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In reply to the discussion: Why bother posting Russia Today videos anymore? [View all]Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)118. tell that to the Crimean Tartars
The Russian authorities have allowed armed groups that have been behind some brutal attacks against the Tatars to operate freely in Crimea. They have alienated Crimean Tatars by harassing Tatar leaders, threatening to dissolve their highest representative body, and restricting their rights to freedom of assembly and expression.
Up to 7,000 Tatars have fled Crimea already. Those who have stayed face the unenviable choice of having to give up their Ukrainian citizenship and accept a Russian one or become foreigners in their homeland.
Following World War II, nearly quarter of a million people were deported to remote parts of the Soviet Union, purportedly for collaborating with the German occupying force during World War II. Nearly half of them are believed to have died from starvation or disease as a direct result from the deportation. They were allowed to return to the Crimea only in the late 1980s.
Up to 7,000 Tatars have fled Crimea already. Those who have stayed face the unenviable choice of having to give up their Ukrainian citizenship and accept a Russian one or become foreigners in their homeland.
Following World War II, nearly quarter of a million people were deported to remote parts of the Soviet Union, purportedly for collaborating with the German occupying force during World War II. Nearly half of them are believed to have died from starvation or disease as a direct result from the deportation. They were allowed to return to the Crimea only in the late 1980s.
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/crimean-tatars-risk-persecution-and-harassment-new-crimea-2014-05-23
Deportation of the Crimean Tatars
The state-organized and forcible deportation of the Crimean Tatars from the Crimean Peninsula by the Soviet Union in 1944 was ordered by Joseph Stalin as a form of collective punishment for alleged collaboration with the Nazi occupation regime in Taurida Subdistrict during 1942-1943. The event is also known as Sürgünlik in Crimean Tatar (meaning "exile" .[citation needed]
A total of more than 230,000 people were deported, mostly to the Uzbek SSR. This included the entire ethnic Crimean Tatar population, at the time about a fifth of the total population of the Crimean Peninsula, besides smaller number of ethnic Greeks and Bulgarians. A large number of deportees (more than 100,000 according to a 1960s survey by Crimean Tatar activists) died from starvation or disease as a direct result of deportation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Crimean_Tatars
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Yeah--shows how much YOU know about that. The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.
MADem
May 2014
#123
Al Jazeera, funded by the ruler of Qatar yet managed to provide some of the best coverage
sabrina 1
May 2014
#23
Of course I've seen it, the Neocon puppet who, before joining RT, interned for Sean Hannity on
sabrina 1
May 2014
#38
You mean it is funded by the Russian Govt. Like the BBC is funded by the UK Govt and Al Jazeera is
sabrina 1
May 2014
#46
I didn't say we had a great record. But Russia's is demonstrably worse than ours or the UK's.
pnwmom
May 2014
#94
Well said. Tired of that Anti-American Anti-Freedom Putin/Hitler Propaganda Being Posted Here
951-Riverside
May 2014
#9
Lol, it reminds me of the Right Wing and Al Jazeera. They HATED them, called them 'terrorists'! Lol!
sabrina 1
May 2014
#16
i thought calling folks unamerican for criticizing the government was a right wing thing.
m-lekktor
May 2014
#62
Putin's anti-Americanism (indeed the right's in general) is irrelevant. His anti-liberal values
pampango
May 2014
#63
There are people here who are pro-Putin and Russia, anti-America. RT and RIA are the sources that
okaawhatever
May 2014
#11
You mean like there were people here who were pro-Saddam, anti-America because they watched
sabrina 1
May 2014
#19
"Btw, what did you think of Al Jazeera?" I think you should have asked that first.
rhett o rick
May 2014
#35
No, they didn't. Unless you have something more than your own opinion to prove it.
sabrina 1
May 2014
#109
The Corporate Media is allowed in LBN. Which is why I don't read anything in LBN. In fact
sabrina 1
May 2014
#20
I don't care about Putin, he's a politician. I care about PEOPLE. I doubt he was very happy with RT
sabrina 1
May 2014
#25
So you support the Bush policy of imprisoning and shooting at Reporters? You weren't clear so
sabrina 1
May 2014
#39
Were you a fan of Al Jazeera? Are you a fan of our own Corporate Media? I am not a fan
sabrina 1
May 2014
#41
Al Jazeera sold out. They were at one time one of the best news organizations
sabrina 1
May 2014
#43
I see your point, but as others have noted, nearly all "news" is propaganda to some degree.
nomorenomore08
May 2014
#26
You got that right... its why I stopped watching any mainstream news.
TampaAnimusVortex
May 2014
#71
Why dont you make a list of what sources you dont like? Or just trash the threads and
rhett o rick
May 2014
#31
The same reason we post FOX News and Glenn Beck videos here? To show how screwed up Obama is?
pampango
May 2014
#54