Revolution of Looting

That's how the Daily Mail describes the ill fate of the mansion of Viktor Pshonka, the Yanukovich's time General Prosecutor of Ukraine:

Revolutionaries wasted no time, and broke into his mansion for the first time immediately after he fled in 2014.
Inside, they discovered an orgy of kitsch - velvet curtains with gilded stripes, chaise-longues in a faux aquarium, marble busts, four-poster beds and what appeared to be a Faberge egg.
What followed was a free for all, with some individuals walking out with whatever they could carry.
Activists then pleaded with new President Petro Poroshenko to seize Pshonka's opulent home and recover its valuable assets for the impoverished state.
Instead, the country's current pro-EU government did nothing to stop the thieves.
Last October plunderers were able to live for a month and half in Pshonka's luxury home while they tore apart its interior.

 

There's a whole set of such pairs of images, taken from the same spots with a two years interval between.

The DM continuously call the Maidaners 'revolutionaries', following the officially adopted by the West version of 'Revolution of Dignity'.
However, what happened in Ukraine two years ago in no case was a revolution. A revolution leads to a change of social formation: so, the Great French Revolution washed away monarchy (with a true flood of blood, I have to add); two consecutive revolutions in Russia did same things in 1917.

However, the only result of Maidan was a change of political elite; the Yanukovich-supported oligarchy (quite mistakenly considered pro-Russian) was changed with that of Poroshenko, an oligarch himself. So it was just a coup d'état, whatever the mainstream media say.

And now we come to the second part of the definition, 'dignity'. The images in the DM show the exact amount on dignity in that Ukrainian pseudo-revolution.

Just because those 'revolutionaries' the DM is speaking of, calling them also 'all', 'individuals' and 'activists', are just the very same people later called 'thieves', 'looters' and 'plunderers'.

Do you see any unmasked face in the pictures published by the DM?

True revolutionaries do not mask their faces.

Period.

Should Rhodes Stay?

The BBC informs, Oriel College at Oxford University for some reasons decided to keep the statue of Cecil Rhodes on its building.

Reuters image from the BBC publication.

This decision is strongly opposed by "Rodes Must Fall" campaigners. THis campaign succeeded in South Africa, where a Rhodes statue was removed. The idea was adopted in Oxford by activists students insisting that Rhodes' views were incompatible with the modern 'inclusive culture'.

I have no doubt his views are incompatible. How could we expect it other way, talking about a British imperialistic (and as such, surely white) politician of 19th century?

The matter is that history was just the way it was. One can remove a statue, but no one can change history. History is to be studied, its lessons are to help us here, today, avoid mistakes of the past, and find better ways to future that is supposed to be better than the present and way better than the past.

Distillation of What Ukraine Is Now

The story below has been carefully collected and archived by Alexander Dyukov, Russian historian, author and human rights defender, founder of the Historical Memory Foundation. My part was just to translate and post it here. Well, and to add the last line.

You just have to see it with your own eyes.

These are the former armed insurgents of the so called "Maidan Self-Defense Forces", nowadays the "Kiev-2" battalion of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

They seized a man; made him undress; beat him; tied his hands and threw him into dirt.

It's Autumn; and it's not that warm round there.

They pose with their beaten and bleeding victim lying in the foreground.

1 Year to Odessa Massacre

One year ago Ukrainian Nazis arranged a bloody burning massacre in one of the most beautifil cities at the Black Sea — Odessa.

Those who still went on talking about the "Revolution of Dignity" after THAT are just dumb fucks shortsighted idiots paving way to power for Nazis of all kinds and lands with their own hands.

The Ukrainian Chronicles. Peace.

For about a month the border guards let his Ford Transit pass almost without examination, so Serge didn’t worry except for a slight pain in his gut, like the beginning diarrhea. “It doesn’t matter,” he thought to himself. “The main thing is to make myself believe that this is a normal trip.”
The familiar lieutenant, Alex, asked him to open the van, looked through the empty rusted space with some laminate, cans of paint and film-wrapped carpets piled up closer to the cabin, and took two bags standing at the door.
Something gurgled in the bags, the end of a raw smoked sausage poked out.
“You can go, Sergey Nikolaevich.”
“Thanks, Alex.”
To each his own.

Serge didn’t race, though he had a strong wish. Sometimes he even slowed down as if trying to bring to reason his heart clattering forte, and his thoughts that took already away all the distance. Quiet, man, calm down. There’s no place to hurry.
In Gorlovka he unloaded paint and laminate at a warehouse as humanitarian aid, brought one of the carpets into a kindergarten.
“Where do you go now, Sergey Nikolaevich?” a very young teacher, looking almost like Sveta, asked.
“Home,” Serge smiled, “I’m building up anew.”

He turned to his home indeed, closer to Donetsk, to the ashes that had been a small village three years ago. He drove by a lop-sided, burned fence, by the Frolovs’ house ruined by an explosion, by abandoned kitchen gardens and a feral fruit garden.
Late spring. Everything blossoms as if there wasn’t anything. Everything cicatrized, pulled together, grew with greens. Yet it’s more difficult with people. Besides Serge, no one wanted to lodge on the former place.
He drove in between remains of a shed and the house with yellow patches of fresh wooden bars, moved back to the end-wall, running with a back wheel over a black currant bush. He felt a sudden pain, as if hit a man. He remembered: it was Dimka who planted it, he was small then, about seven... Doesn’t matter, man, it isn’t important any more, he will replant it later.
Serge shut off the engine.
Slight breeze went onto a half-lowered window, a crow croaked, something rumbled somewhere away — not artillery, just a thunder-storm.
He sat still for a while, deciding, adjusting himself. Serge thought: “If he died, he’s got what he deserved. Perhaps, it would be better if he died.”
We have peace. Peace.

A Map of Hell

Using Google Map resource, some volunteers of Donetsk have created and are constantly adding data to a map of shelling and bombing sites of Donetsk region.

Here it is.

Here is a couple of screenshots made at various scales:

 

Enlarged one is of the district adjacent to the Donetsk Airport (there's its taxiway, top left).

I am not sure the map opens for you in English, so what you have to know is:

Donetsk = Донецк

All capital leters in italic are names of districts of the city of Donetsk or Donetsk Oblast.

At present they've collected data for the period since September 4, 2014 to January 16, 2015.

You a welcome to check yourself that Anti-Terroristic Operation carried on by the Kiev/Kyiv regime since before Poroshenko was elected as president (by the way, who does remember now he promised to finish the ATO in just days?) in fact is a countinuous act of state terrorism against civilian population of their own country, effected illegally using all armed forces including army, that according to their constitution has no right to carry on warfare without declaring the war state, let alone shooting at own population.

You are free to see that all their statements regarding 'pro-Russian separatists and terrorists' shelling their own houses is a total bullshit. Because the Ukrainian state supported by the USA and the official EU carries own a true bloody civil war. But they cannot win, as the people cannot lose; the people either win or die, tertium non datur.

Just open your eyes and see. It is the 21st century.

Europe (geographically; though those maidan jumpers would like to go to Europe still farther, evidently, to better spread their nazi ideas of national supremacy).

Earth.

Hell.

Various Puppets, Same Master

Many things in different countries are done using apparently the same screenplay, plot, scenario.

Just have a look at some samples.

This video was uploaded to YouTube on March 7, 2014. Some actors of Ukrainian theaters address to the Russian people. Generally speaking, they say they are just like us Russians, normal people. The Russian language is not suppressed in Ukraine. They do not want war. Some elder ones became popular way back in the USSR. By the way, many of them take part in Russian performances, movies and TV series — just business, Russia pays, money doesn't smell.

Circus of Idiots

There are two useful words in the Ukrainian language: peremoha (перемога, victory) and zrada (зрада, betrayal). When a peremoha becomes a zrada, there happens the third essence: han'ba (ганьба) — shame. Such is the vicious circle of the Ukrainian daily life since the peremoha of Maidan over unbearably cruel tyrant and greedy thief Yanukovich.

After this brief preface, just two ridiculously connected news of the last day to illustrate.

1. PRESS SERVICE OF THE DNIPRO-1 REGIMENT* INFORMS

This night a guerrilla part coordinated by the Dnipro-1 regiment blew up a freight train used by terrorists to transport coal to the Russian federation.
Two cars and a part of the railway are totally destroyed at Krasnaya Mogila station close to the town of Sverdlovsk, Luhansk region.
Thus, the railway connection between the southern part of the Luhansk region and the Russian Federation is disrupted.
Dnipro-1 regiment expresses support to guerrillas and thanks them for the fruitful cooperation in favour of the Ukrainian state.
Glory to Ukraine!


However, next day Gennady (Hennadiy) Moskal**, Lugansk region governor (for the Kiev/Kyiv regime) made the following statement:

Je Suis Volnovakha?

There are some places that can undoubtedly be called hell on Earth. One of such places is Ukraine, mostly its Eastern part, including two self-proclaimed repubics of Donetsk and Lugansk that call themselves Novorossiya.

Yesterday there was another tragedy there: explosion of something rpoduced plenty of splinters that killed, as per actual information, 12 people and wounded 17.

In no time (and it's not just a figure of speech — it really was done immediately — the Ukrainian side blamed "Russian terrorists" in this attack. No wonder: for the Ukrainian collective unconsious feeling Russia is guilty in every and all Ukrainian troubles, Russia in general and Putin personally.

A picture from a pro-Kiev, pro-maidan Facebook public account. They always know who's to blame.

Yet more surprising was the press briefing of Marie Harf that also took place almost immediately after the killing. She said, in particular:

... we condemn continued attacks by separatists as they attempt to control additional territory in violation of the Minsk agreements. Today’s vicious and repeated attacks on the Donetsk Airport and the shelling of a bus that killed 10 people and wounded 13 are just the latest egregious violations of the commitments made by the Russia-backed separatists...

The bold font is mine.

Well, there is a long story behind the very word "separatists"; it was the new Kiev regime who made separatists of people, who just wanted Ukraine to become a federal state, by its stupid internal policies and started a civil war, desperately trying to convince the world of a Russian aggression.

During this civil war the Donetsk airport became one of the hottest spots. But how on Earth could Marie Harf know, just a couple hours later, that "Russian-backed separatists" were to blame in this cruel killing? The exact number of victims was not known yet; but it looks like there was no necessity in knowing exact information having a strong unquestionable prejudice of Russian guilt.

No investigation was conducted at all, evidences were mixed und unreliable, yet the one to blame was found immediately (maybe, in advance?). Isn't it a bit strange looking?

I know that warfare in general is always accompanied by more or less cruelty and atrocities and war crimes. Various sad accidents are possible at war, including "friendly fire", unintended deaths, etc.

However, as for investigation, so far I remember since the times when the Roman law was really Roman, one of the most important tasks was to discover cui prodest, that is for whom the deed is profitable.

And thinking about this tragedy from this point of view you inevitavly come to a conclusion it brought absolutely no profit to Novorossiya from any possible viewpoint; and it was absolutely profitable for Kiev regime — and for those who backed and supported the Ukrainian coup d'état or maidan (hypocritically called Revolution of Dignity), and encouraged Kiev to unleash a campaign of true, real state terrorism over those who were brave enough to oppose the regime.

If you want to stop war in Donbass effectively, stop Poroshenko now and forever, do not let Ukraine turn into a medieval state with radically nationalistic (Nazi) Bandera ideology. A huge part of Ukraine is already kind of Syria in Europe; is the next stage Libya?

Cui prodest?


#яВаня #IamVanya #ichbinWanja #jesuisVania #ikbenWanja

There Is Hell on Earth

It is brought to the land of Ukraine by those who supported the coup d'état in Kiev; and now Kiev delivers it to the Eastern part of the country, to people who do not want to live together with Banderist neoNazi's.

They killed Vanya's stepfather and youner brother Timofey of 5. The rest of splinters destroyed Vanya's both feet, right hand, and one eye (the sight ability of the second one is doubtful now).

Last summer of Vanya being healthy and with his younger brother alive.

Millions were out on the street, declaring "Je suis Charlie" in remembrance of Charlie Hebdo caricaturists killed in Paris. It was a terrific terrorist attack, indeed. There were big figures walking in Paris, including Poroshenko.

Yet who cares of Dnobass people? Who is disturbed by sufferings of Vanya and many of his compatriots of all ages?

It looks like people are selectively caring. It looks like some lives matter more than other lives. I hate this bullshit.

#яВаня #IamVanya #ichbinWanja #jesuisVania #ikbenWanja

"This has been a challenging year."

So Marie Harf of the Dept. of State said at a press briefing on December 23. What else did she say on topics, that is of interest to me?

If you look at something like Ukraine, I mean, a year ago I’m not sure any of us could have predicted what would happen, Russia’s actions. 

Are you serious, Ms. Harf? If none of you could have predicted what would happen in and around Ukraine, just fire all your analytics and advisers on the Ukrainian matters, they are a pure loss of money!

I am absolutely sure the country that invested 5 billion dollars in 'democratization' of Ukraine (well, this is the amount officially admitted; thus, the true total can be definitely triple as much, if not more) should be able to afford some smart people who know their job. Who know what is Russia and Ukraine, what is Russia to Ukraine and vice versa. Who know that Ukraine historically IS Russia, and is not just a part of Russia, but an integral part (well, except for Galician lands annexed to the USSR by Stalin in September, 1939, but only after Hitler destroyed Poland as a state).

A Mark Book of the 21st Century

Have a look at the spread of a mark book of a pupil. What makes the difference is that this is a mark book of a pupil attending school in Donetsk (unacknowledged Donetsk People Republic/DNR, Novorossiya).

Source

A teacher glued a small piece of paper onto the left page, under the Monday cell. It reads:

11.2014 a talk has been carried out...

And a bigger sheet onto the right page.

Read it thoroughly. Understand it. This is the 21st century, November, 2014. This is Europe.

Rules of Conduct During Artillery Shelling

1. Do not run if explosions are near. Fall on the ground and cover your head with hands — this is the best way to rescue.

2. During shelling at an open space, a ditch or any recess in the ground can serve as a shelter. Having found such a shelter, do not leave it until the shelling is ceased.

3. Any protrusion of the ground, or concrete blockage, or mound will do. It is not recommended to hide in basements of dwellings; there is a high risk to remain under debris.

4. It is recommended to stay away from machinery, cars, fire dangerous and explosive objects.

5. Modern buildings which are insufficiently rigid yet contain plenty of windows, glass cases and glass elements, are extremely dangerous.

6. Do not seek safety in water, river, lake or any other reservoir. After an accidental shell or bomb blast a shock wave of extreme strength will be expanding, leading to a heavy hydraulic shock (the principle of TNT fish stunning).

7. It's strongly recommended to wait through the shelling with your ears tightly closed with hands and slightly opened mouth to control pressure.

These are fruits of the so called "Revolution of Dignity" (which was not a revolution in any case and had nothing to do with dignity) the children of Eastern Ukraine, that is Novorosiya, are enjoying. This is what the so called 'civilized world' led by the USA and EU was for, helping the Ukrainian putschists to overthrow Yanukovich's "tyranny".

God save your children from such a dignity.

What Did Happen in Ukraine?

What did happen in Ukraine?

Why I laugh at the definition 'Revolution of Dignity' and consider the Ukrainian 'Maydan' (or 'Euromaydan') a total bullshit and even a coup d'état?

Try to use your sober mind and detract from biased one-sided russophobic propaganda that is traditional for the Western world for centuries.

Spend 26.5 minutes and watch a Goblin's video. It has perfect English, German, and even simplified Chinese and Ukrainian titles.

It was uploaded 9 months ago, yet the things have not changed since — at least to a better side.

More than 3 million people have already watched it, but it is not late to discover... well, if not truth (I do not intend to change your state of mind in no time), then at least a well grounded — and different — point of view.

Understanding requires some brainwork, you know. And... you just cannot escape it if you want to live in peace.

Geopolitical Physics

From the holy scripts of major religions we know there are the good and the evil. These definitions exist only in tandem: how could one judge if something is good or evil without knowledge of the both?

From the basic course of school physics we know there are always two poles, North and South, plus and minus, positive and negative. Here, terms 'positive' and 'negative' have no good-or-evil connotation, it's just a pair of physical effects, whether electric, or magnetic, or whatever else.

Sometimes you have to choose sides (or poles, for the matter). During the Civil War in Russia after the October Revolution, you could be either Red — a bolshevik/communist yourself, a conscripted soldier fighting for them and with them, or a peasant voluntarily or involuntarily feeding them, or, say, a worker helping them to build up a new state on the ruins of former Russian Empire, — or White, supported by the so called world community (the UK, the USA, Japan, Germany, Poland, etc.) and fighting against or supporting this fight.

During the WW2 the choice was different, yet there was one. One alternative; either you were with Hitler, or against him. At times of great challenges the choices are also great; so the UK, the USA and the USSR were wise enough became allies. (Those who say 'the USSR switched sides during the WW2' just loudly express their shameful, though understandable ignorance in history; I'll come back to the matter later.)

During the so called Cold War world was kind of 2.5-polar: the 'Capitalist World' fought against the "Socialist World' (for propaganda purposes usually called the 'communist' one), and both sides were trying to attract as many third-world-countries as possible; those did not form a general power by themselves, but were developing with assistance of their patrons.

Since the collapse and disintegration of the Warsaw Treaty (and the Council of Economic Mutual Assistance, kind of the EEC for the socialist countries) first and then the USSR itself, the world became monopolar, with the only real super power (with the greatest economy) atop.

Yet was it a time of succes on a global scale? Did the life of all billions of people improved? Or at least that of the Golden one? Did the world become a more peaceful place? Did the number of bloodsheds decreased?

I think there should be no surprise at all that the world tend to come back to a more stable stand, at leats bipolar. And definitely I am satisfied my country takes part in this movements, regaining its strength and weight on the political scene of the world.

And I am definitely dissatisfied with Obama/the USA desperately trying to convince the world they remain the one and only one political being on the world's map which meaning counts. By the way, I've heard the Chinese economy has outgrown that of the USA recently. If not yet, it will definitely do so in the nearest future. And as far as I know loosing its economic leadership is not the only trouble the USA facing now externally and internally. Looks like they desperately need war, as big and bloody as possible to keep thing going, still going monopolar.

However, the newest history knows examples of peaceful consolidation of people around their leaders. For us Russians the (re-)incorporation of Crimea in March, 2014 became such a point. It was done in so a peaceful and purely democratic way that future schoolbooks will definitely describe this incorporation as an exemplary way of settling territorial disputes. And the percentage of those who support our President now is already about 85% here in Russia; I believe your leaders do not even dare to dream of such a figure.


'The West' hypocritically calls the coup-d'etat in Ukraine 'the Revolution of Dignity'; if 'dignity' means blood of the innocent, shelling on the civilians and destruction of economy by Ukrainian nazis (no necessity to follow the CNN or Euronews or RT for the matter; just follow Graham Phillips, a brave and honest British journalist working on site) — we live in different worlds and definitely have opposite ideas of good and evil.

By the way, from my photography-connected background I, just like any photographer out there, know that the most stable support for a camera should have three legs; namely, tripods are such supports; even if the ground below is totally uneven, three legs stand absolutely stable and solid.

Should the world have three poles, to really be a better place?