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Viatrovych – Postscript on Ukrainian Diaspora Historians – Part I

Posted on March 22, 2019

Dear Readers: This is a postscript to my previous series on the Viatrovych warrant.  In his piece, Russian analyst Dmitry Bavyrin suggested that the Dragon Viatrovych should best be slain on the turf that he claims as his own, namely … Continue reading →

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Russian Investigation Targets Nazi-Rehabilitator Viatrovych – Part IV

Posted on March 21, 2019

Dear Readers: Today concluding my review of this piece from VZGLIAD.  Where we left off, reporter Dmitry Bavyrin was dubious that anything will come of the Russian Prosecutor’s Office warrant against Viatrovych, or even that it is worth the paper … Continue reading →

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Russian Investigation Targets Nazi-Rehabilitator Viatrovych – Part III

Posted on March 20, 2019

Dear Readers: Today continuing my review of this piece from VZGLIAD. Where we left off, reporter Dmitry Bavyrin expressed his concerns that Viatrovych, in his role of Ukrainian Archivist, has simply been destroying historical documents which contradict his own “theories” … Continue reading →

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Russian Investigation Targets Nazi-Rehabilitator Viatrovych – Part II

Posted on March 19, 2019

Dear Readers: Continuing with this story from VZGLIAD, the reporter is Dmitry Bavyrin.  Where we left off, we saw that the job of National Archivist for the Ukrainian historical archives, was to go to an ardent Nationalist, who would make … Continue reading →

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Russian Investigation Targets Nazi-Rehabilitator Viatrovych – Part I

Posted on March 18, 2019

Dear Readers: Today I have this story from VZGLIAD, the reporter is Dmitry Bavyrin.  The backstory is that Ukrainian “historian” Volodymyr Viatrovych has become the target of several legal investigations, one of them emanating from the Special Prosecutor’s Office in … Continue reading →

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P.S. To Guaidó Prank – Vot is Language Requirement For Marionette?

Posted on March 15, 2019

Dear Readers: Today’s post is a P.S. to yesterday’s, inspired by commenters Nat and Jen, who expressed some surprise at Juan Guaidó’s apparent insufficiency in the English language.  Apparently, Guaidó’s English is on, more or less, the same level as … Continue reading →

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Russian Pranksters Punk Juan Guaidó

Posted on March 14, 2019

Dear Readers: This post can be considered a continuation of my previous post about the punking of Elliott Abrams.  Within the framework of this same “prank”, the Russian press has now revealed that Lexus and Vovan also punked Juan Guaidó, … Continue reading →

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