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a little. bit. of the. what is described in the west as a russian invasion of crimea is a fact the presence of russian soldiers in crimea can you clarify that. they were could do would have barely spoken of a quote but the most of the most go float of could him. as long ago as eighteen zero four sevastopol the naval base became the main military port of the russian empire on the black sea. during the second world war the heroic defense of sevastopol lasted almost a year and took hundreds of thousands of lives. therefore
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the naval base in crimea has a legacy of historical pride for the russian black sea fleet as well as being of huge strategic importance. those of us alive back then remember when there were soviet missiles put into cuba how frightened americans were and how angry and how we almost went to a nuclear confrontation over having weapons of that kind of destruction placed that close to the united states. just so if the united states considers cuba to be in its backyard. then crimea lays at russia's doorstep. the consequences of a u.s. seizure of the face or a nato base which internationally. but almost a sum up as is and ensuring his election. you have taught me to. put you on
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with that. post today and you know unless. you know it's not just but with practical putting it into she. has no opinion on it. so i was just in a nothing users into this about it when it said no in a system that was sold me down the leader on the. if you will or. it was a piece of wood. just i'm a part of what i get there. but they're both saying on the phone fixed amongst the windows me with the c.z. if it's to make. a national system. unless i'm. supposed to think that if we act we would so to respond. to me because you knew seemed up and you know looking at when i should just shut up you know and i guess those. years that you play in the in the lead you disappear you know the same
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so send them. up in the back of the limb. and leg a little illusion when you want to pay for a by senior night and you're. concerned about the expansion of nato nato has expanded into thirteen countries up to the borders of russia thirteen countries at the time what we're seeing up. shit way not. in early spring of two thousand and fourteen eastern ukraine was also buzzing with protests against the new authorities in kiev this region with the population close to russia geographically and culturally feared that the ultra right leanings of the newly formed government would bring meal nationalism to their lands. and they have
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their reasons. the status of the russian language in ukraine has been a stumbling block for many years implementing russian as a second state language was one of the main campaign promises of president three and a focus in two thousand and twelve the government passed a law making it the second official language in the southern and eastern parts of ukraine the areas where the russian speaking. makes up a majority ukrainian nationalist groups initiated massive protests opposing the law and observing viewer might see some familiar faces there on a five month. one of our last. on february twenty third two thousand and fourteen the very next day after the regime change the new government voted for an a no meant of the official status of the russian language and even though later this decision was vetoed by the acting president alexander turchynov it still sent a message and
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a powerful one this alarm the russian speaking cities of eastern ukraine and people took to the streets to show their disagreement was in response. its conducted their own demonstrations when the two parties would meet it was always tense and eventually it led to tragedy. at least one person died and over fifty people were wounded in clashes during a pro russian march protesting the new government in kiev. on. that these. books. these families asked armed and shouting nationalist mottos began disturbances in the center of the city as they marched to the end time i don tent and camp where they attacked. the end time mind on protesters sought shelter in the trade union house but it was a track down supporters started throwing molotov cocktails into the building until
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it was engulfed in flames. people burned to death inside for trying to escape jumped from when this. fire station was less than a mile away it took almost half an hour for firefighters to arrive when they finally did the damage had been done. but here's an intriguing fact just a few days before those dreadful events a messenger from my don andriy pair o.b. made a visit to odessa it's an interesting coincidence that some of the people he met with in odessa were seen at the scene that fateful day. but not everyone was mourning on the popular political talk show schuster live the news about the people burned alive in odessa was welcomed with
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a long round of applause for you. to see just to just put it. on its facebook page the right sector announced the events of may second a proud moment in national history an official investigation into this sad event has been going on now for nearly two years and it's yet to reach a conclusion but it seems the experts and all the information they needed from the very beginning. to just get really cute. it looks like a desa really is a very important piece of real estate as it was on earth with a very special new governor appointed on may thirtieth of two thousand and fifteen . mikhail saakashvili an old friend of the united states and born and raised
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in ukraine's neighboring country georgia. there in georgia a quick look at his biography gives one an understanding that he's been groomed for a special mission i mean should i be doing as i did when i was honored to go to. mr saakashvili received a u.s. state department scholarship and he worked for a new york law firm which represented the organization commodity a group that appeared earlier when we learned about the color. revolutions we're dealing with democratic blood blister aleutian this is the revolution of roses and this is me kyle saakashvili with camara busy overthrowing the legitimately elected president eduard shevardnadze. but. was. soon after the rose revolution blossom fully george announced its intentions to join nato and plant fresh nato military bases in the fertile soil right on russia's border never ever will give our freedom and independence never ever will give any
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piece of our territory saakashvili is mission was accomplished at least with his friends and nato the georgian populace wasn't quite as happy though in two thousand and seven they took to the streets to voice discontent and mr saakashvili responded with force. the people's discontent. saakashvili party lost parliamentary elections and the opposition took control he sat this means that the parliamentary majority and new government the president according to our constitution decided not to wait for the results of the president's election and fled the country in october two thousand and thirteen. decades after the war. was still active rich in the nineteen seventies crittle had
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as the chair of a man convicted of mass murder and slavery. a german company developed. a drug that was promoted as completely safe even during pregnancy. it's terrible side effects what has happened to my baby is anything but. you know she said she's just. so they don't mind victims have to. seems to know compensation they never apologized for the suffering that not only want the money i want the revenge. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter to us of a one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crimes happen each day. eighty five percent of global wealth you long for the ultra rich eight point six percent market saw a thirty percent rise last year some with four hundred to five hundred three per
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second per second and bitcoin rose to twenty thousand dollars. china is building a two point one billion dollar a i industrial park but don't let the numbers overwhelm. the only numbers you need to remember in one one business showed him afford to miss the one and only boom box . ministry is police forces in the city administrations of many countries depend on one corporation and another by mike was hoping the board doesn't implement the eyes of god i'm just the dumbest on the guns and the. woods as that see the dog on into the sea it's a must also apply been proprietary software you don't know the source code isn't that a such a security risk when you have a black box operating in the public eye to microsoft's dependency puts governments on does cyber threat not only that something called. mall banks will close all
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facilities listen to music selling the songs only one of them will fall into almost the. warden's of those with. means i'm told this is. the host i'm done with the old fashioned stop when there was a sting of phone calls and funnies up and describes in the fine. print. in two thousand and fourteen saakashvili refused summons to appear in court as a witness in several criminal cases later that same year he was accused of misuse of power and embezzle. saakashvili wound up in the u.s.
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and soon his friends in washington found him a new assignment. mikail actively supported my down and very soon was rewarded with a high position in the new ukrainian government. first as the president's counselor and then as the governor of odessa the day before taking this position he renounced his citizenship to georgia the country of these birth and became a ukrainian citizen. in the suggest otherwise gordon could have died in the legs or dead road in a. coup or them could have done in the way exhort that road. as they say the battle is worth the blood both literally and figuratively. now do i not somebody affordable by the us out they have to cross now toss thought on my. chest about iraq. geoffrey pyatt the u.s. ambassador to ukraine paid a visit to saakashvili just
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a month after he took office in odessa it is long the all last administration is delivering results and you say you're going to see a steady flow of embassy and washington visitors coming here the meeting was fruitful and geoffrey generous. no matter how well saakashvili is job goes it looks like he shouldn't be worried about his own finances on his facebook page he posted an official document showing that the new governor of odessa gets a pretty penny from washington almost two hundred thousand dollars a year for comparison malaysian boeing crash was leveraged against the enemy. a new wave of sanctions hit russia mediately after the tragedy. the united states is imposing new sanctions in key sectors of the russian economy almost a year and three months later the dutch safety board published a report this is jeff toobin plats m.h.
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seventy crashed because of and i have three well four or i have the today it's our society airplane the best the left side of the cockpit the report didn't blame any specific group or person and estimated a very wide area of three hundred twenty kilometers as a zone from which the missiles fired at the same time the russian producer of boog missiles day conducted its own independent investigation. that they speeded me up the fullest. lou of the delegates. at the nist is up a school during the experiment they blew up a retired airliner with a bouquet missile and came to the conclusion that the malaysian plane was brought down by the older type of missiles not used by russia anymore but still in the possession of ukraine the company claims that the missile was launched from the territory controlled by the ukrainian military. one would expect that
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these controversial results would again stir up public interest in the investigation but the tragedy of malaysian flight m h seventeen at already played its role in the big geopolitical game therefore it was soon forgotten the goal was achieved after the third wave of sanctions hit russia the tensions between the two countries skyrocketed so the question presents itself are we truly witnessing the beginning of cold war two point zero and if so what are chances to survive at this time. in one nine hundred forty seven the bulletin of atomic scientists introduced the doomsday clock. it represents a countdown to global nuclear annihilation. in one nine hundred fifty
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three during the height of the cold war it came its closest to midnight as the superpowers were creating massive nuclear arsenal spent most our of america's ever expanding atomic weapons program as the world began to grasp the insane danger of nuclear warfare and took measures to control the arms race the situation steadily improved. in one thousand nine hundred one the doomsday clock was at its furthest from midnight seventeen minutes. the time of hope was short lived though as the world has become more and more unstable. but in two thousand and fifteen the bulletin of atomic scientists moved the clock to just three minutes to midnight stay on check to climate change in a nuclear arms race resulting from modernization of huge ourselves pose extraordinary and undeniable threats to the continued existence of humanity. the
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united states and russia have embarked on massive programs to modernize their nuclear arsenals. undermining the existing nuclear weapons treaties. the clock ticks now at just three minutes to midnight because international leaders are failing to perform their most important duty ensuring and preserving the health and vitality of human civilization.
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you. would just leave us alone we've got to deal. with. it when you. put forth of the look of it is that well there was a couple. of bad. it's
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crucial states and that's. just chill. out.
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