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Ukraine to be told it is too corrupt to join Nato
The Telegraph ^ | 7/3/24 | Joe Barnes

Posted on 07/03/2024 5:15:32 AM PDT by JonPreston

Ukraine will be told it is currently too corrupt to join Nato, in a major blow to Volodymyr Zelensky.

The alliance will request “additional steps” from Kyiv before membership talks progress, a senior official in the US State Department said.

The position will be set out in writing in the Nato communique to be signed at the alliance’s annual summit on July 9.

Mr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, is pushing for swift Nato membership after the war ends to protect from future invasion. It would compel the US and Europe to come to the defence of Kyiv in the event of any Russian attack.

But corruption has been a sticking point in recent talks between Nato member states over whether to offer Ukraine a concrete timetable for joining the Western military alliance.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Ukraine
KEYWORDS: corrupt; killkillkillforpeace; mic; nato; ukraine; welfarewar; zeepersoutraged
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To: rlmorel; BobL

I haven’t been to Ukraine in nearly twenty years, but at that time my friends there told me that everything was run by what they called “the Mafia”. They believed that that word for us in America stands for any powerful criminal organization not just the Sicilian mob.
I prefer to make a distinction between informal power structures, the ones who are really running things, and the formal power structures, the elected officials. Both are corrupt, as corrupt as Russia.


41 posted on 07/03/2024 6:29:30 AM PDT by BDParrish (God called, He said He'd take you back!)
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To: JonPreston

“I’m glad Doug Burgum made this statement as it completely eliminates him from the VP decision.”

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Yes, I love it too, when these UniParty hacks out themselves.


42 posted on 07/03/2024 6:31:22 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: BDParrish

“I prefer to make a distinction between informal power structures, the ones who are really running things, and the formal power structures, the elected officials. Both are corrupt, as corrupt as Russia.”

That’s fair. The problem with Ukraine is that mafia (who are the Azovs) are part of the government, and in fact, act as “enforcers” for Neocon policy, should Zelensky or anyone else consider trying to work with the Russians to end the war.


43 posted on 07/03/2024 6:33:04 AM PDT by BobL
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To: JonPreston
Ukraine to be told it is too corrupt to join Nato

Wow, all the Uke Nazis did Nazi that coming!

44 posted on 07/03/2024 6:46:27 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: jacknhoo

When did Doug Burgum say this?


45 posted on 07/03/2024 7:13:03 AM PDT by Freee-dame ( )
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To: BlackbirdSST

Kaboom! Good one.


46 posted on 07/03/2024 7:14:18 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Freee-dame

“When did Doug Burgum say this?”

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47 posted on 07/03/2024 7:26:14 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: JonPreston

Joe will just send BILLIONS more of our $$$ to Zelenskyy to sooth his hurt feelings...


48 posted on 07/03/2024 7:34:15 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Red Badger

because the Bidens are being blackmailed


49 posted on 07/03/2024 7:35:50 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: JonPreston; BobL; Travis McGee

BTTT.


50 posted on 07/03/2024 7:36:52 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: JonPreston

And yet...it is NOT too corrupt to send hundreds of billions of dollars to...


51 posted on 07/03/2024 7:48:12 AM PDT by woweeitsme
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To: jacknhoo
'Doug Burgum: “We’re at war with Russia, we just haven’t sent troops yet. Sending money to Ukraine isn’t irresponsible, it’s a bargain.”'

Did Congress declare war with Russia? I must have missed it. Did those evil Russki bomb Pear Harbor again?
52 posted on 07/03/2024 7:48:37 AM PDT by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: Tom Tetroxide

Maybe, but russians aren’t globe trotting spending US citizen’s tax dollars on 4 million dollar cars, Paris fashion, and cocaine.


53 posted on 07/03/2024 7:56:47 AM PDT by dforest ( )
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To: JonPreston

If Ukraine wasn’t corrupt nobody would be interested in the country. The only reason anyone is involved in Ukraine is because of its corruption. If you can’t launder money in Ukraine what use is it?


54 posted on 07/03/2024 7:59:14 AM PDT by Rdct29 (The Democrats Are The New Nazi Party )
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To: Red Badger

BTTT


55 posted on 07/03/2024 8:15:35 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: Petrosius

—> I guess that the Russians can go home now.

Russians are home.


56 posted on 07/03/2024 8:32:39 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ )
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To: jacknhoo

That seems like a big disagreement with what Trump says.


57 posted on 07/03/2024 8:32:47 AM PDT by Freee-dame ( )
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To: Rdct29

—-> If Ukraine wasn’t corrupt nobody would be interested in the country. The only reason anyone is involved in Ukraine is because of its corruption. If you can’t launder money in Ukraine what use is it?

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58 posted on 07/03/2024 8:34:56 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ )
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To: JonPreston

59 posted on 07/03/2024 8:43:51 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ )
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
They're all out today

It's a ZEEPER general alarm!


60 posted on 07/03/2024 8:48:49 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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