In Live’s Solomensky district Roma set up a camp right in the middle of the courtyard of a multi-storey apartment building.
Not a good advertisement.
– Во дворе жилого дома на Соломенке появился лагерь ромов. In: Vesti. 02.11.2018. https://vesti-ukr.com/kiev/310896-vo-dvore-zhiloho-doma-na-solomenke-pojavilsja-laher-romov [link-preview url=”https://vesti-ukr.com/kiev/310896-vo-dvore-zhiloho-doma-na-solomenke-pojavilsja-laher-romov”]
The Ukrainian Ombudsman demands an investigation of the eviction of Roma from the Kiev railway station by the ultra nationalist C14 organisation while the municipal guards claim it did not happen …
Difficult to know what is going on.
– Омбудсменка вимагає розслідувати можливий напад С14 на ромів на київському вокзалі. In: Hmarochos. https://hmarochos.kiev.ua/2018/10/26/ombudsmenka-vimagaye-rozsliduvati-mozhliviy-napad-s14-na-romiv-na-kiyivskomu-vokzali/
– «Муніципальна варта» заявляє, що ромів на вокзалі в Києві не розганяли. In: Hromadske. 26.10.2018. https://hromadske.ua/posts/municipalna-varta-kiyeva-zayavila-sho-romiv-na-vokzali-v-kiyevi-ne-rozganyali [link-preview url=”https://hmarochos.kiev.ua/2018/10/26/ombudsmenka-vimagaye-rozsliduvati-mozhliviy-napad-s14-na-romiv-na-kiyivskomu-vokzali/ “]
What was to be expected occurred … After the “cleaning” of Kiev’s Railway station by the ultra-nationalist C14 movement, videos of Roma stealing in the station surfaced.
This is bad …
– THE WITNESS SHOWED HOW GYPSIES STEAL IN THE KIEV METRO. VIDEO. In: Bobr Times. 23.10.2018. https://bobrtimes.com/the-witness-showed-how-gypsies-steal-in-the-kiev-metro-video/131682/ [link-preview url=”https://bobrtimes.com/the-witness-showed-how-gypsies-steal-in-the-kiev-metro-video/131682/”]
The ultra-nationalist movement C14 did it again: This time they “cleaned” the Kiev main railway station of Roma.
Bad.
But what is worse, is that effectively most people will applaud, as the Roma in the railway station were camping there, begging and were often accused of stealing.
– Народная инициатива: Киевский железнодорожный вокзал «зачистили» от ромов. In: Info Resist. 23.10.2018. https://inforesist.org/narodnaya-initsiativa-kievskiy-zheleznodorozhnyiy-vokzal-zachistili-ot-romov/ [link-preview url=”https://inforesist.org/narodnaya-initsiativa-kievskiy-zheleznodorozhnyiy-vokzal-zachistili-ot-romov/”]
One wonders – a freight train derails in Uzhgorod (Transcarpathian Ukraine)… The accident occurs near a Roma neighbourhood, and wonder, “Roma” are in all the titles…
– В Ужгороде грузовой поезд сошел на лагерь ромов. In: Cudebno Juridicheskaya Gazeta. 20.10.2018. https://sud.ua/ru/news/ukraine/127272-v-uzhgorode-gruzovoy-poezd-soshel-na-lager-romov
– В Ужгороде посреди табора ромов поезд сошел с рельсов. In: 24News. 19.10.2018. http://24news.com.ua/64077-v-uzhgorode-posredi-tabora-romov-poezd-soshel-s-relsov/ [link-preview url=”https://sud.ua/ru/news/ukraine/127272-v-uzhgorode-gruzovoy-poezd-soshel-na-lager-romov “]
Bad news in the Ukrainian press. Five Roma have beaten two youngsters in Uzhgorod in Western Ukraine. Apparently for no reason. The fight was caught on video.
In view of the high tensions in the Ukraine, this is really bad.
– Біля Драмтеатру в Ужгороді група ромів напала на юнаків, у одного важкий струс мозку з втратою пам’яті (ВІДЕО). In: 0312. 09.10.2018. https://www.0312.ua/news/2180456/bila-dramteatru-v-uzgorodi-grupa-romiv-napala-na-unakiv-u-odnogo-vazkij-strus-mozku-z-vtratou-pamati-video
– В Ужгороді поліція розшукує ромів, які побили двох юнаків (ВІДЕО). In: Zak. 12.10.2018. https://zak.depo.ua/ukr/zak/v-uzhgorodi-policiya-rozshukuye-romiv-yaki-pobili-dvoh-yunakiv-video-20181012852049 [link-preview url=”https://www.0312.ua/news/2180456/bila-dramteatru-v-uzgorodi-grupa-romiv-napala-na-unakiv-u-odnogo-vazkij-strus-mozku-z-vtratou-pamati-video “]
An explosive device was thrown into the flat of Sergei Mazur, the coordinator of the extreme nationalist party C14 who triggered pogroms against Roma and who is under house arrest.
This is not the solution – have him go to jail – much better.
– Под Киевом пытались взорвать координатора C14, подозреваемого в погроме ромов. In: Realist. 10.10.2018. https://realist.online/news/pod-kievom-pytalis-vzorvat-koordinatora-c14-podozrevaemogo-v-pogrome-romov
– На Украине в квартиру устроившего погромы в лагере ромов националиста бросили взрывное устройство. In: Belosuurrian Politring. https://politring.com/mir/21243-na-ukraine-v-kvartiru-ustroivshego-pogromy-v-lagere-romov-nacionalista-brosili-vzryvnoe-ustroystvo.html [link-preview url=”https://realist.online/news/pod-kievom-pytalis-vzorvat-koordinatora-c14-podozrevaemogo-v-pogrome-romov “]
Bad press on Roma – according to articles in several newspapers, following a row among Roma squatters in a derelict house in Kiev, one person was killed.
Bad it happened, but one can doubt that every murder in the Ukraine is given such as news coverage.
– В Киеве на Русановке в заброшенном доме мужчину до смерти забили молотком. In: Informator. 03.10.2018. https://kiev.informator.ua/2018/10/03/v-kieve-razborki-romov-zakonchilis-krovavym-ishodom/
– В Киеве в таборе ромов произошли кровавые разборки: фото с места убийства. In: Apostrof. O3.10.2018. https://apostrophe.ua/news/society/kiev/2018-10-03/v-kieve-v-tabore-romov-proizoshli-krovavyie-razborki-foto-s-mesta-ubiystva/142404
– На Русановских садах в таборе ромов забили насмерть молотком одного из его жителей (фото). In: Kiev Vlast. 03.10.2018. http://kievvlast.com.ua/news/na-rusanovskih-sadah-v-tabore-romov-zabili-nasmert-molotkom-odnogo-iz-ego-zhitelej-foto
– В лагере ромов на столичной Русановке произошло жестокое убийсвто. In: Vesti. 03.10.2018. https://vesti-ukr.com/kiev/306063-v-lahere-romov-na-rusanovke-proizoshlo-zhestokoe-ubijsvto [link-preview url=”https://kiev.informator.ua/2018/10/03/v-kieve-razborki-romov-zakonchilis-krovavym-ishodom/ “]
One always wonders why people can write totally false things about Roma with total impunity…
– ABOUT ROMANIA AND GYPSIES. NEED ROMANIAN EXPERIENCE IN UKRAINE? – NEWS ZIK.UA. In: Siver Post. 02.10.2018. https://sivpost.com/about-romania-and-gypsies-need-romanian-experience-in-ukraine-news-zik-ua/23912/ [link-preview url=”https://sivpost.com/about-romania-and-gypsies-need-romanian-experience-in-ukraine-news-zik-ua/23912/”]
A entrepreneur in Lviv hires 5 Roma for work. And he is shocked – yes shocked – that they work, are clean, and think …
That is not the shocking part of the story.
– У Львівській області підприємець влаштував на роботу ромів. In: To e Lviv. 18.08.2018. https://inlviv.in.ua/lviv/u-lvivskij-oblasti-pidpryyemets-vlashtuvav-na-robotu-romiv [link-preview url=”https://inlviv.in.ua/lviv/u-lvivskij-oblasti-pidpryyemets-vlashtuvav-na-robotu-romiv”]
Ukrainian reactions to the BBC reportage on Roma in the Ukraine. Unfortunately, they really took the worst excerpts in this articles – perpetuating some of the standard stereotypes.
– “На підлозі туалетний папір і 13 дітей”: репортаж про жахливу бідність ромів в Україні. In: Obrozrevatel. 21.09.2018. https://www.obozrevatel.com/ukr/city/news/na-pidlozi-tualetnij-papir-i-13-ditej-reportazh-pro-zhahlivu-bidnist-romiv-v-ukraini.htm [link-preview url=”https://www.obozrevatel.com/ukr/city/news/na-pidlozi-tualetnij-papir-i-13-ditej-reportazh-pro-zhahlivu-bidnist-romiv-v-ukraini.htm”]
A reportage from the BBC on Roma in the Ukraine. Well, on some of the Roma in the Ukraine. As usual, the complexity is somewhat lost. There are Carpathian Roma, Servi (Vlax), Ursarja and Kirimlides (Balkan), and of course Xaladytka Roma.
– Ukraine’s Roma living on fringes of society. In: BBC News. 20.09.2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/45565634/ukraine-s-roma-living-on-fringes-of-society [link-preview url=”https://www.bbc.com/news/av/45565634/ukraine-s-roma-living-on-fringes-of-society”]
A newspaper in Ivano-Frankivsk is reporting that the railway station is now “Free of Roma”, i.e. they have been driven away.
A reminder of the “Zigeunerfrei” that was common a while back.
BAD.
– Привокзальний сквер у Івано-Франківську звільняють від ромів. In: MGK. 06.09.2018. http://gk-press.if.ua/pryvokzalnyj-skver-u-ivano-frankivsku-zvilnyayut-vid-romiv/ [link-preview url=”http://gk-press.if.ua/pryvokzalnyj-skver-u-ivano-frankivsku-zvilnyayut-vid-romiv/”]
News of Roma thieves in Kyiv. And commentaries that are really bad.
– “Посадити і депортувати”: в мережі шоковані кричущою поведінкою ромів у Києві (фото). In: In Lviv. 28.08.2018. https://inlviv.in.ua/ukraine/posadyty-i-deportuvaty-v-merezhi-shokovani-krychushhoyu-povedinkoyu-romiv-u-kyyevi-foto [link-preview url=”https://inlviv.in.ua/ukraine/posadyty-i-deportuvaty-v-merezhi-shokovani-krychushhoyu-povedinkoyu-romiv-u-kyyevi-foto”]
Another article about the Roma thieves in Kyiv’s railway station. And again the generalisations / stereotypes.
– Банда цыган на центральном вокзале Киева ворует деньги у пассажиров (ВИДЕО). In: UA Reporter. 27.08.2018. https://ua-reporter.com/news/banda-cygan-na-centralnom-vokzale-kieva-voruet-dengi-u-passazhirov-video [link-preview url=”https://ua-reporter.com/news/banda-cygan-na-centralnom-vokzale-kieva-voruet-dengi-u-passazhirov-video”]
The Guardian article on Roma in the Ukraine has gotten a Russian and a Ukrainian translation.
Good
– Они хотели убить нас. Неофашисты в масках наводят страх на ромов Украины – Guardian. In: Novoe Vremya. 28.08.2018. https://nv.ua/ukraine/events/oni-khoteli-ubit-nas-neofashisty-v-maskakh-navodjat-strakh-na-romov-ukrainy-2490742.html
– They wanted to kill us’: masked neo-fascists strike fear into Ukraine’s Roma. In: The Guardian. 27.08.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/27/they-wanted-to-kill-us-masked-neo-fascists-strike-fear-into-ukraines-roma [link-preview url=”https://nv.ua/ukraine/events/oni-khoteli-ubit-nas-neofashisty-v-maskakh-navodjat-strakh-na-romov-ukrainy-2490742.html “]
What we don’t need – a report of “bands” of “Gypsy thieves” “robbing” people in the Kyiv railway station. And, while it is unfortunately probably true that there are Roma who steal there, the blanket statements in an already hot and tense situation do not help.
– Орудуют целой группой: на вокзале в Киеве засекли ромов-воров. In: Obozrevatel. 27.08.2018. https://www.obozrevatel.com/kiyany/crime/oruduyut-tseloj-gruppoj-na-vokzale-v-kieve-zasekli-romov-vorov.htm [link-preview url=”https://www.obozrevatel.com/kiyany/crime/oruduyut-tseloj-gruppoj-na-vokzale-v-kieve-zasekli-romov-vorov.htm”]
The mayor of Tatarbunar, Andrei Glushchenko, in the Odessa region close to Moldova and Romania, has an adviser on Roma issues. He will consult with the communities of this people and choose one representative who will sit in the city council. The mayor wants Roma to participate more actively in the life of the city.
Let’s see …
– В Одесской области появился советник по делам ромов. In: USI. 25.08.2018. https://usionline.com/2018/08/25/v-odesskoj-oblasti-poyavilsya-sovetnik-po-delam-romov/
– У главы Татарбунар, Одесская область, есть советник по вопросам ромов. In: Slovo. 22.08.2018. http://slovo.odessa.ua/news/29444-u-glavy-tatarbunar-odesskaya-oblast-est-sovetnik-po-voprosam-romov.html [link-preview url=”https://usionline.com/2018/08/25/v-odesskoj-oblasti-poyavilsya-sovetnik-po-delam-romov/ “]
A report on the fears and lives of Roma in the Ukraine following the numerous attacks they have been subjected to by far-right extremists.
– ‘They wanted to kill us’: masked neo-fascists strike fear into Ukraine’s Roma. In: The Guardian. 27.08.2018. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/27/they-wanted-to-kill-us-masked-neo-fascists-strike-fear-into-ukraines-roma [link-preview url=”https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/27/they-wanted-to-kill-us-masked-neo-fascists-strike-fear-into-ukraines-roma”]
In Mukachevo, Roma are given food that is supposed to stop or prevent tuberculosis. Really??? This is nuts, especially since tuberculosis in those countries are often resitant to all antibiotics.
– На Мукачівщині ромів годують їжею, яка пригнічує туберкульозну паличку (ВІДЕО). In: ZAK Depo. 14.08.2018. https://zak.depo.ua/ukr/zak/na-mukachivschini-romiv-goduyut-yizheyu-yaka-prignichuye-tuberkuloznu-palichku-video-20180814821684 [link-preview url=”https://zak.depo.ua/ukr/zak/na-mukachivschini-romiv-goduyut-yizheyu-yaka-prignichuye-tuberkuloznu-palichku-video-20180814821684″]
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