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I agree with most of this. Ukraine was a shitshow until quite recently. > When Zelensky managed same as the old Boss, to hideaway millions offshore, the Weste

I agree with most of this. Ukraine was a shitshow until quite recently. > When Zelensky managed same as the old Boss, to hideaway millions offshore, the Western Media was silent. Except he didn't offshore money collected from corruption. His business made that money. Maybe a slightly sketchy way to avoid paying taxes to a corrupt government. Except the very last one: > Putin's hand was forced The west was pretty close to capitulating on allowing Ukraine to join NATO when they invaded. And no one's forced them to attack civilian targets.

OrvalWintermute 5y ago
Putting an enemy alliance on your doorstep, close to Moscow is intensely provocative. This is on top of the other shenanigans we've already pulled with NGOs in the Russian sphere of influence, and Russian sphere of control. We Americans blockaded (quarantined) Cuba for putting missles on our doorstep. It is a very similar situation. Buffer states can be a good thing. Zelensky has treated Kolomoisky with kid gloves despite the PrivatBank thefts [1]. Why? Because his election campaign was bankrolled in Kolomoisky [2], and 1+1 channel, owned by Kolomoisky, gave Zelensky highly favorable news coverage. This despite Kolomoisky establishing & supporting the Dnipro-1 Regiment [3] which was implicated in humans right abuses, and murders of ethnic Russians. This same Dnipro-1 Regiment was the one accused by Amnesty International of blocking foods and clothing supply shipments to Eastern Ukraine. Dnipro-1 is considered a sister battalion of Dnipro-2, and the more infamous Azov Battalion [4] [1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-files-civil-forfeiture-complaint-proceeds-alleged-fraud-and-theft-privatbank https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-files-civil-for... [2] https://www.occrp.org/en/the-pandora-papers/pandora-papers-reveal-offshore-holdings-of-ukrainian-president-and-his-inner-circle https://www.occrp.org/en/the-pandora-papers/pandora-papers-r... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnipro-1_Regiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnipro-1_Regiment [4] https://www.firstpost.com/world/russian-military-operation-puts-the-spotlight-on-ukraines-neo-nazis-what-you-need-to-know-about-them-10419921.html https://www.firstpost.com/world/russian-military-operation-p...
OrvalWintermute 5y ago
> The west was pretty close to capitulating on allowing Ukraine to join NATO when they invaded. And no one's forced them to attack civilian targets. Nope. Entry to NATO has to be unanimous.

OrvalWintermute 5y ago

Putting an enemy alliance on your doorstep, close to Moscow is intensely provocative. This is on top of the other shenanigans we've already pulled with NGOs in the Russian sphere of influence, and Russian sphere of control. We Americans blockaded (quarantined) Cuba for putting missles on our doorstep. It is a very similar situation. Buffer states can be a good thing. Zelensky has treated Kolomoisky with kid gloves despite the PrivatBank thefts [1]. Why? Because his election campaign was bankrolled in Kolomoisky [2], and 1+1 channel, owned by Kolomoisky, gave Zelensky highly favorable news coverage. This despite Kolomoisky establishing & supporting the Dnipro-1 Regiment [3] which was implicated in humans right abuses, and murders of ethnic Russians. This same Dnipro-1 Regiment was the one accused by Amnesty International of blocking foods and clothing supply shipments to Eastern Ukraine. Dnipro-1 is considered a sister battalion of Dnipro-2, and the more infamous Azov Battalion [4] [1] https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-files-civil-forfeiture-complaint-proceeds-alleged-fraud-and-theft-privatbank https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-files-civil-for... [2] https://www.occrp.org/en/the-pandora-papers/pandora-papers-reveal-offshore-holdings-of-ukrainian-president-and-his-inner-circle https://www.occrp.org/en/the-pandora-papers/pandora-papers-r... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnipro-1_Regiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnipro-1_Regiment [4] https://www.firstpost.com/world/russian-military-operation-puts-the-spotlight-on-ukraines-neo-nazis-what-you-need-to-know-about-them-10419921.html https://www.firstpost.com/world/russian-military-operation-p...

OrvalWintermute 5y ago

> The west was pretty close to capitulating on allowing Ukraine to join NATO when they invaded. And no one's forced them to attack civilian targets. Nope. Entry to NATO has to be unanimous.