Windows to RussiaThe Maidan Massacre in Ukraine: A Summary of Analysis, Evidence, and Findings
Ivan Katchanovski, Ph.D. School of Political Studies & Department of Communication University of Ottawa Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada – ikatchan@uottawa.ca
In The Return of the Cold War: Ukraine, the West and Russia. by J.L. Black and Michael Johns (Eds.), (pp. 220-224). Routledge, Abingdon, 2016.
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I have not written for a long time about Visas to Russia. Ukraine has a visa center now. It seems to be a governmental organization and there is a building that has a whole bunch of offices that deal with visas to various countries all over the world. Germans have a spot to go, Americans have a spot to go and so on and so on…
I will let people know information if they desire. I will respond personally and give you names and address, both physical and internet address. I use a gentleman who is very good and honest. He tries hard to work with you and has the right connections. But this information is not given out loosely…
The image above is the e-mail to reach me. I will respond if you seem okay, but will ignore if you do not check out. Spam, hate and threats are real on the internet and I take them seriously…
The days are over going to the Russian consulate in Kiev and it really is a better situation. I do not know about other countries and visas. I know just about getting a three year Russian visa and what you have to go through to get that…
Write me, if you need information and are serious about a Russian Visa. This does not apply to people getting visas for Russia from within your own country and only for people outside of their country who want a Russian visa and have received a visa in the past. This is the only way to get a visa to Russia with the least hassle and not have to spend two to three weeks sitting in a foreign country to wait for a visa and or keep from going home to your country and deal with them. Three years is what I get and you can receive any variance of less years you need or want…
WtR
If you decide for some reason to travel to Kiev, Ukraine?….and you are a woman! I will give a simple warning and you can take it or leave it…
Dear Women; In Kiev there are a whole bunch of immigrants! Immigrant men to be exact and you will be harassed, touched, felt, pinched, groped, followed and anything else your little heart will desire and or maybe not desire, if you travel without a man by your side…
The immigrants are over running Kiev, Ukraine and I heard much more Turkish and other Mideast language than even Ukrainian…
The new police look the other way and the abundant militia groups laugh as they watch…
I personally tried to help in several situations and realized real quick that I would be in trouble and not the harassers. The police simply walk away if they see it and it is happening constantly in the Metro, underpasses and sidewalks of Kiev. They do not bother the men and the men in Kiev do nothing to stop it…
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I have thought about this situation since I came back from Kiev and watched it happen dozens of times in Kiev. The underpasses, which are plentiful in Kiev, are bad news. I heard cries of anger and the women in Kiev simply ran at times and many times there would be a pack of immigrants laughing and making rude gestures and remarks. What gave me the feel for the soul of Kiev was the Ukraine men did not defend the women and I lost tremendous respect. I actually came to the help of several women and no other man cared or helped. Including the police and military, all of which are very very abundant in Kiev…
In the metro, I physically stepped in front of a greasy sleazeball as he slithered in to grab a woman. He grabbed me instead and I faced him as the color drained from his face. If it was not so terrible, it would have been funny, but he actually ran away and this grouchy bear could not catch a small Turd in that crowd. Yes it was immigrated Mideastern men and they are crossing into Ukraine it seems by the thousands and thousands…
That is all I will say and that is why I have written very little about Kiev and my experience. This is one area that I feel that people should know and by far not the only area that has become extremely corrupted in Kiev. I will not tell about the rest of Ukraine, but I was all over Kiev and it was not situation as an issue in just the poor part of town…
It was an issue all over Kiev and embarrassing to see and hear…
I wrote this on 04/22/2016 and you use your judgment if you travel to Kiev. I will not allow Svetochka to travel to Kiev anymore, because I care about her and she likes to walk alone many times. Kiev is not safe for a woman…
Kiev is in serious trouble and they (Kiev) are the problem…
WtR
Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight On the ripened grain. I am the gentle Autumn’s rain. When you awaken in the morning hush, I am the swift uplifting rush of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry. I am not there. I did not die. My Spirit is still alive…
My favorite singer and artist of all time just died. When we get old, people seem to just go and I hope we all go to a better place. Talent of his type is rare and we need more. Good or bad he was talented…
R.I.P. in your purple rain…
WtR
This excerpt features Alexei Venediktov, Сhief Producer and part owner of Echo Moscow, a radio and TV channel that promotes anti-Putin rhetoric. This media outlet is often anti-Russia itself; it discredits Russian history on air, makes no secret of offending veterans, and speaks ill of key Russian figures and policies.
The second is Mihail Kulistikov, head of Russia’s national TV channel NTV, with prior links to the CIA-funded Radio Svoboda. While Western mainstream media is busy painting Russia’s media landscape as a Kremlin-controlled sphere, the situation on the ground is somewhat different…
WtR
Over the last year, riding in a taxi has almost dropped in half. This is in Moscow, Russia and I use for many times, a taxi is used to go to and from the airport or train station…
I remember one to two years ago paying 1600 rubles from the train station and or from the airport. The trip this last time cost 900 rubles. That is a huge drop in prices and very welcomed, for us people on a budget…
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I hear now that they have what is called a short ride fee and 99 rubles gets you most anywhere within reason. I am sure that is inner city, but still that makes it great for many trips that use to cost 400 to 500 rubles…
The fare, which was introduced by Yandex Cab for short rides, includes two minutes of waiting time, a five-minute trip and two kilometers. Each additional minute and each additional kilometer will cost nine rubles. For example, if the customer travels five kilometers in seven minutes, he will be charged about $2.20…
Yes, Svetochka and I use Yandex Taxi all the time now and it just works for us…
WtR
~Rant Time On~
You would think that there is enough turmoil in America. Then they ice the cake! Now they are playing with the worthless money. I am sorry, but with all the things to spend money on and all the things wrong, we have to stir the pot and change the money…
Tubman, who is fine on the $20 bill, because she is a very important persona and I do not take that from her. Is an unnecessary idea for a country that is so broke, that we do not have the billions to spend to revamp the design of the dollars we spend and a country that cries racism at the drop of a hat….Do you think blacks on the money will help? Or will it stir the waters?
Actually if they wanted to be correct, they would take all faces off the money and use nothing but safety features to insure money is safe to use and not counterfeited. But make them generic with no slam against anyone. Or better yet, wait until we are out of debt and then decide to play with the money. The last thing that we need to more controversy and that is all this action is doing…
Why not use a geometric design so complicated that it is almost impossible to counterfeit. Why do we need to stir the racist issues?
I simply can not get out of my head the image of Aunt Jemima and now we have her on the $20 bill. In fact Aunt Jemima would be good on the bill… >>>
I believe in timing and timing of actions is important. To announce such a move right now, is simply a action of importance to a few people. It is simply put, “An act of Chaos!”
Nothing about the move is going to help things and status quo is sometimes the best thing to do…
I would never agreed that even presidents should be on the bills, but to change now makes no sense, unless you are up to something and something is up as it always is…
Lets go to the real roots and put Geronimo on the bill! Lets put “Trail of Tears” on the back of the $10 dollar bill and embrace the start of our crimes…Crimes that we ignore and will never admit. At least with slavery many other countries brought the blacks over and it was more European in nature on the Indian lands…
Get upset and get mouthy, that is what they want and forget that they are killing people all over the world. Forget that the election is going the wrong direction and forget that we are broke…
~SARC ON~ Get out in the streets and just so that nothing matters, just put Aunt Jemima on the $20 bill….But what ever you do make sure no white person is anywhere near a bill of money. Just think about all the happy drug dealers using money with Aunt Jemima on it… ~SARC OFF~
Seriously; take all humans off the bills. Take off all monuments and buildings. Put nature on them. Put a damn bear on one of them and an Bald Eagle…
But heaven forbid, now that we mention such a thing, they may try to remove the Bald Eagle as USA mascot….We have become a nation of crazy loonies….Yes, put a Loonie bird on the dollar bill…
My suggestion is to put ferrets, weasels, sheep and mice and or rats. They would fit better…
It is simply put, “An act of Chaos!”
WtR
PS: Did I piss you off? Good you should be and do some real thinking about the direction our country is going. This is not a change to make things better, but a change to create more rifts and gobbledygook…
By the way, now you can piece together the attack against the confederate flag and such, before such a move of revamping money. Tubman was a “Union Spy” and our history is elated on her existence. Simply put; Ra-Ra-Ra – Tubman, is how history is wrote…
I guess my feelings makes me too much of a Southern Boy! Damn Racists that I am…
~Rant Time Off~
Sometimes I receive an e-mail that tells me within its contents that what I write about and what I am doing is correct. I get a ton of e-mails and many I will find time to answer. I use to not answer the e-mails, for they were death threats and such. Many death threats came from Washington DC area and as many readers know. I was receiving many terrible e-mails from computer centers located even at guard shacks at DHS and affiliated organizations. All with letter titles such as TSA and FBI and CIA. It was a fun time in life…
It has been a pleasure to be able to answer some e-mails and it has been a real pleasure to not be threatened with my life, Svetochka’s life and even Boza’s life has been threatened. The system in place for comments and e-mail is working and now I am able to separate the nettles from the roses…
A website is like a garden, ignore it and weeds grow everywhere. Comments become bug and weed infested. Emails if allowed and not protected, become spawning grounds for hate and death threats. This is true if you post things that maybe true, but certain areas of the world want you silenced…
When I get back to the Tiny Russian Village, I will post about what I do there and wander away from the political arena and concentrate upon the wonderful world of Russia. It is hard to concentrate on nature in one of the largest cities in the world and I can tell you that Moscow is packed. maybe not like some cites in Asia, but it is way too packed with people for me…
But lets get back to what I started to talk about. An e-mail…
E-mails are pretty easy to decipher in the most part. E-mails that have flaws and are expressed from the heart, stand out. E-mails that are planted are very often flawed in their perfection. Flawed in their presentation and flawed how they are sent. Honesty stands out even in e-Mails…
I received and e-mail that made me think and then it made me happy. It was as unexpected to receive as the e-mail I sent to them. I live in a world still that believes that handshakes are contracts and communication is important. Even a nod of the head tells the world a whole bunch of information. A wave of the hand is more info than many are able to decipher. A e-mail sent over the web always has an undertone and you can not hide that undertone. I never pull punches with people I communicate with and many run away. Too much fear of NSA in the air waves around the world…
So yes, I get very good e-mails; I have offers to send me plants to grow in the village. I have offers of advice for things I mention and I have communications that set my mind straight and give me a better outlook on humans…
I am not alone in how I think and I am not always right, but I am always consistent in my expressions. I have been in Russia for ten years and I still love the country as much as I did when I came to her. I am still with the sweetest girl in the world and her smile still makes me the happiest man in the world. I have the best dog, who is my buddy and he walks the walk and talks the talk; when it comes to protecting and following his Alpha. He also would die protecting Svetochka and that is a fact…
Sometimes I get an e-mail that tells me a whole bunch in a few words…
Sometimes…
WtR
Putin does have a good sense of humor!
Seriously as I was thinking to myself: “This is comments of a man dealing with a situation forced on him and upon Russia, It has been dealt with integrity, which was combined with common sense. I am thinking Putin, as does Russia, sees the issue in the greater good for all mankind…”
Then I thought, “What! No Teleprompter?”
WtR
Anti-Russian Media:
I find everywhere in the western press and the bought off Russian press, many items related to the downfall of Russia. Russia is this and Russia is that. Russia is a gas station. Russia is evil. Russia is worthless. Russia is collapsing. Russia is this and Russia is that. Very little about how good Russia is and very little about how full of freedom, liberty and life in Russia is…
All you have to do is to follow and search who and what writes and is behind the articles. It is easy, just takes a few minutes and some work. What you will find is no one and nothing with substantiation. I see articles that say, “I was just in Moscow for two weeks!” Then they write a detailed report about prices and how the Russian world is crumbling under its gas station overhead…
99% of what is written by the west and by the paid western in Russia media, has any resemblance to reality. I know, I live here. I live in Russia and have lived here for 10 years now. What you are being fed as facts, are in fact simple lies that are preset and repeated a million times. The same lies are found in all anti-propaganda against Russia, coming from western related hate media. The two worst areas are America and Britain…
Yesterday I went to buy groceries:
Bread was 12 rubles a loaf. Coffee 50 rubles for 50 grams. Salt Pickles in a small bucket for 69 rubles. Bananas for 48 rubles a kilo. It goes on and on. Milk is 32 rubles for pasteurized per liter….and on and on…
Yes there was milk to be bought for 120 rubles a liter, but again, “Why the hell would someone do that and if they do then that is their choice!”
I sat this morning and ate a cheese pie:
I went to a pie shop. I call them that! They are kiosks that sell pig in the blankets and many other types of meat and cheese filled pies. It is actually a Piroshki with no meat, but just cheese. Real, delicious and gooey cheese…
I bought two of them and a small drink. I sat at a park and ate them thinking. They cost me 25 rubles each and the drink cost me 25 rubles. I spent 75 rubles ($1.14) for a meal and found myself stuffed. These were the biggest pies I have ever eaten. Oh My!
I sat and watched the people. Sveta and I both like to people watch. It gives you an idea of what is happening, the mood and conditions of life in general. I watched mothers pushing their babies in strollers. I watched delivery trucks dropping off supplies. I watched kids playing at a school. I watched a drunk stumble by. I watched employees sneak out back and get a quick smoke. I watched life in general and ate my delicious pies…
People watched me also and several came back to sit where I was sitting and they had pies also, that they just bought. We sat and ate in silence and watched the people go by…
Life is good in Russia, the people are happy, the pies are good and it was just a pie kinda day… 😉
How can that price be bad?
How can being able to buy a meal for a $ or little more be bad? How can being able to buy a cellphone for $15 dollars be bad? How can a weeks groceries for 2000 or less rubles be bad? How can $1.96 per gallon be bad for benzine? How is, How can and How could it be bad?
How could falling GDP be bad? We live in a world that bases all upon the wrong things. Bad is GDP and the worship that goes with it! Good is affordable plentiful items. Russia has all the goods and the amount of goods is and are growing. That then will bring up the worshiped GDP…
Sanctions and Propaganda:
It has all failed and from what I am seeing in places like Ukraine, and much of the west, the sanctions have backfired and have not just bit the hand that feeds it, but have stabbed that hand all the way through. That includes a depressed USA is starting to feel the issues associated with sanctions against 30 plus countries all over the world….Did I say 30 plus countries?
We (America) are the failed state, not these other countries. Sanctions or war! What a choice…
I dream:
I dream of an America that lifts these sanctions around the world, stops the wars and gathers her people up and treats them with respect. Farfetched I know…
I still dream of a USA that actually uses her power for good and actually tries to change countries through cooperation and helpfulness…
I dream of an America that is strong and wonderful, but all I see is an America that hates and is scared of all around her…
Now I see an America that is actually paying people within her borders to try to stop certain presidential hopefuls from winning. I mean seriously, we are doing the same as we do to other countries to keep the status quo…
Now, how ignorant is that? It will only lead to a hastening of the downfall…
WtR
I simply can not get out of my head the image of Aunt Jemima and now we have her on the $20 bill. In fact Aunt Jemima would be good on the bill… >>>