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for closing out a tragically violent week in Ukraine
it's been bad for months but this week especially has been incredibly violent
at least 77 people dead
hundreds I have been injured both on the side of the opposition but also the
police and government forces as well
now looks like there might be a silver lining on this cloud hanging over
eastern europe
because the peace deal has been signed between the opposition leaders and
President Viktor
unit that's we're still like learning the details a little bit and
the proof of the pudding will really be and whether or not the opposition itself
accepts that
which is a very different thing than the opposition leaders accepting it but in
advance at least we have
a we have a statement by the president he says there are no steps that we
should not take to restore peace in Ukraine
I know it's lame initiating early elections i'm talking about one of the
biggest portion
looked the most important perhaps part love this deal which is that they will
be holding
early elections that might not be enough to satisfy the opposition however
because they
really want to step down immediately right away
that right I mean after this week he he ought it would be the quotable were
times I have a quote that I had a great but I want you guys to
because I these guys I mean I i'm too i ke sports this week X went off on
russian
like they were these pictures /a Russian fans who had watched the
a team be eliminated in the quarter-finals up the hockey
by they want and you know it was like that ever they were just yeah
and I was able to pick his people who just realized that they live in russia
now
they're going to live in Russia for the rest of their lives right
reacting I man that and that you report like that to let see the the quote from
you gotta go *** again and I realize that's not russia but it was the former
so you know there's a similar mentality obviously is not even putting this is
his
you know younger brother right I many partners discussing Obama's age
we partners that are in good shape ukrainian President legitimate thanks to
the people don't like their
begin on the authorities like a doormat just where these
classes talk didn't but the authorities they just instinctively
yeah week cuz you know Medvedev the prime minister to Russia
leap he doesn't have a past with the KGB these guys are at my age
you more like 66 or 67 any went to university is a big scholar that he came
up and they still talk that way now put up that the article which got the one
the John quoted first the first one
if we could do they really know how to say the right thing they are there are
no steps that we should not take
like just pick like I want to do everything we can to have peace
but they're like no steps that we should not take too maybe not have pieces like
it feels like they try to trick is that you the triple then you really don't
like it don't you
well so it to your earlier point banyak overtures a
former Soviet regional transport official
with by the way to convictions for assault and
this one the scariest moments was when police when into the parliament building
they were quickly ejected rate but when the
when the police entered it felt that there was a sense of like
a takeover of the parliament bite force and now thank God cooler heads prevail
there but then there was a fist fight that broke up among
that broke out among the different members
from the different parties just select the violence everywhere and by the way
here's one said you could take in to get the peace when you talk about no
no step we will not take how bout the you didn't put snipers in the streets
yeah
right now we're gonna step but see here's where it gets incredibly
complicated that we actually had
we had a Fulbright Scholar on this year are today was over there now
who is pointing out that there is element just like there was black bloc
any occupy there's an element in the among these demonstrators it is
fascistic and racist and they're talking about
you know when you hear them say we want to create a new social order to help
cool maybe they want to eliminate in a quality whatever
know that mean exterminate anybody is not Ukrainian yes so you have now with
the coalition government his point was that the coalition government comes
together
let's hope they succeed yeah but and now with triple-negative
necessarily but that they succeed in and peaceful
democratic or yes see you brought up May one other possible major hurdles to this
deal actually working it's one thing to have a couple guys who are the
opposition leaders in the ukraine
but what what percentage love the protesters to the actually represent
like
maybe they represent the people that the Euro might on people who want you know
closer economic in land
and legal integration with the EU but do they represent the far right
you know xenophobic group probably not I mean this opposition is not one thing
it's it's a
itself it's a very group of people have very different ideas of what they hope
to get out this chaos
and it might be that the far it doesn't want it to end label reading What I Wore
the parade is already said they do not acknowledge this coalition government at
the upcoming
so to on that point alexi pushkov was headed Russia's the doom of Foreign
Affairs Committee
said don't know it's okay where the opposition is rather dissimilar
and now they will start to squabble among themselves yep right
and so that was a little ominous essay that with the
Russia I shoulda so and now the ammunition was clear at this club %uh
among them said hey they were the russians I
he said they will not cease to convince you that my
yeah so at now there's more parts the deal that are very important right
so what they're going to do is there gonna revert to the old constitution
that had less powers for the president
that was something that your honor code which had passed more power to the
president that is now being tagged it taken away
is interior minister was fired he was blamed for some other
violence in the streets a and the reaction to the protesters this week
and the Criminal Code was amended so that the archrival
over jacoba Chur could be released and he is going to be really so
those are all pretty good in the end it appears that the
protesters have one it this agreement seems to
favor them significantly the you know to calling early elections was the main
thing the Klitschko a task force the main thing that I thought
was the key to settling these protests they got that plus they got all these
other things
but yes some protesters are saying now we don't care
way to keep fighting anyway the adult leader the Polish contingent
in New Europeans were in there including the Polish trying to broker this deal
the russians are not so happy about the deal they seem to have lost go to court
for now right
but the hell oppose continue good went and talked though opposition leaders and
said
but you should all take this the old don't be crazy
because if not you will have martial law and you will all be dead
yeah I was like okay that's a pretty strong statement up for it with some
credibility after they
lot like let loose lifers on that you know yes they're just
you know and of course are you make a great point your guest on this year our
major
a great point that we don't know who was in this opposition although we know that
some of the people in there are
idiots and add to be beard but countries that don't find themselves in the
position
shooting on their own citizens don't have trouble identifying
their opposition like where there's a bar right wing group that wants to expel
all people are american-born from the country like
you're on the air is on 1100 I'm sure that you Rock AR
like I just somehow the Olympics in russia just pissed me off this entirely
because I'm sure that for many people
but they're still stinging from the popular and I'm also a local other
for Canada I can totally under will
I but done
but like you know we we we know who the guys are there
thread right but we don't have trouble identifying the secret people who want X
pillar want to know how to ukraine I'm and
and the countries that by themselves in a situation where you make a decision
that
yeah we said snipers out on the street for head shots ahead to kill shots at
people
who have are coming at us with the shields on
and and then I I just saw one thing today I guess and it was NBC news last
night where Biden said you know we officially condemned it
and you know only if we couldn't believe they were killing
their own citizens on the street which
again that hypocritical irony is rich is like look if you're good
kill people have to kill other people citizens aged would
trouble I could have just a little girl oh yeah
quite get it right