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Ukraine could be looking at another Maidan
Politico ^ | 4/18/23 | JAMIE DETTMER

Posted on 04/18/2023 1:15:38 PM PDT by JonPreston

KIEV — “I was on the streets for the Orange Revolution when I was in my last year at university in 2004, and I was on the streets again in 2014. So, the 10-year mark of when we tend to mount revolutions is approaching,” said Inna Sovsun, an opposition lawmaker for Ukraine’s liberal pro-European Holos party.

And she suspects there’s another political upheaval on its way.

And while navigating the tempestuous postwar political waters would be difficult for any leader, according to the former minister, it will be especially so for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as he’s become part of the problem — a leader with autocratic tendencies.

Four months before Russia invaded, Zelenskyy and two close associates were also implicated in offshore financial activity. Based on the Pandora Papers — a cache of documents revealing the offshore activities of political leaders and other prominent individuals worldwide — the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project disclosed that the Ukrainian leader had established offshore companies before becoming president but continued to profit from them after taking office. Zelenskyy, for his part, denied any money laundering or illegality with the funds.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.eu ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Russia; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: angryneoconsbelow; itsover; jonprestonpussy; maidan; mccain; neoconsvotedbiden; nuland; obama; pandorapapers; penispianoplayer; putin; russia; ukraine; victorianuland; zelensky; zelenskyworshippers
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For Politico to come out with this Zelensky story today, a story that details his corruption, autocracy, and shady dealings and mismanagement, tells me it's Over for the Thief in the Greasy Green T-shirt

I fear the "Diem Treatment". It's how these boys play


1 posted on 04/18/2023 1:15:38 PM PDT by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston

Yeah, he’ll be gone by summer. No point in letting Russia take all of Donetsk.


2 posted on 04/18/2023 1:23:28 PM PDT by struggle
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To: JonPreston

Dead men tell no tales.


3 posted on 04/18/2023 1:33:23 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic!)
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To: airborne

I’m afraid he talks too much, not like that Afghanistan President who disappeared overnight with a helicopter full of taxpayers money.


4 posted on 04/18/2023 1:35:56 PM PDT by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston

Unfortunately for the anti-Ukraine/anit-Zelensky/anti-American-involvement/pro-Russia folks, here and elsewhere...

Zelensky has become a hero to the Ukrainian people, and he’ll be around as president after the war, and perhaps many years after. He’ll be the biggest hero in over 50 years in all of Europe if he can remove the Russians from his country without having to give up any land or any other concessions.


5 posted on 04/18/2023 1:44:23 PM PDT by adorno
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I don’t think you’re following the details of this scam as closely as you should be


6 posted on 04/18/2023 1:48:44 PM PDT by JonPreston
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To: adorno

Europe's biggest hero.

7 posted on 04/18/2023 1:49:22 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: JonPreston

lol..


8 posted on 04/18/2023 1:49:54 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: JonPreston

How is there supposed to be another coup d’etat when Victoria Nuland and the others who orchestrated the last one have been exposed?


9 posted on 04/18/2023 1:50:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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Has anyone seen Samantha Power and Victoria Nuland recently?

They haven’t appeared in Kiev, have they?


10 posted on 04/18/2023 1:52:05 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: adorno

“if he can remove the Russians from his country without having to give up any land or any other concessions”

Only the deluded believe that possible, much less likely.

It won’t happen.


11 posted on 04/18/2023 1:52:06 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: adorno

Do you smoke it and take it in the arm?


12 posted on 04/18/2023 1:54:55 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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“Ukraine could be looking at another Maidan”

Because they need to get rid of some more Russians?


13 posted on 04/18/2023 2:02:17 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: JonPreston

14 posted on 04/18/2023 2:10:01 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum )
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To: packrat35
Do you smoke it and take it in the arm?

Nope! Don't know how to do that, but apparently, you do.
15 posted on 04/18/2023 2:12:42 PM PDT by adorno
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To: Mariner
Only the deluded believe that possible, much less likely.

It won’t happen.


Try to use your brain, for a change.

Russia CANNOT win the war, and won't be allowed to win. There is too much at stake for the U.S. and Europe, and a Russian win would just make things a lot worse for Europe and the U.S. and the world. Losing Afghanistan is one thing, losing Ukraine is vastly more dangerous and costly. We're stuck helping Ukraine win.
16 posted on 04/18/2023 2:17:16 PM PDT by adorno
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I don’t think you’re following the details of this scam as closely as you should be

Scam? Is that the new word for 'war'?

Whatever you may think about the war in Ukraine, or whatever yo may thing about Zelensky, the U.S. and Europe can't allow Russia to win, or to even take part of Ukraine.
17 posted on 04/18/2023 2:19:49 PM PDT by adorno
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To: JonPreston

Biden offered to send a helicopter to pick up Zelenskyy and Zelenskyy turned him down.


18 posted on 04/18/2023 2:20:26 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: rfp1234

The irony is that the Dukakis stunt would work well in the current political environment. It shows how much the mind of the average voter has deteriorated since then.


19 posted on 04/18/2023 2:23:43 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: adorno

Russia already won.


20 posted on 04/18/2023 2:23:51 PM PDT by JonPreston
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