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4 Jan, 3 tweets, 4 min read
In my CTV interview, I said that it's most dangerous moment in #Russia & #Ukraine conflict since #Russian annexation of Crimea & covert military interventions in #Crimea & #Donbass in support of pro-Russian separatists after violent overthrow of pro-Russian government in Ukraine
I said in my CTV interview that military buildup by #Russia near Ukraine border is like in 2014 & in 2021. #Putin & other #Russian leaders threatened to use military force if #Zelensky government would launch military operation in #Donbas or if #Ukraine would move to join #NATO
I said that Russia calls #Ukraine military threat because of NATO membership plans, Western military assets deployment & potential deployment of missiles even though Ukraine won’t join #NATO in near future. Ukraine & #Russia are like Canada & US because of long border & ties.

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Polls are hardly valid measure of behavior. During coup attempt against #gorbachev, there were not even demonstrations in #Ukraine against coup, including in West Ukraine. #Ukrainian Communist turned overnight into supporters of independence after coup defeat.
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I wrote in June 1990 in my final undergraduate thesis in Kyiv university that #SovietUnion system would collapse. My department head told me that they would expel me when I submitted my thesis proposal because it stated that it would use theories of Max Weber & Western economists
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Because I wrote in my thesis in 1990 that Soviet system was bound to collapse & based it on theories of Weber & Western economists, I couldn't pursue graduate education until #SovietUnion collapsed. University in Soviet #Ukraine had no problem that I wrote my thesis in #Ukrainian
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21 Dec 21
#Maidan massacre trial in #Ukraine showed video of witness testimony of one of several Georgians, who confessed of being in groups of Maidan snipers & receiving orders from Maidan & ex-Georgian leaders in #Ukraine to massacre police & protesters in 2014.
Georgian sniper stated in witness video testimony, which was shown at #Maidan massacre trial, that he & other Georgians were brought by Saakashvili's aide to #Ukraine to identify sniper positions on Maidan months before start of Euromaidan. Zero media reports about his testimony.
Only today some Ukrainian media reported Facebook post by defense lawyer that witness video testimony of one of self-admitted Georgian snipers was shown at Maidan massacre trial. +7 gordonua.com/news/maidan/ad…
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17 Dec 21
I said in my live interview today to @globalnews Radio in Canada that current US - #Russia conflict is most serious since violent overthrow of #Ukrainian government in 2014, subsequent #Russian annexation of Crimea in response to it & start of the war in #Donbas
@globalnews #Russia regards promised #NATO membership of #Ukraine & Western weapons deployment there as threat similarly to US during Caribbean crisis when Soviet Union deployed missiles with nuclear weapons in #Cuba. Russia also opposes policies of #Ukrainian governments since 2014.
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Without understanding #Maidan massacre & who was involved in this massacre it's impossible to understand & resolve peacefully internal & international conflicts involving #Ukraine. It's no accident that scholars who researched them continue to be deliberately ignored or censored.
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