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“White Ribbon” Armed Men Explain Russia’s Crimea Reaction?
Secretary of State Kerry on Face the Nation:
Russia chose this brazen act aggression and moved in with its forces on a completely trumped set of pre-texts claiming that people were threatened …
Kerry should watch the following videos.
This one is of interest. The (auto-translated from Russian) subtitle:
Compilation with video surveillance cameras installed in the building of the Council of Ministers of Crimea on 27.02.2014, during the capture.
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The video shows a group of 20 to 30 armed people, soldier like, well armed but not full professionals, storming and then searching a building with the help of flash-bang grenades. The time marks in the the CCTV are between 0400 and 0700 on the 27th of February. The last pictures to be seen are when the intruders smash the CCTV cams one by one. To mark themselves the men wear white ribbons on their left arms. This is a longer CCTV video from only one camera uploaded by the same account, Редактор Новостей (newsmaker), on February 28. It shows the group storming and securing one of the entrances to the building.
This is a video uploaded on March 1 by a French TV station. The (auto-translated from French) subtitle:
Latest news on http://www.bfmtv.com/ A group of twenty armed as professional men shot Saturday on the government building in Simferopol in Crimea. "It was weapons of professionals," says special envoy BFMTV Patrick Sauce. Russian soldiers who protect the site did not respond. The attackers withdrew in a bus a few minutes later.
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The video shows a group of some 30+ armed men – again soldier like, well armed but not full professionals – in daylight trying to storm some building. They retreat to a civilian bus and seem to depart. The men are again marked with white ribbons on their left arms. What was this about?
Here is another snippet (at 1:20) of the situation from a different perspective by a Russian TV station.
Someone has done a photo analysis of hand weapons Russian troops in the Crimea carry. But the second photo is not of Russian soldiers but is from the same scene than the video above. It shows armed men with white ribbons and in partly civilian cloth. One of their weapons is identified as a Russian grenade launcher but with a U.S. made holographic sight.
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Unfortunately no "western" media have yet asked who these white-ribbon guys are and what they are doing. To me it seems possible that they are some kind of half trained gang send from Kiev to takeover government buildings in the Crimea. The presences of these groups, starting early on February 27, could be the reason why Russia decided it needed to take control of the Crimea. Fear that these groups would receive reinforcement through other groups arriving by plane led to the temporary guarding of the Crimean airports by (unmarked) Russian troops.
Please let me know of other media occurrences of such white-ribbon marked persons and of their background.
brb (113)
While, yes, frankly, I *do* consider many of the western leaders plain stupid, I’m certain though that the puppet masters remote controlling them are by no means stupid.
But that’s not the relevant question in my minds eye. Because the zio-regimes won’t break down for stupidity. There weakness is right in their core. It’s that they are based on two core items: lies and quantity (rather than quality).
That’s also why I think that Putin, a highly intelligent man with full support by the church (do not underestimate the deep connection of old religions with knowledge) and first class intellectuals like Prof. Dugin, will have and follow the strategic imperative of finding clear and undisputable evidence against the western regimes, mainly zusa.
I didn’t talk too much about it but actually I’m observing since quite some time now that Putin obviously has an excellent understanding of Russias (and the worlds) enemies and, more importantly, their very core as well as how to break that system.
Like so often with difficult problems, once the solution is found it seems clear, even self explanatory. Putin works strictly along sensible and well established international rules and *always*, sometimes more and sometimes less evidently, works with thruth, plain and simple truth – and, of course at the same time against the lying system.
But there is more to it and usually that aspect is ignored or simply not seen. There is immense (personal and human) souvereignty and strength in the way he acts. Because actually he says “See? We are so strong that we can *afford* to play fair and along the rules. Lying, propaganda, dirty tricks, that’s something weaklings need”.
Another important power of todays Russia is in the fact that unlike the Sovjets who basically defined themselves quite much by being non-western, Putins Russia defines itself properly, independently through itself and using well reflected criteria.
This also helps to explain the frequent question why Putin doesn’t fervently try to destroy zusa. because that’s not his goal. Russia – and Putin – don’t define themselves by being anti this or that but by and through themselves. zusa is no threat to Russia; zusa being able to act like a superpower because it’s seen and accepted as a superpower, however, is a threat, simply because it has been, does and will target Russia and try to harm and break Russia.
So, no doubt, Putin *will* crush and break zusas ability to act like a superpower, but he is not interested in crushing zusa as a country and even less to harm, the zamerican people.
Putin looks at and unsvervingly and consistently follows his path to do his best for Russia – but within the limits of valid, non-unilateral, and well established international rules – and to stick to his strategy, part of which is to make the lies of the zio regimes visible.
To gain anything by harming others is simply not acceptable in his view and strategic concept. This might astonish some if he later refused to simply accept Crimes into Russia (although he might do it; this is a case in a grey zone) because, again, taking from others is simply not his consept; it’s the zio concept. I’m quite confident that his preferred solution would be to accept a new state Crimea (or, extended, eastern ukraine) into the eurasia group and to have very friendly relations.
Along that line I’m also quite confident that Putin is neither seeking nor desiring war against zusa while at the same time he wouldn’t hesitate a second to respond swiftly if zusa attacked the national security of Russia.
Following that understanding somewhat further I kind of see the current situation coming up again rather soon on the larger scale with zeu. One imaginable result that I consider as quite probable would be a group of, say, France, Germany, Austria and Italy “joining” Russia, i.e. establishing tight partnership, possibly joining the eurasia group, while others like zuk, sweden, poland (if it still exists then) would form another group, let’s call it “pro zusa eu2”.
Similarly I’m expecting in the near to mid term Iran and some others joining the eurasia group.
The common element always being invited but by no means forced (by Russia) and, on the miltary side, some kind of – by far less political and more pragmatic – eurasian cooperation and union with Russia obviously being in the (“gravitational”) center.
This might also help to understand Putins attitude toward oligarchs. he doesn’t simply destroy them; he rather “invited” them as an element of society and economy on the condition that they stick to certain rules.
Which – and that opens another point – seem to currently breaking the gentlemans agreement by attacking the Russian stock (and stock exchange) on obvious zusa orders.
I don”t dare to say “he will” but I would by no means be surprised when – even in the coming days that is, very quickly – Putin would arrest some major oligarchs and have their companies and holdings throuroughly inspected; no doubt the authorities will find heavily incriminating stuff. Then he will almost certainly repeat yukos, i.e. put all of those oligarchs (anyway largely robbed) corporations into some Russian state institute.
And once more the west will screeeaaam, Putin won’t care batshit and dryly explain his actions, and the Russian will *love* him.
Thanks for your patience reading this somewhat philosophical text so far.
Posted by: Mr. Pragma | Mar 3 2014 15:24 utc | 129
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