#Євромайдан / #Euromaidan

Right place, right time.



The Orange Revolution is 9 and this blog is 8. Back to square one, back to the future!

And by the way, sometimes twiplomacy does work!

See you at the Nov. 24 rally!

Yanukovych Residence Separated From Ukraine in Mock Protest

You’ve got to draw the line somewhere. After all, it’s Border Troops’ Day!
 


 
Just make sure you don’t cross that line.



Beware of the war games in the area.
 
Sources:
http://censor.net.ua/photo_news/243010/pogranichnyyi_stolb_otdelil_gosudarstvo_ukrainu_i_avtonomnuyu_respubliku_mejigore_fotoreportajvideo
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/243186/v_kilometre_ot_mejigorya_militsiya_na_bronevikah_i_vertolete_uchitsya_otbivat_voorujennoe_napadenie
http://5.ua

FEMEN v. Putin, Merkel

Catch them if you can!





Hit the gym, boys.

Sources:
http://femen.org

Ruling PoR MPs Pelted With Snowballs At Opposition Rally

What good is democracy without 360 degree feedback?




 




It takes balls to play snowballs with the state, considering how it can always play nightsticks with you.

Maybe that little opposition rally did get its point across after all?

While some not-so-opposition MPs sucked it up, Tymoshenko strongly opposes such non-violent snowball protests. In a country where MPs, officials and cops beat, mutilate and kill people on a regular basis, isn't it a bit too much to ask? 

Obviously, not for the Tymoshenko part of the establishment. Wait, wasn't it Tymoshenko's top brass and then-Interior Minister Lutsenko that defended — and even wanted to award — MP Lozynsky? Until it became clear that, contrary to earlier reports, this guy — one of their guys — had hunted and killed an innocent villager?

Maybe they all like democracy? But not if democracy doesn't like them back?
 
Sources:
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/237759/regionaly_tushki_i_lyashko_serezno_postradali_ot_snejnoyi_ataki_pod_radoyi_video
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/237731/regionalov_pod_vr_vstretili_krikami_ganba_i_zabrosali_snejkami_video
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2013/04/2/6987114/
http://5.ua

Sex Tourist Tied Up, Dumped on Highway, Vigilantes’ Video Claims

Did FEMEN outsource their cause to these guys?



Now how about we trade smalltime sex tourists for some equally fun-loving high-net-worth cons? I mean, for real, not like this. 



More like this. More like Uncle Sam in former PM Lazarenko's case: We put him in our jail, we let him keep his money. Ukraine's money, that is.

So maybe we should put a PM exchange program of sorts in place? To help address our seniors’ healthcare needs, for example. (Unless they can afford German doctors, of course.) Maybe that program would stop our €-impaired seniors from feeling like bombing our government out of its luxury misery.

Elderly woman: They’re all poor. You look at them and you say, could someone take this place where they all are and drop some f**king bomb on them and blow them up to f**king kingdom come?

2:14-2:23

All talk and no action, aren't they? Think again.




Sources:
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/225491/v_kieve_inostrannogo_seksturista_izbili_svyazali_povesili_plakat_na_sheyu_i_vyvezli_na_okrujnuyu_video
http://od-news.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33291&Itemid=2

Can Talkathons Get Tymoshenko Out of Jail?

Yes, they can. The opposition clearly thinks so.



It's all talk and no action for Tymoshenko apparatchiks. Any surprise there? Just like the Yanukovych crowd, they all want to talk their way back into Ukraine’s parliament. Does anyone of them feel like talking about how they screwed up? Not really. Just vote for them again, OK?

Will that work for Dnipropetrovsk subway construction workers who have gone without pay for six months? 




For most voters, it’s vacation season. Anyone willing to sit through 3:37:17 hours of “middle class this and that” opposition talk? Not me.

If there’s one grassroots Ukrainian who can remotely relate to Tymoshenko’s “overboard” experience, it’s this lady. Watch her fall off a jam-packed marshrutka in Dnipropertrovsk, Tymoshenko’s hometown.



And boy did she know how to dust herself off!

Chase her. Make her endorse Tymoshenko.

Sources:
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/212020/predprinimateli_finansiruyut_ne_byudjet_a_stroitelstvo_osobnyakov_dlya_chinovnikov_obedinennaya_oppozitsiya
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/212041/v_dnepropetrovske_buntuyut_metrostroevtsy_my_kak_raby_vruchnuyu_kopaem_a_deneg_ne_videli_polgoda_video
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/212117/jenschina_na_hodu_vypala_iz_perepolnennoyi_marshrutki_pod_kolesa_avtomobilya_video

Yatsenyuk's 'Conceptually New' Vision of Ukraine (English Inside)

Sooooo Yushchenko. Except that this guy does speak English!

Here's the whole thing (the United Opposition Forum, May 12).

 

So what's new? Seriously, what's new? Nothing much. "We're the good guys! Vote for us again and good things will happen."

Never mind that we live worlds apart from you. Never mind that some of us are no longer with us. Joining the Yanukovych majority is no big deal. It's business as usual. It's nothing personal.

And can't you see the difference now? We speak E-N-G-L-I-S-H! Better English.

Rallies Against ‘Killer Kids’ as Raped/Burned Girl Struggles for Life

FEMEN went on top of the Prosecutor General’s Office.

Смерть ублюдкам! from FEMEN Video on Vimeo.

Death to the sadists! Oksana, you have to pull through! Castrate the bastards! Murderers to jail!

One of the three "killer kids" in the Mykolayiv rape-and-burn case happens to be the son of a former prosecutor. (Not according to the local prosecutor’s office, of course.) Another one is the son of the city’s former top official. Well, at least no denials here. Both had been initially released but taken back into custody later on as public pressure built up. In this video, the third suspect apparently takes the fall for his buddies.

In Ukraine, you can beat, rape, strangle, mangle, hunt, kill and even burn people and get away with it. If you have cash or connections, of course. If you don’t, you better get together to defend yourself like these ordinary people do.

Rich "killer kids," or mazhory as we call them in Ukraine, have created a cultural phenomenon far more prevalent than student rampages in the US. Maybe it's because here in Ukraine violent crime of this nature goes unpunished far more often than in the US?

By virtue of the almighty dollar, not probable cause or Miranda, the perpetrators either receive ridiculous sentences or avoid any jail time whatsoever. The list goes on and on.

Some US and EU tourists love Ukrainian oligarchs. But...not the way of life that oligarchy enforces on its aborigines, as opposed to its aficionados. If you know any such aficionados personally, show them this girl.

Now imagine she's your daughter.

Actions speak louder than words. As of today, Ukrainians remain largely lethargic, with just a few small protests here and there. Still, even in the most lethargic part of Ukraine, people already mince no words.

Man: It might be a bit rude, but let him drop dead!

Woman: Let him live like I do. No jobs. My son just came back from the army and there are no jobs.

She’s talking about the guy who’s got a job — the job. The guy who doesn’t show up for work until 11:00 a.m. and calls it a day at 4:15 p.m.

If only he could dig up some more of that magic enriched uranium at his marvelous Mezhyhirya ranch.

Wouldn’t that be a great way to enrich Ukraine’s democracy at the upcoming Nuclear Servility Summit in Seoul?


R.I.P. Oksana (died March 29).

Sources:
http://femen.livejournal.com/
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/200330/jiteli_nikolaeva_trebuyut_pojiznennogo_majoram_ya_hochu_spravedlivosti_i_suda_nad_etimi_podonkami_video
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/200311/harkovskie_selyane_o_yanukoviche_tse_vrod_grubo_nu_shob_vn_zdoh_video
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/200244/u_yanukovicha_korotkiyi_rabochiyi_den_uehal_s_bankovoyi_v_1615_video

FEMEN Go Topless at Putin's Polling Station

Where's the FSB when you need them?

FEMEN: I'm stealing [votes] for Putin! I'm stealing [votes] for Putin! Putin is a thief! Putin is a thief!

Didn't this sort of thing happen to his frenemy Yanukovych two years ago?

Anyway, crying is not a crime in Russia.



Sources:
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/199175/na_uchastke_gde_golosuet_putin_obnajilis_femen_dobavleno_foto_i_video
http://belsat.eu/be/wiadomosci/a,7304,vybary-u-rasiei-piershyia-parushenni-i-ghalasavanni-kandydatau.html
http://femen.livejournal.com/
http://rt.com

FEMEN Slam 'Gas Gangsters' Outside Gazprom Moscow Office

If Tymoshenko were free, is that where she would be?

Femen Gazprom Protest Moscow, Russia 13.02.2012 from Moscow Bureau on Vimeo.

Some girls plant Gazprom's flag in Ukraine. Others play a different game.

Sources:
http://femen.livejournal.com/194313.html

FEMEN Crash Davos Oligarchfest

Hey Chelsea, wanna hang out with these girls?

Stop Davos! 1 from FEMEN Video on Vimeo.

Stop Davos! 2 from FEMEN Video on Vimeo.

Stop Davos! 3 from FEMEN Video on Vimeo.

It's the freezing boobs v. free borscht economy, stupid!

Sources:
http://femen.livejournal.com/192248.html

FEMEN Crash Yatsenyuk’s Rent-a-Crowd Rally

No, they’re not pro-Tymoshenko. They’re against all.



All except the real grassroots protests. That would be the anti-tax code, Chernobyl and Afghan vets crowd.

Looks like the college kids out there were having fun with all the topless ladies around. "Go baby go," they shouted as FEMEN's Inna Shevchenko mounted the Princess Olha Monument. Yeah, what can be a more boring job than waiving those “Front for Change” flags? Unless the change comes with FEMEN!

Well, some people NEVER change.

January



December



Mezhyhirya English.


Why try harder?

Sources:
http://femen.livejournal.com/181253.html
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2011/12/2/6808911/
http://durdom.in.ua/uk/main/photo/photo_id/28065/person_id/1.phtml

Donetsk Protesters Overpower Cops, Storm Govt Building

The foot in the door philosophy at work!



Way to go Donetsk! Vote them in, vote them out.

Sources:
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/189412/razgnevannye_donetchane_taki_vylomali_dver_oga_i_vorvalis_v_zdanie_video

Yanukovych Scared, Tymoshenko Stoic as Protests Continue

Just to be clear: It's anti-Yanukovych protests, not pro-Tymoshenko ones.

Chernobyl vet: Screw them, screw them…they’re sitting up there and torturing these people, these Chernobyl folks. The Chernobyl folks were all there, no...nobody ran away from there, and those bastards up there are hiding their asses. [mumbled fragment] They’ve shipped their kids abroad. How long can they mistreat us like that? Yanukovych, come the fuck out, bitch!

He hears everyone.

Yanukovych: …and I’m being informed by law enforcement that…weapons are being procured inside the country…and an effort is under way to attack authorities. [ …] Already, people have lost everything: both fear and shame. So who’s organizing this? [ …] Not those who are struggling the most. Those who are struggling the most, they remain silent, patient and waiting.

No offense (or should we say no fence?), but do you see anyone waiting here?



















Well, there’s one lady who’s waiting.

Tymoshenko: Hold on!

She's not working, but she's definitely Ukraine now.

Sources:
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/186748/chernobyltsy_pod_kabminom_trebuyut_prezidenta_yanukovich_bld_vyhodi_ska_video
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/186760/yanukovich_lyudi_skupayut_orujie_chtoby_napadat_na_vlast_sovsem_strah_i_sovest_poteryali_video
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/186636/chernobyltsy_prolomili_zabor_i_voshli_na_territoriyu_vokrug_parlamenta_grajdane_bandity_sdaemsya_po
http://www.pravda.com.ua/photo-video/2011/11/1/6719710/
http://www.pravda.com.ua/photo-video/2011/11/3/6727110/
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2011/11/4/6730871/

As Yanukovych Jails Tymoshenko for 7 Years, FEMEN Slam Both

Last October, they messed with Putin. Now they're messing with his partners.



“Switch on your mind!” “Tymoshenko and Yanukovych, same shit!”

That's all it takes for Tymoshenko fans to side with the police. The same police that used force to disperse their rally.









As Tymoshenko fans in the EU are going into police mode, Yanukovych has said that the final say rests with the Court of Appeals. Which probably means she'll let her go. Who doesn't need a safe retirement plan?

The EU will be fine with that. Who doesn't need low transit rates and stability?

But there's one problem. The Ukrainian people might feel a little different about this whole gas-stability thing.

Sources:
http://femen.livejournal.com/174237.html
http://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2011/10/11/6654310/

Yanukovych Booed, FEMEN Chased as Stadium Reopens

I play, you pay.







If you think Ukraine’s richer Turkey, think again. We’re richer than Germany!

Olympic (Kyiv, 68,000 seats): €435M
Olympia (Berlin, 74,000 seats): €242M
Allianz Arena (Munich, 70,000 seats): €340M

That last one they built from scratch.

If you feel like scratching your head a little bit, wait until you see this.




Breathtaking, huh? That's Yanukovych’s Mezhyhirya principality.





Hey, EU, you want this *decriminalized* too? Done! Just make sure you hire Tymoshenko to negotiate your gas bills with Russia, OK?

You can then grant immunity to Yanukovych and hire him to run the ECB.

What do you say, Shakira?





Sources:
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2011/10/8/6649137/
http://blogs.pravda.com.ua/authors/larin/4e90bed263e0a/
http://femen.livejournal.com/173971.html#cutid1
http://gallery.korrespondent.net/ukraine/3400-s-neba-na-zemlyu-eksklyuzivnye-snimki-mezhigorya-s-vysoty-ptichego-poleta?img=0
http://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2011/10/6/6645004/

Afghan Vets Almost Storm Parliament Over Pension Cuts

Their war isn't over.


The government will mostly likely back down. No government can afford protesters with combat experience.

Not even the world's 134th transparent government (out of 178).


The government that puts Ukrainians out of their misery.

Sources:
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/all
http://pravda.com.ua
http://glavcom.ua
http://durdom.in.ua/uk/main/photo/photo_id/26399/person_id/1.phtml

FEMEN in Anti-Prostitution/Euro 2012 Porn Stunt in Poland

“We don't want this kind of Euro!”



Ladies, you should have done this at the Yulia European Strategy summit.

The folks there should know more about the dangers of sex tourism.

Sources:
http://femen.livejournal.com

Woman, 65, Gets 10 Days for Messing With Yanukovych

He hears everyone, remember?

Woman: Shevchenko, we love you! We love the Ukrainian people! And this disaster [Yanukovych] has to go away. Go away you freaking con!

And go away he does. Back to his Mezhyhirya principality. In one of those old school Soviet choppers. (His brand new $17M richer-than-Marine One chopper needs a break from time to time.)



It’s times like this that help him get the big picture and write books like “Opportunity Ukraine.”


Btw, some Ukrainians have already taken that opportunity! They're putting the ruling Party of Regions offices to good use. By shitting on them. Literally.



Sources:
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/180004/pensionerku_posadili_na_10_sutok_za_povrejdenie_lentochki_na_venke_yanukovicha_video http://censor.net.ua/video_news/180043/yanukovich_poka_polzuetsya_vertoletom_sovetskogo_obraztsa_video http://1.zt.ua/
http://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2011/08/31/6547564/
http://mandelbaum.de/books/761/7407

Topless FEMEN v. Yanukovych-'Bulls'-Get-Everything Pension Reform

Fools get the casket, bulls get the cash.



Looks like FEMEN got a kick out of it. And so did the cops.

If only they could move as fast as Yanukovych.

Sources:
http://femen.livejournal.com/159486.html
http://ua.politics.comments.ua/2011/07/05/154733/goli-femen-ganyali-bikiv-bilya.html
http://live.comments.ua/2011/07/05/142/Goli-Femen-ganyali-bikiv-bilya.html