Yes, there is actually a war between two clans - and one group of oligarchs tries to take over business of others and they use nazi paramilitaries for this purpose. People are certainly frightened and it actually led to the secession of Crimea. Especially, when nazi-paramilitaries behave like that (yesterday in city of Lvov).
This is the now viral video:
Their "Freedom of Speech Minister" made the actual attack.
Svoboda MPs stormed the offices of Ukraine's state television, NTU, after NTU broadcast the Russian parliament signing a treaty with Crimea. They broke into the office of NTU President Aleksandr Panteleymonov and forced him to sign a resignation letter.
"Write your resignation! Sit down! I told you, sit down!," they shout. When Panteleymonov refuses, they drag him through the room, punch him in the face and threaten: "Here is a paper, pen, write the resignation now quickly, you animal. You Russian piece of sh*t. Write your resignation now. You bloody Muscovite, do it."
When Panteleymonov replies, "I am not a Muscovite, I am a Ukrainian," they hit him again and yell: "You are Ukrainian? You are a piece of sh*t, not a Ukrainian. You f*cking dirtbag. You are a traitor."
The Svoboda party is employing the worst type of McCarthyism, at the point end of gun barrels on their citizens. Having agreed to another election, when as noted above, they previously got only 11% and most generous projections last week only said 20% tops? They are trying to beat, fire, and bully the election, as Dmitri explains.
He explains, this is now a battle of the right; the left is not even in the equation anymore.
Essentially, from the ground, they now have no hope of going back to normalcy. No hope of pre-coup sanity. There will be a forced, repressive government, friendly to the West, but Nazi in ideology. He reminded me, that the former government was never left, either...
"Write your resignation! Sit down! I told you, sit down!," they shout. When Panteleymonov refuses, they drag him through the room, punch him in the face and threaten: "Here is a paper, pen, write the resignation now quickly, you animal. You Russian piece of sh*t. Write your resignation now. You bloody Muscovite, do it."
When Panteleymonov replies, "I am not a Muscovite, I am a Ukrainian," they hit him again and yell: "You are Ukrainian? You are a piece of sh*t, not a Ukrainian. You f*cking dirtbag. You are a traitor."
The Svoboda party is employing the worst type of McCarthyism, at the point end of gun barrels on their citizens. Having agreed to another election, when as noted above, they previously got only 11% and most generous projections last week only said 20% tops? They are trying to beat, fire, and bully the election, as Dmitri explains.
Yes, they want to have guarantees of own victory in next elections banning the participation of the ex-ruling party, of communists. It also assumes the changing of officials and (especially) in army and police - the appointing only those who are loyal to new government... loyal to new government. The authors of the bill about lustration - are MPs from the far-right 'Svoboda' party too.
Yes, actually the next elections will be most likely fraud. moreover, new government adopts new election law according to which the elections will be legitimate even if in most constituencies it failed. Thus, in principle even election in one village can determine the results if in all other they will be acknowledged as 'irrelevant'.
He explains, this is now a battle of the right; the left is not even in the equation anymore.
Yes, but the issue not only in them - there are other far-right parties. Actually there will be contest among right and far-right parties.
There are not only Svoboda, but current ruling party 'Fatherland' has many extreme rights (including Andriy Parubiy - the head of the Euromaidan paramilitaries).
Yes, there will be no communists (they had about 7-8%), no ex-ruling party of Regions - it had about 40%. And many others will be excluded too.
Essentially, from the ground, they now have no hope of going back to normalcy. No hope of pre-coup sanity. There will be a forced, repressive government, friendly to the West, but Nazi in ideology. He reminded me, that the former government was never left, either...
Actually it was not left government - (communists were included in ruling coalition as minor partners) - it was a corrupt government representing the interests of mostly of one clan of oligarchs. But now we have not only another clan of oligarchs in power but in coalition with hard-line nazis. As people say here - we had a corrupted policeman and we have another corrupted policeman but who is a nazi in addition.
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