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 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 plays at russia's doorstep.

the consequences of a u.s. seizure of the face for a nato base which in general. but almost a sum up is him being seen by ensuring his election. you have taught me to. put you in with a. post today and. assuring us not to speak with practical. opinion it's. just another to use ocean to elicit but if there was no willingness that ended up with the old me the only leader on the. set it. was a piece of the schools would. estimate what i get there but only in the way but as it used to but they both say you know that in the film nixon amongst the when doesn't it seem easy if it's to make clinton year and a state but the national system. unless you mean it's not. supposed to in the pigott. if we act we would soak in the response. to me because

you knew sitting up and you know looking at clint you just know in the us those. play in the in the lead you disappear you know the same so someone. up in the back of the in a plentiful legged little illusion when you want to pay for a by senior night and you shall. die i am concerned about the expansion of nato nato has expanded into thirteen countries up to the borders of russia thirteen countries at the time what was going up at the time of waiting the ship 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 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 bush in a full day 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 population makes up a majority ukrainian nationalist groups initiated massive protests opposing the law and observing viewer might see some familiar faces there but. 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 in

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 could still sent a message and 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 to draw my don it's conducted their own demonstrations when the two parties would meet it was always tense and eventually it led to tragedy. one person died and over fifty people were wounded in clashes during the pro russian march protesting the new government in kiev. on april sixth the crimean scenario began repeating eastern ukraine where protesters seized government buildings. and the next day the full seven day proclaimed don't yet see people's republic kiev

replied by announcing the beginning of an anti-terrorist operation in eastern ukraine. by that time the international media was screaming about a russian invasion in ukraine russia could now be on the verge of invading ukraine but strong words state only in the media the ukrainian authorities never announced a war like situation why i.m.f. cannot give money to countries and gaged an ongoing war. go over well with you when you go to your show will go to too much money was already invested in ukraine to stop halfway had invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic she trains. mccarthy writes in a city you know well it will slowly new democracy just go it is among. the with. some of them. obviously the funds had to keep coming and the conflict had to keep

going to. get more and more bloody and deadly was awarded to the nation. as parties from both sides were using more sophisticated and lethal weapons. as well. the only. source though not all of. us is the new deal. you know that's really kind of. the world seemed too busy welcoming this new democracy in kiev. to notice what was being done as it spread its wings over the country. many in southern ukraine had been viewing the revolution with concern.

i and an anti mind on movement formed in the city of odessa in early january two thousand and fourteen the protesters set up their camp in front of the trade union house a building which would soon become a monument to a massacre of its own it's difficult to overestimate the importance of odessa it is strategically located on the black sea and it's ukraine's largest seaport it's not surprising that ukraine's new authorities were watching the situation unfolding there with growing alarm. more and more of odessa as people were joining the anti my don movement at the same time as events in eastern ukraine were heating up. the new ukrainian government didn't have the power to wage war on too many fronts if odessa were to join the growing uprising in the eastern regions it would seriously complicate the situation. this rebellion had to. be extinguished immediately and at

any cost and that cost was high. on may second two thousand and fourteen soccer fans flocked to the center of odessa city for the ukrainian championship match surprisingly a great number of these fans who descended into odessa just the night before also turned out to be fighters from the my don self-defense units along with members of radical organizations from all parts of ukraine 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 anti might on protesters sought shelter in the trading house but it was a track down supporters started throwing molotov cocktails into the building until it was engulfed in flames. people burned to death inside or trying to

escape jumped from. alo a 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 on three 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 a long round of applause just for you truth for saudi what this it but lots of literacy just to just put your story jojo.

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 which. it looks like odessa 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 . nolde friend of the united states and born and raised in ukraine's neighboring country georgia down there in georgia a quick look at his biography gives one an understanding that he's been groomed for

a special mission. mr saakashvili received a u.s. state department scholarship and he worked for a new york law firm which represented the organization. a group that appeared earlier when we learned about the color revolutions dealing with democratic bloodless revolution this is the revolution of roses and this is meet kyle saakashvili with camara busy overthrowing the legitimately elected president eduard shevardnadze a. man that was. soon after the rose revolution fully georgia 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 piece of our territory saakashvili 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 should set up a new government and me as 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. and that is that. my sack i said.

so there was a building also up. in the himalayas mission without but i then. look for the little guy i. don't want to not know the man i don't know i don't want to know about. such a good morning. mr need. a phone call for the. art of a shuffle stemming with a. song or there and feel a little warmth and you know what. shall i do. this i'll. join me every thursday on the alex simon short. i'll be speaking to get off of the

world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see if. it's hard to imagine decades after the war a nazi doctor was still active rich in the nineteen seventies great intel had as the chair of its board a man convicted of mass murder and slavery at ash was a german company gruntal developed from the divide a drug that was promoted as completely safe even during pregnancy and it turned out to have terrible side effects what has happened to my baby is anything paul. she said is just cut short arms minix a little mind victims i have to this day received no compensation they never apologized for the suffering they're not only want the money i want the revenge.

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 investment. saakashvili wound up in the u.s. 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. and the suggest others gordon would have done in the way exhorted. gordon would have done in the way exhorting that road in. as they say the battle is worth the blood both literally and figuratively. now

do i not somebody afforded us by the us our meeting up they have to question is now the last thought on my. chest but i have. geoffrey pyatt the u.s. ambassador to ukraine paid a visit to saakashvili just a month after he took office in odessa it is law and the old last administration is delivering results and you raise your voice to see a steady flow of embassy in 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 the governor of maine gets seventy thousand dollars a year. so if odessa became a new u.s.

state it would be at the top of the list mr saakashvili should feel right at home in his newly adopted country he is best of friends with fellow color revolutionary leader viktor yuschenko who is the godfather of his son. and another mother school bus in the lesson of lucia but insufficient at the post but you walk us kind of being it's just a d.c. at them the if someone is going to. even though there's a double chooses to show. it when used in the but that is for those three things if i did it with you but i'd have to stand on both. of those boys that business do a little bit of that of this almost a student body others the butt of c.n.n. and the special before bonus does they were able to contain such. a war once launched doesn't choose its victims we are just learning at this hour

that malaysian airlines has now confirmed that it has lost contact with one of its planes plane was indeed shot down by a missile off line at a high altitude over eastern ukraine near the russian border two hundred ninety eight revised number of souls on board all feared dead it was a murder it was a crime there's been this odd nonchalance about pursuing the answers there was a report a very limited report put out a few months after the event but since then they said the next report will be on the first anniversary of the event but you deal with a criminal investigation before becomes a cold case so there's been this curious element of why is there not greater pressure from both the media and the the western governments to answer these questions but even without any answers the fingers were pointed immediately that's not a max. that is happening because the russian support for evidence indicates that the

plane was shot down by a surface to air missile that was launched from an area that is controlled by russian backed separatists inside of ukraine usually that's what i thought it meant to put up a national initiative just as it's a question to keep. the malaysian boeing wasn't the first plane to play a significant part in american russian relationships on september first one nine hundred eighty three korean airlines flight double zero seven from new york to seoul via anchorage was shot down by a soviet interceptor aircraft over the territory of the u.s.s.r. in the sea of japan there was absolutely no justification i don't legal or moral for what the soviets did the tragedy of the korean bowing was considered a perfect occasion to demonstrate the nato military power within dangerous proximity to the soviets on november second one thousand nine hundred eighty three nato launched able archer attend a command post exercise simulating

a conflict escalation culminating in a nuclear attack it was followed by placing pershing two nuclear missiles in europe . what reagan didn't take into consideration was the paranoid overreaction of the soviets. a recently declassified us intelligence report shows that for the first time since the cuban missile crisis the world was that close to nuclear war. just like in one thousand nine hundred three the malaysian boeing crash was leveraged against the enemy. a new wave of sanctions hit russia mediately after the tragedy for duty ensuring and preserving the health and vitality of human civilization.

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