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Zuzak GRC Report; Wed., November 05, 2014

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(1) Holodomor/Genocide: http://www.willzuzak.ca/tp/holodomor2013/holodomor2013.html
Why Stalin Feared Ukraine and Why Putin Fears It Today  Holodomor Research Education Consortium, 09Oct2014; Anne Applebaum
Inside and out at the human rights museum  Open Democracy, 10Oct2014; David Petrasek

- With the CMHR as a backdrop, David Petrasek discusses the concept of human rights. Roman Serbyn comments that  the CMHR "continues to suffer from the confusion of human rights with human wrongs".
- Anne Applebaum analyses the Holodomor from Stalin's point of view, then projects the analysis to Vladimir Putin's views on Ukraine today.

(2) Ukrainophobia/Genocide: http://www.willzuzak.ca/tp/ukrainophobia/ukrainophobia.html
Orientalism reanimated: colonial thinking in Western analysts’ comments on Ukraine  Euromaidan Press, 27Oct2014; Fabio Belafatti

- Fabio Belfatti dissects Western analysts writings on the Russian insurrections into Ukraine to expose blatant colonial, racist and hypocriticdal attitudes of the writers -- concerns of Russia/Russians are important and must be addressed; whereas concerns of Ukraine/Ukrainians are not important and can be dismissed.

(3) Will Zuzak Letters:  http://www.willzuzak.ca/tp/index.html
Results of 26Oct2014 elections in Ukraine  [email protected], 03Nov2014; Will Zuzak
Prognosis on 26Oct2014 elections to Verkhovna Rada  [email protected], 14Oct2014; Will Zuzak

- On 14Oct2014 -- the 72 anniversary of the creation of UPA -- the environment for the 26Oct2014 elections was much worse compared to the 26Mar2006 elections in which I was an election observer.
- Although the "democratic pro-European" parties won a majority in the 26Oct2014 elections, the Svoboda party did not pass the 5.0% barrier. "Without the participation of the Svoboda activists, especially Oleh Tyahnybok, and the Right Sector  in the Euromaidan demonstrations from 21Nov2013 to 22Feb2014, the dictatorial Yanukovych regime would still be entrenched in Kyiv today and Ukraine would be a fully controlled appendage of the Russian Federation."

(4) Video Links:  http://www.willzuzak.ca/cl/videolinks/videolinks.html
Ukraine election 26 October 2014  Uke Tube TV, 28Oct2014; Taras Kuzio  [10:15], [14:59]
Russia's War, Ukraine's History and the West's Options  CSIS, 27Oct2014; Timothy Snyder [01:38:39]
Slidstvo.Info on Political Corruption  Hromadske TV, 23Oct2014; Poroshenko Bloc [10:56]; Yatsenyuk/Tymoshenko [05:33]; Lyashko [07:11]
Chronicle of Ukrainian Insurgent Army 1942-1954 Part I  Ukrainian Halytska Assembly, 07Oct2014; UPA  [57:00, Ukr]
Putin’s Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia  Simon & Schuster, 2014; Karen Dawisha; [2] Audio [01.25.08]

- In the audio link to a 15Oct2014 lecture at Columbia University, Karen Dawisha discusses the contents of her book. A tremendous amount of background information is available on her website at
http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/centers/havighurst/cultural-academic-resources/putins-russia/index.html
- The film documentary of the Ukrainian Halytska Assembly presents the history of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army  from 1942 to 1954 via the testimony of 34 witnesses and direct participants in the events.
- Slidstvo.Info of Hromadske TV dredges up many unsavoury characters participating within the various political parties in the 26Oct2014 parliamentary elections in Ukraine.
- On 27Oct2014, Timothy Snyder continues providing a historical perspective of the Russia/Ukraine war and the recent parliamentary elections in Ukraine.
- In 2 short videos, Taras Kuzio analyses the results of the 26Oct2014 elections to the Verkhovna Rada and suggests that the well-armed volunteer battalions will insist on rapid implementation of reforms.

Russian Roulette: The Invasion of Ukraine  Simon Ostrovsky of Vice News  [Multiple videos]
- Vice News dispatches [1] 03Mar2014 to [83] 04Nov2014.

(5) Putin Files:  http://www.willzuzak.ca/cl/putin/putin.html
Putin’s Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia  Simon & Schuster, 2014; Karen Dawisha; [2] Audio [01.25.08]
The Silence of the Lambs  Krytyka, 12Oct2014; Volodymyr Yermolenko

- Because KGB-styled Russia believes that either you devour, or you are devoured (Кто? Ково?), Volodymyr Yermolenko explains that, for Vladimir Putin, the West's tolerance is weakness and dialogue is failure to impose force.
- For those striving to understand the evolution of Vladimir Putin and his regime, Karen Dawisha's book is a must read. Even just reading the Introduction should convince skeptics that Russia under Vladimir Putin is a corrupt, criminal Mafia state. Her website at Miami Ohio University provides further background material.

(6) Oksana Bashuk Hepburn:  http://www.willzuzak.ca/tp/hepburn/hepburn.html
Ukraine therefore needs overt military help  Hill Times, 06Oct2014; Oksana Bashuk Hepburn
Don't believe the Putin lie, Canada  Ottawa Citizen, 03Oct2014; Oksana Bashuk Hepburn

- Oksana Bashuk Hepburn continues to lobby the government and citizens of Canada on behalf of Ukraine and against Vladimir Putin's regime.

(7) Euro-Revolution: English Digests
- Weekly newsletters (starting 29Dec2013) with multiple links to recent developments in Ukraine.

(8) Ukraine Today Live:  http://ukrstream.tv/en/stream/ukraine_today#.VCnA_haQ7Ma

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Respectfully submitted,
Will Zuzak, 2014.11.05
In the eyes of God, the soul of your enemy is as important as your own soul