Ukraine Coup – the plot thickens

The 2014 secession vote in Crimea is derided as ‘illegal’ by all but two of the UN Security Council.  Now further information has surfaced about European and American funding of the Ukrainian pro-EU ‘Maidan Square’ movement.  It was intended to weaken Russian influence.   Those behind the unrest will not care it has cost so many lives.

The Policy Association for an Open Society (PASOS) is heavily-EU-slanted.   Its website   carried an article dated 13th December 2013 deriding the Ukrainian authorities under then President Viktor Yanukovych for identifying certain Western groups as its ‘enemies’.  The groups included ‘ three members of the PASOS network of think tanks.’  Imagine that.

‘Remove visa requirements’

PASOS raged:  ‘The Institute of World Policy, the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation, and the International Centre for Policy Studies appear on a list of NGOs that the party consider part of the opposition and “dangerous,” according to an article published by Glavcom.ua, an independent Ukrainian news outlet.

‘The memo also targets Europe Without Borders, a Ukrainian NGO which partnered with PASOS on a program to encourage the European Union to remove visa requirements for the Eastern Partnership countries, including Ukraine.’

What a give-away.  The ‘Eastern Partnership countries’ is a term coined by Euro-expansionists five years ago.  It refers to countries from the former Soviet Union on the EU’s eastern fringe.  These include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.  However, the ‘Eastern Partnership’ is now regarded by John Lloyd of Reuters (worth a read) as being in retreat.  Nevertheless, the visa proposal from PASOS would have allowed nationals of these states unfettered access to the EU and its labour markets.

George Soros financed Maidan Square activists

PASOS goes on to report without denial the Ukrainian Government memo’s identification of another six US groups financing the Maidan Square activists.  In addition, the Soros Open Society offshoot the International Renaissance Fund was fingered:

‘The website published images of the memo, which it said was leaked by a member of the party.  According to the report, the Party of Regions blames the current EuroMaidan protests in Ukraine on American donors who have funded pro-democracy programs in Ukraine, including the National Endowment for Democracy, the United States Agency for International Development, the U.S. Department of State, the Peace Corps, Freedom House and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.

‘In addition, the memo also blames the eruption of protests on the European Union. The International Renaissance Fund, a Ukrainian NGO founded by George Soros, is likewise identified as an enemy of the party.’

Democratic Principles?

Says PASOS: ‘News of the memo drew a sharp rebuke from PASOS Executive Director Jeff Lovitt.

‘“Our members are not dangerous to anyone who defends democratic principles and the free exchange of ideas,” Lovitt said. “What is dangerous is a political party identifying independent pro-democracy groups as enemies.”’

Calling a  bunch of thugs who stormed government offices and removed a democratically-elected president by violent street protests ‘pro-democracy’ beggars belief.  So does the use of the expression to refer to unashamed interference and destabilisation of a sovereign state by US NGO’s.  Welcome to the world of the Eurocracy.  The EU and the US can interfere in the internal affairs of other nations.  But woe betide Russia when it defends it interests.

The EU expanding its empire

Jeff Lovitt is also Co-Chair of yet another Pro-EU expansionist body.  This is the well-funded ‘Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum.’  This group boasted:

‘Many participants of the EaP Civil Society Forum have been active in various sectors of Euromaidan movement.  Several examples below are just a tip of the iceberg of the civic activities that our colleagues from Ukraine have been involved in.’

It then listed a number of groups which helped destabilise Ukraine.  These included ‘Euromaidan Council’ and ‘Maidan SOS’.   Even the name ‘Euromaidan’ betrays the origin of the driving force.

An Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum webpage lists its Steering Committee. This had the strange give-away picture of what appear to be sock puppets at the top of this page. The picture has now been removed.

George Soros funds PASOS

But on another PASOS webpage we read that the innocuous-sounding EaP Civil Society Forum is indeed a sock-puppet of the EU Commission::

‘The Forum was created as part of a European Commission effort “to support the further development of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)” and “to promote contacts among CSOs and facilitate their dialogue with public authorities.”’

Moreover, who funds PASOS, the Policy Association for an Open Society?  Any guesses? Does the expression ‘… Open Society’ in its title give any clues?

Step forward, George Soros.  For more on how Soros plans to loot Ukraine, see this article.

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