Speaking today in London, Secretary of State John Kerry says the US is prepared to impose yet more sanctions on Russia later this month if Ukraine’s upcoming presidential election is “disrupted” by protests.
Kerry provided no details on what the new sanctions would include, but said they would focus on preventing “new investment” in Russia from Western countries.
Kerry said he wants Russia to play a “constructive role” in the May 25 Ukraine vote, which aims to replace the ousted pro-Russian government with pro-Western officials.
It’s not clear what would constitute a “disruption” of the election in Kerry’s view, but it isn’t clear if the elections are even going to be conducted in the eastern oblasts where the protests are taking place.
NO: Russia, will sanction Kerry's big mouth if he CONTINUES to disrupt The Ukraine.
If only
Kerry keeps reminding me of a political version of Donald Sterling.
Once again Kerry turns the truth on its head. The elections had already been agreed in February, then the putsch occurred. We then saw provocative new legislation by the junta, military action against dissent and massacres of unarmed people.
So which side is disrupting the elections?
Constructive Role ?????
Has this man got a brain in his head?
He expects Russia to stab itself in the back by backing a pro western anti Russian Nazi Junta in Kiev?
Get a life Kerry and stop disgracing yourself and the American People.
John Kerry supports mass murderers in the Kiev Regime.
Mustn't lose sight of the support for the illegal racist regime that is funded to the tune of US$bil of taxpayers money to steal Palestinian land and murder unarmed Palestinian civilians with impunity.
The aim of the Ukrainian elections, like all elections, is to allow the electorate to designate leaders of their choice. It is indeed hard to see how free and fair elections can be held in Donetsk and Lugansk with unidentified and uncontrolled armed bands in control.
The aim of all elections is to create the illusion that the ruled consent.
It is indeed hard to see how free and fair elections can be held in Kiev with an identified and controlled armed band in control.
@Thomas L. Knapp: "The aim of all elections is to create the illusion that the ruled consent."
Me: Neatly said, (far superior to some other illusory-type deployments), and here the illusion is 'real,' in that without it, there'd be almost guaranteed BIG TROUBLE.
Rodney: “Sire, the peasants are revolting!”
The king: “They certainly are.”
I take the liberty (= freedom) of taking this illusion on an excursion. The illusion, like far too many others, is made apparent to us, we the sheople, via the MSM+PFBCs (=publicly financed broadcasters). It's critical to note that a) the MSM and PFBCs present a united front, and b) that front contains vicious lies, enabling not 'merely' sham-democracies, but murdering for spoil as the ultimate outrage. (Hence antiwar.com).
Well, you might say, "I knew that!" – but if so, did you find out about it before or after the internet enabled a view through/around the MSM+PFBC lie-screen?
In any case, PFBCs have a 'higher' responsibility, namely of 'briefing' the electorate so that the voters may make fully and fairly informed choices – clearly impossible when lies are deployed, and those on a massive scale. (But note also, bipartisan = un- & anti-democratic; we need *real* choices, not sham ones.)
So, that's 'it' for the MSM+PFBCs = 4th estate; by transmitting and often augmenting lies, they make themselves traitors to us, and therefore into our enemies. Ditto for the rest, as follows.
The lies often emanate from politicians ("All politicians lie!") Noting that Congress is US-speak for parliament, and cutting a long-story short, we can now identify society and the world's enemies, as the *controlling interests* in the mainly US-M/I/C/4a†-plex, with dog-wagging-tail, its illegitimate sprog the Zionist Israeli regime (= I/J/Z-plex), combined = the utterly evil US/Z duo-plex.
a = academia = economists, psychologists, lawyers etc.;
4 = MSM+PFBCs,
† = churches
add $ = banksters, ¿ = spies.
Well again, you might say, "So what?" Well, this:
UDHR Article 21.
• (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
Since most representatives apparently go corrupt, we have to bypass/dump all representatives onto the midden = garbage-heap of history.
Proposed solution: We, the people unite then a) stop/bypass the MSM+PFBCs' lies, and b) declare ours, we the people's independence from corrupt representatives and their associated duo-plex 'controlling interests;' government could then 'directly' proceed by CIRs = citizen initiated referendums, say.
*That* would be an entirely bloodless revolution (à la Gandhi); what would the 'authorities' do? Send in the marines, the cops – to murder all 99% of us, 'their own people?'
Problem (theoretically) solved. All it needs is enough awareness + will.
"…allow the electorate to designate leaders of their choice…"
Which is why the illegitimate government in Kiev is going to not allow the eastern provinces to participate in the elections, if they are held at all. They will blame Russia and the disturbances as reasons for excluding the eastern oblasts.
But seriously, you don't really think the junta is going to allow anything or anyone to take away the power they've stolen for themselves, do you?
The aim is to create an illusion of freedom and legitimize legally a violent and illegal coup with a puppet leader friendly to the United States
Just like Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya.
So much for the democratic freedom to protest. Did the people in eastern Ukraine receive the same?
The man's an idiot. The more he opens his mouth, the further in he falls.
There are no words anymore that can describe Kerry
The problem is that there is no serious candidates.They all focus on their own person but there is no serious programs.So the election will not solve the problems.Il will only give an illusion of legacy.Ukrainians politics can only blame Russia and Putin.It is easier to do so than solve problems. But time will pass and ukrainian people will understand that nothing change. And than another Maydan ?
Kerry is or idiot or dishonest.He should listen to Lavrov who understand better the situation than Nuland (and C°). You will see that Obama guys will bring us the war.Their position is aggression and not solutions.