Posted on 01/25/2023 8:14:02 AM PST by SoConPubbie
While Volodymyr Zelenskyy was on tour banging his tin cup for NATO donations, apparently his top government officials were skimming the books and building an extravagant life on the backs of the U.S. taxpayers. Slava Ukraini! However, on a brutally obvious note, I mean the wife of Zelenskyy went Christmas shopping in Paris and spent over €40,000 in a few hours on ritzy Avenue Montaigne. Where did people think she got that money?
In an effort to stop the embarrassing revelations of internal corruption from weakening support for the inbound flows of cash from corrupt U.S. officials, the government of Zelenskyy has begun getting rid of the officials who were stealing the war money.
But hey, don’t worry, remember, President Zelenskyy decreed rules making it illegal for any political opposition to exist; so, there’s nothing to worry about – just a seating rotation of the same corrupt group.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Several senior Ukrainian officials, including five front-line governors, lost their jobs Tuesday in a corruption scandal plaguing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government as it grapples with the nearly 11-month-old Russian invasion.
Ukraine’s biggest government shake-up since the war began came as Poland formally requested permission from Germany to transfer a modest number of its Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine. Germany builds the high-tech armor, and Warsaw needs Berlin’s permission to send them to a non-NATO country.
Zelenskyy was elected in 2019 on an anti-establishment and anti-corruption platform in a country long gripped by graft, and the new allegations come as Western allies are channeling billions of dollars to help Kyiv fight against Moscow.
Officials in several countries, including the United States, have demanded more accountability for the aid, given Ukraine’s rampant corruption. While Zelenskyy and his aides portray the resignations and firings as proof of their efforts to crack down on graft, the wartime scandal could play into Moscow’s political attacks on the leadership in Kyiv.
The shake-up even touched Zelenskyy’s office. Its deputy head, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, prominent for his frequent battlefield updates, quit as the president pledged to address allegations of graft — including some related to military spending — that embarrassed authorities and could slow Ukraine’s efforts to join the European Union and NATO. (read more)
What do Harmeet Dhillon, Ron DeSantis and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have in common?
They are all financial beneficiaries of multinational corporations.
Addressing a Chambers of Commerce meeting in Boca Raton today, Zelensky thanks BlackRock, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and others for their support of Ukraine. Adds that sending Ukraine heavier weapons, like Abrams tanks, represents a "big business" opportunity for US corporations pic.twitter.com/N1h8OVECLt
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) January 24, 2023
SURPRISE !!! , not
What a shock. And how much US and other Western Aid ended up in Swiss bank accounts?
There will never be a day when Russia, the Ukraine, and Byelorussia are not corrupt. They are three peas in a pod.
"Sundance" is already lying. Zelensby banned 11 pro-Russian parties out of more than 300 that exist in Ukraine, and only after Ukraine was invaded.
Zelensky announces ban on 11 Ukrainian political parties with ties to Russia
https://www.axios.com/2022/03/20/ukraine-ban-political-parties-russian-ties
What’s BlackRock’s cut ?
“They are three peas in a pod.”
They can’t help it as they were all a part of the former Soviet Union where in order to survive they had to be corrupt. It’s how communism works. The corruption just simply evolved into a way of life that became a part of today’s culture.
And soon the corruption of our nation will be an acceptable way of life blended into our culture as though it had been there since the day of the Founding Fathers. It’s a mere byproduct of communism.
Bull crap. The cesspool of Ukraine corruption has been going on for YEARS. Trump tried to address it and the Democrat party impeached him for his efforts.
This is Kabuki.
My concern is the mess has the feel of CIA involvement. Why would ‘intelligence’ stand with a two bit dictator?
Why did you throw in the stuff about DeSantis? That wasn’t part of the Sundance piece - yet you played it like it was.
People complained about the corruption now they have resignations and firings over the corruption. Isn’t that a good step?
Quick! Cue Claude Raines!
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certainly the Biden Crime Syndicate is deeply involved in the kickbacks!!!
Imagine that! Corruption in Ukraine.
And its getting rooted out. Imagine that! (dont try to imagine it in Russsia however)
The shopping spree is a fake story, no proof of that planted rumor surfaced.
Huh? You mean that pallets of cash sent from stupid, collapsing Americans might tempt these foreign heads of state to steal money?
That’s no reason to root for the Russian invaders. There is NO “good guy” in this fight.
Well goooooollleeee - you mean the Ukranians are STEALING our money?
What a surprise.
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