The Forgotten Coup
NOVANEWS How the Same Godfather Rules from Canberra to Kiev by JOHN PILGER Washington’s role in the fascist putsch against an elected government in Ukraine will surprise only those who watch the news and ignore […]
Category: Ukraine
WAR FEVER IN THE AIR
NOVANEWS by Eric Margolis War fever is in the air. Fifty thousand Russian troops and armor are massed on Ukraine’s eastern border. Europe and Washington worry that the reborn Red Army may sweep west across Ukraine, […]
Nationalists ‘no longer useful, embarrassing’ to Ukraine putsch regime
NOVANEWS Supporters of the right wing party Pravyi Sector (Right Sector) protest in front of the Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev on March 28, 2014.(AFP Photo / Genya Savilov). Brussels had much better reasons to denounce […]
When Is Sovereignty Not Sovereignty?
NOVANEWS The Golden Age of Newspeak BY PHILIP GIRALDI Harvard Professor Stephen Walt has described the current contretemps over Ukraine as “geostrategic incompetence of the highest order” on the part of the White House. Seconding that I would […]
Ukraine parliament passes austerity bill required by IMF
NOVANEWS Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk (top L) and acting President Oleksander Turchinov (top R) talk to deputies as they attend a parliament session in Kiev March 27, 2014. (Reuters / Alex Kuz The Ukrainian […]
Lavrov: Russia has no intention to send troops into Ukraine
NOVANEWS There is no intention in Moscow to send its troops into eastern Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. Hopefully, the growing understanding in the West of Russia’s position will allow for a de-escalation […]
EU has ‘blood on its hands’ over Ukraine – UKIP leader
NOVANEWS UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage speaks during a debate over Britain’s future in the European Union with British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in London on March 26, 2014. (AFP Photo / […]
Backing Ukraine’s territorial integrity, UN Assembly declares Crimea referendum invalid
NOVANEWS A wide view of the temporary General Assembly. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe (file). 27 March 2014 – In a vote that reaffirmed Ukraine’s unity and territorial integrity, the United Nations General Assembly today adopted a […]
Masking Tragedy in Ukraine
NOVANEWS Sinister Illusions by CHRIS FLOYD It is no secret that Barack Obama is one of the supreme illusionists of modern times. The disconnect between his words and his deeds is so profound as to […]
The US Played Hardball Against Ukraine…and the EU
NOVANEWS How the Media Got Played … Again by PETER LEE When the EU mediated a deal between the opposition and the government, I thought Yanukovich had dodged the bullet. Not quite. In parsing the […]