Western officials continue to accuse Russia of violating last week’s Geneva deal on Ukraine by not stopping public protests against the interim government, but Russia is finding just as much fault with Ukraine’s non-implementation of the pact.
Russia is arguing that the text’s call for the disarmament of “illegal” factions applies to the neo-Nazi Right Sector, which launched a weekend attack on the eastern protesters, violating the Easter Truce.
The eastern protesters, who weren’t a party to the deal to begin with, insisted that the deal can’t impose any requirements on them. Likewise, that other violent factions like the Right Sector’s militias aren’t being disarmed has them feeling justified in keeping their own arms.
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused Ukraine of “crudely violating” the terms of the deal by refusing to disarm any of the other factions in the country, acting as though it was meant to exclusively apply to the protesters in the east. Of course, that’s how Ukraine always saw the pact, and it was inevitable that the two sides would dispute their conflicting interpretations.
The right sector elements are the backbone of Kiev government, without them there won't be any government, army is not on their side, almost half of it at least, people don't want a civil war, so, what is left for the Ukraine Neo fascism government to chow is right sector and us or European mercenaries.
But, of course, this "deal" was never intended to work since the western-leaning participants were only going to apply the "agreement" to the Russian-leaning non-participating non-invitees (to Geneva) residents of Eastern Ukraine. The armed thugs are the only thing that is keeping the junta in power.
But, of course, this "deal" was never intended to work since the western-leaning participants were only going to apply the "agreement" to the Russian-leaning non-participating non-invitees (to Geneva) residents of Eastern Ukraine. The armed thugs are the only thing that is keeping the junta in power.
I'm surprised Lavrov actually agreed to it knowing what he's faced with American imperial logic to date. Knowing as he must. the absolute hopelessness of this situation for Obama, the only realistic outcome to this latest of western adventures is a pointed slap in the face and a retreat into humility. The United States can only come out of this outrage the clown. The performance of that noxious little squirrel, Kerry, is beginning to rival that of someone on Saturday Night Live. But to be most effective, Putin must rub Obama's face in it. There is absolutely no need for magnanimity. The Western imperialists need a decisive rout in order to get the message, one familiar to another generation: "Death to the fascist invader".
Unfortunately, before the US warmongers get to the point where they realize and heaven forbid, admit their failure and errors in judgement, many bad things will have to happen – because admitting defeat to the world they're trying to subjugate is just not part of their make-up. Those who fail to understand they were wrong usually do not back down before TSHTF and many, many people suffer for their hubris.
As for Lavrov, I suspect what he was told in Geneva led him to believe that the restrictions would apply to all sides of the argument. There is the very real possibility that Lavrov was being played…
How on earth did they manage to come away, from Geneva, with such a vague, amateurish agreement that would so obviously settle nothing? Didn't they debate this, like, at all? So stupid.
S'pect the point of USraeli diplomacy is generally to exclude and screw some scapegoat or another. Potential secessionists in this case… You know you're on to something when they start calling you e.g. "a threat to [insert weasel-words here]."