"Conspiracy theories are rife on both sides [sic]. Pro-Russian groups say the gunmen who started it all by opening fire on a peaceful demonstration by pro-Ukrainian soccer fans were paid by officials in Kiev to justify military action and subdue the rebels by force. Nationalists say Russia planned the attack to spread insurrection and weaken the central government. Both sides accuse the police of inaction and Ukrainian prosecutors have started an investigation.
"Ukraine's government blamed the events on Russia's Federal Security Service, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, and said the fire broke out after pro-Russians threw Molotov cocktails from inside. They were seeking to escape fighting that broke out after a march for Ukrainian unity was attacked.
"The speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament, Sergei Naryshkin, said Ukrainian radicals including the nationalist Pravy Sektor [Right Sector] group are pursuing 'genocide'."
Things may get a lot worse in Ukraine before they start getting worse
Among the recent indicators of how things are going, the "helpless" Kiev government goes on killing fellow Ukrainians for their wrong opinions and the U.S. State Department warns people not to travel in Ukraine, while other parts of the American government support the unelected junta that is tinged with white racism and relies on street gangs to keep the natives from getting too restless. In the longer term, these developments might matter:
" Since mid-April, Kiev has been reducing the supply of fresh water to Crimea. Reportedly Kiev plane to cut off Crimea's fresh water supply completely and has already begun building a dam for that purpose.
" Russia says it's pulling troops back from positions within 50 miles of the Ukrainian border, and the United States says no, they're not, without producing any of the satellite evidence that everyone knows would settle the factual issue.
" With a narrow strait from the Black Sea separating Crimea from mainland Russia, Crimea would be at continuing disadvantage with Ukraine as its only overland border state -- except that now a Chinese state construction company has agreed to build a bridge between Crimea and Russia.
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