Over the last few years I have taken it upon myself to learn what I can about Stephan Bandera, and am currently working my way through "Stephan Bandera The Life and afterlife of a Ukrainian Nationalist" by Grzegorz Rossolinski and I have come to the conclusion that it is extremely unlikely he was assassinated, by the KGB or anyone else.
Consider the evidence presented to the public.
All we have is the testimony of Kostiantyn Kapustynskyia, AKA Bogdan Stashinsky a Soviet defector in the custody of Western intelligence. He claimed while on trial that he shot Bandera with some sort of special weapon, a gun that shot a poison gas that simulated the effects of a heart attack. No such weapon was ever produced and no such weapon has been produced in the 65 years since. How exactly would such a weapon even work and what would be the advantage of using one in this circumstance? If you wanted him dead then just kill him, why try to conceal it?
Yevhen Konovalets, the other OUN leader was killed by a bomb, why use a super secret undetectable "James Bond Q division" weapon (which has never been seen or used since) to kill Bandera?
The most likely explanation is that Bandera died of a regular heart attack and the rest is a classic bit of Cold War black propaganda.
There are many other particular details to work through and I would be greatly interested in your perspective on my theory
Hello Jack Dee, Your profile say you are working in China for four or more years. Are you still there? What is your perspective on China? In these last weeks I am reading exclusively about China. Although while posting articles now, I need to keep a focus which presently is on Russia. My interest is equally on both countries. Look into my China INDEX and see if there is anything of interest. If you comment on anything on this site, no matter how old, I get notice. We can have a discussion there.
I had opened two index files, this one on current Russia, and another one on the Soviet Union. I have a ton of new material on the USSR. But I got captured by this research, and must follow it along. I hope to arrive at the current Russian strategy for the war and the future. Could I find a writing that would indicate the Russian foreign policy for the rest of the decade?
Just now I am finding background material on the Euro-Maidan and before, (like this post). I also have scenarios on how Putin got elected, and what were his original spheres of power. The Oligarchs put him in for some of their purposes. And I wonder what his actual power is of today? More I think.
I have a theory that I would like to expand upon, if I get a chance to philosophize. I divide peoples in two broad categories. Those people and nations that seek to have "ethnic purity". They feel that they are victims, and being oppressed by "the other people", that they are trying to terrorize and chase out of their borders. (Yes it is all based on geography).
The second groups says that "diversity is our strength", like Europe and such. (It could be a strength, perhaps mostly in times of economic prosperity. Or it could be chaos.) They are less geographical, because they are trying to beat down borders, and admit all other ethnic groups. There is a lot to say about both approaches. The latter claim they are the civilized ones, and the former are the "barbarians". Well, the 2nd group often practice terrorism.
Looking for people's motives is a basis for understanding.
Yes, I am still in China. I don’t want to say too much over open channels but I am teaching at a University. I will check out your China index and see if there is anything I can make a useful contribution to.
As for the Russia - China links which is one of the most important relationships in the world today, it is interesting seeing what that looks like on a street level. One little tidbit I can share is the number of times I have bumped into Russians at ex-pat bars. They are almost always professionals or students in high-end technical fields and the menus in the bars in Hainan island are written in Chinese, English and Cyrillic. It’s the nearest tropical island that most Russians can get to with their passport.
One more thing I would like to add. I can authorize "guests" to post here. Let's see if you have anything you would like to share about China, (Or, on "The nature of reality and the reality of nature, and stuff like that.")
Hello Jack Dee. I went back to look at my China index. I thought I had posted more in it that I actually did. The Xiang Biao book is more about a Chinese attitude (he's a hybrid), than about China. Dongping Han Is a Chinese history professor in America. Instead of posting from his book, I found a pretty complete review of it.
I had read another two books by Mobo Gao, a study of his village in Jiangxi China. He teaches in Adelaide University, and has written more on the GLF (Great Leap) and Cultural Revolution and life in his village. I thought I had uploaded something on him, but NOT.
Gao was born in 1952, grew up there and later obtained a research grant to study his home town. I will upload his first book right there in the Index, since I did not excerpt any of its contents before. Please download it and see if there is anything interesting for you.
I can understand about talking on "open channels". After all, I believe I am anonymous here, although I don't know how bulletproof my alias is. I do have a so-called encrypted email, and I also realize that any email is the worst for privacy. Also if you had written more on your channel, "The nature of reality and the reality of nature, and stuff like that." Well, Substack is very porous too.
I have Zero Hostility nor controversial feelings toward China, and would like to hear your views on a variety of subjects. Is there such a thing as prudent communication from China? Or are all the channels "open"? Things that I think are pretty secure, (like Session) are probably not available in China?
Thank you for your work Mr. Librarian
Over the last few years I have taken it upon myself to learn what I can about Stephan Bandera, and am currently working my way through "Stephan Bandera The Life and afterlife of a Ukrainian Nationalist" by Grzegorz Rossolinski and I have come to the conclusion that it is extremely unlikely he was assassinated, by the KGB or anyone else.
Consider the evidence presented to the public.
All we have is the testimony of Kostiantyn Kapustynskyia, AKA Bogdan Stashinsky a Soviet defector in the custody of Western intelligence. He claimed while on trial that he shot Bandera with some sort of special weapon, a gun that shot a poison gas that simulated the effects of a heart attack. No such weapon was ever produced and no such weapon has been produced in the 65 years since. How exactly would such a weapon even work and what would be the advantage of using one in this circumstance? If you wanted him dead then just kill him, why try to conceal it?
Yevhen Konovalets, the other OUN leader was killed by a bomb, why use a super secret undetectable "James Bond Q division" weapon (which has never been seen or used since) to kill Bandera?
The most likely explanation is that Bandera died of a regular heart attack and the rest is a classic bit of Cold War black propaganda.
There are many other particular details to work through and I would be greatly interested in your perspective on my theory
Hello Jack Dee, Your profile say you are working in China for four or more years. Are you still there? What is your perspective on China? In these last weeks I am reading exclusively about China. Although while posting articles now, I need to keep a focus which presently is on Russia. My interest is equally on both countries. Look into my China INDEX and see if there is anything of interest. If you comment on anything on this site, no matter how old, I get notice. We can have a discussion there.
I had opened two index files, this one on current Russia, and another one on the Soviet Union. I have a ton of new material on the USSR. But I got captured by this research, and must follow it along. I hope to arrive at the current Russian strategy for the war and the future. Could I find a writing that would indicate the Russian foreign policy for the rest of the decade?
Just now I am finding background material on the Euro-Maidan and before, (like this post). I also have scenarios on how Putin got elected, and what were his original spheres of power. The Oligarchs put him in for some of their purposes. And I wonder what his actual power is of today? More I think.
I have a theory that I would like to expand upon, if I get a chance to philosophize. I divide peoples in two broad categories. Those people and nations that seek to have "ethnic purity". They feel that they are victims, and being oppressed by "the other people", that they are trying to terrorize and chase out of their borders. (Yes it is all based on geography).
The second groups says that "diversity is our strength", like Europe and such. (It could be a strength, perhaps mostly in times of economic prosperity. Or it could be chaos.) They are less geographical, because they are trying to beat down borders, and admit all other ethnic groups. There is a lot to say about both approaches. The latter claim they are the civilized ones, and the former are the "barbarians". Well, the 2nd group often practice terrorism.
Looking for people's motives is a basis for understanding.
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Yes, I am still in China. I don’t want to say too much over open channels but I am teaching at a University. I will check out your China index and see if there is anything I can make a useful contribution to.
As for the Russia - China links which is one of the most important relationships in the world today, it is interesting seeing what that looks like on a street level. One little tidbit I can share is the number of times I have bumped into Russians at ex-pat bars. They are almost always professionals or students in high-end technical fields and the menus in the bars in Hainan island are written in Chinese, English and Cyrillic. It’s the nearest tropical island that most Russians can get to with their passport.
One more thing I would like to add. I can authorize "guests" to post here. Let's see if you have anything you would like to share about China, (Or, on "The nature of reality and the reality of nature, and stuff like that.")
.
Hello Jack Dee. I went back to look at my China index. I thought I had posted more in it that I actually did. The Xiang Biao book is more about a Chinese attitude (he's a hybrid), than about China. Dongping Han Is a Chinese history professor in America. Instead of posting from his book, I found a pretty complete review of it.
I had read another two books by Mobo Gao, a study of his village in Jiangxi China. He teaches in Adelaide University, and has written more on the GLF (Great Leap) and Cultural Revolution and life in his village. I thought I had uploaded something on him, but NOT.
Gao was born in 1952, grew up there and later obtained a research grant to study his home town. I will upload his first book right there in the Index, since I did not excerpt any of its contents before. Please download it and see if there is anything interesting for you.
Here is the China index Direct Link: https://open.substack.com/pub/library4conciliation/p/index-page-for-all-chinese-writings?r=2mgge9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
I can understand about talking on "open channels". After all, I believe I am anonymous here, although I don't know how bulletproof my alias is. I do have a so-called encrypted email, and I also realize that any email is the worst for privacy. Also if you had written more on your channel, "The nature of reality and the reality of nature, and stuff like that." Well, Substack is very porous too.
I have Zero Hostility nor controversial feelings toward China, and would like to hear your views on a variety of subjects. Is there such a thing as prudent communication from China? Or are all the channels "open"? Things that I think are pretty secure, (like Session) are probably not available in China?