Introduction by Quemado Institute September 11, 2015 Andrei Purgin, until Friday, September 4, held the important position of Speaker of the People’s Council for the Donetsk People’s Republic. His sudden dismissal and arrest on September 4th by the DPR Security Service, while he was attempting to reenter the Republic with Alexei Alexandrov after a visit … Continue reading
America’s Game Plan an Emergent Phenomenon by Kennedy Applebaum Quemado Institute September 10, 2015 Geopolitical analysts the world over have written reams of commentaries speculating on the motives behind US foreign policy — policy that is self-destructive as well as murderous to other nations. The plethora of hypotheses is proof of the futility of ascribing … Continue reading
We Deplore the Dismissal of Andrei Purgin and Urge Corrective Action Quemado Institute September 7, 2015 Updated September 8 & 11, 2015 [See end of post.] Of the 20 headlines that appeared today, September 7, on the Donetsk News Agency website, which is the premier publication for official DPR information, only one mentions the Donetsk … Continue reading
Ukraine’s Donetsk Republic Calls Kiev’s Decentralization Reform a Farce Guest Article TASS News Agency September 2, 2015 MOSCOW The militia leader stressed once again that in line with Minsk-2, Kiev should agree with Donbas on changes to the country’s fundamental law. The constitutional reform being conducted in Ukraine is not in the slightest in line … Continue reading
by John E. Fordcapin Quemado Institute August 31, 2015 Last edit September 2, 2015 If one thinks in broad political terms about the situation in Ukraine, the Kiev riot is an important event. It exposes Minsk as an impossible agreement. What is really going on? From a broader perspective, what is Minsk now? Poroshenko’s signature … Continue reading
Neo-Nazi Riots in Kiev, Call for Resumption of “Unlimited Bombing Campaign” against Donbass Guest Article by Eric Zuesse Global Research August 31, 2015 On Monday, August 31st, racist fascists (nazis) who hate Russians rioted in front of Ukraine’s parliament building to demand resumption of the unlimited bombing campaign against the breakaway former Ukrainian region, Donbass, … Continue reading
Outcome of Talks: Two Presentations by Kennedy Applebaum Quemado Institute August 27, 2015 Edited August 29, 2015 Were the talks in Berlin peace talks, or war talks? TASS News Agency gives one unsettling answer, while Fort Russ presents another still more ambiguous one. According to TASS, Konstantin Yeliseyev, a senior Ukrainian official, has suggested that … Continue reading
(In all fairness, she has company.) The World Needs to Admit the Agressor is Kiev by Karl Pomeroy Quemado Institute August 19, 2015 Revised August 20, 2015 Universal hand-wringing by global “diplomats” over the “worsening” of the situation in Donbass has been going on for more than a year and is not news. The long … Continue reading
Kiev Authorities Prepare to Resolve Donbass Conflict by Military Means Guest Article by Tamara Zamyatina TASS August 14, 2015 Posted August 15, 2015 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the United States plan to resolve the crisis in the self-proclaimed People’s Republics of Donetsk and Luhansk militarily, bypassing the Minsk accords negotiated to bring peace, experts … Continue reading
by Kennedy Applebaum Quemado Institute August 4, 2015 Edited August 6, 2015 Quemado Institute has suggested since the spring of 2014 that Vladimir Putin host a government-in-exile for Viktor Yanukovich, the technically legitimate President of Ukraine. Yanukovich fled Kiev, with the aid of Russian security, in February 2014 during the violent “Maidan” coup. He could … Continue reading