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the panama papers were published in 2016. Zelensky was elected to office in 2019. i.e. while ukrainians might care that he was trying to avoid their taxman, a
by compsciphd 4y ago
the panama papers were published in 2016. Zelensky was elected to office in 2019. i.e. while ukrainians might care that he was trying to avoid their taxman, anythign documented in them wasn't him looting the countrg or being an autocrat as he had never been involved with the government until that time.
There's a fundamental difference. I personally believe only one trying to obfuscate the issue would bring it up.
- verisimi 4y agoAnd his companies started earlier than 2016... This is a setup that is long in the making. You don't think it's problematic that the Ukrainian president is known to have off-shore companies to manage his businesses? Do you realise that lots of his governmental staff came from his TV companies? Is this not at least newsworthy? Should he fêted as he has been? Is it really OK to sweep this sort of info under the carpet? As the accounts are known, should he not be forced to open up these accounts and let us see what payments, etc he has received, in case of conflicts of interest? For me, it is amazing that the press do not talk about this. Its also a fanatic illustration of how they are just a arm of the governance structure and have little to do with serving us the truth.