Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-12-01-Speech-3-052"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-12-01"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Ukraine2
dcterms:Language	"it"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20041201.10.3-052"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-12-01-Speech-3-0532
lpv:speaker	lp:Giulietto Chiesa2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ALDE (2004-07-20--2006-05-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; INTA (2004-07-21--2005-03-13)3 unknown; Italia dei Valori (2004-07-20--2005-01-19)3 substitute; CULT (2004-07-22--2006-05-14)3 member; SEDE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2006-05-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I will be going against the current because I do not believe that it is just a revolution that is happening in Ukraine: what is also taking place is the last stage in the demolition of Russia, because Russia was born in Kiev. In Ukraine, just as in Russia, oligarchic cliques have seized power and produced a criminal state with the blessing of the International Monetary Fund. What is happening in Moscow is not to anyone’s liking, but hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested in the West to pull Georgia, Belarus and Ukraine away from Russian influence. That is the truth, and the ideals of freedom and democracy have little to do with it: 49 million Ukrainians are the victims of this situation. Victor Yushchenko and Yulia Timoshenko are no more champions of democracy than Victor Yanukovich: both are in fact the children of Leonid Kuchma. It is obvious that Vladimir Putin’s Russia wants to reassemble a few pieces of greater Russia, and that is no less legitimate than wanting to pull Ukraine into the West. The question is whether it happens with or against the will of the peoples concerned. It will be very difficult to keep all Ukrainians in a new Galicia and it may end in bloodshed. Mr Yanukovich has proposed a compromise which at least buys some time to prevent a clash. Mr Yushchenko has rejected it. Clearly, Mr Putin’s strategic design will be in tatters without Ukraine and, clearly, Mr Putin will not give up easily. If anyone is perhaps thinking of forcing him to do so, they should think of the consequences, which would be a serious blow to the future of European-Russian relations. I do not believe Europe should venture along that path."@en1

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