Posted on 07/08/2021 6:25:23 PM PDT by elpadre
On the second night of his visit to Kyiv, Erik Prince had a dinner date on his agenda. A few of his Ukrainian associates had arranged to meet the American billionaire at the Vodka Grill that evening, Feb. 23, 2020. The choice of venue seemed unusual. The Vodka Grill, a since-defunct nightclub next to a KFC franchise in a rough part of town, rarely saw patrons as powerful as Prince.
As the party got seated inside a private karaoke room on the second floor, Igor Novikov, who was then a top adviser to Ukraine’s President, remembers feeling a little nervous. He had done some reading about Blackwater, the private military company Prince had founded in 1997, and he knew about the massacre its troops had perpetrated during the U.S. war in Iraq. Coming face to face that night with the world’s most prominent soldier of fortune, Novikov remembers thinking: “What does this guy want from us?”
It soon became clear that Prince wanted a lot from Ukraine. According to interviews with close associates and confidential documents detailing his ambitions, Prince hoped to hire Ukraine’s combat veterans into a private military company. Prince also wanted a big piece of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex, including factories that make engines for fighter jets and helicopters. His full plan, dated June 2020 and obtained exclusively by TIME this spring, includes a “roadmap” for the creation of a “vertically integrated aviation defense consortium” that could bring $10 billion in revenues and (go to link for a long but interesting story from a lefty viewpoint)
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tlozo wrote: Stop repeating BS Ruskie propaganda. There was no coup, Yanukovich was voted out of office by the Ukrainian parliament.
"Ukrainian president leaves Kiev as parliament votes to remove him from power"
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ransomnote: It's not Ruskie progadanda. They set up Yanukovich. Anti-Yanukovich protesters were killed, murders for which Yanukovich was framed.
Our CIA/Deep State wanted a similare outcome for the Richmond, VA 2nd Amendment Protests. They wanted to shoot some people, frame the 2A's in a fenced square. That would result in a gun grab whereas in the Ukraine, it was used to throw Yanukovich out of power. Had there been no 'setup' protest, they would have had to find another way to overthrow the country.
BS. Videos clearly show Berkut(Police) shooting protestors.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/magazine/ukraine-protest-video.html
It is a 12ga shotgun firing tear gas canisters.
It is proven beyond doubt that the Maidan shooting was a false flag by the opposition.
The victims were shot this rifle fire. There were two guys caught with rifles, Ivan Bubenchik with AK-74, Petr Balandin with Norinco AR-15, both ‘peaceful protestors’. The latter was seen with the protest leader Pashinsky.
The forensic analisys shows that the shooting was from philharmony and hotel ‘Ukraine’ - both controlled by the opposition.
The police and protestors were shot using the same weapons. The video from the hotel leaked from the perspective of the shooters. Some of them turned themselves in in third countries.
What is the point of retelling refuted lies?
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