Kara-Murzaevich Meets Oleg Sentsov in Berlin

Vladimir Kara-Murza, the younger, met Oleg Sentsov at a liberast conference in Berlin. Looks like Sentsov is being moved around as a new mascot of the struggle…

Stepan Bandera Suffocated Cats

I was interested in verifying an old claim made by Oles’ Buzyna…

In an essay, “Bandera, the Suffocator of Cats”, the late journalist, Oles’ Buzyna made the claim that the young Stepan Bandera liked suffocating cats. He quoted a biographical book by Halyna Hordasevych, Stepan Bandera, the Person and The Myth, where it said this:

If the incident with cats really took place, it was not out of an inborn tendency toward sadism, but out of a boyish and perhaps not so smart wish to test oneself, would he be able to kill another being? Since on the path of revolution, that Stepan Bandera has chosen, he would have to kill ennemies.

This, it needs to be noted, is a favourable biography from a fangirl. And while I trust Oles’ Buzyna’s integrity, I had to verify this information anyway.

So I requested a friend in Kiev to get me this book. He said the bookseller was very happy because apparently few were after this kind of literature. Neither was I going to read it, I was only looking for that particular quote:

The book cover:

Young Stepan Bandera (on the right) as a plastun:

Abandoned Child That Wasn’t ?

WTF?

Syrian Refugees Claim They are the Ukrainian Volleyball Team

From RT…

Greek police have caught a group of migrants from Syria attempting to fool migration control by posing as a volleyball team from Ukraine.

Ten Syrian refugees were arrested at Athens International Airport over the weekend, police said. In an attempt to fool migration control, they all dressed in identical uniforms, brought a number of similar sports bags, and two volleyball balls.

They also had Ukrainian passports, which were listed as stolen or lost.

Demo in Support of Ukraine in St. Petersburg

A demonstration in support of ethnic cleansing in the Donbass took place in St. Petersburg, Russia…

Because nobody gives a fuck in Russia, only few local crazies have arrived. This one is particularly interesting:

Rev. Alexander Khmelev, on the left with some activists flashing the flag of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. On the right: An activist of the Solidarity, Alliance of Homosexuals and LGBT for Equality, is a volunteer of a Group for the Aid of the Incarcerated.

Here he is, in his own words:

A video has been circulating featuring activists exiting a police vehicle, and being met by Boris Vyshnevsky of Yabloko. It features a strange mix of Ukrainian national, Ukrainian nationalist and LGBT symbols.

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Ukrainian Nazi Lizards Blocked a Shipment of Russian Coal in Lvov Region

Enemy Putler coal has arrived to keep Ukrainians warm…

Some of the aboriginals were not very happy about this…

Semyon Semenchenko: “We were able to get all of the arrested out of police [station]. I too was let go. They compiled a record of the crime. I am waiting for the decision of the court in Chervonohrad. Those that were hurt were given medical help. And the most important of all, the Spetznaz, the police, hired thugs were not able to break through the blockade. Local people have gathered, we have prevailed. I thank all that helped, who made reposts, who was bothered and sought out advocates. We are continuing our fight. No stepping back, Glory to Ukraine!

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Earlier this blog reported that Ukraine will buy 72% of coal for local thermal power plants from Russia.

Poroshenko was not Granted an Audience With the Pope

From Ukraina.ru

According to Telgram channel “Pravblog”, the ex-president sought audience with the Pontifex in order to discuss the merger of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine with the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

However, the Bishop of Rome had no empty time slots.

Prague’s Konev Statue Drama has Continuation.

Michal Šulc, has chained himself to the pedestal…

Read the full story of the controversy in my previous post. Recently, the Prague 6 town hall decided on the removal of the statue and its placement in a museum. I am not certain whether the protester is there still, or if this wasn’t just a posing for a photo shoot.

Rifle, Grenades, and Tryzub

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The tryzub (trident) is the national symbol of Ukraine. It was likely introduced by the first leader of the Ukrainian People’s Republic, Mykhailo Hrushevsky. The symbol was lifted from the symbols of princes of the Old Rus, that were familiar to the historian, Hrushevsky. Since Ukraine is an amalgam of historically unrelated territories, a neutral symbol of deep antiquity was chosen.

Today, aborigines create tryzubs from a variety of materials…

Ukrainian Cryptofags Plug Bitcoin Mining Equipment to Systems at a Nuclear Power Plant

At the Southern Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant, geeks have plugged in Bitcoin mining equipment to local systems…

According to Unian, because of this installation, reports of the physical safety of the station (which are a state secret) became public.

SBU discovered the installation during a sanctioned search on 10 July.

Mining bitcoin is more profitable than being a nuclear physicist, let that sink in.