Posted on 05/08/2014 6:01:27 PM PDT by tcrlaf
On Thursday evening, an informal meeting took place of of the Moscow-led Collective Treaty Security Organization, Lenta.ru reports.
President Vladimir Putin and his fellow heads of state from Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan visited a training session on management of the Russian armed forces. The situation in Ukraine was the main topic of the evening. Observers have speculated that Moscow could use the CSTO in some fashion to run a "peace-keeping operation" in the south of Ukraine with the support of allies in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
The Interpreter has translated an excerpt and will add the rest of the story as it is completed:
The visit of the presidents of Belarus, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan was not planned in advance. Vladimir Putin summoned Aleksandr Lukashenka, Serzh Sargsyan, Almazbek Atambayev and Emomali Rakhmon to Moscow for emergency talks, the main topic of which was the situation in Ukraine. The invitation had a military sub-text from the outset. The heads of state visited a training about management of the armed forces of Russia. The practice for deflecting and delivering a nuclear strike, in the words of the Russian Commander-in-Chief, went successfully. The Ukrainian question will be discussed today by Putin and in bilateral meetings with his colleagues.
The emergency invitation of the heads of state not accidentally virtually coincided with talks by the Russian president and the OSCE chairman Didier Burkhalter, during which the Ukrainian authorities in Kiev were proposed again to take the path of a peaceful settlement of the conflict. Moscow demanded from Kiev that it "cease the punitive operation," withdraw troops and sit down at the negotiation table with representatives of the south-east regions of Ukraine. Vladimir Putin essentially agreed to holding the presidential elections in the republic on 25 May, the legitimacy of which is being placed under doubt by Moscow. Simultaneously, Putin asked the militias of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk "People's Republics" to postpone the conducting of a referendum. Putin's proposals were supported by the OSCE head.
Kiev did not wait long to respond. On the night of 8 May, preparation for a military operation in the east of the country was completed. All the cities of Slavyansk, Krasny Liman, and Mariupol were closed by checkpoints and military vehicles. Artillery, armored vehicles and infantry withdrew to their original positions. A practically total blockade of Odessa and Nikolayev was established, around which checkpoints were constructed and guarded by fighters in black uniforms without distinguishing insignia. In the cities of the south of Ukraine, a rotation of the law-enforcement organizations was made. According to Ukrainian sources, several thousand fighters have been brought in from Dnepropetrovsk and other regions of the country.
On the morning of 8 May, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called the proposals by Vladimir Putin 'the usual farce,' and Andrei Parubiy, secretary of the Ukrainian Council of National Security and Defense (SNBO) announced at a briefing that the "anti-terrorist operation" would be held regardless of the decisions of any saboteur or terrorist groups regarding the referendum." Acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov rejected the possibility of dialogue.
Sure they are hoping it will keep authorities away from
them, but the fires burn out, and air got polluted,
and terrorists are still surrounded, and when 25th
comes around they can go vote.. or pout,burn tires, piss
and moan, terrorize... trying to fulfill Putlers desire
to make May 25Th election irrelevent..
Thanks caww.
Shhh, don’t mention ruling financial elites, international banking, banking families, etc. ;)
Interesting Antony Sutton interviews on youtube regarding international financial elites backing of USSR.
Cheers.
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