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On 5/10/14 12:00 AM, h0ost wrote:
For what it's worth:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/08/ukraine-south-east-precipice-civil-war
Evidence of Kagarlitsky's class struggle east Ukraine:
Since the unrest started there has been an uneasy atmosphere of threats
and violence. A fortnight ago – even before the town hall was seized –
the offices of the local newspaper Provintsia were attacked at night
with molotov cocktails. The next week the journalists still managed to
put the paper out, but the entire print run was seized by armed
separatists. Their crime was to print articles sceptical about the
Donetsk People's Republic; the newspaper was denounced as pro-fascist.
Two members of Svoboda, which is indeed a far-right Ukrainian movement,
were kidnapped from their homes in Konstaninovka more than a week ago by
armed men who smashed down the doors to their homes, beat them, threw
them into the boots of cars and drove off. Nothing has been heard from
them since, though it is believed that they are being kept in the seized
security services building in Slavyansk. "They were members of Svoboda,
but they did not lead an active political life or threaten anyone in any
way," says Melanchenko. There is a witch-hunt for the few independent
journalists and activists, say several people who have fled the town –
they hope only temporarily – and who did not want to be named. Given the
distinct lack of any actual fascists descending on Konstantinovka, a
fifth column within the town had to be found. Receiving the message loud
and clear, everybody else with doubts decided to keep quiet.
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