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| Ukraine Celebrates Election |
This is the case
of dueling headlines, those in the United States and West and those in
Russia. In Ukraine an “election” took
place, and I use the term “election” loosely.
From the Russia Times dated May 24th:
Ukraine:
From tragedy to farce
Washington’s
‘thinktankistan’ and the west’s media echo chamber are spinning Ukraine’s May
25 election as the crowning moment legitimizing the western-backed coup
overthrowing the elected government in Kiev.
They
also spin Russian President Vladimir Putin has miscalculated in Ukraine and is
trying to find a face-saving solution. Both spins are simply flat out wrong.
Yes, Washington’s
media echo chamber is crooning over the “election” in Ukraine as legitimizing
the western-backed coup in Ukraine that resulted in Ukraine’s gold being flown
out to the Federal Reserve in New York for “safekeeping”. The western backed coup also resulted in any
Ukrainian fighting against the unelected coup as “terrorists” for fighting for
their own sovereignty.
Here in the
United States the headlines blared:
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CNN Money: Europeanstocks rise as elections wrap up
The
Economist: Petro Poroshenko vows torestore peace
Oh, happy days
are here again. But, back to the Russia
Times article:
The
creators of the Ukraine crisis are desperate. Victoria Nuland and her band of
ultranationalists and neo-fascists demonstrated they could pull-off a
successful coup. This is not remarkable in any sense. Staging coups around the
globe has been part and parcel of American statecraft for decades; particularly
since the end of the Cold War.
But in
the case of Ukraine almost everything that has happened since the illegal
takeover of power on the night February 21 has been a disaster. Crimea
voted to return to Russia, regions of the east have held referenda on
self-determination, the massacre in Odessa occurred, and the country’s economy
is in a free fall. The planned presidential election is calculated to
legitimize the coup and fast track Ukraine westward. It is not going to happen.
Yes, it was
Stalin who said “it’s not who votes that counts, but who counts the votes”. Stalin would be so jealous, because in
Ukraine the neocons not only controlled who counted the votes but who would be
allowed to vote.
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‘Cyber-attack’
cripples Ukraine’s electronic election system ahead of presidential vote
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Yes, the
“election” was a joke. If Joe Biden and
Victoria Nuland think that a sham election will win over the people of Ukraine,
they are sadly mistaken. You know they
want to fast track Ukraine to enslave their people, open the door for
Monsanto’s GMO Frankenstein seeds and the rape and destruction of all Ukraine’s
natural resources.
Petro Poroshenko, the Ukrainian oligarch known as the Chocolate King, is the presidential candidate who is expected to save Ukraine from the abyss and deliver his country to Washington, Brussels, and the IMF. Judging by polling numbers, he is quite likely to be elected by those who plan to vote (and millions in the east and south say they won’t). Legally speaking, this election has no legitimacy.
Ukraine’s
constitutional order was destroyed on the night of the coup. Since then the
country has been governed by a rump parliament, political parties not supporting the undemocratic government physically
attacked, and presidential candidates intimidated. Poroshenko is set to be
president, but this will hardly address Ukraine’s daunting problems.
So, who is this
great savior that the people of Ukraine came out to vote for? According to Wikipedia:
Petro
Oleksiyovych Poroshenko (Ukrainian: Петро Олексійович Порошенко;
born 26 September 1965 in Bolhrad) is a Ukrainian billionaire businessman and the President-Elect of Ukraine.
Poroshenko
served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from
2009 to 2010, and as the Minister of Trade
and Economic Development in 2012. From 2007 until 2012, he headed the
Council of Ukraine's National Bank.
Bingo, he headed
the Council of Ukraine’s National Bank.
So he was there for the great gold heist. Ha, ha, yeah I’ll bet the Ukrainian people
wanted a crooked banker for their president, but if that’s the only choice due
to other candidates being threatened.
He
was elected President of Ukraine on 25 May 2014,
capturing more than 55% of the vote in the first round, thereby winning
outright and avoiding a second round
run-off.
Yes, you don’t
want to take any chances with a messy run-off.
In
2001 Poroshenko was instrumental in creating the Party
of Regions, also loyal to Kuchma, but Solidarity never joined the Party of
Regions.[9] However,
in December 2001 he broke ranks with Kuchma supporters to become campaign chief
of Viktor Yushchenko's Our
Ukraine Bloc opposition faction. After parliamentary elections in March
2002 in which Our Ukraine won the biggest share of the popular vote
and Poroshenko won a seat in parliament,[10] Poroshenko served as head of the
parliamentary budget committee, where he was accused of "misplacing 47
million hryvnias" (USD$ 8.9 million).[11]
Oops, as head of
the parliamentary budget committee he was accused if “misplacing $8.9 million
dollars”.
Poroshenko
was considered a close confidant of Yushchenko, who is godfather to
Poroshenko's daughters. Poroshenko was
likely to have been the wealthiest businessman among Yushchenko supporters, and
was often named as one of the main financial backers of Our Ukraine and the Orange
Revolution.[12] After
Yushchenko won the presidential elections in 2004,
Poroshenko was appointed Secretary of the National Security and
Defense Council.[3]
Yep, a main
financial backer of the Orange Revolution.
That must be where the $8.9 million he embezzled went.
What was the
Orange Revolution you may ask? According
to Wikipedia:
The
protests were prompted by reports from several domestic and foreign election
monitors as well as the widespread
public perception that the results of the run-off vote of 21 November 2004
between leading candidates Viktor
Yushchenko and Viktor
Yanukovych were rigged by the authorities in favour of the latter.[6] The
nationwide protests succeeded when the results of the original run-off were
annulled, and a revote was ordered by Ukraine's Supreme Court for 26
December 2004.
Under
intense scrutiny by domestic and international observers, the second run-off
was declared to be "fair and free". The final results showed a clear
victory for Yushchenko, who received about 52% of the vote, compared to
Yanukovych's 44%. Yushchenko was declared the official winner and with his
inauguration on 23 January 2005 in Kiev, the Orange Revolution ended.
Well I guess
they don’t have to worry about a messy runoff again. But back to who Poroshenko’s bio:
In September 2005, highly
publicized mutual allegations of corruption erupted between Poroshenko and
Tymoshenko involving the privatizations of state-owned firms. Poroshenko, for
example, was accused of defending the interests of Viktor
Pinchuk, who had acquired state firm Nikopol Ferroalloy for $80 million,
independently valued at $1 billion.
Whoa, Ca-ca-ching. Poroshenko was accused of corruption involving the privatization of Ukraine’s state-owned firm Nikopol Ferroally for $80 million to his buddy; a firm owned by the people of Ukraine valued at $1 billion. No wonder the people of Ukraine love him. Maybe there’s a board position for Hunter Biden.
[13] In
response to the allegations, Yushchenko dismissed
his entire cabinet of ministers, including
Poroshenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko.[14] State
prosecutors dismissed an abuse of power investigation against Poroshenko the
following month, [15] immediately
after Yushchenko dismissed Svyatoslav
Piskun, General Prosecutor of Ukraine. Piskun
claimed that he was sacked because he refused to institute criminal proceedings
against Tymoshenko and refused to drop proceedings against Poroshenko.[16]
Yes, fire the
prosecutor and your slate is clean. So
now that Ukraine has a new president what is the chance for peace in
Ukraine? Back to Russia Times:
If
Poroshenko continues the violent assault on the east and south he will
demonstrate he is not president of all Ukrainians. But if he does reach out to
the east and south, the radicals of the coup will be watching closely. Again,
this is a lose-lose outcome for Ukraine. This
is probably most tragic outcome of the forced collapse of the constitutional
order – unelected radicals, racists, and ordinary thugs have been allowed to
become important elements of the Ukrainian political landscape. Ukraine and
the rest of the world have Washington to thank for this sad state of affairs.
Come on
Ukrainians, thank John Kerry, Victoria Nuland, Joe Biden and their stooge
Barack Obama.
So, here we are
Tuesday May 27th. The skies
have parted and celestial angels sing in Ukraine. What is that you say? Poroshenko is killing all Ukrainians who are
fighting for their sovereignty? FromVoice of America:
A
pro-Russian rebel said on Tuesday he believed about 30 to 35 separatists had
been killed so far in nearly 24 hours of fighting with Ukrainian forces in Ukraine's
eastern city of Donetsk…
Earlier, Ukraine's likely president-elect Petro Poroshenko says there will be no talks with "terrorists" - his word for the armed pro-Russian separatists in the east.
Unofficial results show billionaire candy maker Poroshenko winning Ukraine's presidential election by a landslide
So Ukraine’s corrupt
unelected Central Banker has been replaced with a corrupt “elected” billionaire
banker. May there be mercy for the
people of Ukraine, this is bound to be a bloody, protracted fight.
God speed.
By Patricia
Baeten
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