Russia. Crimea. History. Nikolay Starikov

unit was slandered as allegedly like a “death squad”. I want to officially state that “Omega” did not kill anyone, “ – said the commander of the elite unit of special forces …”[80]

      There is still no answer on the question, who was shooting. It is not going to be found. The special forces “Berkut” were blamed. Several “Berkut” troopers were arrested. But even a commission, created on a command of the putsch leaders, concluded that people were killed not of the firearms, which the law enforcement units may have had[81]. Who had been killing? Unknown snipers[82]. The mass murder of people by “unknown snipers”, who were – as a matter of fact – placed on roofs of Kiev by western secret agencies, enables to blame the authorities for brutalities and violence[83]. And to respond with violence. All Western and controlled by the West Ukrainian mass media got the best out of this provocation – they quickly have formed the public opinion in Europe, in the USA, and in Ukraine. This multi-step scenario, in which the opposition, Western powers and intelligence agencies, as well as “independent” media were playing one bloody game. This was the essence of the technique of overthrowing a power. The same – or similar – provocateurs were killing people in Syria, Libya, Egypt, Kirgizia, Tunisia, and – at last – in Moscow in 1993. Let us try to key in the word “sniper” together with a name of a country into a search line of whatever Internet search engine, and you will see how often our American “partners” repeat the same trick – first, the sniper fire at crowds and then – blaming the authorities in the massacre[84]. If the “script” of killings of different victims in absolutely different places of the world is the same – it is the evidence that the killer is a serial one, the evidence that the killer is just one. Nowadays only one country in the world can replicate provocations globally in pursuit of own geopolitical objectives.

      21 February 2014. Under a pressure of Western powers Yanukovich signed with the opposition an agreement about the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis. The Agreement contained mandatory provisions, in particular, – immediately (within 2 days) put into effect the Constitution of 2004, a Constitutional reform and a new early Presidential elections not later than in December 2014.

      The guarantors of the Agreement’s implementation were the Federal minister of the Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Poland Radosław Sikorski and the Head of the Department of the Continental Europe of the Foreign Ministry of the French Republic Éric Fournier[85].

      The surrender of all positions by the authorities was at the full swing. The Security Service of Ukraine announced the abolishment of the anti-terrorist operation, the start of which was declared on 19 February, but which in fact has never been started[86]. After the signing of the Agreement, the opposition began to work on an issue of physical extermination of Yanukovich. After the complete relinquishing the power, he may come in handy for them and for their Western curators only in a form of a corpse[87]. In such case, the problem of the legitimacy of their power would be solved itself. But Yanukovich managed to escape. Fleeing, he has not signed a decree about the putting into effect of the Constitution of 2004, what is a mandatory condition according to the Agreement. The putsch leaders did “not notice” such a trifle.

      • The same day the leader of the “Right Sector” Dmitry Yarosh declared the non-recognition of the Agreement between Yanukovich and the opposition leaders. He threatened to begin storming the Presidential Administration with the forces of the “Right Sector” if Yanukovich would not resign until the next morning[88].

      • At the night 21–22 February, the President Yanukovich left Kiev for Kharkov[89]. In Ukraine has been committed a coup d’état. There is no other name to the violent seizure and usurpation of power occurred there.

      22 February 2014. The Supreme Rada adopted a resolution, which declared that “Yanukovich has withdrawn from the exercising of his constitutional powers in an unconstitutional manner” and he does not fulfill his duties. Rada has scheduled early Presidential elections on the 25 May 2014[90]. At the same time, some TV channels broadcasted an interview with Yanukovich from Kharkov. He claimed that he is not going to resign and sign any documents or decisions of the Supreme Rada, which he deems to be illegal. He named all, what was happening in the country as “vandalism, gangsterism and a coup d’état”[91].

      23 February 2014. The Presidential duties – in violation of the Constitution – were assigned to the Chairman of the Supreme Rada Alexander Turchinov. The same day the Rada repealed the Law about the regional Languages[92]. The roistering of the militants in Kiev were the background of the voting in the Parliament. The militants several times attacked the “Berkut” troops on their way out of the city. Many Rada deputies were detained in the Parliamentary premises and forced to surrender their smart cards for secure voting. Unwanted “guests”, armed and disguised, were visiting houses and apartments of many politicians. Militants of the Maidan “self-defense” guarded the building of the Supreme Rada[93].

      Now a few words about the “legitimacy” of the new power in Kiev, which appointed itself after the coup of 21 February 2014. The apparent legitimacy was provided by the fact that all decrees and resolutions were approved by the Supreme Rada. The same Rada, which existed BEFORE the coup. But it all was an illusion of a legitimacy. In this is not hard to make sure. It’s enough just to read the Constitution of Ukraine. Let us skip all emotions and chatter about who and how liked or disliked Yanukovich, as well as about what kind of a poor leader he was. Also, we are not going to discuss such baloney as reasoning of the kind “since he has left the territory of Ukraine then he ceased to be as its President”. In the Constitution there is nothing of the kind, there is no single word about “a love to a President” or “about the Presidential sacred duty to be in Ukraine”. But the Constitution contains very clear legal conditions describing the circumstances of the termination of Presidential powers. Here is the Constitution of 2004, to which the opposition had been so keen on returning:

      “Article 105. The President of Ukraine enjoys the right of immunity for the period of the execution of powers. For infringement of the honor and dignity of the President of Ukraine, the perpetrators are to be brought to justice under the law. The title of President of Ukraine is protected by law and remains for him for life, unless the President of Ukraine has been dismissed from the post of Impeachment”[94].

      The President is inviolable – he may not be detained or arrested. The Maidan militants were trying to do precisely this – when Yanukovich fled. There was firing at his car, there was a group of commandos for his extermination.

      But let us come back to the Constitution. It says that the President of Ukraine may be ousted from his position ONLY as a result of impeachment. No matter what kind of crime he would have allegedly committed, any other way of the ousting must be treated as the MOST SERIOUS VIOLATION of the country’s main law. Only impeachment – and nothing else. So, what does the procedure of impeachment look like? The Constitution provides the comprehensive description of it. It is not just a simple voting. To initiate a procedure of impeachment at least 226 Rada deputies must have voted for a creation of a special commission, which should include special prosecutor and special investigators. Has such commission been set up? No. The next step is the investigation, the conclusions of which should be presented to and considered by the Supreme Rada. After that, at least 300 Rada deputies should vote that a President is guilty. Let us emphasize: vote not for ousting, but just for deeming that a President is guilty! Finally, at least 338 Rada deputies (>75 %

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The commander of the elite unit of the Ukrainian Special Forces: they want to make us like a “death squad”. http://russian.rt.com/article/23147 (in Russian).

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V. Mikhailin. The black “Berkut” was bleached. http://expert.ru/2014/05/14/chernyij-berkut-otbelili/ (in Russian).

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Details about how “unknown snipers” were used over the human history and nowadays – see: N. V. Starikov. Nationalization of Ruble. A way to a freedom for Russia – SPb, 2011 (in Russian).

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N. V. Starikov. Kiev. Maidan. Unknown snipers. http://nstarikov.ru/blog/36732 (in Russian).

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About the possibility of using “unknown snipers” in Ukraine see the following articles of N. V. Starikov (all are in Russian): 22 January 2014 – “Snipers in Kiev – a provocation according to a manual”; http://nstarikov.ru/blog/35980; 23 January 2014 – “How NATO snipers open doors to “colored” revolutions”; http://nstarikov.ru/club/35996; 4 October 2013 – “The October 1993. Moscow. Unknown snipers”; http://nstarikov.ru/blog/33515.

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Promulgated the text of the Agreement on the settlement of the crisis in Ukraine. http://www.unian.net/politics/887869-obnarodovan-tekst-soglasheniya-ob-uregulirovanii-krizisa-v-ukraine.html (in Russian).

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The Security Service of Ukraine declared about the abolishment of the antiterrorist operation. http://ru.tsn.ua/ukrayina/sbu-zayavila-ob-otmene-antiterroristicheskoy-operacii-350610.html (in Russian).

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D. Belyaev. How (they) were killing Yanukovich. http://dbelyaev.ru/kak-ubivali-yanukovicha-16482.html (in Russian).

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Euro-Maidan demands the resignation of Yanukovich before the morning of the coming Saturday. http://euromaidan.rbc.ua/rus/evromaydan-trebuet-otstavki-yanukovicha-k-zavtrashnemu-utru-21022014204000 (in Russian).

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Yanukovich left Kiev and arrived to Kharkov. http://ria.ru/world/ 20140222/996370433.html (in Russian).

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Rada ousted Yanukovich and appointed the presidential elections on the 25 May 2014. http://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/politics/rada-otstranila-yanukovicha-i-naznachila-vybory-prezidenta-22022014171100 (in Russian).

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Yanukovich named all that is happening in the country a coup d’état. http://euromaidan.rbc.ua/rus/yanukovich-nazval-proishodyashchee-v-ukraine-gosudarstvennym-22022014155900 (in Russian).

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Resolution of the Supreme Rada of Ukraine No. 764-VII of 23.02.2014 http://www.president.gov.ua/news/30130.html (in Ukrainian).

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The Governmental district of Kiev controlled by Euro-Maidan. http://www.chaspik.spb.ru/world/pravitelstvennyj-kvartal-kieva-pod-kontrolem-evromajdana/ (in Russian).

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The Ukrainian original: «Стаття 105. Президент України користується правом недоторканності на час виконання повноважень. За посягання на честь і гідність Президента України винні особи притягаються до відповідальності на підставі закону. Звання Президента України охороняється законом і зберігається за ним довічно, якщо тільки Президент України не був усунений з поста в порядку імпічменту». http://sevkrimrus.narod.ru/ZAKON/konstukr.htm (in Russian).