In a report written by investigative historian, Eric Zuesse, President Vladimir Putin has agreed to supply Ukraine with 50,000 tons of coal per day to help them through the winter. According to the official announcement, “this is a demonstration of good will of President Vladimir Putin to provide real support for the Ukrainian people.”
According to Zuesse, President Barack Obama, with a 98% approval from Congress, signed into law a bill that makes available to the Ukrainian Government $450 million to aid its war against the residents of Donbass. Zuesse explains that the residents there are being killed because of their support of former ousted Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych. 90% of the people in that region voted for Yanukovych, and they refuse to recognize the legitimacy of the U.S. coup that overthrew him on February 22, 2014. President Obama stated that military aid would not immediately be supplied, and that he will hold the expense and threat “in abeyance for the time being.”
Zuesse states that the Saudi and American aristocracies want to replace Putin in order to control the aristocrats in Russia. “It would seem things aren’t going quite as planned for the White House, however, only future historians will be able to write about that; no reporter today can.”
Despite Russia’s own problems due to the Obama-imposed economic sanctions, and U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry’s agreement with the Saudis to flood the global markets with oil in order to drive down oil prices enough to hurt Russia, Putin has still decided to provide aid to Ukraine.
“Putin made a decision to start these supplies due to the critical situation with energy supplies and despite a lack of prepayment.” – Spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Earlier attempts to import Russian coal have been hampered by supplies being held up at the border, according to a report by Reuters. It has not been made clear whether or not the transportation hold-ups have been resolved.
Zuesse’s report comes after announcements of Russia and Turkey’s implementation of strategic joint projects in the energy sector. Turkey is an important foreign trade partner for Russia, and they have been developing constructively on the basis of mutual confidence, good neighborliness, equality and mutual respect of interests, according to Putin.
Putin states:
“Our agenda included the improvement of trade turnover structure through increasing the share of high-tech products and developing industrial cooperation. In this regard, we are already implementing a number of important joint projects. For example, the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works has upgraded and expanded the capacity of the Iskenderun Iron and Steel Works Company, with investments amounting to $2 billion. The Russian GAZ Group and the Turkish company Mersa Otomotiv have launched a car assembly plant in the province of Sakarya.”
Other areas of cooperation between Russia and Turkey include space exploration, energy supplies, and trade.
“I would like to note that unilateral restrictive measures imposed on our country by the United States, EU, Japan, Australia, and a number of other States are not legitimate. Such pressure not only causes direct economic damage, but also threatens international stability.
“Attempts to use the language of ultimatums and sanctions in talks with Russia are absolutely inadmissible and have no chance for success. In such case, our response has always been and will be balanced and consistent with Russia’s rights and commitments under international treaties, including the WTO agreements.
“By the way, heads of leading western companies operating in Russia express their concerns over the sanctions and reaffirm their willingness to continue cooperation with their Russian partners.
“We hope that common sense will prevail. We call to abandon the distorted logic of restrictions and threats and to search for mutually acceptable solutions to outstanding issues.” – Vladimir Putin
Sources:
Devitt, Polina and Prentice, Alessandra. Reuters. Dec 27, 2014. (http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/27/us-ukraine-crisis-russia-coal-idUSKBN0K508F20141227)
Tilford, Robert. Ground Report. Nov 30, 2014. (http://groundreport.com/russia-and-turkey-announce-the-implemtation-of-stratgic-joint-projects-in-the-energy-sector-worth-billions-of-euros/)
Zuesse, Eric. RINF Alternative News. Dec 27, 2014. (http://rinf.com/alt-news/featured/putin-decides-donate-50000-tons-russias-coal-daily-ukraine-heat/)
Great stance Turkey.
“Attempts to use the language of ultimatums and sanctions in talks with Russia are absolutely inadmissible and have no chance for success. In such case, our response has always been and will be balanced and consistent with Russia’s rights and commitments under international treaties, including the WTO agreements.”
So Putin is not bad?
Putin and his allies are the only thing preventing war-mongering America from world domination
If you consider yourself a solvent freedom. So show American and Ukrainian people the truth about what is happening in the world, not faltsifitsirovannye materials are prepared America for his people.
Didn’t expect censorship here. I added non ofensive, researched comment and it was not posted. I’m dissapointed.
$450,000,000.00 of aide to Ukraine?! Charity starts at home…WE need that money, not Ukraine. That is outrageous. We need to stop supporting everyone else…when we need that support way more.