Posted on 05/28/2014 11:00:53 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
Ukraine’s presidential elections have been lauded as a great success with record voter turnout for a clean and democratic vote which saw ‘chocolate king’ Petro Poroshenko win by a landslide and invigorate hope that Ukraine may have turned a corner.
But the election results have also underlined the breathless determination of the Kremlin to distort, fabricate and disseminate news in a campaign of demonisation against Ukraine.
Moscow’s propaganda machine hit new heights of absurdity on Sunday when Russia’s First TV channel reported that the Kremlin's No. 1 bogeyman, Dmytro Yarosh, leader of the far-right Pravy Sektor Party was leading the presidential race with 37% of the votes, with Petro Poroshenko trailing far behind on 29 percent.
The uncomfortable truth for Moscow however was that Pravy Sector’s Dmytro Yarosh and the other far-right nationalist party leader Oleg Tyahnybok of Svoboda couldn’t even muster 1% of the vote between them.
The Kremlin’s lies about Ukraine are further exposed by the performance of Jewish oligarch Vadim Rabinovych who, with 2% of the vote got double the amount of the far-right parties combined.
This in a country, according to the Russian president, where Jews are not safe and pogroms are making a big comeback.
By current European standards, with far-right parties sweeping to victory in European elections this week, support for the far right is lower in Ukraine than in virtually any other European nation.
"It shoots through schools."
Well she was greatly responsible for the Orange Revolution...and were it not for her being arrested would have certainly had a huge part in the Maidan.
Currently Maidan is refusing to abide by their New Mayors request they leave the Square. Some are saying Porsh won’t last. They’ve been collecting wood piles for the “Next Maidan”
and Yulia said she she would start a new one if not elected as Pres.....so we shall see.
It also shoots through Hospitals....
Just to be precise...I think those are Ukraine Speratists in the photo.....It was Keiv Army which used heavy artillery on the school and hospital.
It is a PTRS-41....THE Simonov Anti Tank Rifle..
Autoloading..14.5mm Russian cartridge.. A .585” cartridge
Be perfect for my 585 Hubel Express Cartridge...
If you google 585HE you see what I do most of the
time, when not on here arguing with Ukraine bashers..Ed
Why should they go home, before putlers tent city
on the border goes home,
Why before the little green men go home and Why before
the gangsters they dug up in the Donbas move to russia.
Why before the little writing men, quite trashing UKR.
make it into tourist setup, sell flags, momentos , etc..
I read about Ukraine’s gold quite some time ago. Who is in control of it?
UKR had 50 billions worth, under yanu-assho 20 billion
went missing(gone to russia along with yanu).
So when interim gov took over, and russians got
on their tantrum, interim gov sent rest to US
for safe keeping. And if needed will probably pay back
aid money with some of it. That is why most don’t
worry about aid to UKR .
I had hopes for Poroshenko but attacking Donetsk on his first day in office tells me nothing has changed and this won’t be resolved anytime soon.
The lawfully elected leader of Ukraine moves Ukrainian forces into eastern UKRAINE to take back UKRAINIAN territory from an invading force of Russians, muslim mercenaries and terrorists and you call that “attacking”?
You never had “hopes for Poroshenko, unless you are referring to his defeat.
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