Ukraine gas giant raided by armed security agents
Published: 04 March, 2009, 22:19
Dozens of armed masked men have entered the headquarters of Ukraine’s national energy company Naftogaz in the capital Kiev.
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Published: 04 March, 2009, 22:19
Dozens of armed masked men have entered the headquarters of Ukraine’s national energy company Naftogaz in the capital Kiev.
I view this as another Action taken around world, directed by the powerful Corporations that seem to rule the world. In the United States I often ask if we really live in a Democracy. It seems that if you have little or no money, you have no Control over your life. Young people will always do what they think is necessary to control the situation. In the end people will rise up against injustice, remember the Communist Revolution. I am 60, so the fire is gone. Socialism is looking very good to alot of us in the US. To me Socislisn and Communism are not the same.