Oksana Ahamed

The man in charge of the new department of transportation has always been a bit of a mystery. In the past some of his officials have come out as outspoken nationalists, but in recent months his department has taken some steps to make his work easier.

Since he took office last year, Ahamed has appointed a number of officials, a number of whom are known to be active in the anti-Maidan movement.

On Friday, however, Ahamed spoke to the press and announced his plan to establish a specialized working group to tackle the problem of anti-Kiev demonstrations.

The group will consist of an expert committee, a commission, a government committee, and a group of experts and experts of foreign backgrounds, Ahamed explained.

Ahamed expects that the group will discuss ways of “educating people” for the upcoming events, including, “how to deal with mass hysteria and how to prepare for a possible violent situation.”

According to Ahamed, the group will begin its work before the March 8th rallies. According to the official, the main events will start on March 8th and end the day after.

The main focus of the special working group will be to provide security during the rallies, which he expects will mainly be organized by nationalists, with the police not being called along to protect protesters.

As for his plan to deal with mass hysteria and violence, Ahamed said:

‘People will think that no one cares about their safety … But that’s not the case’.

One of his tasks will be to discuss what he would call the problem of “mass hysteria.”

He explained that he will try to ensure that there will be no use of violence at the rallies, and that the police should be more active in their work than during the unrests.

While discussing the issue of mass hysteria, he also gave some examples of how to deal with mass hysteria:

‘There is a story about a woman from Donbass who came to my place and explained to me exactly how the Ukrainian regime has imprisoned people. To avoid losing face, I immediately agreed that people would not be tortured, that they would not be burned alive or drowned, that they would be delivered to a clinic.’

After hearing that explanation, one of the assembled journalists interrupted him to comment:

“Then why did you agree to this?”

‘I simply