INFORMATION RESISTANCE: Who is the Terrorist Zdryliuk—“Abwehr?” A Story of Betrayal.

By Bravo Section, Information Resistance
05.18.2014
Translated and edited by Voices of Ukraine

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“Sonny, wake up,” howl fellow villagers from the Vinnytsya region at Serhiy Zdryliuk–a traitor to the Ukrainian people and a major collaborator with “Strelok” Girkyn from the GRU GS AF RF [Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation]. People say he didn’t use to be like this. Bravo Section of the Information Resistance group managed to track the “thorny” path of transformation of Serhiy Zdryliuk into a monster that all his relatives hate. And his fellow villagers ask him not to disgrace his family name and the Motherland, not to sully the honor of [his] grandfathers with betrayal and, for at least once in his lifetime, to act like an officer and shoot himself!

…In 1993, Zdryliuk, together with Goblin-Aksyonov, graduated from the Simferopol Higher Military-Political College. It appears that during his college years, Zdryliuk was recruited by Russian intelligence services. The zampolit [in Soviet times, the political commissar party appointee who supervised the military command and personnel] of the construction battalion gets deployed regardless of his specialty—Abwehr was appointed to the SBU of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea [AR Crimea].

“Abwehr” was no serviceman, according to his comrades. They called him an adventurer–in the negative sense of the word. Instead of fulfilling his immediate responsibilities, he went into a car business and fraudulent financial schemes that he tried to drag his service colleagues into. As a result, Zdryliuk had to say ‘goodbye’ to the SBU—they dismissed him from the special services for fraud.

For some time after [his] dismissal, he attempted to dabble in business, however, after realizing the futility of such attempts, he returned to civil service—this time to the Tax Service. Zdryliuk didn’t stay with the tax people for long— he got dismissed for corruption. Another attempt at starting his own business ended up in “zilch.” Abwehr, not willing to pay his debts, is in hiding from the creditors.

A black phase in the life of the future terrorist begins. To make ends meet, he agrees to any “dirty” work. In those rare moments when the “weight of dough” pleasantly weighs downZdryliuk’s pocket, he lives the high life. He gets addicted to cards, and loses regularly. He compensates for his addictions with misfortunes in love—by spending the rest of his money on prostitutes and lovers. His father-in-law, a Russian general, finally becomes exasperated with the immoral lifestyle of his “talented” son-in-law. 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locked the “lover of ‘dirty’ work” into the Russian intelligence services.

The unscrupulous comrade gets educated in terror methodology. And, admittedly, Zdryliuk makes perfect “expendable material,” which, if anything, no one will feel the least bit sorry for… The traitor gets into character and chooses the callsign “Abwehr,” clearly associating his activity with real, not invented by Russian propaganda, fascism. Let us remind you of the meaning of this alias. Abwehr (from German, Abwehr­—defense, fight off, from Auslandnachrichten-und Abwehramt) was the agency of military intelligence and counterintelligence in Germany in 1919 to 1944, as part of the High Command of the Wehrmacht. Abwehr was used from 1920 to 1944 to name all service authorities and units of the Reichswehr, and later, the Wehrmacht, which was intended for conducting counterintelligence, espionage, and subversive acts. Unfortunately, we and you are observing the further degradation of this traitor in real time. But something tells us that this story will end in the near future with the big fat period.

Source: Information Resistance 

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Mitten in Deutschland: Alle Vornamen sind gleich. Manche Vornamen sind gleicher.

10268522_716639858395607_2048120735646541272_n Letzte Woche wollte ich meinen kleinen Sohn zu einem Malkurs in Bonn anmelden. Es gibt ein schönes Künstleratelier, mit dem wir schon immer geliebäugelt haben… Uns empfängt eine nette Dame, an deren Akzent ihre ostslawische Herkunft nicht zu überhören ist. Ich zeige die mitgebrachten Zeichnungen des Sohnemanns und sie fragt nach seinem Namen. „Taras“, – leise vom Junior. „Te A eR A eS, – buchstabiert sein hilfsbereiter großer Bruder. … Pause… Die Kommunikation ihrerseits wird etwas reservierter, aber wir dürfen uns in die Warteliste eintragen… Ich schreibe Taras“ und meinen Namen und nun kann die Künstlerin nicht mehr aushalten: „Wo kommen Sie her?“ Ich – „Ukraine“. Sie – „Und ich komme aus Moskau. Dann sind wir also auf verschiedenen Seiten der Barrikaden?!“ Blöde Situation, fand ich. Das war der Ort und die Stelle, wo ich über alles reden wollte, aber nicht über Politik. Was sollte ich antworten. „Ich komme aus Kiew. Lassen Sie uns nicht über Politik reden“, – sagte ich zum Abschied. Taras draußen: „Mama, die Frau war aber so nett, ich glaube nicht, dass sie Putin mögen kann“…

Quelle: Lesya Yurchenko auf Facebook

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Charis Haska: Selbstversorger

Charis Haska: Selbstversorger

Original: https://www.facebook.com/charis.haska/posts/650330591700302

Schwere Gewitter sind in den letzten Tagen, oder besser gesagt, Nächten über Kiew herein gebrochen. Zwar habe ich unsere deutsche Redewendung im Hinterkopf: „Mairegen bringt Segen“. Doch in den letzten Jahren zeigte sich der Mai eigentlich heiß und trocken, während eher der Juni dann regnerisch war. In der Natur scheint in diesem Jahr alles um einen Monat zu früh zu kommen.

Manche haben mir erzählt, dass sie wegen der Gewitter nicht schlafen konnten. In der einen Nacht habe auch ich wach gelegen und mir voller Angst ausgemalt, was passieren könnte, wenn der Blitz in den Kran einschlagen sollte, dessen Arm über das Dach unseres Hauses ragt. Ich versuchte mich damit zu trösten, dass die Feuerwehrstation nur zehn Minuten zu Fuß von uns entfernt ist und in der Nacht wenigstens nicht damit zu rechnen ist, dass die vorsintflutlichen Feuerwehrautos im Stau auf der Luteranska steckenbleiben.

Bedrückend still ist die Stadt. Gestern war es tagsüber etwas belebter, denn Kiew hat den Europatag gefeiert. Es gab sogar eine Demonstration vom Goldenen Tor bis zum Marinski Park von Tausenden von Leuten, die stolz ihre Wyshiwanki trugen, ihre wunderschönen gestickten Hemden und Blusen. Ich frage mich immer wieder, woher die Menschen bei ihrem schweren Leben noch Zeit und Kraft zum Sticken nehmen. Aber diese Handarbeit ist wirklich sehr populär hier. Schon oft habe ich Frauen auf dem Markt kunstvoll sticken gesehen, während sie auf Kunden warteten.

Heute früh also war die Stadt um sieben Uhr morgens wie ausgestorben. Nicht einmal Dworniki (Straßenkehrer) waren zu sehen. Unheimlich. Ich hatte das Bedürfnis, auf dem Rückweg meines Hundespaziergangs bei unserer Kirchenwächterin hereinzuschauen.

Vor der Kirche war alles schon sauber gefegt und drinnen duftete es nach dem leckeren Mittagessen, das sie über Nacht für die Gemeinde vorbereitet hatte. Wir wechselten ein paar Worte im Korridor, da kam aus dem Dunkel der Kirche Wassilij Stepanowitsch auf uns zu. Er ist jetzt fast drei Monate in unserem Lazarett gewesen, weil seine Schusswunde einfach nicht abheilen wollte. „So, fertig!“ sagte er. „Dann geh ich mal.“ Er hatte ein armseliges Bündel im Arm, vielleicht eine Hose in einen Pullover gewickelt. „Vielen Dank für alles. Ich gehe dorthin.“ sagte er. „Wie?“ fragte ich. „Auf den Maidan?“ – „Naja, so ähnlich. Zum Dienst.“ sagte er. „Das heißt, Sie gehen endgültig?“ fragte ich verwirrt. „Ja.“ war die Antwort. „Vielen Dank dafür, dass ich hier sein durfte, vielen Dank für all die Hilfe, die ich erfahren habe!“ – „Aber…“ stotterte ich, „Ihre Wunde, ist die denn jetzt abgeheilt?“ – „Nein. Nicht so ganz. Aber sie sagen, es kommen auch Ärzte dorthin, die das weiter behandeln.“ In meinem Hals bildete sich etwas wie ein dicker Kloß. Ich dachte daran, dass ich seiner großen Familie gern beim Neuanfang geholfen hätte, aber rein gar nichts dazu beitragen konnte. Ich dachte daran, dass er sich weiter gegen die Ungerechtigkeit und Korruption im Lande einsetzen will. Das hatte er ja immer gesagt. Ich dachte an seine Frau, die dort in der Ferne auf dem Dorf seit Monaten allein Haus und Hof versorgt und mit der er jeden Morgen und Abend zärtlich besorgt lange telefoniert; daran, dass er für die Zukunft seiner Kinder und Enkel kämpft. Dieser unscheinbare, bescheidene Mann ist ein Held. Wie gern würde ich ihm etwas mit auf den Weg geben, das ihn und seine Familie schützt und ihnen Hoffnung Perspektive gibt. Und allen, die ähnlich denken und handeln, wie er. Stattdessen suche ich verkrampft nach Worten, bringe nicht mehr, als ein „Passen Sie gut auf sich auf!“ heraus. Nicht mal ein „Wse bude dobre – Alles wird gut.“ Ich möchte, dass alles gut wird. Ich möchte, dass Leute wie Wassilij Stepanowitsch und ihre Familien unter menschenwürdigen Bedingungen leben dürfen, dass sie nicht länger ausgesaugt und ausgenutzt werden. Gleichzeitig merke ich, dass ich zur Zeit wenig Hoffnung habe, dass alles gut wird. Das verursacht mir eine tiefe Traurigkeit, die den ganzen Tag nicht weichen will.

Weg ist er. Und Valentina, die Kirchenwächterin, spricht mir aus dem Herzen: „Wissen Sie, solchen Leuten muss man Hochachtung entgegenbringen. On sprawzhny Ukrainez – Er ist ein waschechter Ukrainer …“ Meine Gebete werden ihn und seine tapfere Frau begleiten. Ralf bestätigt mir später, dass Wassilij Stepanowitsch sich zur Nationalgarde gesellt.

Zum Gottesdienst sind heute sehr wenig Leute da. Das mag mit daran liegen, dass wir gestern Abend den deutschsprachigen Gottesdienst gefeiert haben. Etliche unserer Gemeineglieder legen großen Wert darauf, die deutsche Version des Gottesdienstes zu hören. Unser Diakon Igor Schemigon erklärt mit viel Wärme das Thema des Sonntags Cantate und hält Liturgie und Predigt. Einer seiner neuen, erwachsenen Konfirmanden lässt im Gottesdienst seinen kleinen Sohn taufen. Ralf vollzieht die Taufzeremonie überwiegend in englischer Sprache. Das kleine Junge hält musterhaft still. Erst als Ralf das Köpfchen mit einem weichen Handtuch abgetrocknet hat, tastet er verwundert mit dem Händchen seinen Kopf ab …

Die Buchhalterin überredet mich, zum Mittagessen zu bleiben: „Sehen Sie mal, Valentina hat heute Nacht über hundert Kohlrouladen gewickelt, und nun sind so wenig Leute gekommen.“ Ich argumentiere, dass Annegret zu Hause geblieben ist und ich ihr etwas zum Essen vorsetzen muss. Warum ich sie nicht einfach mit herhole? – Gut, ich rufe also meine Tochter an und schlage ihr das vor. Ihr sind aber die Spaghetti von gestern lieber und sie wünscht mir Guten Appetit. „Eine wunderbare, verständnisvolle Tochter!“ beglückwünscht Natascha mich und nimmt mich mit in den großen Saal. Das Essen schmeckt hervorragend. Ich überlege laut, warum wir heute so wenig Leute sind. Weil alle anderen auf die Datschen gefahren sind? „Die Leute wissen doch nicht, was für Zeiten kommen.“ sagt Natascha. „Ja, die Lebensmittelpreise sind sprunghaft angestiegen!“ stimmt Alexandra zu. Das habe ich gestern selber gespürt. Auf dem Bessarabischen Markt wollte mir eine Händlerin doch glatt Erdbeeren für 125 Griwen pro Kilo verkaufen. Gut, der Bessarabische Markt ist immer teuer. Doch die Erdbeeren sind ja nur ein Beispiel für die Teuerung. Natascha sagt nachdenklich: „Ja, es kann sein, dass durch die Veränderungen eine Hungersnot kommt. Deshalb versuchen die Leute jetzt, in ihren Gärten gut vorzusorgen.“

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PROJECT POSTCARDS FROM MAIDAN: Ivan Ilchenko from Rivne

03.13.2014 Postcardsfrommaidan.org
Translated and edited by Voices of Ukraine

Postcards from Maidan is an art initiative that helps facilitate the psychological rehabilitation and physical recovery of patients. Artists visit the wounded and use drawings as a storytelling mechanism of Maidan. The wounded are later presented with the drawings. This is the story of one Maidan protester. This is story #13.

tumblr_inline_n2bx2g5xDM1sadrc3Ivan Ilchenko, from Rivne Oblast, beaten by law enforcement.

“I’ve been on Maidan since December 9, I came from the Rivne Oblast [region], Dubny District after the students got beaten up. I left my job and came to Maidan. I’m from the [Little] Bears. Have you heard about the ‘Bears?’ This is the First Company [Sotnya], first defense company. The [injuries] that you see on me—these are little flowers. I don’t consider myself a hero; we had tons of these heroes. If I were alone, I would really not have done anything. There were four of us, friends, we worked at Druzhba Narodiv [area by a subway station in Kyiv]. One has left us, and the three of us came together to Maidan after the students’ beating. Two of them, 19 and 20 years of age, died. And you tell me, how can I, after all this, come back to my village, when I find myself at 32 years [of age] still alive and both of them were sent home in coffins? For me to leave Maidan halfway there and come back home—it won’t happen. I will stay here for as long as it takes them to realize that Ukraine is free and there will be no such lawlessness as before! I am saying it personally now. This is my point of view. I have joined the Right Sector now. I don’t stand here for the money, and never did, I have a daughter, and I don’t want her to be enslaved by such a motherfucker like Yanukovych in the future.

When I was wounded, I remember only that I wore a hardhat. It all started on February 18. We lived on the 7th floor of the Trade Unions House, our ‘Bears’ lived there. When they came in from the roof and started setting the Trade Unions [building] on fire, we moved to the 2nd floor where the medications were storedwe jumped out of the windows and threw the women out because they were suffocating—we threw them to the inner side [facing back of building and kitchen exit, rather than the more open Khreschatyk Street side], where the grains and the bread were located [it was below freezing so they would not spoil]to try and save at least someone. Very many of the people burned; I saw it with my own eyes.

On February 19, we walked between Instytutska and Hrushevskyi Street­vehicles were already standing there full of motherfuckers, by the Mariyinskyi Park. We came over to exterminate them. What I do rememberwhen my friend fell down, I dropped my shield and held him by his right arm and felt a hit from the right side. And that’s it. I don’t remember anything else. I remember a big fight, a lot of police. I remember how they lifted me up, and then remember how I lay in a clinic. It turns out I spent three days lying in unit 6-a of surgery. My memory started to come back. All that I can say is how I got here. At the moment, my diagnosis is that [my] 6th, 7th, and 8th ribs are broken, 11th and 12th ribs are smashed from the spine. Head trauma, I can’t see in my left eye. I won’t even get started about bruises on my arms and legs. I was treated at the Trades Union [House], and then at Mykhaylivskyi [Cathedral], and then they moved me here since I couldn’t see in one eye. I’m here since February 24.

On February 18, we came to Mariyinskyi Park with a peaceful rally, a ‘Peaceful Walk’ together in a Ford vehicle from the ‘Batkyvshchyna’ [Fatherland party]. We came around 10 a.m. and stood in the corner. There, the “titushky” [hired thugs]  stood behind policemen’s backs and threw paving [stones]. We defended ourselves, and went on the counterattack. Around 3 or 4 p.m., after lunch, they started throwing grenades and chasing us. I remember well how on the night of February 18 and 19, we came to Arsenalna [subway station] from the Cathedral and took out the headless corpsesour police had done this. I couldn’t understand anything. As far as I know from some information, they should look for heads in the Dnieper [River]. And you know what’s the most insulting about this? When we came to the same basement the next day, where everything was in bloodeverything was painted white there. We chip off the paintthere’s blood underneath.

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Maidan is a grave. A grave where people were killed. And I will protest daily, both now, and in the futurethere will be no more holidays on Maidan. I will do everything in my power to make sure there is no holiday there. Because it’s a grave of Brotherhood, where they burned our boys alive.

I don’t know what will happen, how it will progress. They brought us the 98 octane gas. We said they shouldn’t have, go buy the 68 octane, and they said, ‘No, it will burn brighter.’ Old women made [Molotov] cocktails because they wanted to help somehow. They assembled them and transferred them to the frontlines. They passed the paving stones in a chainall this helps. People are caring in Ukraine. Cigarettes, tea. They fed our guys. People watch the happenings in Kyiv. Women cried standing by the barrells and wept, ‘Boys, how can we help you?’ I won’t say that Kyiv did that, all of Ukraine did. Everyone does what they can.

Maybe Yanukovych is right: we have few casualties now, but there could be so many more. If he resigned thenhe could have been a hero. Everyone would respect him. And now he’s a partisan that is hiding in Putin’s bushes.”

Artist Yevhenia Belorusets talked to Ivan in Oleksandrivska Hospital. A section of a book about Maidan which Yevhenia is working on, will be devoted to the protester.

Source: postcards from maidan

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Postcards from Maidan is an art initiative that helps bring support through truthful images of Ukrainian protests in different regions of the country, and also tells the stories of people who suffered during events on Maidan this winter in Kyiv.
The project consists of two elements:
#postcards from maidan
The Postcards Project contains a series of cards based on works of contemporary artists. Artists who participated in protests on Maidan create works reflecting on the events and as a message to fellow citizens. These cards may serve as support and a means to bring the spirit of protest to one’s relatives and friends in any part of Ukraine or the world. They are distributed on Maidan and available to everyone for free download in a format suitable for printing.
#stories from maidan
In The Stories Project, contemporary artists visit hospitals, talk to people [protesters/activists] and work on an artistic embodiment of their stories from Maidan. Activists receive these works as gifts by which to remember the events. This project is documented; the stories may later be used by various media. Through social networks, with the help of journalists, volunteers and the project’s website, organizers of this project help to recover lost contacts and enable protesters to learn about each other.
Postcards from Maidan was founded by Kadygrob_Taylor Platform for Contemporary Art, an independent non-profit.  Source: http://postcardsfrommaidan.org/about
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Die russische Schraubzwinge für das Erinnern der Krimtataren

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17.05.14 | Halya Coynash – Charkiwer Menschenrechtsgruppe 

1400373012Die eingeschränkte Kraft der Worte, auch solche von westlichen Führern, ihre volle Solidarität mit den Krimtataren auszudrücken, ist an diesem – siebzigsten – Jahrestag ihrer Deportation aus ihrer Heimat eindringlich klar geworden. Am 16. Mai hat Sergej Axjonow, der selbsternannte Regierungschef der Krim, ein Dekret mit einem drastischen Verbot aller Gedenkveranstaltungen erlassen.

Hätte es nicht die russische Annexion der Krim gegeben, wären Vertreter der EU, der USA und anderer Länder unter den vielen Gästen der Veranstaltungen der Krimtataren zur Erinnerung an die Opfer eines schrecklichen Verbrechens gewesen. Ihre Anwesenheit hätte dieses außergewöhnliche Verbot abwenden können und als Garantie für die Sicherheit der Menschen wirken können, wenn Krimtataren sich entschieden hätten, das Verbot zu ignorieren. Obwohl der Medschlis am Samstag beschloss, die Großkundgebung im Zentrum von Simferopol nicht abzuhalten, sagte der Medschlis-Vorsitzende Refat Tschubarow am Freitag, dass viele Krimtataren ihm gesagt hätten, sie…

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