It may sound rather illogical, but 'bad news serves as the perfect cover' for distracting attention from news that you simply do not wish to appear in the headlines.
And so it is with the current Russian athletics doping scandal that has practically shoved most other news off the web pages of the Internet, as well as off the front pages of newspapers all around the word.
As the report of Jethro Mullen (left) of CNN illustrates,
"A stunning report this week has rocked the athletics world with detailed allegations of a state-sponsored doping program in Russia." (CNN : November 10, 2015)
What has been relegated to the back pages is the fact that in Ukraine,
" .....each side is accusing the other of firing at soldiers and civilians, underlining the fragility of the truce that some fear could disintegrate like previous ceasefires.", as reported by Yulia Silina. (AFP : 11 November, 2015)
She goes on to report that,
And so it is with the current Russian athletics doping scandal that has practically shoved most other news off the web pages of the Internet, as well as off the front pages of newspapers all around the word.
As the report of Jethro Mullen (left) of CNN illustrates,"A stunning report this week has rocked the athletics world with detailed allegations of a state-sponsored doping program in Russia." (CNN : November 10, 2015)
What has been relegated to the back pages is the fact that in Ukraine,
" .....each side is accusing the other of firing at soldiers and civilians, underlining the fragility of the truce that some fear could disintegrate like previous ceasefires.", as reported by Yulia Silina. (AFP : 11 November, 2015)
She goes on to report that,
"Military spokesman Vladyslav
Seleznyov accused the rebels of trying to "provoke us to return fire to
disrupt the truce" and to "distract OSCE observers from the fact that
they are not pulling back heavy weapons."
Kiev
suspects that rebels are worried about the next step of the ceasefire
agreement signed in Minsk in February, which requires them to give
control of the Russian border back to Ukrainian authorities." (ibid Yulia Silina) (my emphasis)
As Jack Losh of The Times also reports,
"Ukraine’s fragile ceasefire was in danger of collapsing last night after a series of assaults on government positions by Russian-backed rebels was followed by counterstrikes along the eastern front line." (The Times : 11 November, 2015) (my emphasis)
UNIAN further informs us that,
"The Russian
proxies fired small arms, and weapons of BMP-2 infantry combat vehicles
in the direction of Nevelsk and Kamenka and also fired from
anti-aircraft weapons in the direction of Verhniotoretske.
The terrorists also shelled Popasna and Bohuslavske on the Artemivsk direction from 120mm mortars, banned by the Minsk agreements." (UNIAN : 10.11.2015) (my emphasis)
Meanwhile, the 'fragrant' Federica Mogherini is suddenly in the Ukrainian spotlight.
Whilst, on the one hand, she is paying 'lip service' to the Minsk2 agreement by stating that,
"....the EU's position on sanctions against Russia remains unchanged and is linked to the implementation of the Minsk agreements and de-occupation of Donbas.", (UUA : 09.11.2015)
on the other hand she is also arguing that,
"Russian concerns about the Ukraine-EU Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) Agreement should be addressed." (Kyiv Post : Nov. 9, 2015)
""We have already done much for implementation of the agreement [the EU-Ukraine deep and comprehensive free trade area agreement]. Now we still need to find practical solutions to remove Russia's concerns regarding the operation of this agreement," Mogherini stressed." (Ukrinform : 11 November, Wednesday) (my emphasis)
She also strongly urged,
" ..... Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Monday to take tougher and more immediate action against corruption as his ex-Soviet country moves closer to Europe." (AFP: November 9, 2015)
It is rather interesting that Mogherini, Putin's favourite EU representative, is suddenly taking 'centre stage' over Ukraine in the EU.
The 'fragrant' Mogherini's blind spot, when dealing with her 'friend' Putin, is simply to 'take Putin at his word'.
She should bear in mind that, as Melik Kaylan (left) argues,
" [Putin] launched into Syria knowing the potential cost of taking on
ISIS, but he had to create another crisis after Ukraine to maintain
nationalist fervor in Russia.
Innocent Russian tourists paid with their lives.
His propaganda organs, by word and deed, rose to the occasion with blood and lies.
So the conflict in Ukraine was reignited to distract from ISIS. In effect, Ukrainians had to die to distract from Putin’s misstep in Syria. That’s how geo-strategically the Kremlin works.
In the Cold War we understood that. It’s time to understand it again." (Forbes :Nov 10, 2015) (my emphasis)
Her argument that, "...[the EU]
still need to find practical solutions to remove Russia's concerns
regarding the operation of this agreement ....", as a prerequisite to fully complete the comprehensive trade agreement between Ukraine and the EU, ignores not only the PUBLIC duplicity of Putin but, more importantly, the fact that, as Andrew Mayeda (right) informs us,
"Russia is exploring strategies to try to block the International Monetary Fund’s next loan payment to Ukraine as a dispute between the two countries over a $3 billion bond comes to a head, according to a person familiar with the matter.......
...
Vladimir Putin’s administration may withhold its assurance that Ukraine can repay its debts to Russia, said the first person, who has direct knowledge of the Russian strategy. Russia could also argue that Ukraine hasn’t negotiated in good faith, the person said. The people asked not to be identified because the discussions aren’t public." (Bloomberg : November 10, 2015) (my emphasis)
And the 'fragrant' Mogherini still wishes us to focus on Putin's concerns that his economy will lose out when Ukraine joins the DCFTA with the EU?
(to be continued)
"Ukraine’s fragile ceasefire was in danger of collapsing last night after a series of assaults on government positions by Russian-backed rebels was followed by counterstrikes along the eastern front line." (The Times : 11 November, 2015) (my emphasis)
UNIAN further informs us that,
"The Russian
proxies fired small arms, and weapons of BMP-2 infantry combat vehicles
in the direction of Nevelsk and Kamenka and also fired from
anti-aircraft weapons in the direction of Verhniotoretske.The terrorists also shelled Popasna and Bohuslavske on the Artemivsk direction from 120mm mortars, banned by the Minsk agreements." (UNIAN : 10.11.2015) (my emphasis)
Meanwhile, the 'fragrant' Federica Mogherini is suddenly in the Ukrainian spotlight.Whilst, on the one hand, she is paying 'lip service' to the Minsk2 agreement by stating that,
"....the EU's position on sanctions against Russia remains unchanged and is linked to the implementation of the Minsk agreements and de-occupation of Donbas.", (UUA : 09.11.2015)
on the other hand she is also arguing that,
"Russian concerns about the Ukraine-EU Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) Agreement should be addressed." (Kyiv Post : Nov. 9, 2015)
""We have already done much for implementation of the agreement [the EU-Ukraine deep and comprehensive free trade area agreement]. Now we still need to find practical solutions to remove Russia's concerns regarding the operation of this agreement," Mogherini stressed." (Ukrinform : 11 November, Wednesday) (my emphasis)
She also strongly urged,
" ..... Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Monday to take tougher and more immediate action against corruption as his ex-Soviet country moves closer to Europe." (AFP: November 9, 2015)
It is rather interesting that Mogherini, Putin's favourite EU representative, is suddenly taking 'centre stage' over Ukraine in the EU.
The 'fragrant' Mogherini's blind spot, when dealing with her 'friend' Putin, is simply to 'take Putin at his word'.
She should bear in mind that, as Melik Kaylan (left) argues,
" [Putin] launched into Syria knowing the potential cost of taking on
ISIS, but he had to create another crisis after Ukraine to maintain
nationalist fervor in Russia. Innocent Russian tourists paid with their lives.
His propaganda organs, by word and deed, rose to the occasion with blood and lies.
So the conflict in Ukraine was reignited to distract from ISIS. In effect, Ukrainians had to die to distract from Putin’s misstep in Syria. That’s how geo-strategically the Kremlin works.
In the Cold War we understood that. It’s time to understand it again." (Forbes :Nov 10, 2015) (my emphasis)
Her argument that, "...[the EU]
still need to find practical solutions to remove Russia's concerns
regarding the operation of this agreement ....", as a prerequisite to fully complete the comprehensive trade agreement between Ukraine and the EU, ignores not only the PUBLIC duplicity of Putin but, more importantly, the fact that, as Andrew Mayeda (right) informs us,"Russia is exploring strategies to try to block the International Monetary Fund’s next loan payment to Ukraine as a dispute between the two countries over a $3 billion bond comes to a head, according to a person familiar with the matter.......
...
Vladimir Putin’s administration may withhold its assurance that Ukraine can repay its debts to Russia, said the first person, who has direct knowledge of the Russian strategy. Russia could also argue that Ukraine hasn’t negotiated in good faith, the person said. The people asked not to be identified because the discussions aren’t public." (Bloomberg : November 10, 2015) (my emphasis)
And the 'fragrant' Mogherini still wishes us to focus on Putin's concerns that his economy will lose out when Ukraine joins the DCFTA with the EU?
(to be continued)
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