Odessa and Sloviansk -- These Names Will Be Remembered as the Pretext to a Russian Invasion and Takeover of Southern and Eastern Ukraine
Update: May 5, 2014: Russia's Putin outlaws denial of Nazi crimes BY ALEXEI ANISHCHUK MOSCOW Mon May 5, 2014 12:14pm EDT Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Monday making the denial of Nazi crimes and distortion of the Soviet Union's role in the World War Two a criminal offence punishable by up to five years in jail. The law, described by critics as an attempt to curb freedom of expression to appease conservative Russians, the ex-KGB spy's main support base, also criminalizes the public desecration of war memorials. It has become increasingly risky for Russians to dispute an official line that glorifies the wartime achievements of the Soviet leadership and plays down its errors. The new law would ban "wittingly spreading false information about the activity of the USSR during the years of World War Two" [emphasis mine]. See http://beacon2light.blogspot.com/2014/04/russian-invasion-appears-imminent.html for links concerning other Russia...