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sbu goes coup-coup

the coup, part of the sub-genre of political hip hop, is once again in vogue (september 2000)

Sep 23, 2014
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the coup, part of the sub-genre of political hip hop, is once again in vogue (september 2000)

ukraine’s state security service (sbu) takes serious view of a recent alleged coup attempt it says it foiled, but skeptics guess at other motives behind all the publicity. president leonid kuchma, meanwhile, expressed his lack of knowledge, and possibly interest, regarding the incident.

“i know as much about this as you do.” — president leonid kuchma

sbu chief leonid derkach, meanwhile, has has expressed serious concern, saying that “those who are under our investigation want to destroy our system by violent means.”

according to derkach, a group of individuals was detained on the attempted coup charge “wanted more than an act of terror.”

ukraine’s security service on friday said that it had arrested a group of people who allegedly planned to carry out an armed coup and attack such targets as the chernobyl nuclear power plant and gas pipelines.

the sbu described members of the group as residents of …

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