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Seems like an interesting strategy to use ill gotten gains to elect a pliable television personality to the role of chief executive, Then once that is accomplis
by ChuckMcM 7y ago
Seems like an interesting strategy to use ill gotten gains to elect a pliable television personality to the role of chief executive, Then once that is accomplished pressure them so that they will use the power of the office to obstruct any attempt to bring the criminals to justice.
Pretty far fetched though, you would have have someone on the inside running your faux campaign, etc. Perhaps I'm reading too much Stieg Larsson.
- coldtea 7y agoThose things happen all the time...
- Muromec 7y agoIt’s not far-fetched it’s just a regular day out here. Previously it was the other way around — to be in office yourself and book profits for your son in law (Kuchma—Pinchuk) or other related person. Conflict of interest? Never heard about that. This was commercialized and outsourced at some point, but only at MP level, so you could enjoy Presidential impunity yourself. Zelensky happened as a controlled exit strategy because all other contenders had highly toxic reputations to assume office for themselves after being in some office or another for nearly 30 years, so it was a chance that somebody really from the outside would get ir
- Muromec 7y agoAlso it’s not really chief executive, as executive power is in the hands of PM, so upcoming elections matter even more. You are however on point, since president proposes candidates for General Prosecutor and head of Intelligence-Counterintelligence Service. The man in question however could simply bribe officials on lower levels with the same effect and for far price. To top it — extradition of a citizen is constitutionally prohibited, so everybody could sleep well and show middle finger to the rest of the world, as we traditionally do here.