Ukraine - behind the MSM headlines

Listen to the sophism of former US ambassador to the Ukraine says about actions by ultra-nationalists and neo-nazis in the Ukraine - “nothing going on here”

'No ultranationalist or anti-Semitic actions occurring in Ukraine' - ex-US ambassador

And here are the charming actions of one of the 'protestors' supported by the ambassador.

'Like an animal': Video goes viral of Ukraine nationalist activist attacking prosecutor

A video has surfaced online of Alexander Muzychko, a former mercenary who fought in Chechnya, and current leader of the ultra nationalist group known as the Right Sector. It shows his method of dealing with the remaining authorities. Muzychko barged into a prosecutor's office in Central Ukraine and attacked an employee while demanding to see the prosecutor, who was not there. He then began to terrorise staff members, assaulting one of them and threatening to tie him up and drag him out, quote, "like an animal".

Here the headlines about Russian intentions are dissected by RT

Media warmongering hype links Russia regular drill to Ukraine, Crimea tension

Headlines across America and Europe, as well as in Ukraine are speculating Russia is on the brink of getting involved in Crimea. Some are directly linking Russia's snap military drills with the tense situation on the Peninsula. However Russian military officials have denied there is any connection, saying the maneuvers are being held hundreds or even thousands of kilometres away and are simply routine. RT's Lucy Kafanov reports.

Prof Stephen Cohen and Thom Hartmann on media coverage of Russia.

OReilly: Distorting Russia: How the American Media Misrepresent Putin, Sochi and Ukraine

Nicolai Petro, Professor of politics at the University of Rhode Island, and a Fulbright research scholar in Ukraine, corrects some of the implicit assumptions of Kim Hill of Radio New Zealand about the nature of events in the Crimea