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Ukraine’s Leader Flees Palace as Protesters Widen Control
nytimes ^ | FEB. 22, 2014 | By ANDREW HIGGINS and ANDREW E. KRAMER 4:33 AM ET

Posted on 02/22/2014 7:20:44 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

KIEV, Ukraine — An opposition unit took control of the presidential palace outside Kiev on Saturday, as leaders in Parliament said Ukraine’s president, Viktor F. Yanukovych, had fled the capital a day after a deal was reached aimed at ending the country’s spiral of violence.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: flexible0bama; obamaforeignpolicy; russia; soros; sovietreunion; ukraine; ukrainecrisis; ukrainepresident; ukraineriots; ussr2; yanukovych
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1 posted on 02/22/2014 7:20:45 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Ukraine parliament just voted Yanukovich out 299 votes, 34 not voting. Parliament members look very happy, watching live. vote said yanuk not there doing his job.


2 posted on 02/22/2014 7:23:28 AM PST by usual suspect
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To: usual suspect

Ya beat me to it!

*shakes fist*

:)


3 posted on 02/22/2014 7:24:24 AM PST by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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To: usual suspect

Also, Yanukovich resigned. He is gone. Now about that little matter of the sniper being ordered to kill Ukranians. You should see Yanuks palace


4 posted on 02/22/2014 7:25:13 AM PST by usual suspect
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

IB4TMS/GSNJ

In before the Michael Savage/George Soros Nut jobs.


5 posted on 02/22/2014 7:27:49 AM PST by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

It looks like the revolt may turn into a revolution.

We’ll see what Putin does.

And what obama doesn’t.


6 posted on 02/22/2014 7:28:59 AM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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To: usual suspect

You should check out the digs Yanukovych is currently building. It makes his “dacha” look like a cardboard slum-shack.

http://qha.com.ua/yanukovychjunior-is-building-a-new-palace-in-crimea-129111en.html


7 posted on 02/22/2014 7:29:12 AM PST by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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To: usual suspect

Like many I have not followed the thing except the recent violence. I have no idea who is the good guys if there are any.
I just hope we DONT get involved.

We have our own despot to depose.


8 posted on 02/22/2014 7:30:13 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: P-Marlowe

OK!


9 posted on 02/22/2014 7:30:55 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Tyrants everywhere, take note, you only have as much power as the people allow.


10 posted on 02/22/2014 7:31:06 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: AnAmericanAbroad

Corrupt bunch of SOBs.

Pols in Russia, pols in America........all of the same stripe.


11 posted on 02/22/2014 7:31:58 AM PST by FAA
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To: usual suspect

Got a Link?


12 posted on 02/22/2014 7:32:15 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: AnAmericanAbroad

Wonder if any US stimulus money went that way !


13 posted on 02/22/2014 7:34:02 AM PST by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
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To: Vaquero

One of the corrupt bad guys just left, but we’ll have to see who steps in to fill the void.


14 posted on 02/22/2014 7:34:07 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

What are the odds that he ends up in Moscow? Repeat of 1956 Hungary?


15 posted on 02/22/2014 7:35:57 AM PST by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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To: FAA

add pols in the EU and you are complete.


16 posted on 02/22/2014 7:37:03 AM PST by roofgoat
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Gotta dig, My wife is from Ukraine and we watched the proceedings live while she translated for me.


17 posted on 02/22/2014 7:38:55 AM PST by usual suspect
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To: usual suspect

here’s the link; http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/02/22/ukraine-crisis-parliament-idINDEEA1L04L20140222


18 posted on 02/22/2014 7:40:56 AM PST by usual suspect
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To: FAA

I’m watching this on Czech TV; they’re covering it live. The political commentators here are saying it’s an unprecedented slap in the face to Vladimir Putin; a major blow to his prestige.

The Czech commentators are noting this with what I can only describe as barely concealed glee, lol.

The Russian are HATED here. You’ll find many still alive who remember the Warsaw Pact invasion of 1968, and Czechs will tell you that Putin is nothing more than the reincarnation of Josef Stalin.


19 posted on 02/22/2014 7:42:41 AM PST by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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BBC - Ukraine MPs vote to oust president: Ukrainian MPs vote to oust President Yanukovych and hold early presidential elections on 25 May.


20 posted on 02/22/2014 7:42:47 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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