Posted on 03/02/2014 11:00:07 AM PST by Hamiltonian
Under pressure from pro-Russian activists, the City Council of Donetsk on Saturday unanimously declared itself to be the sole legitimate authority in the city, according to the ZN.UA Web site.
"Until it becomes clear whether the laws passed by the Verkhovna Rada [parliament] are legitimate and the new bodies of state authority are recognized, the entire responsibility for the economic support of the territories shall be vested in bodies of local government," the council said in a resolution.
The council also decided to set up a municipal police force "to ensure the peaceful existence of people on the territory of Donetsk and defense them against possible aggressive action on the part of radical nationalist forces."
It declared Russian an official language along with Ukrainian and demanded that the Regional Council call a referendum on the future of Donbass........
(Excerpt) Read more at kyivpost.com ...
These things should have been settled back in 1992.
Yeltsin was too drunk, and the Clinton administration was too incompetent.
79% chance of all out war at this point
Map below the main piece. Several cities have gone over to the Russians according to this source (which needs to be verified).
Imagine a country with single party rule, where the majority politician votes against the populace’s will, to entrench themselves in power and in position, and they do this because there is nobody to stop them.
The new leaders in Ukraine MUST do something, even if they get defeated, to “prove” legitimacy.
Meanwhile, the Soros cabal are laughing their asses off, making a TON of money shorting the currencies, in a situation they helped create.
This is how they make money.
Nothing wrong with Soros a half an ounce of lead wouldn’t cure. Sadly the disease has been raging in this man for far too many decades.
Oh, these things were settled in 1994 under Clinton when Ukraine gave up its nukes in exchange for Russian US and UK guarantees of its sovereignty (Budapest Memorandum)
paging the US and UK! Your Ukrainian allies have been trying to reach you since 3AM and no one in DC is answering the phone
Come on...Yeltsin was too drunk, and these were the same wonderful people who gave us The Dayton Accords. A garbage agreement.
Stalin would ask “How many divisions does he have?”
“where the majority politician votes against the populace’s will,”
Enough about Obama; lets hear about the Ukraine.
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