Video Appears To Show Woman Planting Bomb Under Pavel Sheremet's Car

[uhnope]

Source: The Interpreter

Video footage has been released which purportedly shows Belarusian journalist Pavel Sheremet's killers planting a bomb under his car. As we reported last night, Ukrainian investigators said that they had found surveillance camera footage of this moment in the early hours of July 20.

Today Obozrevatel has published what they say is the video, taken from several cameras and showing an unidentified woman carrying a bag to the Subaru car belonging to Sheremet's partner, Ukrainska Pravda editor Olena Prytula. She is accompanied by a man, who walks with a distinctive limp, who appears to keep watch from the other side of the road.

At 2:39 am, according to the video time stamp, the woman stops and kneels down on the driver's side of the car. After around a minute on the floor beside the car, she walks off.

Sheremet was killed when a bomb went off under his side of the car while he was driving to work just after 7:45. A memorial service for Sheremet took place today ahead of his burial in his native Minsk tomorrow.


Read more: http://www.interpretermag.com/day-886/#14645

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Another anti-Putin journalist assassinated

[Sunlei]

1. In his last blog post, on 17 July 2016, he worried that militias could attempt a coup in Ukraine, a

In his last blog post, on 17 July 2016, he worried that militias could attempt a coup in Ukraine, and accused some of their members of being above the law and having alliances with crime syndicates

Journalists

[Igel]

2. Read the thing.

Don't read what ideologues say about what a supporter wrote about their ideological enemy and even suspect that you're getting anything close to the truth.

https://translate.google.com/#ru/en/http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.pravda.com.ua%2Fauthors%2Fsheremet%2F578b240b93ecf%2F

Google translate sucks at it, but do your best. Even better, look at the original here http://blogs.pravda.com.ua/authors/sheremet/578b240b93ecf/

1. Yeah, Turkish coup made all the news. Some fear Uk coup, some say there's nobody to plot one.

2. Story 1: Oligarchs were let go, apparently strange "men in camo" helped block the anti-corruption investigation. So the military's not above the law, but can still block things.

3. Story 2: Some bank robbers were caught, several of them from Azov--some who fought earlier, one of whom was still Azov until a few days before.

Sheremet's take: They volunteered to fight, were used to fight, and fought well. But during a truce, they have nothing to do and some turned to crime.

4. Investigators needed to search the Azov battalion for material evidence. When storming Tornado, a smaller group, it was a bloody fight. So some two high-ranking folk (Biletsky & Hrytsak) came to an agreement with Azov and the investigators searched without a problem. He points out that Biletsky could have said a word and gotten a crowd of youths to defend Uk, rip up the oligarchs, SBU folk. Peple were about ready to cry "betrayal", have a 3rd maidan, cry out about soldiers who cover up crimes in the Donbas.

Instead, Biletsky said that they're not savages. They don't abandon their fellows, but if a fighter crosses the line between defending their motherland and engaging in crime, he'll answer before the law. "Rotten apples are everywhere."

He continues: Biletsky's come a long way in a couple of years, even if his "radical and nazi youth" sometimes make themselves felt.

I translate: "You and I can tell a responsible patriot who's made a mistake from those who are swindlers and opportunists.

"And it's to volunteers like Biletsky's Azov or peacekeepr Teleruk that we should look for inspiration, not to those strange men in camo who even now block the anticorruption work of the Solomensky regional court in Kiev."

End of blog post.



Note that Biletsky is a Right Sector leader. It's anti-corruption, anti-oligarch, anti-crime. Not pro-Nazi. But fairly pro-Azov and pro-volunteers. In other words, Sheremet.

One mistake is to assume that the "strange men in camo" must be militia. The militia are a small portion of those in camouflage. The last sentence draws a sharp contrast, though, between Azov and the "men in camo." People go language-incompetent when it suits them.

[uawchild]

3. "...Biletsky is a Right Sector leader. It's anti-corruption, anti-oligarch, anti-crime." <- SPIN?

Last edited Sat Jul 23, 2016, 10:56 AM - Edit history (1)

Right Sector is a far-right political party:

"Right Sector (Ukrainian: Правий сектор, Pravyi Sektor) is a far-right Ukrainian nationalist political party that originated in November 2013 as a paramilitary confederation at the Euromaidan revolt in Kiev, where its street fighters fought against riot police.[8][9] The coalition became a political party on 22 March 2014, at which time it claimed to have perhaps 10,000 members.[10][11]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Sector

Right Sector is anti-gay anti-women's rights:

"Moral issues
According to historian and political scientist Andreas Umland Right Sector is ultra-Christian conservative and radical nationalist.[3]

On 2 June 2015 the party sent an open letter to Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko asking him to cancel a pride parade to be held two days later citing "danger of provocations".[113] The letter also quoted Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Sviatoslav Shevchuk stating "Ukraine rejects the false values as gender ideology".[114] The letter also claimed Europeans still have an ambiguous attitude about "LGBT" stating "in Poland abortion is banned in general, not to mention same-sex marriages".[114] In a Facebook post Right Sector leader Yarosh claimed the gay pride parade "spit on the graves of those who died and defended Ukraine"; and he promised that the group's members will "put aside other business in order to prevent those who hate family, morality, and human nature, from executing their plans. We have other things to do, but we’ll have to deal with this evil too," he wrote.[115] Right Sector spokesman Artem Skoropadskyi stated about the pride parade "gay propaganda is destructive and doing harm to our Christian nation, we can’t allow that".[115] The pride parade was held; during the march five policemen were injured in scuffles after unidentified people attacked the rally with smoke bombs and stones.[116] Right Sector denounced the violence; Skoropadskyi stated about it "We can't beat weak persons like gays – that's a disgrace!".[3]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Sector#Moral_issues

Right Sector has some disconcerting groups as members:

"Component groups
Academic and media sources have described some of Right Sector's constituent groups as nationalist,[19][117] ultranationalist,[39][118] neofascist,[42] neo-Nazi,[39][100] right-wing,[42] far right,[101][119] ultraconservative,[40] or paramilitary. A plurality or majority of Right Sector's members belong to street fighting soccer-fan clubs[43][44][120] or have no specific affiliation."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Sector#Component_groups

Right Sector believes Europe is anti-christian and that NATO is against Uktraine:

"Attitude towards Europe
Right Sector's website says that its members distrust the "imperial ambitions" of both Russia and the West.[111] Yarosh told Spiegel Online that anti-Christian organizations are in active operation in the EU and that the European Commission (rather than the member nation) has control of lifestyles such as gay marriage.[112] He does not see Europe or NATO as a potential partner and believes that they are part of a coalition against Ukraine.[112]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Sector#Attitude_towards_Europe

In other words, Right Sector is a festering right-wing cesspool.

[newthinking]

9. I can't believe people would try to legitimize a neo-nazi group on DU.

That is very far to go to try and justify one's opinion. Too far.

[Judi Lynn]

13. Thank you, uawchild! So good to see your post. n/t

[uawchild]

15. No, I should be thanking you.

Your posts are always enlightening.

But thanks for the feedback on this thread, I just couldn't let that whitewashing of Right Sector go by unchallenged.

[Sunlei]

4. what it comes down to is 'someone' murders Journalists and activists, over 'words' they speak/write

Those who ordered the death of Anna Politkovskaya remain unidentified. Alexander Litvinenko died a slow death.



Putin has sown chaos in eastern Europe. That cancer grows in our countries direction and the RW helps it fester/grow.

[uawchild]

5. "Who's killing allies of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych?"

And at least one pro-Russian journalist too?

Ukraininians, most likely? Lots of political murders in Ukraine it seems. Could the neo-nazi Azov battalion be involved?



Kiev, Ukraine (CNN)The question haunting Kiev is this: Who might be murdering allies of Ukraine's ousted President Viktor Yanukovych?

The idea that this might be happening is not entirely new. But it muscled its way to the fore again this week with two high-profile shooting deaths in the Ukrainian capital -- one of a former member of parliament with ties to Yanukovych, the other of a Ukrainian JOURNALIST known for his PRO-RUSSIAN views. (edit: emphasis added for visual clarity)

Oleg Kalashnikov, the former member of parliament, was shot and killed shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday at the entrance to his apartment block. Kalashnikov, 52, was a member of the Party of Regions, the former ruling party in Ukraine, and was close to Yanukovych. Police are investigating the death as a murder.

A day later, on Thursday, journalist Oles Buzyna, 45, was killed near his home by shots fired from a dark blue Ford Focus, Interior Ministry adviser Anton Herashchenko said. The car's license plates were reported to have been from either Latvia or Belorussia.
Several suspicious deaths in recent months
The killings renewed speculation, sparked by earlier unusual deaths, about a conspiracy to kill people close to Yanukovych. At least three former members of parliament with the Party of Regions have reportedly committed suicide in the last seven weeks:
• On February 28, Mikhail Chechetov reportedly jumped from the window of his 17th-floor apartment in Kiev, having left a suicide note. He was suspected of having falsified the results of a parliamentary vote in early 2014 that essentially prohibited protest just as thousands of people were protesting against the Yanukovych government.
• On March 9, Stanislav Melnik, a former member of parliament with the Party of Regions and the manager of several businesses in the separatist-minded eastern city of Donetsk, was found dead in his apartment near Kiev. He, too, reportedly left a suicide note.
• And three days later, on March 12, Oleksandr Peklushenko, another former member of parliament, was found in his house in Zaporizhzhya, in southeastern Ukraine, dead of a gunshot wound. Police are investigating various scenarios, including suicide. Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko said Peklushenko "might have wanted to avoid punishment for using violence against protesters, which he was suspected of."
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/17/europe/ukraine-political-killings/


Hmmm. WHO is committing all these political murders, indeed? Its not fair just to blame the neo-nazis, it could be run of the mill corrupt Ukrainian oligarchs behind it too, I guess.

[uawchild]

6. Rush to judgement again? Perhaps.

Ukrainian politicians and officials are often quick to blame events at home on Russia, which has deployed special forces in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s security forces have previously arrested men in parts other than the East whom they accused of being Russian saboteurs, including some detained for allegedly stockpiling grenades and guns.

But, among Sheremet’s colleagues, there was largely shock and bafflement over who could who had killed him or what the motive could be, with many suggesting the murder was likely connected to his professional activities.
...

"Sheremet’s death follows a series of apparently politically-motivated murders in Ukraine. In April 2015, a lawmaker and a pro-Russian journalist were both shot dead in Kiev. More recently, a lawyer representing two Russian military officers captured in eastern Ukraine was found murdered after mysteriously going missing."
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"Although Sheremet was often highly critical of the Russian government, most of his recent work had focused on Ukrainian politics.

Other journalist colleagues and friends of Sheremet suggested in interviews with Ukrainian media that Belorussian authorities could have ordered the killing. Sheremet was a native of Belarus and a longtime, high-profile opponent of the regime there. He ran an opposition website, Belarus Partisan, that has posted articles critical of Belorussian president, Aleksander Lukashenko."

http://abcnews.go.com/International/prominent-journalist-killed-car-bomb-ukraines-capital/story?id=40734613
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So, we have the corrupt Ukrainians, the corrupt Russians, the corrupt Belarus --- take your pick -- they all had possible reasons to off an investigative reporter like him.

[Mister Twilight]

7. Sadly not surprising

What is surprising is the number of Putin defenders here. He's a dictator, people!

[newthinking]

10. No. Some are just aware of the state of Ukraine and internal conflicts.

This happened in Ukraine, not Russia.

Use LOGIC instead of emotional talking points fed by the media. Putin has no reason to kill any Ukrainian Journalist. They are **all* required to tow the official line in Kiev (or go to jail). Ukraine has absolutely no freedom of press. Ukraine has had many journalists, politicians, innocents, killed.

The propaganda narratives use the general ignorance of westerners that know nothing about these places (just as they do in other war zones, middle east, etc) to achieve political goals.

Those of us who try to put some reason into posts that propagate propaganda narratives are concerned more about the power of a corrupt media to push us to war, or to confuse the public or pacify them to the corruption that is around them. It has nothing to do with "Putin".

[Mister Twilight]

11. Speak of the Devil

[newthinking]

16. Reading comprehension issues Mr. Devil?

[snooper2]

12. On Sunday I usually start new thinking

[Blue_Tires]

8. Greenwald and Snowden weren't able to comment on this

because they're still jacking off over some hacked DNC e-mails...

[Judi Lynn]

14. Greenwald and Snowden are "still jacking off?" Is this your normal DU language? n/t