6 April 2014, 11:56
About 500 people (click here) from pro-Russian political parties and organizations are holding a rally at Lenin Square in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk this Saturday. Many of the rally's participants are demanding that Donbass (a region in Ukraine, known for its coal production, where Donetsk is one of the largest cities) should become a part of Russia. Simultaneously, two rallies are being held in Kharkov's Liberty Square in support of a referendum on Ukraine's federalization....
This is in Donetsk. It is controlled by oligarch militias. This is a political demonstration to effect elections. But, the demonstrators do not recognize their Ukrainian sovereignty. They are demonstrating to break down the sovereign right of their nation. They are doing this while the current government is viewed as undesirables. They aren't demonstrating in a political way that supports sovereignty. They are demonstrating to dissolve it knowing they have no national security forces.
The demonstrators probably are under the control, both economically and 'threat to life' by the oligarch militia. Coercion. It can't be called anything else. I don't care if the demonstrators sign petitions and carry on about 'their rights.' They are not doing so without harm to their lives and they are not recognizing "The Ukraine" as their nation. There is coercion. It is very obvious. Who would turn against their own country in favor or a foreign power entering their nation? The Ukraine's ability to protect it's borders is completely compromised. It can't even make it into some of it's towns and cities because of the presence of oligarch militias established by the former President Yanukovych.
There is a sincere difference between carrying out a political rally for elections in May in the contest of President and this protests. These protests did not occur previous to the deaths in the Maidan. I have to remind the Ukraine parliament acted legally. They did so without force. There was no force to exert against the Ukraine's parliament except for the oligarch militias. There is no way anyone can interpret the actions by the legal authority of the majority of elected officials of the Ukraine Parliament as coerced and under the threat of coup. The central authorities did not even have a national military strong enough to leverage that kind of power.
There have been other military coups where it is obvious it acted to unseat the government, but, this isn't it.
The junta, (click here) called the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy, has captured the president and his ministers.
David Smith and agencies
The Guardian,
The junta that seized power in a military coup in Niger today identified its leader as squadron chief Salou Djibo.
Calling itself the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSRD), the junta yesterday stormed Niger's presidential palace in broad daylight. They captured president Mamadou Tandja and his ministers in a four-hour gunbattle that left at least three people dead.
In a televised announcement, a spokesman for the plotters said Niger's constitution had been suspended and all state institutions dissolved. The CSRD imposed a curfew and closed the country's borders....
The Nigerian coup was due to the President overstaying his elected mandate. He was illegally in office. The people approved of this coup, BUT, they didn't see it as a good thing for the country. It was not a democratic method.
By , Correspondent
March 25, 2010
..."As democratic people, (click here) we can't cheer a military coup d'état," says Ali Idrissi, president of a coalition of Nigerien nongovernmental groups working for transparency in the impoverished country's lucrative oil and mining industry. "But in reality, deep down, we are cheering it. For us, it's a good coup d'état."...
They never once saw the dissolution of their sovereign nation to a foreign power as an option. Regardless of it's problems, Niger remained a sovereign nation through all the upheaval.
There is nothing that has occurred in the Ukraine unrecognized as legitimate by a larger community. There is nothing that supports the so called "Pro-Russia" demonstrations. No one is threatening them except their own militias.
If there were deaths and carnage in these areas of the Ukraine carried out by the central government any movement of an outside military would be justified, but, that isn't happening. The current government does not have the ability to even carry out such a threat.
If one wants to define a coup in the Ukraine, it begins with the oligarch militias that threaten the sovereignty of nation. That should be a concern of every nation in the area, including Russia. It isn't as though Russia didn't move against their own oligarchs in the post soviet period. The Russians understand what is happening and approve of it so long as it is not Russia that is under threat.
March 22, 2014 | 14:13
Secretary General of the Council of Europe (click here) Thorbjorn Jagland called on Ukraine's transitional government to launch the seediest investigation into the cases of sniper fire in Kyiv in the end of February that led to numerous deaths.
The crimes must be investigated quickly to avoid further speculations, he said in an interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.
He also urged Ukrainian authorities to carry out necessary justice and electoral reforms. Secretary General also touched upon the agreement signed between the opposition and president Viktor Yanukovych providing for protection of national minorities and participation of all parties and regions in the transitional government, DW reported....
About 500 people (click here) from pro-Russian political parties and organizations are holding a rally at Lenin Square in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk this Saturday. Many of the rally's participants are demanding that Donbass (a region in Ukraine, known for its coal production, where Donetsk is one of the largest cities) should become a part of Russia. Simultaneously, two rallies are being held in Kharkov's Liberty Square in support of a referendum on Ukraine's federalization....
This is in Donetsk. It is controlled by oligarch militias. This is a political demonstration to effect elections. But, the demonstrators do not recognize their Ukrainian sovereignty. They are demonstrating to break down the sovereign right of their nation. They are doing this while the current government is viewed as undesirables. They aren't demonstrating in a political way that supports sovereignty. They are demonstrating to dissolve it knowing they have no national security forces.
The demonstrators probably are under the control, both economically and 'threat to life' by the oligarch militia. Coercion. It can't be called anything else. I don't care if the demonstrators sign petitions and carry on about 'their rights.' They are not doing so without harm to their lives and they are not recognizing "The Ukraine" as their nation. There is coercion. It is very obvious. Who would turn against their own country in favor or a foreign power entering their nation? The Ukraine's ability to protect it's borders is completely compromised. It can't even make it into some of it's towns and cities because of the presence of oligarch militias established by the former President Yanukovych.
There is a sincere difference between carrying out a political rally for elections in May in the contest of President and this protests. These protests did not occur previous to the deaths in the Maidan. I have to remind the Ukraine parliament acted legally. They did so without force. There was no force to exert against the Ukraine's parliament except for the oligarch militias. There is no way anyone can interpret the actions by the legal authority of the majority of elected officials of the Ukraine Parliament as coerced and under the threat of coup. The central authorities did not even have a national military strong enough to leverage that kind of power.
There have been other military coups where it is obvious it acted to unseat the government, but, this isn't it.
The junta, (click here) called the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy, has captured the president and his ministers.
David Smith and agencies
The Guardian,
The junta that seized power in a military coup in Niger today identified its leader as squadron chief Salou Djibo.
Calling itself the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSRD), the junta yesterday stormed Niger's presidential palace in broad daylight. They captured president Mamadou Tandja and his ministers in a four-hour gunbattle that left at least three people dead.
In a televised announcement, a spokesman for the plotters said Niger's constitution had been suspended and all state institutions dissolved. The CSRD imposed a curfew and closed the country's borders....
The Nigerian coup was due to the President overstaying his elected mandate. He was illegally in office. The people approved of this coup, BUT, they didn't see it as a good thing for the country. It was not a democratic method.
By , Correspondent
March 25, 2010
..."As democratic people, (click here) we can't cheer a military coup d'état," says Ali Idrissi, president of a coalition of Nigerien nongovernmental groups working for transparency in the impoverished country's lucrative oil and mining industry. "But in reality, deep down, we are cheering it. For us, it's a good coup d'état."...
They never once saw the dissolution of their sovereign nation to a foreign power as an option. Regardless of it's problems, Niger remained a sovereign nation through all the upheaval.
There is nothing that has occurred in the Ukraine unrecognized as legitimate by a larger community. There is nothing that supports the so called "Pro-Russia" demonstrations. No one is threatening them except their own militias.
If there were deaths and carnage in these areas of the Ukraine carried out by the central government any movement of an outside military would be justified, but, that isn't happening. The current government does not have the ability to even carry out such a threat.
If one wants to define a coup in the Ukraine, it begins with the oligarch militias that threaten the sovereignty of nation. That should be a concern of every nation in the area, including Russia. It isn't as though Russia didn't move against their own oligarchs in the post soviet period. The Russians understand what is happening and approve of it so long as it is not Russia that is under threat.
March 22, 2014 | 14:13
Secretary General of the Council of Europe (click here) Thorbjorn Jagland called on Ukraine's transitional government to launch the seediest investigation into the cases of sniper fire in Kyiv in the end of February that led to numerous deaths.
The crimes must be investigated quickly to avoid further speculations, he said in an interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.
He also urged Ukrainian authorities to carry out necessary justice and electoral reforms. Secretary General also touched upon the agreement signed between the opposition and president Viktor Yanukovych providing for protection of national minorities and participation of all parties and regions in the transitional government, DW reported....
