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steve2470

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Fri Mar 28, 2014, 07:49 PM Mar 2014

Ukraine’s ethnic minorities living in fear, Russian foreign ministry says

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/03/28/ukraines_ethnic_minorities_living_in_fear_russian_foreign_ministry_says.html



MOSCOW—Russia’s foreign ministry on Friday alleged that ethnic minorities in Ukraine are living in fear after the ouster of the country’s president and the coming to power of interim authorities that include right-wing nationalists.

The statement by the ministry was in line with Russia’s frequent contention that Ukraine’s large ethnic Russian community faces repression under the new government that Moscow characterizes as fascist.

The ministry statement raises the stakes on the issue, saying that ethnic Germans, Hungarians and Czechs in Ukraine also feel themselves in peril.

“They are unsettled by the unstable political situation in the country and are seriously afraid for their lives,” the statement said, without citing specific incidents.
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Ukraine’s ethnic minorities living in fear, Russian foreign ministry says (Original Post) steve2470 Mar 2014 OP
The subheading to this article is all you need to know... joeybee12 Mar 2014 #1
yea this kind of language is troubling to me nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #2
 

joeybee12

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1. The subheading to this article is all you need to know...
Fri Mar 28, 2014, 07:50 PM
Mar 2014

Speculation strong that Moscow could use protection of ethnic Russians as a pretext for further military incursions in Ukraine.


No, Putin isn't Hitler, but he sure learned how to use Hitler's tricks, the worthless POS.

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