This is the extent of voluntary reaction to events in Ukraine.
Author: Consortiumnews.com
Munich Philharmonic Conductor Sacked for Remaining Silent
The esteemed Russian conductor was fired because he would not publicly condemn Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine. Rotterdam, Vienna, Carnegie Hall also let him go.
Jail Time for Czechs Agreeing With Russian Intervention
The supreme state prosecutor’s office of the Czech Republic has warned Czech citizens that they can be imprisoned for agreeing with Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, reports Joe Lauria.
WATCH: UN General Assembly Concludes on Ukraine
The 193-nation General Assembly resumes its debate on the crisis in Ukraine. Watch it here live.
Caitlin Johnstone: The Single Most Important Question In The World Right Now
The more tense things get, the greater the likelihood of an unthinkable chain of events from which there is no coming back.
Text of Putin’s Announcement of Military Action
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday morning announced the start of military action in Ukraine. For information purposes only, we publish here the text of his address.
WATCH: UN General Assembly on Ukraine
The U.N. General Assembly is holding a special session Monday on Ukraine. Watch it here (begins at 8-minute mark.)
The Consequences of Humiliating Russia
Russia’s actions in Ukraine are to a great extent the culmination of the numerous humiliations that the West has inflicted on Russia over the past 30 years, writes Michael Brenner.
Atlantic Council Praised Ukraine’s Nazi Azov Battalion
The Atlantic Council report was little more than a press release for Azov, written by a reporter who embedded inside the neo-Nazi militia, reports Ben Norton.
ROBERT PARRY: Playing Nuclear Chicken Over Ukraine
With U.S.-Russia tension boiling over after Russia entered Ukraine’s 8-year civil war and on Sunday put its nuclear arsenal on alert, we reprint this dire warning from Robert Parry in March 2015.