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===Financing===
===Financing===
Former [[Reagan Administration]] official [[Paul Craig Roberts]] observed, "The main goal of the United States is to locate its own military bases on its [[Ukraine] territory near the Russian border." $20 million a week came from the [[United States]] to Kiev through a diplomatic channel. From the American embassy, funds were sent to the central offices of the [[Svoboda]], formerly the Social Nationalist party, and part of the Pravy Sektor and [[Yulia Tymoshenko]]'s Batkivshchyna party. The money went to support protest actions, bribing officials, agitation, etc. Also, non-cash payments were received daily on the accounts of militants and their leaders.
Former [[Reagan Administration]] official [[Paul Craig Roberts]] observed, "The main goal of the United States is to locate its own military bases on its Ukraine territory near the Russian border." $20 million a week came from the [[United States]] to Kiev through a diplomatic channel. From the American embassy, funds were sent to the central offices of the [[Svoboda]], formerly the Social Nationalist party, and part of the Pravy Sektor and [[Yulia Tymoshenko]]'s Batkivshchyna party. The money went to support protest actions, bribing officials, agitation, etc. Also, non-cash payments were received daily on the accounts of militants and their leaders.
[[Vladimir Putin]], in the documentary film by journalist Andrei Kondrashov "Crimea. The Way to the Motherland" (2015), confirmed this information: "Formally, the opposition in Ukraine, first of all, was supported by the Europeans, but we knew perfectly well ... that the real puppeteers were our American friends." Putin stated that it was the United States that helped to prepare the combat detachments of nationalists. Training took place in western Ukraine, [[Poland]], and [[Lithuania]].
[[Vladimir Putin]], in the documentary film by journalist Andrei Kondrashov "Crimea. The Way to the Motherland" (2015), confirmed this information: "Formally, the opposition in Ukraine, first of all, was supported by the Europeans, but we knew perfectly well ... that the real puppeteers were our American friends." Putin stated that it was the United States that helped to prepare the combat detachments of nationalists. Training took place in western Ukraine, [[Poland]], and [[Lithuania]].