Vladimir Golstein is Associate Professor of Slavic Languages at Brown University, an American Ivy League university.
We have decided to publish this article in full, since it is by far the best description we know of the rise of fascism in Ukraine.
The author, who is a top US scholar, shows that Ukrainian fascism is not the fringe phenomenon that western governments and media say it is, but that is central to Ukrainian politics and is the key to understanding Ukraine’s political crisis and the way that crisis is evolving as the situation in the country worsens .... http://russia-insider.com
Over 20 civilians killed in shelling by Ukrainian army in Luhansk
The Ukrainian army has been shelling inhabited localities of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) since Monday evening, acting LPR people’s police commander Oleg Bugrov said Tuesday.
“It started yesterday evening. The Ukrainian armed forces delivered an artillery strike in violation of all agreements established by the Minsk memorandum. They delivered strikes with Grad and Uragan (multiple launch rocket systems) on Kirovsk, Frunze, Stakhanov. Civilians died,” Bugrov said .... http://en.itar-tass.com
Ukraine threatens to abolish peace plan with pro-Russians
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says Kiev will reconsider its commitment to a ceasefire pact with pro-Russia forces after they held their own elections in the country’s east.
Poroshenko said that on Tuesday, he and the country’s security chiefs would “re-examine” Kiev’s commitments to the agreement, which could include “abolition” of a significant element in the truce that offered the pro-Russians autonomy within Ukraine’s existing borders .... http://www.presstv.com
