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5. The Propaganda War Over Crimea's Break From Ukraine

Ultimately the government knows that. President Carter talked about it as have other former Diplomats and Gorbachev.

The media in France is already cracking the narrative around these events. What happened in Crimea was a *response* brought on by the overthrow of a (yes corrupt, but representative in terms of party composition) government and replacing it with an extreme MINORITY government.

We pushed Crimea into the referendum just as the historical movement was cooling down.



What you do not hear in the news Crimea has fought for independence (from Ukraine) continually
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1017&pid=246295

This is also a good piece to read to understand better what went on.

The Propaganda War Over Crimea's Break From Ukraine
By Roger Annis,
Truthout | News Analysis


Defence Ministers working session at the NATO summit in Wales. (Photo: NATO Summit Wales 2014)

In the propaganda campaign being waged by the NATO countries and the government of Ukraine against Russia and in support of Kiev's war in the east of the country, the events in Crimea of the past nine months occupy a pivotal place.

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NATO might be upsetting the entire military and political balance of Europe by continuing to push eastward today in Ukraine, but the drumbeat of Western government and media propaganda claims the heightened tensions of this past year are all Russia's fault. Russia's supposed annexation of Crimea in March is the example par excellence that a new "Russian aggression," harkening back to Soviet Union times, is afoot. It must be stopped at all costs before Ukraine falls, too.

In this made-up world, Kiev's murderous, illegal war against its own population disappears. The war is an "ongoing conflict" between "armed groups" in which the only actors with a purpose, it seems, are "pro-Russian separatists" and their purported backer in Moscow. An emerging subset of the theme of Crimea as victim of annexation is that it's also a land of disappearing human rights.

Given the very high stakes involved in all of this for the future of Europe, if not the world, it is time to step back and examine what is actually taking place in Crimea.

Fact From Fiction

Full story:
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27891-the-propaganda-war-over-crimea-s-break-from-ukraine