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Klitschko says Ukraine is turning authoritarian as conflict with Zelensky persists
Yahoo News ^ | 12/3/23 | Igor Kossov

Posted on 12/03/2023 5:12:06 AM PST by JonPreston

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has told Der Spiegel that Ukraine is moving towards authoritarianism, seemingly making a veiled criticism of President Volodymyr Zelensky.

"At some point we will no longer be any different from Russia, where everything depends on the whim of one man," the former heavyweight boxing champion said in a Dec. 1 interview.

Despite being the mayor of Ukraine's capital, Klitschko said he hasn't talked to Zelensky since the full-scale invasion began.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: authoritarian; klitschko; ukraine; zelenskyworshippers
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1 posted on 12/03/2023 5:12:06 AM PST by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston

You don’t say.


2 posted on 12/03/2023 5:17:56 AM PST by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: JonPreston

What did they expect when the ruler of the country is a low IQ midget with a Napoleon complex?


3 posted on 12/03/2023 5:19:06 AM PST by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: JonPreston

Trouble in paradise?


4 posted on 12/03/2023 5:21:28 AM PST by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: JonPreston

If one lists all the actions by Zelensky and removed the country and asked somehow what type of leader Zelensky is, the answer would be a dictator.


5 posted on 12/03/2023 5:22:00 AM PST by C19fan
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To: Highest Authority
when the ruler of the country is a low IQ midget with a Napoleon complex

you've described Putin perfectly


6 posted on 12/03/2023 5:23:10 AM PST by canuck_conservative (NATO - keeping Europe free of Russian invaders for 74 years - you're welcome!)
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To: McGruff

I heard a rumor that Zaluzhnyi is having talks with Russia.


7 posted on 12/03/2023 5:24:05 AM PST by dforest
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To: McGruff

Yes, trouble in Paradise. This article would never have been printed without first going through numerous MSM and government filters. They want this information out in the open.


8 posted on 12/03/2023 5:29:38 AM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: JonPreston

Ukraine:noun: 1.a country with a comedian for a president and cannot see that the joke is on them.


9 posted on 12/03/2023 5:34:53 AM PST by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: JonPreston
One wagers that not all read the entire article. From it:
"The Institute for the Study of War claimed that changing perceptions about the war in Ukraine could be a real concern for the Kremlin."
Earlier in today's posts one reads the laughable assertion that Kagan is a "top Republican."

Wiki laughably conflates terms in its first paragraph: "Robert Kagan (/ˈkeɪɡən/; born September 26, 1958) is an American neoconservative[1] scholar. He is a critic of U.S. foreign policy and a leading advocate of liberal interventionism."

Got that? A "neoconservative" advocates "liberal interventionism."

What is true is that his wife, the duplicitous Victoria Nuland, serves the Biden administration as Under-Secretary for State. She of the now famous "f**k Europe" form of diplomacy.

The Institute for the Study of War, promoted by Microsoft Start's aggregate news forum and reprint service.

Eisenhower warned correctly. Eisenhower has been thoroughly ignored. At our peril and now in massive debt for those "forever wars."

10 posted on 12/03/2023 5:59:12 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Qwapisking

Zelensky is quite likely a crooked POS. But I laugh when Americans criticize Ukraine’s choice of a president....just sayin’...


11 posted on 12/03/2023 6:02:10 AM PST by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: JonPreston
Shocking. You mean like FDR, when he had to mobilize a reluctant and unready USA to ready all of its elements to fight and win against Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan?

Or Abraham Lincoln suspending Habeus Corpus and drafting men into the Union army to fight the Confederacy?.

You mean that kind of dictator? It's called war, people, and when it's a war against a massive invading enemy, the niceties go by the wayside and you fight.

12 posted on 12/03/2023 6:05:36 AM PST by Chainmail (How do I feel about ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
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To: Chainmail

Only a Neocon like you would compare Ukrainian history with American history. When are you leaving for the front?


13 posted on 12/03/2023 6:11:04 AM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: JonPreston
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has told Der Spiegel that Ukraine is moving towards authoritarianism, seemingly making a veiled criticism of President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Hell, Biden and the Democrats are moving toward authoritarianism, and they can't even blame it on an existential war. Of course, Yahoo News doesn't even notice that.

14 posted on 12/03/2023 7:04:15 AM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Chainmail

I hear what you’re saying and I’m willing to give foreigners leeway in how they run their countries.

IMO “the rub” with Ukraine is they aren’t holding elections, even though they control the vast majority of Ukrainian territory.

Maybe, they’re scared what the results would be.

Maybe, with the amount of migration out of Ukraine it’s logistically impossible, but it seems odd that a war over a sovereign *independent Ukrainian democracy, doesn’t have one of the main features of a democracy:

“Elections.”

*Ukraine isn’t independent, they were just trading their dependency on Russia for dependency on the USA & EU.


15 posted on 12/03/2023 7:09:23 AM PST by unclebankster ( Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

—> The Institute for the Study of War

Headed by Victoria Nuland’s sister…


16 posted on 12/03/2023 7:23:39 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (I didn't come here to guide lambs, but to awaken lions - 🦅MAGADONIAN⚔️)
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To: libertylover

agree 100%


17 posted on 12/03/2023 7:27:35 AM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: canuck_conservative

Just watched the Bio on Putin - Top of his Law School Class - Considered the Top Intelligence Agent in the KGB. And before you thrown insults my way, I’m Hungarian. No love at all for Russia.


18 posted on 12/03/2023 7:40:13 AM PST by EC Washington
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To: aMorePerfectUnion; Worldtraveler once upon a time; All
Fox News fails to disclose Jack Keane's connection to ISW and the Kagan family


19 posted on 12/03/2023 7:42:42 AM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: JonPreston

I would think that an expert, such as yourself, would read my history before racing to write a pithy riposte.


20 posted on 12/03/2023 9:15:38 AM PST by Chainmail (How do I feel about ignorance and apathy? I don't know and I don't care.)
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