Posted on 12/13/2015 11:32:31 AM PST by WhiskeyX
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has taken part in ceremonies to commemorate the millions who died of famine under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.
Poroshenko attended a ceremony in the capital, Kyiv, at the museum dedicated to the famine, or Holodomor.
A minute of silence was also held across Ukraine.
November 28 has been marked in Ukraine as the day to commemorate the victims of the Holodomor since 2006.
The famine took place in 1932 and 1933 as Soviet leader Stalin's police forced peasants in Ukraine to join collective farms by requisitioning their grain and other foodstuffs.
It is estimated that up to 9 million people died as a result of executions, deportation, and starvation during the Stalin-era campaign.
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And what does President Vladimir Vladimirovich say about this?
Did he too declare a moment of silence for the victims of Stalinist depravity?
If not, does he approve of it? Is Ukraine a toy for him to play with, and abuse as he sees fit?
Oh, I see.
When armed thugs show up on your farm and demand your crops, that's "requisitioning".
Odd. Other places they simply call it theft.
I call it government sanctioned mass murder.
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Joe Biden’s message to Ukraine on Tuesday was crystal clear: Don’t screw this up.
The vice president didn’t mince words when he spoke to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, ministers and lawmakers inside parliament during his fifth trip to the country on Tuesday. He warned Kiev against backsliding in its fight against corruption.
“The world is watching you — this is your moment. Please, for the sake of the rest of us, don’t waste it,” Biden said in an impassioned address streamed live across the country. Failure, he warned, would likely mean the loss of much-needed international support and would have harmful consequences in building a united and democratic Europe.
http://mashable.com/2015/12/08/biden-ukraine-reforms/#A0MhE3VoqGqI
“Is Ukraine a toy for him to play with, and abuse as he sees fit?”
Ask Biden’s boy.
Speaking of being played with and abused, is this the EUkrainian puppet that was holding the bouquet of roses while being carried around by the crotch, or is this the other EUkranian puppet, the suet pudding one?
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