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Article in Ukrainian Pravda, citing Russian business newspaper Vedomosti, stating that President Putin has rewarded journalists for impartial coverage of Crimea takeover:

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded more than 300 media professionals for the " impartial coverage of " capture the Crimea.

This writes the " Vedomosti" , citing its sources.

Decree № 269 "On rewarding with state awards of the Russian Federation ," according to the newspaper, was signed on 22 April, but the public is not informed about it until now.

The official website of Putin's decree number 269 is not published , but the press service explained that it is "not in the public domain ."

According to the decree of media staff rewarded "with professionalism and objectivity in covering events in the Republic of Crimea ," said a source .

According to him , only awarded more than 300 people , including 90 journalists. Awards unprecedented scale , says official : for example, after the events of 2008 in what was then South Ossetia , President Medvedev awarded only 11 journalists.

According to the source, about a hundred recipients are RTR , over 60 - " First Channel", a few dozen - NTV channel , Russia Today and holding Life News.

Employees Channel " äîæäĸ " and radio " Echo of Moscow" in the list of rewards there.

Above all appreciated the merits of the general director of NTV Vladimir Kulistikova , who received the Order "For Services to the Fatherland " II degree.

Awards were also leaders Roskomnahlyadu Alexander Zharov, Rosteleradiomerezhi - Andrew Romanchenko Agencies "Russia Today" - Margaret Symonyan , " Komsomolskaya Pravda " - Vladimir Sunhorkyn , Life News - Syria Gabrelyanov , ITAR- TASS - Michael Guzman and holovred information service NTV Tatiana Mitkova .

Awards are material and component : their owners can get a monthly supplement to retirement (up to 415 % of basic pension ), or veteran status, labor and related benefits.

It is known that in Ukraine , Belarus and the Baltic states have banned the main Russian television channels broadcast by outright lies about Ukraine and promoting violence and ethnic hatred .

The OSCE declared that relate to the understanding of this decision .

a reply to: victor7

You really need to research the EU a bit more since its been around since the late 1950's under other names.

Focus has now shifted to Baltic snipers -

Edgars Rinkēvičs ‏@edgarsrinkevics · May 2
Russian media is very predictable, reporting that there are Baltic snipers in Sloviansk, it's nonsense but always happens when RU is at war

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The Voice of Russia ‏@VoiceofRussia · 14m
#BREAKING RussianFM: Policy of 'clamping down on freedom' of press, use of army against civilians by #Kiev must stop http://(link tracking not allowed)/1ju1RHD

Authorities in Kherson detained and sent back to Crimea 36 people heading to Odessa to incite unrest:

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In Kherson during special operations commandos arrested 36 who were sent to the Crimea to Odessa.

Told in . about. Mayor Vladimir Mykolaenko .

"In Kherson railway station there was a special operation to detain saboteurs. As a result - the train " Simferopol , Odessa " , about 23 hours was removed and deported back to the Crimea 36 people ," - he said.

Acting . Mayor said that the special operation involved about 320 guards , MUP , Security Self Defense and Kherson military veterans .

" According to the available information, the pro-Russian citizens went to Odessa to commit provocations " - said Mykolaenko .

As you know , May 2 in Odessa separatists and saboteurs attacked with a weapon on peaceful pro-Ukrainian course and killed several people.

Then , hiding from the locals who came to repel the attackers , they barricaded themselves in the house of the local trade unions, where there was a fire , which killed nearly four dozen people.

So Vladimir Putin is awarding journalists for lies, disinformation and distortion of facts? Not surprising, I bet he had the award list written up before he invaded Crimea just like those commemorative coins that were made too.

To the Pro Russians -

Explain please -

The Moscow Times ‏@MoscowTimes · 51m
Authorities Threaten to 'Liquidate' Crimean Tatar Council tmt-go.ru... #news

Authorities Threaten to 'Liquidate' Crimean Tatar Council

Crimea's prosecutor has threatened to outlaw Crimean Tatars' main self-governing body for "extremist" activities, reading out a warning to their leader in Russian despite his repeated appeals for a translation into the official language of their autonomy.

The Sunday admonition by prosecutor Natalya Poklonskaya to Mejlis leader Refat Chubarov was seen by some as an ominous sign for the Crimean Tatars, whose former head Mustafa Dzhemilev was banned from entering the Black Sea peninsula the previous day.

In a video posted on YouTube, prosecutor Natalya Poklonskaya described the massive rallies by Crimean Tatars against the ban on Dzhemilev's entry as "illegal" gatherings marked by "violence and threats of violence,"

"I am warning Refar Abdurakhmanovich Chubarov, the chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, about the unacceptability of carrying out extremist activities, I demand an immediate secession of extremist activity," Poklonskaya said.

Chubarov attempted to cut in: "I am having much trouble catching on the meaning," he said. "Please, in Crimean Tatar, in an official language, or at least in Ukrainian."

Poklonskaya plowed on, raising her voice to drown out the protests.

If the "violations noted above are not eliminated," the "Crimean Tatar Mejlis will be liquidated" and "its activity on the territory of the Russian Federation will be banned," she said.

"You have violated my rights," Chubarov said told Crimea's prosecutor by reading out her warning "not in my native language, not in the official language."

A reader on the Ekho Moskvy website said Sunday that the "repressions" constituted "nothing new" for Russia, but that repressing the "Crimean Tatars, who have already survived the horror of the purges, may backfire for the regime — and it will."

Crimean Tatars, whose members were persecuted and exiled from their homeland under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, have opposed Russia's annexation of Crimea, though Moscow has sought to appease any protests by promising to grant Crimean Tatars the same kind of self-governing and linguistic autonomy they enjoyed in Ukraine.

In a televised appearance last month, Putin said he had signed a decree to "rehabilitate" the Crimean Tatars and other ethnic minorities on the peninsula — "all those who suffered during Stalin's repressions."

The decree, published on the Kremlin website, also said it aimed to "restore historical justice and remove the consequences of the illegal deportation" and to "foster the creation and development of national-cultural autonomies."

Why no... they are just showers for disinfection.

What is it going to take for people to realize just how bad Putin is and what path he is leading people back down, not down but back down.

Or is it your contention that anyone not "Russian" is inferior and must go?

Please - explain the article and all the arguments people have made that Russia would not do exactly what is occurring now.
Please explain how Russia can bitch about actions against ethnic Russians, to the point of invading Ukraine, only to do the VERY action they accused Ukraine of?

Illegal gathering?

wtf

originally posted by: Xcathdra

originally posted by: Agent_USA_Supporter
The majority of users would seem to disagree with you Xcathdra on that.

Its not a popularity contest. And when people are exposed to only limited sources to obtain information it can lead to inflated results / views towards certain issues. In this case we are seeing that.

originally posted by: Agent_USA_Supporter
Why not just say that Serbia are looking at possibly joining NATO and Switzerland?

This makes no sense so im not sure what you are trying to say.

originally posted by: Agent_USA_Supporter
The same OSCE that were working along side your beloved Ukrainian fascists.

They are not my fascists and the more you and the other people understand that the better chance we can have an actual discussion / debate instead of resorting to name calling and behaving like a child.

Secondly - feel free to post evidence all non pro Russian Ukrainians are fascist. Since you have been incapable of actually defining who you are referring to when you use fascist, I am assuming you mean all Ukrainians/all peoples who don't support separatists.

So which is it - All people are fascists, only those who don't agree with your point of view? Only when its convenient to disparage a person because you cant refute their facts? what?

originally posted by: Agent_USA_Supporter
An affiliation agreement with the EU the same EU deal that your beloved Unelected government of Ukraine signed just recently and also.

The very agreements I believe you and other pro Russians have consistently railed against. Something Russia also had issues with. A nation with its own issues of Russia interfering in its internal affairs.

originally posted by: Agent_USA_Supporter
Moldova wants to join EU in 2019

By that year Xcathdra there wouldn't be an EU Union.

Why is that?

originally posted by: Agent_USA_Supporter
Oh i am quite sure they are like there beloved Qatar and Saudi Arabia?

Sure.. as well as their own possible sources among others.

originally posted by: Agent_USA_Supporter
I am quite sure the Russians are very scared, of the evil fascist NATO. Its clear that your still watching CNN.

And its clear you are once again assuming something is one thing when its not. At least NATO announces its military movements and doesn't lie like Russia has been with its own military deployments.


As I stated.. Russia/Putin has failed miserably. The very fact yours/other peoples responses are nothing but dismissals with absolutely nothing to show others furthers proves that point.

wow your still playing same the card over and over again on this same issue.

Why is that?

For those whom have being following the Economic Crisis the EU wont survive by 2019 considering just how many of the EU countries are suffering without any recovery insight.

Secondly - feel free to post evidence all non pro Russian Ukrainians are fascist. Since you have been incapable of actually defining who you are referring to when you use fascist, I am assuming you mean all Ukrainians/all peoples who don't support separatists. So which is it - All people are fascists, only those who don't agree with your point of view? Only when its convenient to disparage a person because you cant refute their facts? what?

I am assuming you mean all Ukrainians/all peoples who don't support separatists. So which is it

Just like on the issue of Syria you have defended the Syrian Rebels and now your defending the same Fascists that have burnt the 48 protesters in the Trade Union Building, the same fascists that have chanted death to Russia in Kiev during the Pro EU protests last year.


Of course i Seriously hope you dont support the murders of those 48 people that were burnt alive but its clear that you are defending the Kiev movement.


By the way you claimed Russia failed? are you going to claim that the rebels in Syria are gaining ground?

a reply to: Xcathdra

Ah yes from the The Moscow Times ‏ a sister network of the New York Times like the Voice of Russia. How reliable.

a reply to: Agent_USA_Supporter

again absolutely nothing in your responses addresses the issue. You make the claims yet you fail to support them.

GermanForeignOffice ‏@GermanyDiplo · 1h
FM #Steinmeier on #Ukraine: Have to strenghten @OSCE as a neutral actor for further mediation efforts. Call for a 2nd round of Geneva talks.

William Hague ‏@WilliamJHague · 11m
Setting off this morning to Moldova, #Ukraine and Georgia to show UK support at a tense and dangerous time in the region

a reply to: Xcathdra

According to you.

What is it going to take for people to realize just how bad Putin is and what path he is leading people back down, not down but back down.

Putin is Evil, But Obama and NATO are the good guys?

a reply to: Xcathdra

Oh Tweets from William Hague and GermanForeignOffic the same people that supports the rebels in Syria very reliable. Maybe i should start posting articles from CNN now?

originally posted by: Agent_USA_Supporter
a reply to: Xcathdra

According to you.

What is it going to take for people to realize just how bad Putin is and what path he is leading people back down, not down but back down.

Putin is Evil, But Obama and NATO are the good guys?

Im sorry your post does not address the issue in the article I posted. Please don't drag this off topic.

a reply to: Xcathdra

According to you and you falsely suggest that.

You make the claims yet you fail to support them.

Your every wrong on that matter i might add.

originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: victor7

You really need to research the EU a bit more since its been around since the late 1950's under other names.

Yup the EU has being around since the start of 1949 and formed in secret Victor is quite right actually.

At the moment diplomacy and mediation is not working because Russia doesn't want that. After all they have been behind everything that has happened in Ukraine and they have been caught red-handed with their hand in the cookie jar. You cannot mediate with Russia's soldiers/militia/thugs. Putin has already admitted he has lost control of his paid soldiers/militia/thugs.

a reply to: ProfessorT

You cannot mediate with Russia's soldiers/militia/thugs. Putin has already admitted he has lost control of his paid soldiers/militia/thugs.

Nice little propaganda its almost as if its from CNN or Obama's White House Officials. By calming that Russia as its own soldiers/militia/thugs. While denying that the Fascists were beyond what occurred on east ukraine.

Putin has already admitted he has lost control of his paid soldiers

Really he has? i dont think so.

a reply to: ProfessorT

If you are going to make a claim that militia fighting agaisnt the fascists fighters in the Eastern Ukraine as Putin paid thugs i could say the same about your beloved Pro Kiev forces whom are responsible for the deaths of those 48 people in the burnt trade union building.

Russian Public Chamber is preparing an appeal to the UN and the Council of Europe with the proposal to postpone the presidential elections in Ukraine:

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MOSCOW, May 5 - RIA Novosti. Russian Public Chamber is preparing an appeal to the UN and the Council of Europe with the proposal to postpone the presidential elections in Ukraine, scheduled for the end of May , to stabilize the situation in this country, as it believes that a safe and free vote can not be made in place of bloody clashes , said First Deputy Secretary of ETA Vladislav Grib .

Earlier, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, said that it is absurd to talk about the elections in Ukraine after the punitive operations and military operations.

" Public Chamber prepares a formal appeal to the UN and the Council of Europe with a proposal joint diplomatic efforts leading world powers sought to move the presidential elections in Ukraine , up to stabilization ," - said Mushroom, quoted by the press service of the House .

According to him, in the OP sure that any election in time when the country is covered by bloody conflicts, and the official state authorities can not guarantee the safety doomed to falsification and in practice only provoke further escalation of the conflict.

"We will ask for support from our treatment of all foreign colleagues , in particular, member countries of the International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions ( ETA this year is the chairman of the International Association )," - added Mushroom .

Since March in eastern Ukraine - Donetsk, Kharkiv and Luhansk - rallies supporters federalization . Later protests spread to a number of cities of Donetsk region . On Friday in clashes in Odessa and fire unions in the House , where a crowd of radical activists sheltering " antimaydana " killed more than 40 people, about 200 injured. Currently supporters against federalization continues operation security forces, including the army, in the region of Slavic and Kramators'k in the Donetsk region . There are reports of casualties not only among the militias , but also among civilians.
What happens in the south- east of Ukraine

Mass anti-government protests began in the south- eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014 . They were a response to local residents on violent change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel by the Verkhovna Rada of the law granting the Russian language the status of regional . Center opposition pro-Russian citizens with the government in Kiev became the Donbass . About how the conflict evolved in southeastern Ukraine , read the chronicle of RIA Novosti.

originally posted by: ProfessorT
At the moment diplomacy and mediation is not working because Russia doesn't want that. After all they have been behind everything that has happened in Ukraine and they have been caught red-handed with their hand in the cookie jar. You cannot mediate with Russia's soldiers/militia/thugs. Putin has already admitted he has lost control of his paid soldiers/militia/thugs.

You mean like financing maidan and sbovoda? Or the coup to oust their friendly elected president? Ah no, these are the west's doing...

Gold Climbs With Wheat Amid Ukraine Crisis; Stocks Slide

Wheat jumped 2.2 percent to $7.3175 per bushel, by 9:14 a.m. in Frankfurt, the highest since May last year

Russia is the world’s fifth-biggest exporter of wheat, followed by Ukraine.

Well, this is the kind of thing that I was afraid of. One of the core components of diets world wide is wheat. With how this could effect the geopolitical landscape, and already is, we could be talking major drops in the grain supply in certain parts of the world.