What Orwell would make of the Ukraine crisis

If George Orwell were alive today, he would probably point out that 'political language [in the matter of the Ukraine crisis] is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind' - both on the side of Russia but also of the EU.

• Primary Source

ESO: Key Source: Euromaidan - Protests in Ukraine 2013 - 2015 - Key source http://www.europeansources.info/record/euromaidan-protests-in-ukraine-2013-2015/

ESO: Background information: Ukraine: humanitarian disaster as fighting continues http://www.europeansources.info/record/ukraine-humanitarian-disaster-as-fighting-continues/

ESO: Background information: Europe’s New Challenge: The Battle to Save Ukraine’s Economy http://www.europeansources.info/record/europes-new-challenge-the-battle-to-save-ukraines-economy/

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