Propaganda 101
Podcast: When Putin's Ukraine War Went Global
One year after the downing of Flight MH17 killed 298 people from 10 countries on four continents, the evidence continues to mount that pro-Moscow seperatists in Ukraine -- and perhaps Russia itself -- were responsible.
And as the evidence piles up, pressure is building for an international tribunal to prosecute the guilty parties -- pressure Russia is strenuously trying to resist.
On the latest Power Vertical Podcast, we discuss MH17 one year later. Joining me are James Miller, managing editor of The Interpreter magazine, who authored a new report on MH17; and Andreas Umland, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation and editor of the academic book series Soviet And Post-Soviet Politics And Society.
Also making an appearance on the podcast is Han ten Broeke, a member of the Dutch parliament who chairs its Defense Committee and the Netherlands' delegation to the NATO Assembly.
http://www.rferl.org/content/podcast-when-putins-ukraine-war-went-global/27134600.html
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COMMENT
This isn't news; it's Propaganda 101.
1) James Miller, THE INTERPRETER
The Interpreter
= Institute of Modern Russia (IMR)
& Herzen Foundation (London, seed money)
IMR = USA think tank assoc with: oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky (son, Pavel Khodorkovsky President IMR)
HERZEN FOUNDATION
Also behind The Interpreter
= Herzen Foundation
originally est. 1960s by dutch 'Slavist'
for publication of USSR dissidents
{ LOL ... sounds very CIA, Cold War style tool that was in vogue }
Herzen Foundation
ended 1988 b/c end of cold war, Wikipedia indicates.
But IMR think tank says it partnered in set up of The Interpreter (ie seed money).
2) Andreas Umland, fellow Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation
Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation
= political action committee based Ukraine
Institute for Euro-Atlantic Co-op
= funded by Western doners
= campaigns for NATO & EU membership of Ukraine
Andreas Umland
fellow IEAC
= academic, teaching at National Uni of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", Kiev
pt quals. Stanford & Cambridge
Andreas Umland
fellow IEAC
was also a visiting fellow at Stanford’s HOOVER Institution, in 1997-99
Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
"The university is known as pro-Western and served as headquarters for Orange Revolution activists." [*]
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Borys Tarasyuk is the founder
of the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation (IEAC)
Borys Tarasyuk, Ukraine politician (former diplomat)
lobbying for EU / NATO membership for Ukraine since early 2000s, at least.
Borys Tarasyuk
= diplomat - moved to ministerial post 1991 on Ukraine independence
= dismissed but reappointed after Orange Rev. mid 2000
UKRAINE
2005- 2010
received more than USD 30 billion in foreign investment
2005 alone
> foreign companies invested USD 9 billion
source: Borys Tarasyuk - balticworlds
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3) HAN TEN BROEKE, NETHERLANDS - DEFENCE / NATO
Han ten Broeke
People's Party for Freedom & Democracy
Netherlands
centre-right / liberalism
pro EU / NATO
Just checking out the guests on US govt's RFE/RL ('Radio CIA'), it's pretty clear that there's a US-Ukraine agenda being put forward. All the propaganda ducks are neatly lined up in a row: it's Putin's war on Ukraine; it's Global!
'Evidence continues to mount'. LMAO. That's a good one.
This thing is hilarious. Might be fun to do a transcription of the podcast.
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RESOURCES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Modern_Russia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Herzen_Foundation
http://imrussia.org/en/project/135-projects/special-projects/448-the-interpreter-a-new-online-publication-from-imr
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Euro-Atlantic_Cooperation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Party_for_Freedom_and_Democracy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_University_of_Kyiv-Mohyla_Academy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borys_Tarasyuk
http://www.voltairenet.org/article30105.html
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