"'[White separatists] have to look good,' Spencer said, adding that if his movement means 'being part of something that is crazed or ugly or vicious or just stupid, no one is going to want to be a part of it'".
"'[White separatists] have to look good,' Spencer said, adding that if his movement means 'being part of something that is crazed or ugly or vicious or just stupid, no one is going to want to be a part of it.'".
The attack today was the latest to undercut the Kremlin's claims to have largely restored order to the republic, where separatists have struggled to establish an independent republic ever since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
The officials said such training had taken place in south-west Russia, and that Ukrainian forces fighting the separatists have yet to fire a surface-to-air missile, as their conflict is on the ground.
The separatists have refused to participate in EU-brokered talks being held in Kharkiv in a bid to resolve the crisis, saying they are willing to discuss only the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops and the recognition of the independence of the regions.
Uighur separatists have turned to violence in recent years, and there are reports that some of them have been trained by the Taliban.
But most Kashmiri separatists have vowed to boycott the vote, saying no election can be free while hundreds of thousands of Indian troops are deployed in the area.
Some opposition stems from the belief -- both on the mainland and on Corsica -- that many of the separatists have links to organized crime and are themselves engaged in criminal activity.
