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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The poll was conducted at Ganapolskii talk show. Final result, as seen on the video: 40173 callers took part to answer the question, "are you ready that today's separatists" (like Zakharchenko and Plotniskii, as commented on air) "will be represented in Ukrainian parliament ?" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The result is 50-50. Initially, more people were in favor, but during the show, with this result highlighted, the numbers dropped a bit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two callers were interviewed on air. A woman from Donetsk stated that she "will never forgive" (separatists). She later clarified that in some 5 years her opinion may change. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A male caller from Snezhnoe, a miner, 50 years old, talked passionately that politicians from Maidan turned people against one another. He blamed Ukraine for bombing the city, stated that he had USSR passport, was an ethnic Russian, but chosen Ukrainian as his nationality and was proud for this. But after the war in Donbas, his views changed. He said that he sees no way for him to vote for one of Ukrainian parties, if those will run in "separatist" Donbas. He was not sure what party he will vote instead. Ganapolskii pressed the question, are elections possible at all under present conditions, is it even safe to do so. The caller was a bit confused and maintained his own line, saying "no" at one point, but meaning that Ukrainian parties will not have his support. He was emotional and highly critical of the current Ukrainian government and ATO operation, overall. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The host ans studio guests thanked both callers, indicated disagreement with them both, stressed importance of different opinions to be known and openly expressed. </span><br />
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<b>Noted: </b>the number of poll participants is higher than in a normal opinion poll (several thousands may be actually polled in the latter case) However, whoever category normally watches this national TV show will be over-represented. Ganapolski was born in Lvov, Ukraine, and has programs in Ukraine and Russia. This program is "Echo of Ukraine" , which can be seen on newsone.ua . He also contributes to the Russian opposition news channel "Echo of Moscow."</div>
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Ukrainians do not approve the job of the President of Ukraine or its Prime Minister, by a large majority.</h2>
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<u><a href="http://www.iri.org/resource/iri%E2%80%99s-center-insights-poll-pessimism-high-after-two-years-violent-conflict-russia-people">Full report (English) </a></u><br />
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<br />KarlosDJXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713269922734693867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8675731391669769464.post-18711758080770784092016-01-10T20:12:00.000-08:002016-01-11T11:15:33.645-08:00<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And in the right cor--n-e-rrr ....the undefeatable....</span></i><br />
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<b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KasparovHome/posts/1023697990986155?_rdr=p"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Garry Kasparov:</span></a></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As history has shown, for such dictatorships as Putin's regime, the collapse of the aggressive foreign policy course becomes a trigger for protests explosion inside the country. As I said already, the rejection of Imperial Concepts is the principle objective for Russia. We have to do something that was not done 25 years ago and to formulate what should really be the state under the name of Russia. The country should get vaccinated against imperial virus and finally get rid of 'phantom limb' of "lost greatness". It is those imperial illusions that Putin's regime plays upon, ensuring the support of a large part of the Russian society, despite the growing socio-economic strain. People should, finally, realize that all these things are interconnected. It is obvious that, after the collapse of Putin's regime, Russia needs to have a period of "purification", during which time the people need to understand that there is a price to pay for everything - for support of Putin, for Georgia, Crimea and Donbass . Germany and Japan have paid a terrible price for unleashing World War II, and during the last 70 years the vaccination they received works. Our task is not to allow that Russia had to pay that high price, but people must understand that there's a price they will have to pay. They will have to listen to the unpleasant things about what happened, that they, in fact, supported the crimes of the regime. They will have to acknowledge that, with their consent, the country was looted, and the recovery process will take a long time, comparable with the length of the robbery (...)</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And in the left cor--n-e-rrr ...the one and only we could find....</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GK Kasparov has no special vision of the future of Russia. Those terms and categories are not even on his agenda that much. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ex-champion is a professional fundraisers. That is, somebody who raises banal moneys for different projects. A significant part of which, ultimately, goes to the fundraiser himself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A psychology of a professional fundraisers is this. For him, at the time of release / receipt of funds the project does not begin , but rather ends there. A further result is not so important. Very likely, the project will fail and collapse. Well, so this is due to force majeure, generated by unhinged Putin, and by acquiescence of the West, so far--s**t--not ready to launch a nuclear attack on the residence "Praskoveevka" near Gelendzhik.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the fundraiser is doing well anyway. He very logically explains the failure to sponsors and goes on to collect money for new projects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thus the priority for the brilliant Garry Kasparov is not this or that strategy of development of Russia. But rather a correct tactics of collecting money for the current war against Putinism.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not Russian future is important here, but the Kasparov's own present.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, in light of the obvious successes of the peace-loving foreign policy of the Russian Federation in 2014-15, it is easier to raise funds In the West for the most hawkish plan imaginable. Something like, the day will come when I'll destroy everything in Russia, and nothing at all will be tolerated! -As the sources at least relatively tolerant to the fact of the existence of VPP (Putin) -regime, will not give money to Kasparov anyway.</span><br />
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Note added:<a href="http://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/wladimir-putin/russian-president-vladimir-putin-the-interview-44092656.bild.html"> Recent Putin interview to Bild</a> (English, with video).<br />
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KarlosDJXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713269922734693867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8675731391669769464.post-34775392876826444592016-01-09T11:42:00.004-08:002016-01-10T09:38:16.557-08:00<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Translating back from Russian from a news report seen below:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mr. Rutte, there will be a referendum in the Netherlands on the association agreement between Ukraine and EU. What will be your reaction, in case of a a negative outcome, which appears most likely?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mark Rutte: we of course are working for the positive outcome (...) As a trading nation, we will be able to <b>earn lots of money</b> when free trade with Ukraine starts. And Ukraine will develop more successfully ... build a state, ensure the rule of law and human rights.... Some think that this is a first step for<b> joining the EU. but this is not the case</b>...we have association agreements with countries in Latin America, Middle East, and they do not even apply for EU membership. Eurovision song contest -maybe, but not the European Union...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #21200b; line-height: 27px;">No, according to Paul Craig Roberts, American economist, columnist, blogger, and an author of the book "</span><em style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #21200b; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Tyranny Of Good Intentions</em><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #21200b;"><span style="line-height: 27px;"> " . And why? His article addresses a recent news event, a stand-off between the ranchers and authorities in Oregon. He supports the right to bear arms, as a quick summary. But his point is broader than just this incident: </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #21200b; line-height: 27px;"><i>I can attest with full confidence that the United States no longer has a rule of law. The USA is a lawless country</i>.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #21200b; line-height: 27px;"> He does not fully explain this, but gives a low percentage of federal felonies which ever go to trial (4 percent, quoting </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #21200b; line-height: 27px;">Department of Justice statistics). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was another recent case, wondering how it fits into this discussion. According to the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/07/us/florida-professor-who-cast-doubt-on-mass-shootings-is-fired.html?_r=0">New York Times</a>, </span><span style="background-color: white;"><i style="color: #333333; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Florida Atlantic University professor who suggested in blog postings and radio interviews that the 2012 massacre of children at Sandy Hook Elementary and other mass shootings were a hoax designed by the Obama administration to boost support for gun control was fired Tuesday. </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">I do not really support the views of the professor, and perhaps he could go about differently expressing those views or investigating the matter he was so concerned about. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">But the question arises here, is there still the Freedom of Speech and the First Amendment? There are so many exceptions to the law that it almost lost its value.</span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, times, serif;"><span style="line-height: 23px;"> Federal government cannot put him in jail for expressing an opinion, --but his employer can take away his livelihood by having him unemployed. In practical terms, his chances of finding another job in his profession are now close to zero. </span></span></span></span><br />
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In the absence of real news, there are soap operas, Anna News publishing gossip on Maria Gaidar. While in Odessa, they <a href="http://www.048.ua/news/1069772">"facebook"</a> Yulia Marushevskaya, a young attractive new head of Odessa Customs. She is there to deal with the prosecutor office in Crimea, presumably? That and Saakashvilli zipper stories is what's coming on the top of google searches. This is the "newsporn" where all the advertisement moneys go,<br />
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Well, better that than news that so many were killed overnight in Donbas, and so many houses were damaged or destroyed. It still happens (the latter almost daily; fewer die than before but it still happens). Economic pain further away from the border. It does not make it to the mainstream news, and so is essentially invisible.<br />
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Marushevskaya is also <a href="http://www.048.ua/news/1068635">show-casing</a> (is it "skirt-fronting" or "psaking"?) the anti-corruption reform, for the economically and strategically important port of Odessa and the customs. This reform is partly funded by the <b>US government</b>, according to <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34501969">BBC</a>.<br />
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It is believed that oligarchs, including Kolomoiskii, are interested in controlling the port as well. Here on display is their challenge. (Saakashvilli is the imported regional governor, but the city of Odessa is under Trukhanov, formerly from the pro-Eastern "Party of Regions"--Ahmetov would be a suitable oligarch for that).<br />
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<b>Update </b>(January 3): As<b> </b>for Masha ("Nenasha") Gaidar....after hitting the news, she reappeared in a video with Saakashvilli, discussing fighting corruption as it relates to her job....<br />
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Затримання в.о. голови департаменту Одеської обладміністрації Марченко за корупцію це далеко не кінець таких заходів. Сьогодні я ще раз поговорив на цю тему з головою СБУ Василем Грицаком, поспілкувався з представниками прокуратури та провів зустріч з главою УВС. Найближчим часом цілий ряд посадовців в Одеській області відчують на собі те, що надалі ми будемо тільки продовжувати закручувати гайки відносно безчесних чиновників. Так ми робили в Грузії і будемо проявляти ще більше нетерпимості до корупції у ввіреній нам області.—Задержание и.о. главы департамента Одесской обладминистрации Марченко за коррупцию это далеко не конец таких мер. Сегодня я еще раз поговорил на эту тему с главой СБУ Василием Грицаком, пообщался с представителями прокуратуры и провел встречу с главой УВД. В ближайшее время целый ряд должностных лиц в Одесской области ощутят на себе то, что в дальнейшем мы будем только продолжать закручивать гайки в отношении бесчестных чиновников. Так мы делали в Грузии и будем проявлять еще больше нетерпимости к коррупции в вверенной нам области.<br />
Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SaakashviliMikheil/">Mikheil Saakashvili</a> on Saturday, January 2, 2016</blockquote>
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In the video, Saakashvilli mentions his meetings with the heads of SBU, prosecutor office, and police, and promises that in the near future a number of public servants will feel themselves the effects of the new anti-corruption policies.<br />
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<b>Note added: </b>Russia is developing its own high-tech system which allows to trace commercial transactions up the chain quickly. It is not deployed, but planned as a pilot project. That was discussed at the meeting of the Russian President with the so called 'People Front' , November 27, 2015 (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x11Dog2zEHY">video</a>) .<br />
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"Борис Грызлов грызет козлов" (Boris Gryzlov: he chews the goats), is a semi-official party motto of the new Russia’s representative on the Minsk <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilateral_Contact_Group_on_Ukraine">Contact Group</a>.<br />
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<b>Update</b>. On 11 of January, <a href="http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/news/2016/01/11/n_8104481.shtml">it was reported</a> that Boris Gryzlov has arrived to Kiev, according to Interfax, quoting knowledgeable sources.<br />
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<b>Update </b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Kuchma">Leonid Kuchma</a> press secretary <a href="https://www.facebook.com/darka.olifer?fref=nf">Darka Olifer</a> <a href="http://news.rambler.ru/32436350/">confirmed </a>on her Facebook page that a meeting between Kuchma and Gryzlov took place in Kiev.<br />
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The news are just in. I am not familiar with the matter, I will post some details now and update this later. At this point, I am trying to figure out what he said, or did. I will form my attitude after the facts are known.<br />
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A Russian blogger Vadim Tiumentsev ( Вадим Тюменцев) , from a city of Tomsk in Russia, was charged under articles 282 of the Russian criminal code, "Inciting of hatred or hostility, and humiliation of human dignity "and 280" Public calls for extremist activities. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison as a result by a court in Tomsk.<br />
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His self-description mentions that he left school, and was into chess, self-education, chasing meteorites and sun activity, and traveling. <br />
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<a href="http://tv2video.ru/embed/22265">Tiumentsev:</a> "it so happened that they took my books, related to history of Trotsky, Makhno, their own works to be more precise, They also confiscated my notes, (all) up to diaries and poetry. They confiscated my notes on about 10 years of Sun activity, which I kept since 2005, analyzing the data. That was all about science, that was obvious. Why do they need this, I have no idea. They even took my notebooks. Those two criminal code articles, 280 and 282, they were related to videos I have made. My videos..." (recording stops here)<br />
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In this sharply critical video, Vadim accuses authorities of corruption and collusion with the private sector to raise public transport fares. The video calls for a protest which is planned to be peaceful, but not agreed upon in advance with authorities (as required by law). Mid-way through the video, Vadim gets angry, and says things like 'this regime should go down" and "we, the people, will arrest them and put them up against the wall". The latter phrase almost surely means an expression of strong anger and frustration, not an intent for actual violence, but it is really unfortunate that he uses it, because 'up against the wall' literally means to execute, to shoot.<br />
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<b>Added. </b>The wonder of social media delivered this joke on my doorstep today: "There are only two sorts of people who are happy with the authorities: the ones not in the know, and the ones having a share" (Hey, I am just translating!)KarlosDJXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713269922734693867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8675731391669769464.post-78549826578376220472015-12-29T10:16:00.003-08:002016-01-02T15:47:50.650-08:00<h4 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I keep a short list of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj6mG46VSznmLvwrmX1yyFjJZrmWega5T">notable Ukrainian -Russian-Klezmer songs,</a> this one is on the list. Ordered them by popularity, curious to see how they ended up ordered. I guess it tells something about us, actually.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Would like to see a good English cover, and maybe a translation /cover competition of sort here. Any takers ?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Copyrights make this difficult, it is not in the creative commons field. This actually puts some brakes onto exchange of ideas, in my opinion). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Что в твоем окне, что в твоем окне. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Там надул пузырь ветер-нашатырь. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Двери в магазин, толпы Лен и Зин. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Пьяные бомжи, чахлая сосна. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Русская весна... русская весна... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Что в его окне, что в его окне. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Чистый тротуар, не пролетит комар. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Сочи в облаках, ФСО в кустах. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">За дворцом стена, за стеной она. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Русская весна... русская весна... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Что в твоем окне, что в твоем окне. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Серый полумрак, лагерный барак. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Каменный мешок, в нем растет цветок. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Зэкам не до сна, как она нежна. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Русская весна... русская весна... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Что нас примирит, как нам вместе быть? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Как весну с тобой эту пережить? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Звезды на плечах плавятся в печах. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Тают тонны лжи, кого еще сожрет она. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Русская весна... русская весна...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What's in the window, your window. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The wind blew a bubble. Smelling 'f trouble. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The doors to the store, Lenas and hoes </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Drunken bums, pines to rock cling </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Russian spring ... Russian spring ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whats in the window, his window, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pavement is clean, no mosquito zing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sochi in the sky, FSB not in sight </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the palace wing, there's she is in full swing </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Russian spring ... Russian spring ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What's in the window, your window. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a grey twilight, a prison sits altight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a stone tower, grows a flower. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cons can' sleep, how gently she weeps </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Russian spring ... Russian spring ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What's the reconcile, to embrace from a mile ? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Surviving the spring for a while?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stars will burn us, melting in furnace. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fading the lying, what she brings, whom she'll eat? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Russian spring ... Russian spring ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14px;">© </span>Translated by Rx, December 20, 2015).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Added. And what's on Ukrainian side? Vakarchuk recently released a new song <a href="http://www.gl5.ru/okean-elzy-mit.html">Mit'</a> ( мить,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> a moment ). Wonder is there a cultural connection to a Soviet era classics </span><a href="http://www.romance.ru/song/481" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">mig</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ( </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">миг, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a moment). It's a bit different in style and words, but similar overall idea. Vakarchuk also has a hit song </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOtEC4wCA40&list=PLj6mG46VSznmLvwrmX1yyFjJZrmWega5T&index=2" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'Not your war'</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> , of anti-war sort ...</span><br />
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<br /></div>KarlosDJXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713269922734693867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8675731391669769464.post-84962406198103970522015-12-29T08:50:00.003-08:002015-12-29T12:00:48.810-08:00<h4 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Russia changes currency exchange rules</span></h4>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A lot of commotion in the news, <a href="https://www.rt.com/business/327233-russia-foreign-exchange-law/">Russia tightens screws on currency exchanges (RT)</a> , various conspiracy theories were discussed by <a href="http://www.bbc.com/russian/business/2015/12/151225_qd_currency_rules_opinions">BBC in Russian</a> , etc, etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not that much actually happened. The Russian anti-terrorism law </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">( </span><a href="http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=178908;fld=134;dst=1000000001,0;rnd=0.2661795662716031" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">full version</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> , </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">August 2001, N115-ФЗ ) </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was written back in 2001, and nothing changed there. That law of 2001 still governs operations above 15,000 rubles </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">( $ 207 , or </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.2px;">€</span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.2px;"> </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">190 </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.2px;"> , </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.2px;">at the current exchange rate). </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.2px;">The new law is about ID required for currency operations above that amount, and basically leaves it to the banks to decide (<a href="http://minjust.consultant.ru/documents/17171?items=1&page=1">full text</a>, </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.2px;">15.10.2015 N 499-П</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.2px;">) . It may be as simple as asking for a passport for a currency exchange operations above 15, 000 rubles, and fill in a questionary, with questions of the sort they ask to open an account (like address, employer details, insurance number, phone number). </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.2px;">So far, the banks said that they do not plan for any hassle, and there is no evidence that they are doing anything too creative. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.2px;">Commotion may have to do with the fact that Russian ruble devalued significantly. It is now worth about 1/2 of what it used to be in the past (graphs and exchange rates calculators are on internet in abundance, just search for </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.2px;">currency exchange ruble to dollar </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.2px;">). So people are a bit stressed, and there is some jerky reaction. But at the moment, not very much is actually going on. </span>KarlosDJXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713269922734693867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8675731391669769464.post-83049733357559327222015-12-28T08:23:00.004-08:002016-01-02T09:22:42.926-08:00<a href="http://www.ukrop.com.ua/uploads/news/2015/12/28/684eed531a5ac761844375b91504203d5fba28c5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Промова Геннадія Корбана в Дніпровському райсуді Києва 28 грудня 2015року після засідання, яке тривало майже 30 годин" border="0" src="http://www.ukrop.com.ua/uploads/news/2015/12/28/684eed531a5ac761844375b91504203d5fba28c5.jpg" height="160" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #252525;"><span style="line-height: 22.4px;"><b>Korban , Kodorkovsky updates:</b> At the bail hearing it was decided that Korban should be arrested till the end of February. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;">UKROP party has called for a protest rally, on the famous Institutskaia and Bankovskaia streets in Kyiv. More updates and discussion on </span><a href="http://www.ukrop.com.ua/" style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;">UKROP</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525;"><span style="line-height: 22.4px;"> website. The latest (January 2, 2016) is, that according to <a href="http://www.ukrop.com.ua/uk/news/central/1878-apelyatsiyu-na-aresht-gennadiya-korbana-rozglyane-suddya-zruchniy-dlya-bpp">UKROP</a>, the appeal will be "considered by a judge convenient to the Poroshenko party block". </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;">In Ukrainian Mova: </span><i><span style="color: #252525;"><span style="line-height: 22.4px;">Суд постановив тримати Геннадія Корбана під вартою 60 діб, під вигуки «Ганьба!» </span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #252525;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;">Kolomoiskii had this to say:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #fefae8; text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 22.08px;"><i>It is obvious that Korban </i></span></span><i style="background-color: #fefae8; line-height: 22.08px; text-align: justify;">trial</i><i style="background-color: #fefae8; line-height: 22.08px; text-align: justify;"> is moderated not by court, but by the third parties from external offices. By those court proceedings, authorities discredited their intentions to carry out judicial reform, it cannot be not continued any more. For the first time in Ukraine, the authorities organized trials, opaquely choosing jurisdiction and district courts, convenient for themselves. </i><span style="background-color: #fefae8; line-height: 22.08px; text-align: justify;">(</span><a href="http://tsn.ua/politika/kolomyskiy-zrobiv-zayavu-po-spravi-korbana-i-zazhadav-pripiniti-represiyi-562350.html" style="background-color: #fefae8; line-height: 22.08px; text-align: justify;">full statement</a><span style="background-color: #fefae8; line-height: 22.08px; text-align: justify;">, Ukrainian or Russian; an <a href="https://news.pn/en/politics/151673">English version here</a>.)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;">(Noted. For translations, </span><a href="http://translate.google.com/" style="line-height: 22.4px;">google translate</a><span style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;"> works quite well. The words often come in wrong order and grammar is often wrong, but one can see what it says, with some effort. Some foreign articles are translated, but not all, or it may not happen very quickly.) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Russia will not be outdone,</b> and steams ahead with Khodorkovsky trial (murder this time). A comment directly from <a href="https://twitter.com/mich261213/status/681464818545594368">Khodorkovsky mouth: </a> ...</span><br />
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<i>it is a pleasure to observe how the authorities are arguing with themselves ...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>YUKOS:</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/%D0%A0%D0%98%D0%90%20%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%20http://ria.ru/world/20151229/1351262480.html#ixzz3vk5OWdKo" style="font-style: italic;">RIA Novosti, 29 December,</a> quoting </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">David Goldberg, a partner, White &Case — one of the firms representing the interests of Moscow in foreign jurisdictions: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On February 9, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hague d</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">istrict court will consider the Russian appeal of the decision awarding $ 50 billion to former YUKOS shareholders. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A hearing will be held on February 9," said Goldberg. </span><br />
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<br />KarlosDJXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16713269922734693867noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8675731391669769464.post-61131394605036914262015-12-27T15:15:00.000-08:002015-12-28T09:49:05.041-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Starting a blog</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;">In </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Judaism">Judaism</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;">, the </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;">korban</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;"> (</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;">: </span><span dir="rtl" lang="he" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;" xml:lang="he">קָרְבָּן</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;">qorbān</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;">; also </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;">corban</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;">) is any of a variety of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrifice" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Sacrifice">sacrificial offerings</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;"> described and commanded in the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torah" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Torah">Torah</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;">. The most common usages are </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_sacrifice" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Animal sacrifice">animal sacrifice</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;"> (</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;">zevah</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;"> זֶבַח), </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_offering" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Peace offering">peace offering</a> <span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;">and </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;">olah</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;"> "</span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnt_offering" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Burnt offering">burnt offering</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;">." </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;">As for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hennadiy_Korban">Hennadiy Korban</a> <a href="http://www.ukrop.com.ua/uk/people/member/korban-gennadiy"> </a>(</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.4px;"><a href="http://www.ukrop.com.ua/uk/people/member/korban-gennadiy">Геннадій Корбан</a> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;">)</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22.4px;">, a Ukrainian politician, check out his party <a href="http://www.ukrop.com.ua/">UKROP</a> (dill) </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;">website. It has a live stream of his<a href="http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-procedure/bail-hearing-procedures.html"> bail hearing</a> in Kyiv court, right after his double <a href="http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/stents">stent</a> heart surgery </span><br />
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 22.4px;">Korban is accused of embezzlement and human trafficking. He denies all charges.</span><br />
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