ukraine
Von der Leyen’s hiccup
On 30/11/2022 by Mario LoboThe most recent hiccup, let’s call it hiccup, of von der Leyen has three quick readings to be made. For those not aware the European Commission published a statement by its president announcing 100 thousand dead Ukrainian soldiers, plus 20 thousand dead civilians.
belarus
Ponto Rebuçado
On 27/11/2022 by Mario LoboMas as caixas de comentário mostram outra realidade. Mostram uma realidade duma sociedade em ponto rebuçado, pronta para explodir. Entre a total ignorância sobre ser a Belarus um país independente, forçado a uma maior dependência da Rússia por via das inconsequentes sanções que lhe são impostas, e o axioma primeiro da escola de relações internacionais de Varsóvia, em que tudo o que acontece à oriente do Bug (ou mesmo do Oder) é da responsabilidade de Moscovo, o condicionado useiro da caixa de comentário salta espumando a gritar “Rússia… Rússia…”
Este caso é paradigmático da ignorância de tudo o que se passa agora na Ucrânia. Ninguém de facto sabe seja o que for desse zona da Europa. Muitos não sabiam sequer localizar a Ucrânia no mapa, muitos ainda não sabem, mas são especialistas em geopolítica. Outros sem distinguir uma pistola dum regador conhecem tudo sobre misseis.
ukraine
Da Partilha de Valores
On 15/11/2022 by Mario LoboDurante todo este tempo ouvimos repetidas vezes da boca da senhora Von Der Leyen, cuja função deveria ser a gerir a comissão e não de fazer declarações de orientação política, a apelo aos valores partilhados entre a UE e a Ucrânia. Nunca, no entanto, foram especificados quais são esses valores.
ukraine
AI-Ukraine head resignation
On 25/08/2022 by Mario LoboOksana Pokalchuk Facebook post announcing her resignation from the head post in the Kyiv Office of Amnesty International Я звільняюсь з Amnesty International в Україні. Це – ще одна втрата, яку мені принесла війна. Улюблена робота, 7 років життя, плани на мабутнє, а останні 5 місяців – ще і рятівний круг у вигляді правозахисної роботи
ukraine
Protest report AI-Ukraine
On 25/08/2022 by Mario LoboCopy of Oksana Pokalchuk’s post on Facebook, at the time head of the Ukrainian office of Amnesty International, against the organisation’s report on the Ukrainian Army war crimes Сьогодні на англомовному сайті Amnesty International вийшов матеріал, у якому критикувалися дії Збройних Сил України. Його створили на основі даних, які зібрали іноземні дослідники та дослідниці Департаменту
ukraine
Godspeed Mrs Pokalchuk
On 06/08/2022 by Mario LoboOksana Pokalchuk, head of Amnesty International in Ukraine presented her resignation (…) after “representatives of the Ukrainian office [doing] everything they could to prevent this [report] from being made public”. In her defence for trying to silence the organisation she claims to be so proud of she has worked with, Pokalchuk states that those who have “not felt this pain” of living in a country “invaders are tearing to pieces”, “don’t understand what it’s like to condemn an army of defenders”. The argument of Mrs Pokalchuck is that the eventual war crimes of committed by the Ukrainian army should not be investigated.
international
A Comissão contra a UE
On 09/04/2022 by Mario LoboChegámos ao ponto em que a Polónia já é um dos bons, já não há “rule of law issues” porque estão na linha da frente do rufar dos tambores de guerra. A tal ponto que o mesmo Macron teve, como aliás tinha já feito há alguns dias ao Biden, que chamar ao primeiro-ministro polaco aquilo que ele é: um extremista de direita e anti-semita que bane pessoas LGBTQ.
ukraine
Fog of war
On 21/01/2022 by Mario LoboBut even before this last hype, on November 11th, the Press Secretary of the Ukrainian president came forward to state that the presidency of Ukraine has no exact information on the number of Russian troops that might be, so gave notice the Russian version of the Deutsche Welle. The government official goes as far as to state that “[it] remains an open question why the American media disseminate such information, whether it is true.”
belarus . thoughts
Bela-what!?
On 14/11/2019 by Mario LoboFrom a geopolitical perspective Belarus is more ready now to be seduced by the west that it ever was. Further postponing on action from the EU will only push the country into Russia – although or different reasons, similar to what happened with Moldova where Russia constitutes more and more the “escape pod”. The recent developments with the prices of oil supply show that the tension is increasing. We cannot, nonetheless, expect for Belarus to, single-handed and extremis, simply cuts bonds with Russia – winters are pretty cold in Belarus without Russian energy.
thoughts . ukraine
Ukraine: normalisation of fascism
On 14/11/2019 by Mario LoboMazur, we are informed by the Unian, works for the Commissioner for Human Rights in the scope of the Ukrainian parliament. A noble mission, in fact.
Meanwhile he is one of the leaders of the Ukrainian National Assembly, of which the Ukrainian People’s Self-Defense Party is the paramilitary branch. The UNA is a far-right political formation and the UNSO is known for it’s participation in multiple post-soviet conflicts.
thoughts . ukraine
Ukraine: On antisemitism
On 08/02/2019 by Mario LoboFurther down the text we can read that “[the] main anti-Semitic crime observed is that of vandalism, including desecration of graves, synagogues and memorials to victims of the Holocaust, with the methods including the breaking of windows, arson or anti-Semitic or neo-Nazi graffiti.”