Translated from Russian by Gleb Bazov
(Note: Rough Translation; Subject to Change)
Video: Part II of Press-Conference of I. Strelkov and A. Borodai, Donetsk, July 10, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we8K1-dpyNU
“Believe it or Not” or Truth and Rumours About Igor Strelkov
Igor Strelkov: (cont’d from Part I) … all the light arms and a portion of our armour and heavy weaponry, such as artillery, were taken out of the city and are currently here.
Reporter: Igor Ivanovich, a question from the “Believe it or Not” category. Owing to the fact that for a long time you remained in Slavyansk, and journalists did not have an opportunity to interact with as closely as we can now, there were a lot of rumours about you, rumours which you surely must have heard yourself. Were there any that truly amazed or astonished you?
Igor Strelkov: (smirking) That I rip open people’s bellies and then float them down the river.
Reporter: Oh, well this is too scary. Perhaps something a bit lighter?
Igor Strelkov: Well … it’s difficult to say. In reality …
Alexander Borodai: (laughing) [indecipherable].
Strelkov: (smiling) [indecipherable].
Reporter: But you are covered in legends!
Strelkov: Frankly speaking, you see, I perform my duty, and I am not concerned about the rumours that people make up about me. What’s most important is that my conscience is clear and that I am sure that I am doing the right thing. The rest does not matter to me.
Reporter: If I may another question ask on the topic of the rumours about you. Can you please tell us if you are now a part of the Joint Staff of the GRU [Main Intelligence Directorate of the Russian Federation] or of any other such structures in Russia, or were you such in the past?
Igor Strelkov: In the past, I was part of the staff of the Federal Security Service [FSB]. I resigned. On March 31, I was discharged with the rank of Reserve Colonel.
Reporter: In what year?
Igor Strelkov: Last year.
Reporter: Did you fight in the former Yugoslavia?
Igor Strelkov: Yes, I fought in Transnistria. For five months I fought in Serbian Bosnia. I took part in both the First and Second Chechen Wars [indecipherable].
Reporter: When were you in Grozny?
Igor Strelkov: In the first war – from December 30, 1992 and until March 26, 1993.
Donetsk People’s Republic Militia Recruitment
Reporter: Igor Ivanovich, how many people signed up to join the ranks of the Militia after the redeployment of your garrison [to Donetsk]?
Igor Strelkov: There has been a lot. The thing is that at least several battalions worth joined us right away, numbering between 300 and 500 men. These battalions were already here in the process of being formed and immediately joined the ranks of the Militia. Every day we receive people both at our headquarters and through the battalions stationed on the outskirts of the city. Accordingly, I find it very difficult to say exactly how many. However, we must be talking about at least a thousand men over the course of the last month.
Denis Pushilin’s Future in the Donetsk People’s Republic
Reporter: Thank you. And, Alexander Yuryevich, will Denis Pushilin remain the Chairman of the Supreme Council [indecipherable]?
Alexander Borodai: Until the Supreme Council votes otherwise, for now, he will remain in this role. However, everything is possible.
Pending Voluntary Evacuation from Donetsk
Reporter: Alexander Yuryevich, you mentioned that the evacuation will encompass several areas of the city. If you can, would you please provide concrete information as to which areas of the city are the most dangerous?
Alexander Borodai: It is specifically for reasons of security that I will not provide any more concrete information.
Reporter: And how many people, how many people are we talking about?
Alexander Borodai: I am concerned that the evacuation could involve tens of thousands of people at the very least.
Reporter: Tens of thousands?
Alexander Borodai: Tens of thousands. To begin with. After that, we will see. Judging by the situation.
The Relationship between Igor Strelkov Alexander Borodai
Reporter: Alexander, please tell us, where did you and Igor Ivanovich meet? In Chechnya? It is true that you have been acquainted for a long time?
Alexander Borodai: Yes, we have known each other for a long time. (addressing Igor Strelkov) How many years already?
Igor Strelkov: Since 1996.
Alexander Borodai: Since 1996.
Igor Strelkov: After the First Chechen War we were introduced to each other, [indecipherable] introduced us.
Alexander Borodai: Yes, we … I was also in Transnistria, naturally; however, we were stationed in completely different areas. (addressing Igor Strelkov) As I recall, you were in Bendery, right? (continuing) He was in Bendery, and I was at the Kickanskij bridgehead.
Reporter: And you wrote … you were a journalist there?
Alexander Borodai: No, I was also a volunteer.
Reporter: How will you be organizing the evacuation? Because you need buses, trains. How are you planning to do this?
Alexander Borodai: Well, you see, here we have three people whose fates somehow are linked to Transnistria. Let’s not shy away from this word. (smiling) Vladimir Yuryevich was also somehow at that time in Transnistria. He was also was what we call a volunteer, except that he had the rank of Minister of State Security.
The Fate of Transnistria and the Fate of Donbass
Reporter: And what’s good about Trasnistria now? It’s an unrecognized territory. Specifically, what did you achieve in Transnistria?
Alexander Borodai: (smiling) Don’t ask questions that …
[Reporter and Alexander Borodai speaking over each other]
Alexander Borodai: What I want to say is …
Reporter: Are you not concerned that there will be a repetition here of what happened in Transnistria? An unrecognized state without an economy?
Alexander Borodai: First of all, I would not call Transnistria an “unrecognized state without an economy.” What I would like to tell you is that Transnistria is still alive. Whereas the state that it was in 1992, people, and Russian people in particular, could not have continued living there. They would have been expelled, expelled or murdered. (turning to Igor Strelkov) Do you have any comments?
Igor Strelkov: No, that’s all.
Vladimir Antjufeev: Transnistria was demonstrating and has demonstrated miracles of survival. Any other state would have been destroyed and its population – dispersed, given the pressure that was put on the people of Transnistria and on the state of Transnistria. Transnistria is a symbol of the Russian people’s struggle against national-fascism. Transnistria is the Russian Spain.
Alleged Incidents Involving Ukrainian Orthodox Priests
Reporter: Alexander Yuryevich, a question, particularly in connection with the arrival today of [indecipherable]: two priests of the Orthodox Church of the Ukrainian Patriarchate have been detained, and it is not clear where they are being held now for several days in Donetsk. One of them is Father Tikhon, a fairly well-known person, and another – I can’t remember his surname, perhaps it’s Ivanov, certainly, or maybe Antonov. According to his relatives, it was demanded of him that he call on the Bishop of the Ukrainian Church to come here, and he was threatened. When he refused, he was taken from his home in the Petrovskiy area, and he was taken in an unknown direction. Could I ask you if you know anything or can make inquiries about this?
Alexander Borodai: Well, unfortunately, I know nothing about this incident now.
Reporter: Two.
Alexander Borodai: As you can understand … About these two incident, all right, excuse me. About these two incidents. Frankly speaking, as you can understand, I also arrived in Donetsk not too long ago.
Reporter: Will you make inquiries?
Alexander Borodai: I have no information. Yes, of course, I will make inquiries. Thank you for the information.
Further Clarification Regarding the Voluntary Evacuation
Reporter: Alexander Yuryevich, one more question. How are you planning to organize the evacuation of tens of thousands of people? It’s a lot more than in [indecipherable], for example.
Igor Strelkov: Yes, there was enough there.
Alexander Borodai: This is a technical question. We know how to organize this. Well, overall, I think that we can tackle this task. Unfortunately, we [no longer have time] to answer technical questions like this. I believe there are still a lot of questions [to cover]. Ok, let’s do one more, last one.
[Reporters and Alexander Borodai speaking over each other]
Alleged Meeting with Akhmetov in Moscow
Reporter: I haven’t asked any questions yet. Did you meet with Messr. Akhmetov in Moscow?
Alexander Borodai: No, I did not meet with Messr. Akhmetov in Moscow. There was no such meeting. Thank you.
Igor Strelkov’s Decision to Come to Ukraine
Reporter: May I please ask one more question? This is the first time we are seeing you live. Can you tell us when was it that you made the decision to head up the Militia in Eastern Ukraine?
Igor Strelkov: I received a request to help in the creation of a military unit and to head up a group that was ready to raise a rebellion. There were people who were with me in Crimea, in the same volunteer unit, who considered me capable of doing this successfully. More successfully than they could themselves. I accepted their proposal and, as a result, came out here.
Protocol in the Event a Militiaman Wants to Lay Down Arms
Reporter: Igor Ivanovich, if I may, another question. If a militiaman wants to surrender his weapons, will you permit him or not?
Igor Strelkov: If a militiaman wants to surrender his weapon to whom?
Reporter: And go back home, go back to Russia, stop fighting?
Igor Strelkov: This will depend on the situation in which this occurs. If he intends to surrender his weapons to the Ukrainian forces, then he will be brought before a Militia field court-martial. If his desires to leave the Militia for some other reason, then he must do what is done in any army – he must offer up his resignation in writing.
This written resignation will be reviewed by his commander and a decision will be made in reliance on the motives behind the resignation. Whether the decision is negative or positive will be determined by the military regulations pursuant to which we have been conducting our [military affairs]. Thank you.
In the Background: There will be no other end to this war but victory!
@ Gleb Bazov,
Thank you, sir.
Most of the time I fee like I’m caught in a bad re-run of The knights who say Ni!! , but thanks to your gallant efforts, I retain some sense of normalcy.
Reporter: When were you in Grozny?
Igor Strelkov: In the first war – from December 30, 1992 and until March 26, 1993.
There was no war in Chechnya in 1992-1993. What the journalist asked and Strelkov answered was “When were you in Bosnia?
Igor Strelkov: After the First Chechen War we were introduced to each other, [indecipherable] introduced us.
“a common friend introduced us.”
These people are evidently experts at what they do. I wouldn’t be surprised if they might achieve the goals of DPR much faster than anticipated. You simply cannot compare them to those representing the Ukie side. Though, I’m well aware of the international mercenaries, CIA and all other crap that wants to die in Donbass.
Three Israeli teenagers are killed under dubious circumstances, and Israel are bombing Palestinians with impunity.
Hundreds of East Ukrainians are massacred and the Russian President asks his Parliament to remove his responsibility to protect these ethnic Russians by military means.
Now who is the coward, Netenyahu or Putin?
Three Israeli teenagers are killed under dubious circumstances, and Israel are bombing Palestinians with impunity.
Hundreds of East Ukrainians are massacred and the Russian President asks his Parliament to remove his responsibility to protect these ethnic Russians by military means.
Now who is the coward, Netenyahu or Putin?
Oh my. Vicky Noodles has unleashed the whirlwind. For crying out loud — these guys are battle hardened in Serbia/Bosnia. Same guys Wesley Clark (another khazarian azzhat) tried to murder. So — US Mercs have experience killing wedding parties in the ME and standing sentry at poppy fields whilst these guys are obviously competent soldiers. Oh Vicky. What in the hell have you done to America?
Geopolitics and hegemony are intrigues that seem to be played over our heads. But when you delve into subversion, espionage, destabilization, regime change, rebellion, guerrilla war, and the inevitable counter-insurgency you find “Colonels” and case officers.
Case officers in the intelligence agencies, Colonels in the military. Same-same. They raise the mobs, form the armies, inspire the martyrs, pay the mercenaries, do all the dirty work, and usually are nameless and faceless, sworn to secrecy and anonymity.
These three are putting forth a public face from Russian agencies. They are much more than volunteers. They are billboards for Putin and the powers that be in Moscow.
They are hiding nothing in their backgrounds. And they are a troika, very Russian team.
But that’s how I interpret this. Yet, from the start, I have said Ukraine will not be lost, Russia will not back down, Putin was the cleverest fox in the forest and he had many ways to skin the nazi-CIA cat.
We haven’t even seen what knife he will use. But the cat is on its 9th life in Kiev.
Interesting commentary:
The majors have bolted from Donetsk, learning that goes Shooters
http://translate.yandex.net/tr-url/ru-en.ru/stockinfocus.ru/2014/07/11/mazhory-udirali-iz-donecka-uznav-chto-idet-strelkov/
“…When I despair, I remember the clown from the Donetsk circus Oksana Soup, and nowadays the Deputy of Donetsk national Republic (DND) from Krasnoarmeysk, occupied by the national guard under. Her mobile face a born actress. Once in two days it under the guise of peasant women-thrush included in your hometown and conducts underground propaganda against fascism. Once she appeared in the show giant soap bubbles, and now joined the partisan movement. Their wandering circus collapsed. Gymnasts, jugglers, acrobats – all went to the front. Some of them fought in Slavyansk.
“I know, against which we are fighting,” says Oksana. – “Against Nazism. I remember the faces of the girls in Odessa, which with Molotov cocktails were going to burn your brethren.” Militia Kolya nicknamed the OSCE (very kind, always releases prisoners) catch in the cry: “I feel sorry for all. I saw the graves of Ukrainian boys, conscripts 100 – 150 people, which by his own buried. Their mothers are still ringing in military enlistment offices and ask: where is my son? Why does he not answer phone calls? And they in the answer: Yes, all is well with him, probably with the girl they went off. And he lies somewhere in the earth with a ripped stomach”.
The terrible rumors are crawling all over Ukraine. As in Kosovo, the bodies of the killed young Ukrainian soldiers Kiev businessmen immediately sent to market. Every hour counts. Nothing else to explain the fact that the bodies of boys, conscripts, gutted not worse than pigs are often found in the pits. And mothers say that their son was missing…”
вот так
Nabil 2020,
Some think the Israelis are cowardly to bomb civilian areas.
Israel hasn’t had the courage to neutralize the Iranians.
Israel still hasn’t taken on Hezbollah who beat them in 2006.What are they afraid of?
Putin can’t be Superman. And he can’t sacrifice Russia’s economy when he does not have to.
The war will turn soon. Russia must hold NATO out of Ukraine. So, follow the logic. Russia will control a whole Ukraine by some means. The best is to make certain the junta fails, the West is discredited, and the nazis decimated. He has to turn the battlefield and the society of Ukraine.
Those are tall orders waging war against the Hegemon in a nation of 42 million.
Gaza and Hamas are nothing comparable.
Israel can always get whatever it needs from Uncle Sam. Money, bombs, jets, and debt forgiveness.
Russia stands alone. It has no military alliance. It has an economy that is far less developed than almost any of the top ten in the world.
Putin solves problems and brings home the back regularly.
Call a coward to someone who is a real coward. Barack Obama. He disappeared the night of Benghazi. His ambassador was missing and he left the situation room. The next day he went to raise money in Vegas. Meanwhile more Americans fought for their lives and two more were killed.
He’s a liar, a fakir and when the tough times come his way, he ducks out. He was the one person besides Biden who did not want Bid Laden killed. He was dragged into that by his Defense Secretary and advisers. He is a coward in every manifestation of the term.
You have it all wrong with Vladimir Putin. The reason all the forces of evil on the planet are aiming to take him down and destroy Russia is because he stands up to all of them. They are terrified of him.
And the world population that sees him operate has an understanding that he alone stands between them and complete evil in all its manifestations. He wants to change things that must be changed. And I believe he is right and he will succeed.
Most of all, I know he is not afraid of anything but God. History has brought him to this awesome duty to serve and protect his people, and he will fulfill that responsibility.
Putin, recently:
http://www.collive.com/pics//nf_4077_138341.jpg
The rumour mill…
Russia was brought to the Crimea “killer of aircraft carriers”
http://translate.yandex.net/tr-url/ru-en.ru/stockinfocus.ru/2014/07/11/rossiya-dostavila-v-krym-ubijcu-avianoscev/
“According to the informed source on the territory of the ARC 64 profit of KAMAZ vehicles without number plates, loaded in sea containers. Most likely these containers nothing as powerful Russian container missile complex CLUB-capable of striking land targets, and warships of any class at a distance of 300 kilometers. In military circles these units are called “killer of aircraft carriers”…
Those unfamiliar with this particular system might want view this video which explains how the system works in a very understandable manner.
Club-K Container Missile System 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbUU_9bOcnM
The scenario depicted in the video is remarkably like that which the Crimea is facing.
вот так
I just want to say this place rocks reality! To everyone with something worthwhile to say you inspire the world! The truth that has surfaced here today is a beautiful thing. Thanks for all you contribute to the truth being spread worldwide everyday! We are the resistance. Blessings!
nabil asks Now who is the coward, Netenyahu or Putin?
Wrong choices obviously. The coward is! NABIL2020, THE WINNER.
@ olivegreen
Dear Olivegreen, much thanks for the corrections! As you can imagine, I do these in the time that I have available (and doing direct from audio translations is the most time-consuming of all), and, although I am well aware there was no war in Chechnya in 1992-1993 (I lived in Moscow then), I did not pay attention to that part as I went on to translate the rest. Those guys were very hard to understand this time around (they apparently have no concept of talking into the microphone). So, I appreciate your contribution.
Kind thanks,
Gleb Bazov
@ All
And, of course, my kind thanks to all who read these translations. The fact that you read them is the reason I do them (and no, that was not a Klitschko moment ;) ).
Kind regards,
Gleb Bazov
Gleb:
Thank you for making the translations! Its sometimes hard muddling through the mess Yandex or Google makes. Natsgvardia is at least undertandable when they spew it out … ;-)
“…
The terrible rumors are crawling all over Ukraine. As in Kosovo, the bodies of the killed young Ukrainian soldiers Kiev businessmen immediately sent to market. Every hour counts. Nothing else to explain the fact that the bodies of boys, conscripts, gutted not worse than pigs are often found in the pits. And mothers say that their son was missing…”
вот так”
And those rumors are about … organ harvesting. The oligarchs are profiting from the deaths of conscripts and others by selling organs.
Putin promises to support Cuba against US blockade
http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_07_12/Putin-promises-to-support-Cuba-against-US-blockade-8396/
“Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia will help Cuba to overcome the illegal blockade imposed on it by the United States. This he said after a meeting with the President of the Council of State of Cuba Raul Castro. Also, Vladimir Putin said that Russia is interested in placing GLONASS system in Cuba…”
вот так
RT’s YouTube channel blocked on Ukrainian user’s request
http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_07_11/RTs-YouTube-channel-blocked-on-Ukrainian-users-request-0106/
“RT’s channel on YouTube was deprived of the ability to host live broadcasts and to post videos via the so called “private links.” The ban also affects the RTD Russian language documentary channel that was available on YouTube since December 2013.
The limitations of functionality were imposed on RT’s YouTube channel due to a copyright violation claim filed by a Ukrainian user. However, all rights to the video in question belong to RT RUPTLY agency which purchased them from the user…”
Another reason to use services and sites less influenced by the life destroying ZPC/NWO global terrorism and crime network.
вот так
Why doesn’t Cuba cancel the Gitmo Bay ‘lease’ on the basis it is an illegal torture centre and give it to Putin as a gift for his debt cancel?
Anon 2:18:
Why doesn’t Cuba cancel the Gitmo Bay ‘lease’ on the basis it is an illegal torture centre and give it to Putin as a gift for his debt cancel?
For the same reason that Ukraine could not evict Russia from Sevastopol. Such an act of war would more likely result in Cuba becoming the 51st state then the US to leave Guantanamo.
Not sure if this is 100% true but on Twitter, #Hromadske TV, says the Lviv Battalion lost 450 troops KIA. Seems the Ukries are not doing as well as they say they are.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hromadske?src=hash
@Larchmonter445 & @Theodore Svedberg
I agree, Obama is the most craven of most World leaders, but he is just a spokesman, whereas Putin is a statesman.
My abrasive posts are meant to pique and shock, an alternative way of forcing answers.
I just hope Putin is not doing the same mistake as Saddam and ending up the same way.
I am aware of Russia’s limits, sad the world does not have other leaders like Putin.
Thanks @Theodore Svedberg for the compliment, in light to your posts on The Guardian, this honours me :-P
@Larchmonter445 & @Theodore Svedberg
I agree, Obama is the most craven of most World leaders, but he is just a spokesman, whereas Putin is a statesman.
My abrasive posts are meant to pique and shock, an alternative way of forcing answers.
I just hope Putin is not doing the same mistake as Saddam and ending up the same way.
I am aware of Russia’s limits, sad the world does not have other leaders like Putin.
Thanks @Theodore Svedberg for the compliment, in light to your posts on The Guardian, this honours me :-P
@ Nabil 2020
…” Now who is the coward, Netenyahu or Putin?”…
You’re not even comparing apples and oranges here, but a psychopath Netanyahu with a true statesman and leader, who will not unleash the war on innocent civilians, even after much provocation.
By the way, murdering those 3 kids looks like another of israeli specialties – false flag op – since Hamas would never do such a stupid thing to bring all the military might on themselves. And only a real nitwit would believe Hamas shoots rockets at Dimona. Psychopaths just don’t know how to stop lying, since they live in alternate reality of their own invention.
Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine is increasingly overt. Huge column of RU fighters + mercenaries + RU armor in #Donetsk http://youtu.be
Published on Jul 11, 2014 Колонна боевой техники подразделения “Восток” в Донецке движется на штурм аэропорта
Very good analysis, highly recommended: Зачем Америке был нужен майдан
Igor Strelkov is a legend
May God bless him and his deeds
Spaniard
Blogger Nabil2020 said…
Now who is the coward, Netenyahu or Putin?
========
Netenyahu has got support of Anglo-Zionist. Putin has NATO/EU against himself.
This is hilarious:
http://chelovek-online.ru/zakon/news/brat-boytsa-natsgvardii-vzorval-svoy-tualet-iz-granatomyeta/
A National Guard member had left a grenade launcher on his balcony, and his younger brother decided to try it out on the people in the streets below. Thankfully, he mistook the front for the back and fired the grenade into his own apartment, blowing up his bathroom and narrowly missing his mother in the kitchen. Then he fled, and the Ukie police are looking for him.
Another war blog (SyrianPerspectives) has a “Wile-E Coyote files” at the end of every post for things like this. Maybe consider running a similar feature, Saker… We all need to laugh every once in a while!
It seems the Ukrainian military has the same slapdash skills as the Israeli military, and are affected by similar hubris. The poorly situated 79th motorized battalion was destroyed because the Ukranians thought they were immune to enemy action. That proved to be so very wrong.
All the Israeli armor in this short video taken near Gaza is parked stupidly close, waiting to murder essentially defenseless civilians. It would all be toast if they were facing a true armed opponent.
What can one say, given the certainty that these troops will murder, and some are intent on murdering, civilians? The Israeli civilians regard it all as some form of entertainment, watched in safety from the local viewpoints.
rob:
Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine is increasingly overt. Huge column of RU fighters + mercenaries + RU armor in #Donetsk http://youtu.be Published on Jul 11, 2014 Колонна боевой техники подразделения “Восток” в Донецке движется на штурм аэропорта
You know, I don’t see anything of the sort. What I see is a Battalion “Vostok” that has grown exponentially since May 9, 2014, when it was sent off to tearful cries of “Прощание славянки – Proščanije slavjanki” in just two blue KAMAZ by the people of Donetsk to relieve the city of Mariupol from the massacre of almost 100 peaceful citizens and militsya on the holdy day of Victory by Pedophile Huylosucker Liashko pet Nazi Guard Battalion of criminals and fascists “Azov”. I don’t see any reason why most of that equipment would not be captured Ukrainian Army stores carelessly left around Donetsk, Mariupol, and Snizhne. The men are known to be a mix of locals from Donetsk, Mariupol, Zaprozhiya, and volunteers from Crimea, Rostov, Krasnodon, Ossetia, and Chechnya.
Leaving Donetsk 09.05.14:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xhu3EsQMqPA
Arriving in Mariupol 09.05.13:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gF8imn1rb0Y
The love of the people of Donetsk for Batallion “Vostok” is obvious and very moving and could not provide a bigger contrast to the attitudes of both Novorussians and Ukrainians towards the punitive Battalions and the Ukrainian Army.
Saker:
It seems more and more Rus people have come to the same conclusion I made some time ago that Novorossiya WILL extend through Kiev from Donbass to Zhitomir to include all the Russian speaking people of the Ukrainian state, while Ukraine will become a rump eastern European state called Galicia which will not include Transcarpathia and Cernauti.
See the map at the end of this report.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6m1EW55WWiQ
This is exactly in line with what President Putin told President Bush in 2008. “You have to understand, George, that Ukraine is not even a country. Part of its territory is in Eastern Europe but the greater part was given to them by us.”
Consistency is to make a goal and stick to it.
It seems some Western media organizations are changing the tone of their coverage(slightly):
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/jul/12/eastern-ukraine-luhansk-shelling-military-rebels-video
–From Naijaa_Boy
@ Gleb Bazov in case you wonder who’s reading your translations – the work you do is priceless, there are no words for how valuable this is to non-Russian speakers. You open up the world for us. You deserve the honor of a hero – to be carried round the room on our shoulders!
@Gleb Bazov,
Thank you! your excellent translations are highly appreciate it even though we may not always say so.
Thank you! for allowing us to through your translations to read the truth :-)
Nabil2020 said,
Now who is the coward, Netenyahu or Putin?
Netanyahu, obviously, killing civilians, children among them.
I posted a comment a few days ago about Amnesty citing human rights violations by both the Donbass militia and the Ukrainian Army. You saw fit to neither respond to that or indeed allow the post to be published.
Until then I was a supporter of your blog, but now it is evident that it will exclude narrative that is not consistent with its bias.
A pity. I was hoping your blog was true.
@James: Don’t you wonder about these NGO’s biased “reporting”?
They point their fingers against the Separatists, because maybe they held some western agents (journalists??) hostage for a few days, and then released them and sent them home. They are alive and well.
While at they same time one after another Russian jouranlist has been kidnapped, tortured, forced to make untrue statements about Russia on camera (under threat of being shot if they refuse), which was then broadcasted on Ukrainian TV as “proof”, that all the Russian press coverage of civilian victims of the UKr. Nazgarde and Army was alledgedly based on “manipulated images and Kremlin propaganda”.
All that seems to be missing from the “reports” that Human Rights watch has published.
Maybe you should google a bit who owns and controls these wonderful western NGO’s, and which true agenda and purpose they have.
Then maybe you could understand, why The Saker decided in a hurry, not to publish them. rather than taking the time to respond like I’m doing right now. Imagine you were in his role, with a flood of probably hundreds of NaziMails each and every day, that need to be filtered out. Or do you sincerely believe, it was a good idea to have them published all along?
Please see it in context.
rgds,
%martin, East-Berlin
@James
This is why
Amnesty International, War Propaganda, and Human Rights Terrorism:
http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/08/amnesty-international-war-propaganda-and-human-rights-terrorism/
The Truthseeker: NGO documents plan Ukraine war:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEcZFgSnVP0
James:
I was hoping your blog was true.
Grow up.
You sound like my 5 year old who also bears your name.
Amnesty International is just an agitprop front for the CIA and the like. I know, I have a high school friend who worked with these type of groups abroad, in the Hague, and in Washington, and her Facebook feed is currently filled with nonesense from Syria about the poor pitiful pearls fighting Assad who we all need to support, blah, blah, blah, just send more guns and bombs. I keep checking hoping she might post something from Ukraine or admit she has been fronting for ISIS, but have yet to hear a peep.
Amnesty’s idea of human rights abuses by the NAF is the execution of looters in Slavyansk (the one “saint” currently held up by the western press in this regard was a career criminal who was caught by the NAF looting), or the detention of Ukrainian army personnel like Hope Savchenko, or requiring businesses in DOnbass to pay tax to Novorossiya and not to Kiev.
@ Gleb
Thank you Gleb for your efforts.
@Nabil2020
It’s really easy bring a keyboard hero. Did you ever stop for one second to think what an extremely difficult position Putin is in? I admire the man for his resolve, fortitude, calmness and courage for standing up to the completely morally bankrupt west.
For students of international relations and laws, for MEPs committed, to people …..
http://www.voltairenet.org/article183663.html
@Martin Bochnig
Thanks you for your considered response. I appreciate and understand every word of your post. By and large I also agree with most of what the Saker has posted as my research through the internet and through personal contacts within Ukraine more or less confirms most of his assertions.
Many NGOs are in fact scandalous organisations. In my first post which was not published, I mentioned that Human Rights Watch was not a reliable NGO (a US front afaik: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Human_Rights_Watch and a recent piece by Norman Finkelstein at http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39078.htm), but that as far as I knew Amnesty was. It has a reputation for upsetting everyone on the US/Russia divide, with special attention given to the excesses of the Israeli regime. It unfinchingly and accurately details the human rights abuses of my native Australia, once a beacon of human rights in the world, but whose government is now turning into a dogs vomit of a fascist regime that specialises in demonising asylum seekers, marginalising the vulnerable and snuggling up to the US/UK/EU/NATO alliance.
This is why I was concerned.
I also know that AI does have its problems, some of which are spelled out in another wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Amnesty_International
Most NGOs have disgraced themselves, as evidenced by their favourite little training ground in Haiti where they come to practice their wares. “Helping” the poor by day, and dining out in expensive restaurants by night.
Yes, Martin. I am extremely aware of how such organisation become corrupted and why one should be extremely selective about which ones to support. I personally witnessed the funds raised by an East Timor “support” group in Darwin in the late 1970s being used to fund their own personal heroin consumption.
Amnesty, regardless of its slightly spotty record, is still the NGO of choice with many dedicated personnel, and their accusations need to be addressed seriously, rather than having them swept under the carpet as the ranting of an imperialist shill group.
Having said all this, let me assure you and the Saker that I have no desire to see the Western backed Ukrainian fascist regime win in the east, or take control of Ukraine. The World needs Russia, China and any country that aligns with them to resist US imperialism and what appear to be well advanced plans to destroy Russia and China economically, if not militarily, even with nuclear weaponry. This article by Eric Zuesse comes close to summarising what I understand is the clear and present danger of such threats: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39070.htm
But any credible reports of human rights violations need to be addressed. Even if not correct, it still has credibility. Also to be fair, AI also cited the Ukrainian military for human rights violations, albeit not to the same extent.