Daily Archives: 9. Mai 2014


09.05.2014 - 14:29 [ Ria Novosti ]

Augenzeuge: Nationalgarde in Mariupol schoss auf ungehorsame Polizisten

„In die Stadt zogen neun Schützenpanzerwagen und eine Kompanie von Soldaten ein“, so Komissarow in einem Interview für den lettischen Radiosender Baltkom. „Sie waren mit Schusswaffen und Granatwerfern bewaffnet. Diese Waffen wurden gegen Polizisten eingesetzt, die sich im Gebäude der Polizeizentrale verschanzt hatten.“ (..)

Ein anderes Bild schilderte der ukrainische Innenminister Arsen Awakow. Wie er via Facebook mitteilte, hatten rund 60 Volkswehr-Milizen am Freitagmorgen versucht, das Gebäude der Polizeizentrale der Stadt zu erstürmen. Ein Drittel von ihnen wurde dabei getötet.

09.05.2014 - 13:34 [ Paolo Becchi / Beppe Grillo´s Blog ]

The silence of the (non-) innocent

There’s something unsettling in the culture of our country. Or in what’s left of the „culture“ of this country. For the last two years now, we’ve been living in what I’ve defined as the “permanent coup d‘état”. I recognise that it’s a clear, radical definition. And I also recognise that it’s something that lots of people might not agree with. I’ve been told that, rather than talking about „coup d‘état“, I should have talked about a state of permanent exception, or of permanent emergency. The fact is – and at least I’m allowed to say this – that over the last two years, our Constitution, our constitutional way of doing things, has been subject to a series of transformations that, even though they haven’t altered the provisions written in the Constitution, they have, in fact, made it possible to transition from a parliamentary government to a presidential one. What I find disturbing is that coming from those very people whose profession means they should be dealing with all this, that is the constitutionalists, there has been a deafening silence all this time, a silence that continues to this day. They have nothing to say about everything that has been happening, nothing to object to.

09.05.2014 - 13:18 [ Bundesmnisterium der Verteidigung ]

Ministerin von der Leyen im Bundestag: Einsatz der OSZE-Beobachter war legitim

(05.05.) Die Einladung durch die Ukraine sei an alle 57 OSZE-Mitglieder gegangen, die Aufenthaltsorte der Mission seien „exakt bezeichnet“ gewesen, sämtliche Informationen seien allen OSZE-Mitgliedern zur Verfügung gestellt worden. Es sei ihr „völlig unverständlich, wenn die völkerrechtliche Legitimation der Mission infrage gestellt wird“, sagte von der Leyen. Sie betonte auch noch einmal das besonnene und kluge Verhalten der OSZE-Beobachter: „Oberst Schneider und sein Team haben unsere Hochachtung und unseren Respekt verdient“, so die Ministerin.

„Wenn jemand einen Rechtsbruch begangen hat, dann die Aggressoren“, stellte von der Leyen klar.

09.05.2014 - 13:12 [ Reuters ]

Ukrainian troops storm eastern police HQ, building ablaze

Ukrainian forces attacked police headquarters in the south-eastern port city of Mariupol on Friday in an attempt to drive out pro-Russian militants, and the building caught fire, according to a Ukrainian parliamentary deput. (…)

Local police in the eastern Donetsk region said they could not comment. Lyashko said a Ukrainian police commander had been killed by a sniper and one had been wounded.

09.05.2014 - 12:01 [ Kreml ]

Victory Day parade on Red Square

PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: Citizens of Russia, veterans,

Soldiers and sailors, sergeants and warrant officers, corporals and midshipmen, officers, generals and admirals, I congratulate you on Victory Day!

Sixty-nine years have gone by since the Great Patriotic War ended, but May 9 was and still is our biggest holiday. It is the day of our national triumph and our people’s pride, and also the day of sorrow and eternal memory.

On this day we see the overwhelming strength of patriotism and feel especially acutely what it means to be loyal to our homeland and how important it is to defend our country’s interests.

We must remain worthy of our forebears’ deeds. They fought to the death with the enemy, defending their native land, and they vanquished Nazism.

This victory was forged on the frontlines and on the home front, in partisan detachments and in the underground. The courage of blockaded Leningrad brought it closer, as did the bravery of Sevastopol’s defenders and the valour of thousands of soldiers who held their lines firm.

The fierce battles for Moscow and Stalingrad, Kursk and the Dnieper determined the outcome of the whole of World War II. The Soviet people’s iron will, fearlessness and steadfast courage saved Europe from enslavement.

It was our country that pursued the Nazis right back into their dens, dealt them the full and final blow, and achieved victory at a cost of millions of lives lost and terrible trials endured.

We must always preserve this sacred and unfading truth and not allow others to betray or forget these heroes who sacrificed everything for the sake of preserving peace in our world.

Friends, today we bow our heads in memory of those who are not with us any longer. Every family honours their devotion to their Fatherland.

The unbroken link between generations is our immense national treasure and it is here that Russia’s strength and dignity lies. We thank our veterans. We are proud of you.

There is no one dearer and closer to us than you on this day. On this day we honour you with flowers, fireworks and military parades, but most important of all, we give you the warmth of our hearts.

You not only traversed the tumultuous war years with honour, but also rebuilt the country and worked for the common good, knew the meaning of friendship, knew how to find joy in life, and this is the lofty legacy you handed on to us – this summit of creation, unity, and love for our Motherland.

We will never let you down. We will look after Russia and its glorious history and will make service to our country the highest value, as it always was throughout our history. I am sure it will always be so in the future too.

Glory to the victorious people!

Happy holiday to everyone!

Happy Victory Day!

Hurrah!