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Given that this comes from Russia Today, this could very-well be propaganda. caveat emptor!

That's what I thought too, but Ashton confirmed the dialog and the voice record was authenticated.

That does not make the accusations true. In addition to all said, snipers were firing for the positions where Berkut was located. Then why would Berkut allow Maidan-hired snipers to fire at people, knowing quite well they are going to be held responsible?

How do you know? You were there?

How do you know Australia exists? Where you there? See, in the current technological age, people do not have to be somewhere to know the facts about what happened. YouTube helps a lot, btw.

What's funny is that is not even the first time you are making such a stupid argument: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6525201

It's not just propaganda, it's very crude old-school Soviet propaganda. No subtlety at all. A US based anchor for Russia Today just quit, saying: [1]

she could no longer be "part of a network that whitewashes the actions of Putin. I'm proud to be an American and believe in disseminating the truth, and that is why, after this newscast, I am resigning."

[1] http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2014/03/05/rt-anchor-qui...

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