provincial towns are full of advertisements: “The Clinic is inviting women in surrogacy and egg donation program. Award – up to 300 thousand UAH.. And 4 thousand. UAH. monthly”.
However, 300 million (approximately $ 12,000) offer only for surrogacy and egg donation is only 20 thousand. UAH (about $ 800). Although the last operation safe and painless, too, will not name, and to do the egg fence more often than once every six months, women can not.
The Ministry of Finance stated that in 2017 all of the medical and educational institutions in the country will have to pay their own utilities. This was announced today during a meeting with the Ministry of Regions officials said the press service of Ukrainian Ministry of Finance. They said that this decision has already been provided for in the State budget for 2017.
In Makuhovka village that in the Poltava region, Roma with axes and knives attacked the locals. As a result of the collision one person was taken to hospital with head injuries, the attackers fled the scene. Farmers are convinced that everything is arranged Roma foreigners, so the demand from the authorities to evict them.
Illegal Kiev government is doing everything to ensure that Ukrainians do stupid sheep and otherwise destroy the education in the country of victorious senility.
In particular, in Chernivtsi in only three schools all students passed the 2016 independent external evaluation.
This is related to the education department of the Chernivtsi City Council.
under the PAO “Mariupol Experimental Works” held a rally of former employees. About 30 people came to claim his salary for 2013 – 2014. The total debt of the company to employees – 1 million USD. It was reported to liquidate the company.
miners on strike again
demographic collapse in ukraine is inevitable
“Such conclusion was made director of the Institute of Demography and Social Studies. Ptukha NAS Ella Libanova. Ukraine has exhausted the potential of demographic growth, she said in an interview with “Today”.
“We are talking about public order, to the generation of children has replaced the quantitative generation of parents, taking into account the infant, child and adolescent mortality, 100 women have to give birth to 213-215 children age structure of a paradigm shift.” – She explained.
Today, 100 Ukrainian women give birth to 150 children, according to statistics. E.Libanova believes that under favorable circumstances can count on a certain birth rate – up to 170-180 children per 100 women no earlier than 10-15 years). “But on the 215 is not worth thinking This level of birth does not exist in any European country, whether we like it or not, but the economic, social and psychological population living conditions in general and families in particular, have changed greatly..” – She said .
“Where is this young families with high levels of education, have access to modern contraception, focusing on high standards of child development, finally, themselves formed in one-two-child families, the mass will give birth to? To an average of 100 families 215 children were big enough part should be 3 child And this is very problematic, “-. E.Libanova summarized.
Libanova silent about the main reason for the sharp decrease in the birth rate in Ukraine in the past two years. Social insecurity, political and economic instability of the regime and a sharp drop in living standards do not contribute to fertility. All these processes were observed in the 90-ies. The consequences of those years is still not outdated.
Scientists expressed confidence that the Ukrainian population can grow significantly, but only at the expense of large-scale immigration. As long as there is the opposite process. Due to the migration of the working age population in Russia and other countries. However, she noted that it was bound to create a lot of other, often more complex problems. Europe these risks already faced.”
various anna-news sources with google translate…….
Franz on September 07, 2016 · at 3:48 pm EST/EDT
The view from Khazaro-Oligarch CIA-occupied Khuyev.
Can someone knowledgeable explain this part regarding SPECIAL CONFISCATION please? My interpretation of it frightens me.
It’s simple, the country is “at war with Russia” – said Poroshenko, so, if you have truck or a tractor or a car they can use for military activities they will confiscate that, just like that. And above all, they will not pay you compensation in case of destruction.
also they loot anything they can find in Donbass.then maim you or worse if you object for being a separatist-i remember that article where people were found hanged in the forest for example.
Nussiminen on September 07, 2016 · at 8:21 pm EST/EDT
Haha, what a load of preposterous blather.
Verdict: Next to the rantings of Zionazi Ukro-trash, even so-called Modern Art at its very worst looks all but brilliant.
There is, however, a true ‘gem’ right in this fabulous Ukronazi dungheap of political reaction:
“Please apologize me for the emotions, however, I have to say that. Drop in the living standards, poverty, financial hardship of a majority of the Ukrainians and a high social price of the Russian aggression weigh heavily on my heart.”
Come on, don’t be stupid. It is your sponsors who are giving your subjects their much yearned for ‘European values’ with you as their beloved figurehead. You should most definitely not put a negative spin (Russian aggression) on your very key commitment: that of working for the Greater Good of Western imperialism.
vot tak on September 08, 2016 · at 1:35 am EST/EDT
Perhaps the people of the Ukraine feel like this guy with regard to the feces running their country now?
After Robbing Bank, 70-Year-Old Waits for Cops, Preferring Jail to His Wife
https://sputniknews.com/us/20160908/1045074571/kansas-man-bank-robbery-wife.html
chornyvolk on September 08, 2016 · at 3:31 am EST/EDT
Great speech.This will ensure these bastards won’t be around too long.Not a word on how the people will heat their house, eat, get pensions and all other things normal people want.Maybe they are trying to make Russian speakers leave by creating all these hardships for all ukrainians and figure only the patriots will remain.So sick of this name ukraine and that sickening language. I hope they erase it from the dictionary and call it something else.
Very great speech indeed, ha! Should make the orator a credible Nobel Peace Prize candidate alongside Hillary and NATO.
For all the “talk” we hear of the US and Russia making deals and all. Any deal the US wants to make (and keep at least) with Moscow.Is along the lines of “a Wolf and a Sheep deciding on whats for dinner”.There is “absolutely” no real “deal” possible with the US’s current regime,”end of story”. And to give an “example” of that.In the midst of all the talk about the “EU” FM’s going to Kiev,and going to press Poroshenko to follow Minsk 2.The US just today appoints a top war fighting General as a military adviser to Ukraine’s general staff. To,according to them.,”help Ukraine reform its military to Western standards”.Now,commonsense would tell me if that was the “mission”.An administrative or training top official would have been appointed to that post.Not an ex-Iraq War general, ex-head of CENTCOM to that post. That alone is all we need to know ,to understand what they are doing.There is a saying about “follow the money”.But I say its also important to “follow the personnel”,who and where someone is sent,tells much.
https://www.rt.com/news/358705-us-general-ukraine-adviser/
James lake on September 09, 2016 · at 2:11 pm EST/EDT
That’s a very interesting link.
The U.S. preparing to fight until the last ukrainian.
I really don’t understand that country and it’s people allowing themselves to be colonised in this way.
If the don’t want a relationship with Russia that’s fine – but taking it to this level.
It will be like india and Pakistan
Jonathan on September 09, 2016 · at 5:10 pm EST/EDT
It’s always seemed to me that the US is open to the idea of a war with Russia but they do not want to fight this war themselves. In fact, I doubt the US actually has the manpower to fight a large scale land war with Russia. I’m sure they would prefer this war to be fought by the Poles, Ukrainians, Romanians and Balts with backup from the Swedes and Germans. However, I’m sure the US will give them all a hearty handshake and wish them good luck as they are sent over the border.