Putin Needs to Call Out Pro-Russian Rebels
Category: WORLDPOST
Mr. Putin has had many opportunities to condemn the violence, but he has failed every time. I want his words to be addressed to Girkin and other Russian citizens disturbing Ukraine, not to my president. Putin's silence, which effectively condones the terrorists' activities in eastern Ukraine, bares a grave cost.  Ending the violence has been the essence of an agreement reached in Geneva many months ago to which Russia was a signatory.
By Olga Bielkova, ContributorMember of the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine), 2014-07-19