Editors, Wisdom Quarterly; BBC.co.uk; FEMEN.org; Los Angeles Times UPDATED
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| There have been sporadic clashes through the day, as BBC's Duncan Crawford reports. |
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| Putin says it's time for a police state in Kiev, and Ukraine president says sir, yes, sir! |
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| Protesters momentarily get the upper hand. |
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| Mind your own business, America! |
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| FEMEN activist/topless protester for Kiev |
Ukrainian President
Viktor Yanukovych has fired the head of the armed forces, Col. Gen.
Volodymyr Zamana, according to the president's website.
Reports
The move comes after the most intense violence in [former Soviet state] Ukraine's three-month crisis turned the capital of Kiev into a battle zone against civilians.
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| Ukraine is "going West," joining European Economic Union over Russia (femen.org) |
Earlier the state security service announced it was launching
a nationwide "anti-terrorist" [terrorist = protester] campaign, to deal with a growing
"extremist threat."
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| F you, dictator Putin (femen.org/en) |
There was a suggestion the armed forces could be deployed for the first time [to help the paramilitary police kill more civilian civil rights protesters]. Col. Gen. Zamana has been replaced by the commander of
Ukraine's Navy, Admiral Yuriy Ilyin, by presidential decree, President
Yanukovych's website said. [One military man for another, that ought to lead to peace and calm.] More + VIDEO
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| Ukrainian protest fires burn in capital of Kiev after police kill protesters (BBC) |
This war began long ago
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| You don't talk like that, young lady! |
(FEMEN.org) KIEV, Ukraine - "Ukraine is not Alina." FEMEN
has long protested Russian Dictator Putin's intervention in the affairs of the
Ukraine. FEMEN fought against electoral fraud during the elections to
the Duma. In 2012 at polling station where operatives were "stealing for
Putin!" FEMEN activists tried to take the voice of Putin during Russian presidential voting. "Putin is the Apocalypse"! In 2013 in Germany FEMEN said, "F*ck you, Putin!" As for Kiev at the Russian Embassy, it's "Forward Russia. More
Pussy Riot beaten and whipped in Sochi
Feb. 19, 2014)
Mere days after police detained them in Sochi, Russia, Nadya Tolokonnikova, Masha Alyokhina, and other members of Pussy Riot were attacked by whip-wielding Cossacks in Sochi today, according to reports.
Pussy Riot beaten and whipped in Sochi
Feb. 19, 2014)
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| Pussy Riot in Sochi in balacavas (latimes.com) |
According to The Guardian (UK) and
other outlets, members of the punk feminist activist group had assembled in
their iconic bright balaclavas [knitted face scarves] in an area about 20 miles from the site
of the Winter Olympics.
As they prepared to play a new song, "Putin Will
Teach You to Love the Motherland," they were surrounded by plainclothes
security officers.
There were also surrounded by uniformed Cossacks with whips, who were enlisted as an
informal security force during the Sochi Games.
Cossacks, an equestrian-focused rural Russian culture, have re-emerged as a symbol of conservative and militaristic values during Putin's presidency [a.k.a. dictatorship]. More
Deadliest Day in Ukraine Protests
Victoria Butenko and Carol J. Williams (latimes.com, Feb. 18, 2014)
KIEV,
Ukraine - At least nine people were killed yesterday [Feb. 17th] in the deadliest
day of the 3-month-old Ukrainian political crisis.
[Paramilitary police attacked] demonstrators and later stormed their encampment at Kiev's Independence Square, the Maidan, local and international media reported.
Live television coverage carried by the Russia-24 news channel and nine live-streaming video cameras at the protest site and relayed by Ukrainian opposition broadcasters showed fiery explosions illuminating the grimy tent city in the capital after demonstrators ignored a [threat] from police to clear the square.
[WHY? It seems Russian Dictator or Presisenty Putin has ordered Ukraine's President. Yanukovich to severely crack down on Ukrainian demonstrators -- with military weaponry, forces, snipers, and plain clothes assassins -- to stop drawing attention to the plight of Ukraine and away from nearby Sochi, where Russia is trying to host a glorious Winter Olympics.]
Clouds of smoke from fires and tear gas could be seen wafting over the chaotic scene, eerily backlit with an orange glow from the multitude of blasts, burning sandbags, and smoldering debris.
[Paramilitary police] forces began
moving against the protesters' camp with water cannons and stun grenades
after giving them 15 minutes' warning to leave.
But thousands of protesters remained in the square despite the caustic gas engulfing the nerve center of the uprising against President Viktor Yanukovich. More
Full coverage
(Los Angeles Times)
Ukraine uprising erupts in killings, arson, raids
He also accused two top U.S. diplomats -- Victoria Nuland, who oversees European affairs at the State Department... before Tuesday's violent eruption.
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| Senator McCain meddling for US |
Cossacks, an equestrian-focused rural Russian culture, have re-emerged as a symbol of conservative and militaristic values during Putin's presidency [a.k.a. dictatorship]. More
Deadliest Day in Ukraine Protests
Victoria Butenko and Carol J. Williams (latimes.com, Feb. 18, 2014)
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| Hundreds of thousands of protesters in streets |
[Paramilitary police attacked] demonstrators and later stormed their encampment at Kiev's Independence Square, the Maidan, local and international media reported.
Live television coverage carried by the Russia-24 news channel and nine live-streaming video cameras at the protest site and relayed by Ukrainian opposition broadcasters showed fiery explosions illuminating the grimy tent city in the capital after demonstrators ignored a [threat] from police to clear the square.
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| Ukrainians see their president as "traitor" |
Clouds of smoke from fires and tear gas could be seen wafting over the chaotic scene, eerily backlit with an orange glow from the multitude of blasts, burning sandbags, and smoldering debris.
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| Protest action in Moscow (Denis Bochkarev) |
But thousands of protesters remained in the square despite the caustic gas engulfing the nerve center of the uprising against President Viktor Yanukovich. More
Full coverage
(Los Angeles Times)
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At least two dead as Ukraine protests rage: The crowd, many wearing
helmets and brandishing homemade shields and wooden sticks, responded
with a roar.
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Ukraine uprising erupts in killings, arson, raids
He also accused two top U.S. diplomats -- Victoria Nuland, who oversees European affairs at the State Department... before Tuesday's violent eruption.
Ukrainians see worrisome nationalistic elements among protesters
...oppose the revolution spreading like wildfire across the country," he said. "We can take any ministry, any court, any agency in Kiev today, and no one can prevent us."
...oppose the revolution spreading like wildfire across the country," he said. "We can take any ministry, any court, any agency in Kiev today, and no one can prevent us."
Ukraine president offers prime minister post to opposition leader
...year driver from the town of
Obukhov near Kiev, said as [he] set fire to a piece of cloth in the neck
of a beer bottle that was flung toward the police a second later.
...year driver from the town of
Obukhov near Kiev, said as [he] set fire to a piece of cloth in the neck
of a beer bottle that was flung toward the police a second later.
Ukraine protesters reject deal with president
...ground floor of the Agriculture
Ministry next to Independence Square [Maidan] and captured the building, the
UNIAN information agency reported.
...ground floor of the Agriculture
Ministry next to Independence Square [Maidan] and captured the building, the
UNIAN information agency reported.
Ukraine demonstrators clash with riot police
...I decided not to go to
Grushevsky [Street] because by our presence we can only aggravate the
provocation which is taking place there now."
Why is John McCain meddling in Ukraine?
...I decided not to go to
Grushevsky [Street] because by our presence we can only aggravate the
provocation which is taking place there now."Why is John McCain meddling in Ukraine?
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