this will end with some big war as Russia is trying to restore her lost status again.

can someone translate this?

US will not allow UN to recognize Donetsk, Lugansk as democratic republic

http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_05_14/US-will-not-allow-UN-to-recognize-Donetsk-Lugansk-as-democratic-republic-0009/

If the US administration can allow the UN to recognize breakaway states such as Kosovo, then what exactly is their problem if someone recognizes the People's Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk?

News just in: Lugansk National Republic nationalizes the heavy industry, including those factories owned by the disgraced oligarch Renat Akhmetov. A factory belonging to Donbassantratsit in Krasny Luch has been already taken over.

Media double standards that cost lives. How Kiev govt came to power vs Donetsk Referendum:

RT's Ruptly video journalists came under fire as their car was targeted near the city of Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine. The shooting came from two APCs, the crew said.

The US has been conducting wars for the last 60 years or so, to gain possession of additional natural gas / petroleum resources. Ukraine is just a small entry in that long list. The next nation to be there will be Iran.

For the CNN, Donetsk is in Russia and Lugansk is close to Kiev.   This shows a lot about the intelligence level of the average CNN reporter:

Nantes education authorities have launched a 'Lift the Skirt' campaign to support gender equality. Under the campaign, male students and teachers of 27 public schools are invited to wear skirts on May 16, sparking controversy in the western French city.

The idea to swap trousers for skirts in a stand against sexism originated from pupils themselves, and was sanctioned by the city's school authorities and therefore by the Ministry of Education, the Local reported.

“We’ll do any old nonsense in the name of equality,” Olivier Vial, president of the conservative UNI party, said. “This move is inspired by the Day of the Skirt, whose original aim was to allow women to express their femininity in environments where it was often difficult. But this is just denying feminine and masculine identity.”

Earlier I had heard that some 5-6 APCs were under the control of the rebels in Slavyansk. What happened to these vehicles? Are they still under the rebel control? If they are under the rebel control, then why the rebels are not being able to put up a good fight?

The goal of all these plans was to turn Ukraine into a geopolitical black hole – a massive weapon against Russia on its borders. The diabolical nature of the plan was to pit against each other two very close, brotherly peoples, essentially to pit against each other two parts of a single culture; have them fight against their own interests and in the interests of the US. Hitler once said that only when they succeeded in making Russians living in Ukraine believe they were not Russian, would they win. US/EU almost succeeded in making it happen, but not quite.

The GDP figure of $170 billion might be the official figure, i.e not including the underground economy. In nations such as Ukraine, most of the economy remains hidden.

They've already claimed that referendum is "illegal"/"illegitimate"/"provocative"/"wrong"/whatever bullshit, even before it was started. So, all these articles about referendum are pretty senseless because there is no sense of proving or searching for violations while proceeding an "illegal"/"illegitimate"/"provocative"/"wrong" referendum. Except propaganda purposes, of course.

This is an old news item. But posting here because some people were going ballistic arguing that the Russians treated Crimean Tatars disrespectfully.

Muslim girl, 19, 'stoned to death after taking part in beauty contest'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1392454/Muslim-girl-Katya-Koren-19-stoned-death-beauty-contest-Ukraine.html

Almira Pérez, United Kingdom, 2 years ago

You should investigate more about the news you put on your website, because Katya Koren is actually a 19 year-old Christian woman originally from Russia, who had been missing in Sovyetskiy-Crimea for a week according to Crimean Tatar responsibles. The murder was not committed because of any religious reason, whether Islam or Christianity, but after sexual harrasment by Bilal Gaziyev, 16, a Crimean Tatar. I wonder what's the problem with putting religion in everything and provoking people. It is a shame that we can't even trust the news we read.

“The seeds for the current crisis were sown in 2008 in April during the NATO summit in Bucharest, when NATO leaders stated in a declaration that Georgia and Ukraine would be in NATO,” the senior Russian diplomat told Bloomberg in an interview.

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“The real aim of the United States is not to let Europeans to go on their own, not to let NATO lose the purpose of its existence and to keep Europe on a short leash,” Lavrov said.

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“In the east of Ukraine there is a real war with heavy weapons shot. If this is something conducive to free and fair elections, then I don’t understand something in freedom and fairness,” he commented.

“Ukrainians are killing Ukrainians. I believe it is as close to a civil war as it can get,” Lavrov explained, referring to Kiev’s military operation being conducted in the Donetsk Region.
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“If the West for the sake of revenge is ready to sacrifice its reputation as a reliable partner for the entire world economy and for the entire world financial system, if the United States is prepared to sacrifice its reputation as the holder of the key reserve currency, then it’s up to them to decide,” he said.