




Russians who wish to visit the ATO zone, fire military weapons, talk with separatists, and make videos or take photos can directly contact one of the terrorist leaders nicknamed Givi. “He makes his offer and if (the tourists) agree, then no problem, a group is organised, supplied with ammunition and combat weapons, with helmets marked with the word 'Press.' In case someone is hurt or killed, there is 'evidence' that the Ukrainian military, despite a truce, are shooting Russian journalists. The group is accompanied along the entire movement route and in deployment places where they are provided food and accommodation.It is not a big miracle that territories of Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts controlled by terrorists consist of gangs which are often fighting against each other. This is the end result which the Russian World has brought to these regions. How happy Russians are to meet Ukrainians, as supposed by Ihor Strelkov, was reported by The Moscow Times in the article Russian Vandal Spray-Paints Swastikas on Walls of Ukrainian Refugee Camp. A vandal was caught on camera painting swastikas on a hostel for refugees from eastern Ukraine, as Russia prepared to celebrate its Russian National Unity Day holiday on November 4, 2014 with a Russian march. The vandalism came as the Kremlin's human rights council urged additional social programs to "prevent conflicts" between Ukrainian refugees and local Russian residents, according to a statement released on the National Unity Day holiday on Tuesday, November 2, 2014. Stubborn non-acceptance of Ukraine as a separate nation is the gravest mistake Russia has ever made in its policy toward Ukraine. This mistake is even more dramatic than the higher and higher costs and consequences associated with Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. Non-acceptance of the existence of Ukraine and Ukrainians has served Putin badly as a result. All his political technologists developed campaigns without taking into consideration Ukraine as a separate state and the Ukrainians as a separate nation without considering the difference in psychological profiles between Russians and Ukrainians. Some experts in Russia and Ukraine believed that Putin could have seized Ukraine peacefully in February this year if he had recognized the existence of Ukraine as a separate state and the Ukrainians as a nation separate from Russians. Euromaidan Press decided not to publish such scenarios in February - March 2014 to avoid hints for Kremlin political technologists.After the 'safari-tour,' the group is brought back to where it came from, to the Ukrainian-Russian border not controlled by the Ukrainian army," says the SBU colonel. During the 'safari-tour,' a 'tourist' is allowed to shoot with [combat] weapons. “Tourists” can take videos and photos during the exercise... Not all the “tourists” in the ATO zone are from Russia. Advertisements offering such “tours” can easily be found in separatist-controlled Donetsk. The name of the tour is “Following tracks of the Ukrainian Army.” Everybody who wishes to can go to “liberated” towns and areas where active military operations are taking place. The price of such a “safari-tour” ranges from 1,000-8,000 UAH ($77-$615). Organizers of “safari-tours” provide “tourists” with a full set of ballistic protection equipment, meaning bulletproof jackets and kevlar helmets.

100% of the voting ballots have been processed and Ukraine has elected its new parliament. With the 52% voting turnout, Ukrainians voted in favor of the People’s Front (22%), Bloc of Petro Poroshenko (21%) and Samopomich (11%) – these three parties will form the governmental coalition in the parliament. The pro-Russian Opposition Bloc received 9% of the votes, the most “radical” parties (Svoboda and the Right Sector) did not pass the 5% electoral threshold. Interestingly, every sixth MP in the new parliament previously voted for the dictatorial laws of January 16.


