According to the publication, the editorial office is in posession of a document entitled the "Declaration on the State Sovereignty of the Odessa People's Republic". The document is dated on April 6, 2015:
In light of tragic events that took place in Kiev (in February 2014) and Odessa (in May 2014), we declare a unilateral exit of the Odessa People's Republic from Ukraine, and the urgent formation of the Cabinet of Ministers. As the head of state, I emphasize that this measure is designed to protect the democratic values of the region from attacks by right-wing formations, brought to the territory of the former Odessa region on the orders of the so-called authorities in Kiev."Anti-fascist" at the moment has no confirmation of this information from other sources. Once this information becomes available, details will be published. Please follow our updates.
Until the normalization of the situation, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Odessa People's Republic will be represented by the following public officials:
Defense Minister: Shilov N. A.
The Minister of Internal Affairs: Luzgin, A. A.
The Minister of Health: V. S. Evseev
The Minister for Civil Defense and Emergencies: Zharkov D. N.
The Minister of Culture and Tourism: Shevchenko M.K.
Military Commandant of Odessa: Kovalenko P.S.
The Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Odessa People's Republic, Kovalenko P. S. (signed)
April 6, 2015
Reader Comments
That was a few days ago now. Unremarked upon by anyone in authority. Not in Russia, nor Novorussia, nor the oligarchs that are eating each other in the former Ukraine. Perhaps they are simply preferring to ignore it.
I doubt it. I would like to believe it, given the massacre at the Union House, and the general anti-Kyiv junta attitudes that are prevalent along much of the South/South-East Ukraine oblasts around Crimea and towards Transnistria (other than Mariupol).
If so, I wish them luck. They will need to organise their militias to defend against inevitable reprisals from the maniacs in Svoboda, Azov, Pravy Sektor, etc. They won't get support from Putin, who is determined to avoid a military confrontation: WW3 will not help anyone at all, despite what McCain, Kerry, Clinton, Pyatt, Nuland, etc. might think.
Frankly, if it came to a miltary confrontation between USA and the Russian Federation, the latter would probably win. American military dominance is vastly overstated, kicking the crap out of little countries has proved problematic at best. The Russian Federation has much better missile technology and their aircraft are based on older but equivalent if not superior airframes, they have caught up with avionics and are much better at ECM. The F-35 is nothing but an horribly expensive joke.
Not that there would be any winner in a WW3