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Behind the Aegis

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27. And here's what Ukraine's Jews are saying...
Wed Apr 9, 2014, 01:08 PM
Apr 2014

Ukraine’s Jews Dismiss Claims of Anti-Semitism

NIPROPETROVSK, Ukraine — From his office atop the world’s biggest Jewish community center, Shmuel Kaminezki, the chief rabbi of this eastern Ukrainian city, has followed with dismay Russian claims that Ukraine is now in the hands of neo-Nazi extremists — and struggled to calm his panicked 85-year-old mother in New York.

Raised in Russia and a regular viewer of Russian television, she “calls every day to ask, ‘Have the pogroms happened yet?'?” Rabbi Kaminezki said. He tells his mother that they have not, and that she should stop watching Russian TV. “It is a total lie,” he said. “Jews are not in danger in Ukraine.”

Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, added his own voice to the scaremongering in a speech at the Kremlin on March 18, when he described the ouster of President Viktor F. Yanukovych of Ukraine as an armed coup executed by “nationalists, neo-Nazis, Russophobes and anti-Semites” who “continue to set the tone in Ukraine to this day.”

But instead of reeling in panic at any fascist resurgence, the Jewish community of Dnipropetrovsk, one of the largest in Ukraine, is celebrating the recent appointment of one of its own, a billionaire tycoon named Ihor Kolomoysky, as the region’s most powerful official.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/world/europe/ukraines-jews-dismiss-claims-of-anti-semitism.html

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Still has jack shit to do with your claims, or more importantly, the OP.

European far-right backs Putin over Crimea [View all] Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 OP
Video not available in this country. (eom) Petrushka Apr 2014 #1
What country are you in? Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #2
Same here. I'm in the US. Igel Apr 2014 #9
Texas? Well, that is foreign, given I am in OK! Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #10
I'm in the United States . . . but . . . YouTube's message is: Petrushka Apr 2014 #11
By doing a search on YouTube, I found a different link where the video is available --> Petrushka Apr 2014 #12
Thank you. Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #13
No problem! Petrushka Apr 2014 #14
No real surprise there. nt bemildred Apr 2014 #3
Someone should inform the Ukrainian far-right. Daniel537 Apr 2014 #4
I am willing to bet that some of the far-right support is because.. MicaelS Apr 2014 #5
Very possible, but likely due more to anti-immigration stances and nationalism. Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #6
I think you're right. MicaelS Apr 2014 #7
10%...you're funny. :) Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #8
Putin is far from anti-Semitic. go west young man Apr 2014 #15
Where was it stated that Putin was anti-Semitic? Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #16
Your post implies an association go west young man Apr 2014 #17
No, my post implies nothing of the sort. Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #18
My links point out the obvious in regards to Putin. go west young man Apr 2014 #19
You, are on very thin ice, young man. bemildred Apr 2014 #20
Cheers. go west young man Apr 2014 #21
Just offering a little free advice. bemildred Apr 2014 #22
And here I was thinking you were being sarcastic. go west young man Apr 2014 #23
I often am, but not this time. bemildred Apr 2014 #25
Your links do nothing of the sort. But there is something OBVIOUS in regards to Putin. Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #24
Here's what Jews are thinking about New Ukraine and go west young man Apr 2014 #26
And here's what Ukraine's Jews are saying... Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #27
It has much to do with your agenda.... go west young man Apr 2014 #28
The only agenda here is yours. Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #29
Ah....but your not supporting all Jews. go west young man Apr 2014 #30
I support all Jews, including those with different opinions. Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #31
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