Ukraine

51 people have died as a result of a deadly outbreak of swine flu across Ukraine.  Hospitals in east Ukraine, where 12 people have lost their lives, are saying that they lack the crucial drugs needed to treat patients. Uatoday.tv reports: Elena Baun, senior doctor at Donetsk hospital: “The supply of medication today is enough in general. The only thing we are short of is anti-virus medication – Tamiflu – which is in drug stores today, but, unfortunately, we do not have it in the hospital.

Via The New York Review of Books,

The following is a revised version of an interview between George Soros and Gregor Peter Schmitz of the German magazine WirtschaftsWoche.

Gregor Peter Schmitz: When Time put German Chancellor Angela Merkel on its cover, it called her the “Chancellor of the Free World.” Do you think that is justified?

Some thoughts on what lies ahead while President Obama jawbones... (grab a glass of wine or bottle)

Submitted by David Haggith via The Great Recession blog,

The 22-Month Old “Maidan Revolution” In Ukraine Has Completely Failed

Do you remember the vast outpouring of propaganda about bringing honest and democratic government to Ukraine. Now the gulible Ukrainians realize that they are worse off than before.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/gallup-ukrainians-loathe-the-kiev-government-imposed-by-obama/5497679

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Two weeks ago, we noted - with some amusement - that Ukraine has defaulted to Russia on a $3 billion obligation. To be sure, the move wasn’t unexpected. 

“I have a feeling that they will not pay us back because they are crooks,” Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev said previously. 

Here, in a nutshell, is what happened.