The Kononovich Brothers – The Story So Far

SPECTRE Podcast

Nov 22, 2023

600 days since the arrest of the Kononovich brothers, we look at how their case has progressed and what the anti-imperialist youth around the world have been doing to demand and secure their freedom from the reactionary Ukrainian regime.

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Another Communist leader, Georgi Buiko, arrested in Ukraine

This is the “democracy” and “freedom” that our tax dollars are supporting! 🤬

Mikhail and Aleksander Kononovich with Georgy Buiko.*

On Aug. 16, Ukraine’s secret police force—the SBU, or Security Service of Ukraine—announced it had arrested Georgi Buiko, a veteran Communist Party member and leader of the Ukrainian Anti-Fascist Committee. Officials accused him of participating in “anti-Ukrainian activities” and of possessing communist and “pro-Kremlin” publications in his home.

Another Communist leader, Georgi Buiko, arrested in Ukraine

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*That story will be depends on us – Mikhail Kononovich:

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Zelensky regime is planning our assassination: Urgent Appeal from Kononovich Brothers

In an urgent appeal to the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFTY), Communist Youths and anti-fascist organizations, Ukrainian communists Mikhail and Aleksander Kononovich, denounce the Zelensky regime for planning their assassination.

Zelensky regime is planning our assassination: Urgent Appeal from Kononovich Brothers

Video via Proletarian TV

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Communist activists Aleksander and Mikhail Kononovich are facing death threats in Ukraine

US vs. Gonzalo Lira

Lambert here: As before, Lira hold dual Chilean-American citizenship. So Yves remarks:

I suggest Lira followers call their Chilean Embassy or Consulate to demand that Lira either be allowed his freedom or transported safely out of Ukraine.

Worth noting that Lira seems to be part of a more general enforcement of “Their Democracy”:

I love it that “glorification” can be a crime in Ukraine. We should do that!

US vs. Gonzalo Lira
Source: Twitter.

Ukraine Jails US Commentator Gonzalo Lira for Speaking Uncomfortable Facts (odysse) via The New Atlas

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Detaining Gonzalo Lira: Another blow to the freedom of press in Ukraine

Chilean journalist, Gonzalo Lira, arrested in Ukraine

Ukraine: Kononovich brothers released from prison and placed under house arrest

Can’t find anything in English, yet, other than Twitter and Reddit posts.

Ukraine: Kononovich brothers released from prison and placed under house arrest (in Spanish) (Google Translate, if it works)

The Chairman of the Communist Youth League of Ukraine Mikhail Kononovich and his brother Alexander, also a Komsomol member and anti-fascist activist, who were detained and ill-treated in Ukraine in March 2022, have been released from pre-trial detention to arrest. residence by court decision, reports the Belarusian news portal «sb.by».

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Upcoming online event: Free the Kononovich Brothers! Free all Ukrainian Political Prisoners!

7pm British Summer Time, Thursday 25 August. Access details will be circulated closer to the date.

Please register for the event here on Eventbrite, and the zoom link will be emailed to you on the day of the event.

Speakers from the UK, US and Ukraine.

Mikhail and Alexander Kononovich, members of of the youth wing of the Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU), were arrested by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on 7th March 2022, and tortured in a Kiev detention centre. The SBU, Ukraine’s intelligence agency, has charged them with being “propagandists” and aiming to “destabilise” the internal situation in Ukraine.

Upcoming online event 8/25/2022: Free the Kononovich Brothers! Free all Ukrainian Political Prisoners!

A Conversation with Christelle Neant of Donbass Insider on the War in Ukraine

By Christelle Néant and Dr. Leon Tressell

They say that the first casualty of war is the truth. Nevermore so was this the case in the current war in Ukraine. The mainstream media in the West have become stenographers for the new Cold War being pursued by American imperialism.

They refuse to critically examine the massive supplies of weapons by the West to Ukraine and refuse to acknowledge the many war crimes being committed by the Ukrainian armed forces on a daily basis. If you want to find out what is really going on in the war zone that is Eastern Ukraine then you have to talk to journalists with integrity who are actually based in the Donbass.

I have spoken with French journalist Christelle Neant who is co-founder of Donbass Insider and is based in Donetsk. She gives her views on many of the key issues regarding the current conflict in Ukraine.

“The First Casualty of War is the Truth”. What is Really Happening in Donbass