Pro-Russia Official Disavows Fliers Ordering Jews To 'Register' In East Ukraine

The head of the self-proclaimed provisional leadership in Eastern Ukraine's Donetsk has disavowed fliers issued in his name that call on the city's Jewish population to "register" with his separatist government. ● Denis Pushilin, the leader of the pro-Russia "People's Republic of Donetsk," confirmed to the Ukrainian press on Thursday that such fliers were distributed around the city's synagogues. But he both rejected their content and denied that his organization was behind their distribution, according to Think Progress. The fliers, which were first reported by Ukraine's Novosti Donbassa and later picked up by USA Today, instructed Jews to bring proper identification to the regional administration and pay a $50 registration fee. Failure to do so would result in loss of citizenship, confiscation of property and deportation, the pamphlet read.

xymphora: Five men in masks ■ A simply preposterous story, swallowed hook, line and sinker. Why would the Russian-speakers take up this particular cause, one they showed no interest in before, at this time, a time when they face the much more compelling issue that they may be under attack by the Ukrainian army, an army that is under orders from a coup government portions of which consist of neo-Nazis, people with a real demonstrated issue with Jews, especially when the Russian-speakers know for certain that this kind of attack will automatically produce all kinds of problems they don't need. When we read the odious production of presstitutes (and all journalists are presstitutes until proven otherwise), we must first assume it is a lie or false flag, and then consider the unlikelihood that it might have some merit.

Jason Ditz: Mythical “Jew Registration” in East Ukraine a Media Sensation ■ Determined not to let a good piece of rhetoric go to waste just because it was untrue and discredited nearly 24 hours ago, Western media outlets are running frenzied stories about Jews in the protester-held Eastern Ukraine cities being forced to register, providing a new chance to make World War 2 comparisons, and advancing the US narrative that the Russians, and not the “pro-West” protesters with swastika stickers on their helmets, are the “real anti-semites.” Incredibly, the State Department is endorsing the myth as absolute fact, because what USA Today claims unnamed Israeli media claims they saw posted outside a synagogue in Donetsk is good enough for them. The truth, not so much.

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