BudapestMemorandum – Who Won? Not Ukraine ...

The Torn Curtain 1991: BudapestMemorandum – Who Won? Not Ukraine...:On December 5, in the year 1994, almost three years to the day after Ukrainians overwhelmingly ratified their country’s Declaration of Independence of August 24, 1991, the Ukrainian nation, which had never enjoyed genuine understanding and support in the face of adversity from allies and non-allies, was disarmed, bloodied and left to its own devices on the doorstep of its age-old enemy, Russia.

The pitfalls of not doing your homework

Investigative and analytical journalists who take on historical issues venture into delicate territory and often leave open the possibility of historical inaccuracy, thus weakening their conclusions. As the saying goes, the chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Linda Kinstler in “Politico” recently presented a primer on the pitfalls of not doing your homework.

American Blind Patriotism in Boxing

Competitive sport is a wonderful phenomenon evoking myriad individual and collective emotions, often positive affection and sometimes negative hostility. For the participant it is an opportunity not only to achieve self fulfillment, but often to make money in the process.  For the spectator, it is a release, an opportunity to feel good about being a fan and belonging to a group local or national.

UABA STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF RUSSIAN ATTORNEY MARK FEYGIN

     The Ukrainian American Bar Association (UABA) is a national bar association created in 1977 whose members are U.S. judges, attorneys and law students of Ukrainia descent and those American attorneys who share the UABA’s goals and dedication to the rule of law.  Our Association has a very deep interest in upholding the ability of our colleagues in other countries to represent clients without being intimidated, harassed or penalized by their
government for exercising their profession obligations on behalf of their clients.

Statement on Recognizing the European Perspective for the Eastern Partnership States

We, the member organizations of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum Georgian National Platform are looking forward to the upcoming Riga Summit with special interest.

The Summit, which will take place in the wake of Russian aggression, armed activities, occupation and annexation of territories in response to the European choice declared by the Ukrainian people, should answer the question how the unified Europe sees the future of the rest of the Europe.

The Torn Curtain 1991: Russian Cynicism:Condemning Genocide

The Torn Curtain 1991: Russian Cynicism:Condemning Genocide.: Russian Cynicism: Condemning Genocide The speech wasn’t regarded as a major news story. It didn’t even warrant inclusion in the catchall ...

A Look at HumanRights in War-torn Ukraine

The Torn Curtain 1991: A Look at HumanRights in War-torn Ukraine: A Look at Human Rights in War-torn Ukraine Has Ukraine curtailed respect for human rights in the course of the one-year Russo-Ukraine war...

Because he can

The obvious prime suspect in the recent execution style slaying of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, has announced to the world that he personally is spearheading the investigation. Vladimir Putin has declared this a political killing, suggesting a CIA plot, Ukrainian complicity to cause division within Russia, an Islamic jihad as retribution for Nemtsov's support for Charlie Hebdo and other nefarious concocted motives. Additionally, the investigation has introduced a personally  motivated scenario involving a young Ukrainian model as Nemtsov's concubine and a pregnancy about to be aborted.

Putin is wearing “The Emperor’s New Clothes”

 About 175 years ago, Hans Christian Anderson wrote a children’s fairytale, - The Emperor’s New Clothes - about a narcissistic monarch who was deceived by his tailors into believing that his non-existent new garb which they pretended to weave was real but would be invisible only to those who were hopelessly stupid or incompetent.  The gullible emperor paraded in his imaginary non-attire before his subjects. Fearing that saying the truth to the vain sovereign would jeopardize their position in his imperial court, none of his ministers or citizens of his kingdom dared to state the self-evident – that the emperor had no clothes.  

Zbigniew Bujak : pour l’instant, c’est Putin qui gagne la guerre de propagande

Un jour, la diplomatie deviendra efficace, mais pour l’instant elle n’est d’aucune aide dans les efforts servant à résoudre le conflit à Donbass.

Mardi, le septième forum « Europe – Ukraine » s’est achevé à Łódź (Pologne). Cette conférence à laquelle participent des représentants du monde entier est dédiée à la situation en Ukraine, c’est-à-dire à la guerre, à l’économie, aux réformes nécessaires et à la situation géopolitique compliquée. Parmi les conférenciers se trouvait Zbigniew Bujak, un oppositionnaire polonais connu des temps de la République populaire de Pologne, ainsi que l’un des fondateurs de l’union “Solidarność” (Solidarité), selon Dziennik Łódzki.

Zbigniew Bujak: So far, Putin is winning the propaganda war

A time may come when diplomacy will start to work, but today its efforts in helping resolve the Donbass conflict are futile.

Tuesday was the closing day of the seventh “Ukraine - Europe” forum that took place in Łódź (Poland). This conference with participants from all around the world is dealing with the situation in Ukraine, more precisely with war, economics, urgent necessity of reforms and the complicated geopolitical situation. Among the presenters was Zbigniew Bujak, a famous Polish opposition activist at the time of the Polish People’s Republic and one of the founders of the union “Solidarność” (Solidarity), according to Dziennik Łódzki.

Faulty Minsk Truce Accords for Intimidated Ukraine

The Torn Curtain 1991: Faulty Minsk TruceAccords for Intimidated Ukraine...: Faulty Minsk Truce Accords for Intimidated Ukraine The road to a ceasefire in the Russo-Ukraine War of 2014-15 , as well as the return to...

Geneva v. Moscow

                                                     

Citing international documents, conventions, treaties when dealing with Russia is an exercise in futility. A more meaningful task would be locating a single international convention or treaty that Russia and/or its predecessor the USSR have not violated in large part or ignored entirely. Conventions and treaties nonetheless remain international norms of a civilized international community that must be taken into consideration when dealing with Russia. Russia' failure to comply, often arrogantly, should be perceived as an unwillingness on the part of Russia to be a part of that civilized international community with consequences. Thus Russia must be considered a pariah and a global danger much more significant because of its size than other states like Syria, Iran, North Korea or terrorist formations such as ISIS, al-Quada or the Taliban.

M.Mihkelsoni: "VALIMISED" IDA-UKRAINAS ON PROVOKATSIOON

Marko Mihkelsoni blogi: "VALIMISED" IDA-UKRAINAS ON PROVOKATSIOON: Tänased pseudovalimised Ida-Ukrainas, mille viivad läbi Venemaa toetusel separatistlikud jõud ainult süvendavad konflikit ning võivad l...

White House Banality

Almost every year since its inception in the early 1990's I have participated in the annual third Saturday of November “Holodomor” commemoration at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. However, in particular since 2010 instead of finding some degree of solace from the beautiful religious service, I have been further saddened and sometimes infuriated by the governmental statements. From 2010 to 2013 when Victor Yanukovich, a Russian stooge was in power, Ukraine's representative at the commemoration would read a meaningless composition of verbiage. One year President Yanukovich forgot to issue a statement entirely.

UABA Urges Swift Congressional Passage of S. 2828 and HR. 5782

 The Ukrainian American Bar Association (UABA) strongly urges
swift congressional passage of Senate Bill 2828 and House Bill
HR 5782.  These bipartisan bills will grant Ukraine "Major
Non-NATO Ally Status" (MNNA) and defensive military
assistance.  Once these bills become law, they will greatly
enhance the United States' national security interests and
will promote peace on the Eurasian continent and throughout
the world.

Statement on the Violence in Independence Square

Statement on the Violence in Independence Square, Kyiv, Ukraine

February 19, 2014

TORONTO - KYIV: The International Council in Support of Ukraine (ICSU) condemns the indiscriminate and extreme violence unleashed on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 by the Ukrainian government against its own citizens. The target of the ongoing attacks are the Maidan protesters in the nation’s capital, Kyiv, and throughout the country, who are demonstrating their support of Euro-integration and the defence of national freedom, individual liberty, democracy and rule of law.

Marko Mihkelsoni blogi: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania On Situation in Ukra...

Marko Mihkelsoni blogi: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania On Situation in Ukra...: Statement of the Chairmen of the Foreign Affairs Committees of Parliaments of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania On Situatio...

MMIC to the World: Why You Need Peace in Ukraine?

This FAQ has been compiled from the QAs of several interviews to foreign media we had in last two months. Please read them, it is important! Thanks! These are the issues that are in the focus of public attention now. Any questions are welcome in comments.

Who is fighting on the streets in Kyiv? Radicals? Nationalists?

No, this the war of middle class and civil society, freelancers. journalists, NGOs, IT workers, artists, students and old people, who have nothing to lose. Kyiv Euromaidan is a sort of internal domestic exile from a totally fraudulent political and economic system.

Lesya Orobetz. The rubicon is crossed.

The rubicon is crossed. 

There are three victims of the regime. One young man was severely beaten on January, 20th (morning) by Berkut at Dynamo stadium pillars, and after that was thrown down to the ground (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-YTwqUdNq0&noredirect=1 1'10-1'45). He died in hospital on January, 21st (evening).
The second young man was shoot on January, 22nd (morning) at Hrushevskogo street by 3 shots (head, neck and heart). Eyewitnesses reported that he was not throwing anything to policemen but only stood and shouted peaceful slogans. He was from Dnipropetrovsk region (Eastern Ukraine).
And the third young man was killed by the shot to the chest on January, 22nd (morning).