Thursday, March 26, 2015

UKRAINE: Pro-Russian Separatist Supporters have Buyer's Remorse as Hardship Replaces Hope

Ethnic Russian residents in this eastern province who cheered on a rebel drive a year ago to separate from Ukraine are now suffering buyers' remorse.
While local governance such as schools and law enforcement continue to function, many ties to the outside world have been broken since fighting erupted between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian security forces.
People gather to receive humanitarian aid packages 
on March 12, 2015, in Amvrosiivka, Ukraine
The Ukrainian government in the capital of Kiev cut off the banking system here and instituted travel restrictions between separatist-held areas and the rest of the country. As a result, pensions, salaries and many jobs have dried up, and residents in separatist-held areas have difficulty leaving.
Residents who once had comfortable lives now live in poverty and geographic seclusion, prompting some to change their minds about separating from Ukraine, said Olga Lapteva, 35, a grounds cleaner at the Victory Cultural Center in downtown Amvrosiivka, about 50 miles southeast of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk and close to the Russian border.
A cook at the Ocean Humanitarian Cafe serves two women 
soup on March 11, 2015, in Donetsk, Ukraine.
Lapteva said she hasn't received a salary in months. Like other women waiting in the cold for handouts of baby food and diapers, Lapteva said the new rebel government has provided no help at all: "The new authorities promise but don't do anything," she said.
When residents ask the Russian-backed People's Republic of Donetsk for aid, the authorities say they've not received official requests from her town, so things must be OK, Lapteva said. When residents call the Akhmetov Foundation, a local charity, aid workers say the Ukrainian military won't let convoys go through, Lapteva said.
A view of what was once a major intersection during 
the evening rush hour on March 11 in Donetsk
While government services are mostly restored in Donetsk, amid an uneasy cease-fire, separatist authorities in outlying areas provide almost no assistance to medical clinics, hospitals, orphanages, old age homes and other social service institutions, said Evgeny Shibalov, an aid worker with Responsible Citizens, which provides baby food and diapers to the mothers in Amvrosiivka and other aid in the region.
Here's Vlad and his P.M. roughing it. They feel your pain
Read the rest of the story HERE.

What's that old saying? Something like, As You Have Made Your Bed, So You Must Lie In It!

I have NO SYMPATHY for those who supported the PRO-RUSSIAN SCUM. Hey, Maybe Vlad can help. Ah ..Oh .. that's right .. Things aren't to great for Russian Citizen's either ... Back of the line for You.

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