Ukraine Crisis

[Zuza]

I support whichever side is pro-civil unions ftr.

So in the Ukraine your candidate will be "againt all"...

(Though if any of the currently prominent Ukrainian politicians would ever support civil unions, most likely it would be Klichko, I suppose)

[RogueBeaver]

Rada will vote for a PM tomorrow. Meanwhile journalists are combing through Yanukovych's residence, gathering all the documents he left behind.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

I support whichever side is pro-civil unions ftr.

So in the Ukraine your candidate will be "againt all"...

(Though if any of the currently prominent Ukrainian politicians would ever support civil unions, most likely it would be Klichko, I suppose)

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[Middle-aged Europe]

The Euromaidan protests have become the Euromaidan Revolution today.

[patrick1]

I support whichever side is pro-civil unions ftr.

So in the Ukraine your candidate will be "againt all"...

(Though if any of the currently prominent Ukrainian politicians would ever support civil unions, most likely it would be Klichko, I suppose)

Gully was making a wry statement on people transposing their own values and experiences on to a conflict which they have little understanding.

[Middle-aged Europe]

It seems that some of the party of regions members voted for his removal.

36 yes votes came from the Party of Regions. To be precise, 36 yes votes from those who are still formally affiliated with the Party of Regions. The POR has currently 134 deputies left, a drop from 204 since the beginning of this year.

The majority of those who had left the POR in the last eight weeks and who are now "independents" voted for Yanukovych's removal as well.

http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/radan_gs09/ns_golos?g_id=3863

[Famous Mortimer]

I'm guessing Serhiy Tihipko will be the pro-Russian presidential candidate in the snap election.

Former head of the Bank of Ukraine. Former head of Labor Ukraine and Strong Ukraine, two explicitly left-wing pro-Russian political parties. Third place candidate (about 10%) after Yanukovych and Tymoshenko in the last election, joined POR shortly after.

Natalia Korolevska of Forward Ukraine is another possibility, although she's less explicitly pro-Russian and she lost a lot of clout when her party just barely failed to make it into parliament. She had been a member of the Tymoshenko bloc, first as part of Tymoshenko's Fatherland party, then as leader of a new Social Democratic Party of Ukraine. She pulled the Social Democrats out of the bloc so she could support the government. She's still a minor minister I think. She's also an oligarch herself.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Ukrainian rabbi tells Kiev's Jews to flee city
Fearing violence against Ukraine's Jews, the Jewish community asks Israel for assistance with the security of the community.

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/1.575732


I really hope that certain nice guys won't take an advantage of the situation

[Famous Mortimer]

"Correction (Feb. 22, 4:20 P.M.): An earlier version of this report incorrectly described Rabbi Azman as the chief rabbi of Ukraine. Azman is not the country's chief rabbi, but one of two rabbis challenging the official chief rabbi, Yaakov Bleich, in Kiev, and like most Chabad rabbis, is aligned with the Kremlin."

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

"Correction (Feb. 22, 4:20 P.M.): An earlier version of this report incorrectly described Rabbi Azman as the chief rabbi of Ukraine. Azman is not the country's chief rabbi, but one of two rabbis challenging the official chief rabbi, Yaakov Bleich, in Kiev, and like most Chabad rabbis, is aligned with the Kremlin."

I saw that, but thing is still worth mentioning, esspecially given the certain elements' heavy presence on the streets as we speak.

[Peeperkorn]

Thousands Storm Viktor Yanukovych's Palace, Find His Private Zoo And Other Luxuries (PHOTOS)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/22/yanukovych-zoo-palace-ukraine_n_4838187.html

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Thousands Storm Viktor Yanukovych's Palace, Find His Private Zoo And Other Luxuries (PHOTOS)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/22/yanukovych-zoo-palace-ukraine_n_4838187.html

I guess we can all agree the man has no taste whatsoever

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I'm just waiting for Thomas Freidman to weigh in with his lucid commentary, naturally.

He already "wrote" next week's column two months early.

(Sadly, thomasfriedmanopedgenerator.com appears to be offline, hopefully just for the moment, so I had to link a cached copy of it from Google.)

[Cory]

Cory, while you might think Ukraine to be a good case for a seminar on "Basics of Geopolitics", there are actually some here who know, and are concerned about, real people living there. Just imagine for a moment we wouldn't be talking Ukraine but Canada or Cuba instead, and consider whether in that case you would still stick to your statements.

Of course I would, and even more so as the stakes for America would be higher.

[RogueBeaver]

Russian news apparently reporting that he's seeking asylum there.

[Cory]

Russian news apparently reporting that he's seeking asylum there.

Where do you keep getting this? RT says the President isn't leaving and I haven't heard/seen any substantiation by major media outlets (Al-Jazeera/France 24/ect.).

[RogueBeaver]

I got it from an expert I follow on Twitter. Unconfirmed for now. Any Russian-speakers here?

[Mr. Morden]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26304129

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[Antonio the Sixth]

Any news about Yanukovich? It'd be nice if they managed to arrest him before he flees to Russia.

[Middle-aged Europe]

Any news about Yanukovich? It'd be nice if they managed to arrest him before he flees to Russia.

He's either north, west, east, or south of Kharkiv.

[Pingvin]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26304129

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Dobkin had left the Ukraine yesterday.
Yanukovych tried to flee, but was stopped. Rumored location is Donetsk.

[swl]

Hiw own party has now rejected Yanukovich:

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[politicallefty]

Any news about Yanukovich? It'd be nice if they managed to arrest him before he flees to Russia.

He's either north, west, east, or south of Kharkiv.

Am I the only one that can draw the parallels to Romania 1989?

[Хahar 🤔]

Any news about Yanukovich? It'd be nice if they managed to arrest him before he flees to Russia.

He's either north, west, east, or south of Kharkiv.

Am I the only one that can draw the parallels to Romania 1989?

You certainly can draw parallels, but they wouldn't really be appropriate.

[they don't love you like i love you]

Will PoR survive? It's somewhat personalist.