Putin’s Preemptive Medal of Honor

[Adrahil]

By Will Cathcart

The Daily Beast

Putin’s Preemptive Medal of Honor

Who would have thought that one of the more controversial details to emerge from the annexation of Crimea would come from a simple medal presentation for “heroes”?


Reports first emerged on the Facebook page of Volodimir Prosin, a historian and journalist from the Luhansk region of Ukraine, showing photographs and documents about a medal being rewarded by the Russian government to former Ukrainians. On one side of the silver medallion is a raised image of the outline of the Crimean peninsula. The controversy, though, is on the flipside of the coin.


On that side, there’s an emblem of the Russian Federation’s ministry of defense. Below that, this inscription: “For the return of Crimea 20.02.14 - 03.18.14.”

Yet how could the dates of Crimea’s “liberation” have begun on February 20th?



More at the link:
http://news.yahoo.com/putin-preemptive-medal-honor-094500663--politics.html

More evidence that this has been in the works for a bit. But I'm sure that won't change any minds amongst the Putinistas.

[MohRokTah]

1. But this comes from Yahoo and we all know how much Yahoo props up Obama.

Put up the piece about it from Russia Times!

[MohRokTah]

2. HOLY SHIT, I just checked the record!

Putin began the invasion a FULL WEEK before Yanukovich was ousted by the Ukrainian Parliament!!!!

[Adrahil]

3. yep... kinda puts it in perspective, eh? NT

[MohRokTah]

4. That means the operation had to start being planned at least a month earlier

Wow.

Just wow.

[Adrahil]

6. Yep. Yet nothing form the Putinistas....

except posting RT articles about Russian Government officials complaining about Kerry insulting RT.

I'm shocked. SHOCKED, I tell you.

[The Magistrate]

5. That Is Interesting, Ma'am

Damned sloppy work....

[Adrahil]

7. :) But I'm a guy....

... my daughter likes the singer in my pic and wanted me to use it.

[ProSense]

8. Well,

On that side, there’s an emblem of the Russian Federation’s ministry of defense. Below that, this inscription: “For the return of Crimea 20.02.14 - 03.18.14.”

Yet how could the dates of Crimea’s “liberation” have begun on February 20th?

...Putin hasn't been cooperating with his apologists. I mean, how much time did they spend denying what Putin just admitted?

Putin admits Russian forces were deployed to Crimea
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014782240

[NuclearDem]

9. Not even trying to hide it anymore.

Obligatory but Nuland but IMF but Svoboda but Iraq.