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In reply to the discussion: Jews ordered to register in east Ukraine [View all]starroute
(12,977 posts)What's that line about a lie flying three times around the world before the truth can get its pants on? It would be nice if we didn't get these long, outraged threads on the basis of a single report before anyone has established the facts. I wouldn't put anything past anybody in that region at this point -- but it would be really dumb for the separatists to pull something like this, and that alone makes the story kind of fishy.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/pro-russians-in-donetsk-deny-calling-for-jews-to-register/
Pro-Russian separatists from Donetsk in eastern Ukraine denied any involvement in the circulation of flyers calling on Jews to register with separatists and pay special taxes. . . .
The flyers were official-looking documents that carried what was presented as Pushilins signature, but the news site tvrain.ru on Wednesday quoted Pushilin as denying any connection to the flyers, calling them a provocation. . . .
On Tuesday, the news website novosti.dn.ua reported that the flyers were handed out that day by three unidentified men in balaclava masks carrying a flag of the Russian Federation.
According to the report, the men distributed the flyers next to a local synagogue. The website quoted unnamed sources from the local Jewish community as saying that the flyers were an attempt to provoke a conflict and blame the attack on the separatists.