{"id":13034,"date":"2014-02-18T14:28:59","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T14:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=13034"},"modified":"2014-02-18T14:44:12","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T14:44:12","slug":"eu-us-exploiting-nationalism-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=13034","title":{"rendered":"EU, US exploiting nationalism in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13035\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13035\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ukraine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13035\" alt=\"EU exploiting nationalism to Russia\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/ukraine-300x195.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">EU, US exploiting nationalism to fend off Russia in Ukraine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine\u2019s opposition will march on parliament to pressure lawmakers struggling to end a deadly three-month political standoff, jeopardizing compromises that eased tensions over the past week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vitali Klitschko, a former boxing champion and EU man, and Arseniy Yatsenyuk, a lawmaker and former central banker, plan to lead thousands of demonstrators today on the first mass action outside their Independence Square compound since Jan. 19, when the last attempt to reach parliament erupted in clashes with police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIf politicians don\u2019t make a decision, we the people will,\u201d Serhiy, a 23-year-old from the Lviv region near Poland, said inside the encampment, wearing camouflage and a bulletproof vest adorned with a paper \u201cself defense\u201d badge. \u201cWe\u2019ve had enough. We\u2019re fighters. We haven\u2019t come here to listen to talks. If we decide to act, we\u2019ll act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The standoff began Nov. 21, when Yanukovych pulled out of a free-trade deal with the EU, opting instead for President Vladimir Putin\u2019s offer of $15 billion of aid and cheaper gas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia, which stopped buying bonds from Ukraine\u2019s cash-strapped government after Yanukovych\u2019s Russian-born prime minister, Mykola Azarov, resigned on Jan. 28, said yesterday it will resume purchases, including $2 billion this week. Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov made the announcement just as Klitschko and Yatsenyuk were meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin to seek financial and political backing to form a new government.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Business Week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine\u2019s opposition will march on parliament to pressure lawmakers struggling to end a deadly three-month political standoff, jeopardizing compromises that eased tensions over the past week. 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