8chan/8kun QResearch Posts (664)
#7590345 at 2019-12-22 19:00:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9710: Who Has Your Six?!!! Edition
>>7590338
>https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48437792
Georgia ex-leader Saakashvili has Ukrainian citizenship restored
Ukraine's new president has given citizenship back to former Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili almost two years after it was removed.
Volodymyr Zelensky, a comedian elected as president last month, made the change in a decree on Tuesday.
His predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, appointed Saakashvili as governor of Ukraine's Odessa region in 2015.
But relations soured, and the former Georgian president was later deported and had his citizenship taken away.
Following the announcement on Tuesday, Mr Saakashvili wrote on Facebook: "Thank you President Zelensky! Glory to Ukraine!"
#7578051 at 2019-12-21 04:07:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9694: WITCH HUNT. No deals. Edition
>>7578043
In his letter to Poroshenko and Yatsenyuk, Soros hints that he played a key role in selection of three key non-Ukrainian ministers-Natalia Jaresko, an American ex- State Department official as Finance Minister; Aivras Abromavicius of Lithuania as Economics Minister, and a health minister from Georgia. Soros in his December 2014 letter, referring to his proposal for a "big bank" privatization of Naftogaz and price rise, states, "You are fortunate to have appointed three 'new Ukrainian' ministers and several natives (sic) who are committed to this approach."
Barack Obama, David Cameron, Petro Poroshenko, John Kerry
Barack Obama, center, with Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko, left, and British Prime Minister David Cameron at the NATO summit, Sept. 4, 2014.
Elsewhere Soros speaks about de facto creating the impression within the EU that the current government of Yatsenyuk is finally cleaning out the notorious corruption that has dominated every Kiev regime since 1991. Creating that temporary reform illusion, he remarks, will convince the EU to cough up the ?11 billion annual investment insurance fund. His March 2015 paper says that, "It is essential for the government to produce a visible demonstration (sic) during the next three months in order to change the widely prevailing image of Ukraine as an utterly corrupt country." That he states will open the EU to make the ?11 billion insurance guarantee investment fund.
While saying that it is important to show Ukraine as a country that is not corrupt, Soros reveals he has little concern when transparency and proper procedures block his agenda. Talking about his proposals to reform Ukraine's constitution to enable privatizations and other Soros-friendly moves, he complains, "The process has been slowed down by the insistence of the newly elected Rada on proper procedures and total transparency."
#7534987 at 2019-12-17 18:13:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9638: Madcow PAGING..........Edition
Rudy Giuliani Declares War on Obama, Says He's Ready to Release Some Bombshells
As we have been reporting all day, Rudy Giuliani has been releasing bombshell after bombshell on Twitter about some of the corruption he has uncovered during his investigations into Ukraine, Biden, Burisma and a hell of a lot more.
What we have seen so far is mind boggling to say the least.
So we decided to publish a summary of sorts from The National Sentinel which provides even more details than we published earlier.
Giuliani Adds More Context To Recent Bombshells On Obama-Era Corruption In Ukraine, Pledging 'More To Come' (Complete Summary)
(TNS) Last week, One America News' Chanel Rion, who was traveling throughout Eastern Europe with presidential attorney Rudy Giuliani, was privy to some bombshell findings regarding members of the Obama administration and Ukraine, among other countries.
As we reported December 9th:
On Saturday before departing for Florida for campaign events, President Donald Trump told the media that his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani - in Ukraine for more investigative work regarding 2016 election corruption - had "found plenty" of "good information" during his trip there and to other European countries.
The president then said he believes Giuliani wants to present a report to the Attorney General William Barr and to Congress. ...
No wonder Democrats are moving so quickly with impeachment.
Giuliani found:
- Ukrainian officials offered up six criminal cases involving Joe and Hunter Biden, including "money laundering;"
- One Ukrainian official produced official communiques and documents he says proves that Obama's U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine and 'impeachment witness' Maria Yovanovich perjured herself during her hearing;
- Another, Victor Shokin, the former Ukrainian prosecutor general, described how then-President Petro Poroshenko came into his office and told him he'd better stop investigating Hunter Biden or the country would lose a billion dollars in aid, as Joe Biden threatened (Shokin was fired);
- There are dozens of inquiries open into possible misallocation of U.S. funds in Ukraine, with the U.S. Embassy's involvement.
Giuliani - a former federal prosecutor who knows how to investigate and follow leads - traveled to Kiev, Ukraine; Budapest, Hungary; and Vienna, Austria. Here is Rion's report:
https://www.dcclothesline.com/2019/12/17/rudy-giuliani-declares-war-on-obama-says-hes-ready-to-release-some-bombshells/
#7524641 at 2019-12-16 17:37:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9625: MSM taunted by the TWEETIES!! Let'em have it!! Edition
Star Witness Against Hunter Biden Stays In Jail In Germany Without Bond During Impeachment
In November of this year Ukrainian oligarch Aleksandr Onyshchenko provided information to CD Media regarding large amounts of illegal funds transferred between the Burisma group of companies and Hunter Biden, the son of Vice President Joe Biden, and the center of the impeachment drama currently playing out in Washington, D.C.
Onyshchenko described millions in 'off the books' payments to the Biden family while VP Biden was handling the distribution of American aid to Ukraine under the Obama administration.
Onyshchenko was arrested in Germany while attempting to travel to the United States on Nov 29. He has been under investigation in Ukraine for corruption allegations which he calls politically motivated. Onyshchenko publicly disclosed audio tapes of corruption involving then Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko in 2015 and had to flee the country as a result. Poroshenko is believed to be in the 'Deep State' camp and complicit in large scale money laundering according to CD Media's intelligence sources in Ukraine.
Today press reports indicate Onyshchenko was denied bail in Germany since his arrest in November and will spend the holidays in a prison cell. This time just happens to coincide with the impeachment hearings going on in D.C.
https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2019/12/15/deep-state-assures-star-witness-against-hunter-biden-stays-in-jail-in-germany-without-bond-during-impeachment/
#7505232 at 2019-12-14 18:59:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9600: Potus Calling the Movement to Action!!! Edition
Queston Anons, can the senate request and demand the release of all secret interviews by Schiff in congress basement? If so there will be plenty of proof none of the charges are true
Democrats in the House Judiciary Committee repeated a talking point throughout this week's debate over articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump: he never cared about corruption in Ukraine before the Bidens….
But Croft's testimony was possibly even more helpful to the president, for several reasons.
First, Croft testified that Trump had held up aid to Ukraine before, in late 2017, before the U.S. began providing weapons.
Second, she noted that Trump had been so irritated about corruption in Ukraine that he literally lectured former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in front of his own delegation, telling him his country was corrupt and it should pay its own way:
Croft: The President was skeptical of providing weapons to Ukraine.
Q: Why?
Croft: When this was discussed, including in front of the Ukrainian delegation, in fnont of President Poroshenko, he described his concerns being that Ukraine was corrupt, that it was capable of being a very rich country, and that the United States shouldn't pay for it, but instead, we should be providing aid through loans.
Croft added that the president's concerns were that "Ukraine is corrupt, and that Europe should be stepping up to do more to provide security assistance to Ukraine." Those are the same concerns Trump would express 18 months later.
In addition, Croft testified that there had been confusion about the legality of the OMB hold. Democrats tried to portray the OMB's hold as a violation of the Impoundment Control Act. But as an OMB memorandum to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) explained this week, the administration saw the hold as a "programmatic delay" in furtherance of congressional intent, and not a "deferral" against it, which would be subject to deadlines. Croft's testimony that there was "a discussion among the people ... the legislative folks together with the legal folks" supports the administration's claim that there was never any intent to violate the law by withholding the funding.
There are a few details in Croft's testimony that could have been helpful to Democrats - which explains, perhaps, why she did not appear on the witness listrequested by Republicans, either. Croft had testified, for example, that two officials at the Ukrainian embassy in Washington reached out to her in July to ask about aid being held. That might have countered other testimony that the Ukrainian government was unaware about the hold until a Politico article was published Aug. 28. (Senior Ukrainian officials have since reiterated that they did not know until then.)
But Schiff never brought Croft to any of the public hearings because her testimony about Trump's earlier hold on aid, and her testimony about Trump's long-standing concern about Ukrainian corruption, would have undermined Democrats' key argument that Trump only began to care about the issue once it implicated a potential political rival.
That is why Democrats claimed over and over again, falsely, that Trump never cared about corruption in Ukraine before: Catherine Croft never left the basement, so to speak. Her testimony may as well never have happened.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/13/catherine-croft-the-key-witness-left-in-adam-schiffs-basement/
#7505216 at 2019-12-14 18:58:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9600: Potus Calling the Movement to Action!!! Edition
Queston Anons, can the senate request and demand the release of all secret interviews by Schiff in congress basement? If so there will be plenty of proof none of the charges are true
Democrats in the House Judiciary Committee repeated a talking point throughout this week's debate over articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump: he never cared about corruption in Ukraine before the Bidens….
But Croft's testimony was possibly even more helpful to the president, for several reasons.
First, Croft testified that Trump had held up aid to Ukraine before, in late 2017, before the U.S. began providing weapons.
Second, she noted that Trump had been so irritated about corruption in Ukraine that he literally lectured former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in front of his own delegation, telling him his country was corrupt and it should pay its own way:
Croft: The President was skeptical of providing weapons to Ukraine.
Q: Why?
Croft: When this was discussed, including in front of the Ukrainian delegation, in fnont of President Poroshenko, he described his concerns being that Ukraine was corrupt, that it was capable of being a very rich country, and that the United States shouldn't pay for it, but instead, we should be providing aid through loans.
Croft added that the president's concerns were that "Ukraine is corrupt, and that Europe should be stepping up to do more to provide security assistance to Ukraine." Those are the same concerns Trump would express 18 months later.
In addition, Croft testified that there had been confusion about the legality of the OMB hold. Democrats tried to portray the OMB's hold as a violation of the Impoundment Control Act. But as an OMB memorandum to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) explained this week, the administration saw the hold as a "programmatic delay" in furtherance of congressional intent, and not a "deferral" against it, which would be subject to deadlines. Croft's testimony that there was "a discussion among the people ... the legislative folks together with the legal folks" supports the administration's claim that there was never any intent to violate the law by withholding the funding.
There are a few details in Croft's testimony that could have been helpful to Democrats - which explains, perhaps, why she did not appear on the witness listrequested by Republicans, either. Croft had testified, for example, that two officials at the Ukrainian embassy in Washington reached out to her in July to ask about aid being held. That might have countered other testimony that the Ukrainian government was unaware about the hold until a Politico article was published Aug. 28. (Senior Ukrainian officials have since reiterated that they did not know until then.)
But Schiff never brought Croft to any of the public hearings because her testimony about Trump's earlier hold on aid, and her testimony about Trump's long-standing concern about Ukrainian corruption, would have undermined Democrats' key argument that Trump only began to care about the issue once it implicated a potential political rival.
That is why Democrats claimed over and over again, falsely, that Trump never cared about corruption in Ukraine before: Catherine Croft never left the basement, so to speak. Her testimony may as well never have happened.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/13/catherine-croft-the-key-witness-left-in-adam-schiffs-basement/
#7465990 at 2019-12-09 20:31:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9549:Corney's Day is Coming!!! Edition
Joe Biden's 'Temper Was Overflowing' After Ukrainian Prosecutor Seized Burisma Assets: Report
The Ukrainian prosecutor Joe Biden got fired by threatening to withhold vital US financial aid says that the former Vice President was outraged after Ukrainian authorities seized the assets of Burisma - a natural gas firm owned by a notoriously corrupt oligarch who hired Hunter Biden to sit on its board.
The fired prosecutor, Victor Shokin, sat down with OAN News and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani to explain what happened when former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko told him to stop investigating Burisma.
"Yes, that's what he told me. He came to me and said, "you are a patriot of Ukraine, we need this billion dollars. We are at war, and if you are a patriot you will close this case.""
"My conversation with Poroshenko was in a phone call," Shokin continued. "It was after we started seizing Burisma assets in Ukraine when Poroshenko called me and said "listen, this all has to stop already. Joe Biden's temper is overflowing. This seizing of Burisma assets was the last straw.""
In January, Shokin told Giuliani and others that he was removed at Biden's request while he was investigating Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevsky, the former Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources who. According to Shokin:
Mr. Zlochevsky was laundering money
Obtained assets by corrupt acts bribery
Mr. Zlochevsky removed approximately twenty three million US dollars out of Ukraine without permission
While seated as the Minister he approved two addition entities to receive permits for gas exploration
Mr. Zlochevsky was the owner of two secret companies that were part of Burisma Holdings and gave those companies permits which made it possible for him to profit while he was the sitting Minister.
Shokin's successor, Yuriy Lutsenko, confirmed Shokin's account, said Shokin was trustworthy, and then went further to explain how Ukraine sandbags high-profile investigations such as Burisma and Zlochevsky.
"Mr. Lutsenko went on to explain that there is a unit called Specialized Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) which has under its purview National Anticorruption Bureau Ukraine (NABU) which investigates corruption cases that involved public figures from Mayors upward. He stated that the current US Ambassador protects SAP and NABU," adding "His office has absolutely no control over SAP or NABU and can't even ask what they are working on however they fall under his "control."
Of note, NABU was established in October 2014 "by Mr. George Kent who was the Deputy Chief to the Mission in Ukraine."
Lutsenko also explained that a $900,000 payment was made to Biden's consulting firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC for consulting fees, and was for "services rendered for lobbying by Joe Biden," according to the report.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/joe-bidens-temper-was-overflowing-after-ukrainian-prosecutor-seized-burisma-assets-report
#7463940 at 2019-12-09 16:55:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9546: FISA Brings Down The House Edition
Fact Check: Trump Did, In fact, Care About Corruption in Ukraine Before Bidens
CLAIM: President Donald Trump did not care about corruption in general in Ukraine - only with regard to Joe Biden, a political rival.
VERDICT: False. Trump raised the issue of corruption in Ukraine long before Biden came up.
State Department official Catherine Croft, told the Intelligence Committee in testimony behind closed doors that Trump had lectured former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko about corruption in 2017 - in front of his entire delegation - before agreeing to lift a hold on U.S. military aid
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/09/fact-check-trump-did-in-fact-care-about-corruption-in-ukraine-before-bidens/
#7461002 at 2019-12-09 04:11:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9542: Prayers On The Eve Edition
Ukrainian Oligarch Heading To US To Testify On Biden Corruption Arrested By Soros-Controlled NABU In Germany
Ukrainian oligarch Oleksandr Onyshchenko was arrested in Germany on Nov 29th as he prepared to travel to the United States to testify regarding Biden family corruption in Ukraine. Onyshchenko was detained per the request of the Ukrainian National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) who our sources maintain is a Soros-controlled front for in-reality preventing investigations of Deep State corruption in the former Soviet republic.
CD Media recently released a great deal of information via Onyshchenko who provided never-before-published information on millions of dollars that ended up from Ukrainian gas company Burisma in the coffers of Biden-controlled companies. CD Media met with Onyshchenko recently in Germany.
Artem Sytnyk, the head of NABU, is being investigated in Ukraine for colluding with the Democratic Party and the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016. Audio tapes were recently released where Sytnyk is heard bragging about his cooperation with the Clinton campaign during the election. Sytnyk's organization released the infamous 'black ledger' which put in motion the effort to jail previous Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. The 'black ledger' is now considered to be manufactured and not authentic.
Onyshchenko fled Ukraine in 2016 after corruption charges were filed against him via former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko after Onyshchenko leaked audio tapes confirming Poroshenko's own corruption.
Onyshchenko informed CD Media he had been offered a deal to return to Ukraine and avoiding jail time if he would only admit his guilt. He refused this deal he told CD Media recently in Germany.
According to the head of NABU Artyom Sytnik, Onishchenko should have been extradited to Ukraine from Spain, where he was hiding from the investigation, in December. Sytnik noted that the ex-people's deputy lost all the lawsuits in Spain and there is a decision on his extradition to Ukraine, wrote RBC Ukraine.
Later, Onishchenko himself announced that he plans to return to Ukraine in December. As a confirmation, he provided a ticket for the Ryanair flight on December 13 from Barcelona to Kiev.
When contacted, Rudy Giuliani's office provided the following quote from the Mayor, "It strikes me as extremely suspicious."
https://creativedestructionmedia.com/investigations/2019/12/03/ukrainian-oligarch-heading-to-us-to-testify-on-biden-corruption-arrested-by-soros-controlled-nabu-in-germany/
#7456439 at 2019-12-08 18:26:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9536: There Is No Step Five Edition
As Winter Comes Pipeline Wars Heat Up
For all of 2019 December has been a magnet. A number of major geopolitical issues come to head this month and many of them have everything to do with energy. This is the month that Russian gas giant Gazprom was due to finish production on three major pipeline projects - Nordstream 2, Turkstream and Power of Siberia.
Power of Siberia is here. It's finished. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping christened the pipeline to begin the month. Next month Putin will travel to Turkey to join President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to open the first of four potential trains of the Turkstream pipeline.
It is only Nordstream 2 that continues to lag behind because of insane levels of pressure from the United States that is dead set against this pipeline coming online.
And the reason for that is the last of the major energy issues surrounding Gazprom needing resolution this month, the gas transit contract between it and Ukraine's Naftogaz.
The two gas companies have been locked in legal disputes for years, some of which center on Crimea's decision to break away from Ukraine and rejoin Russia in 2014. Most of them, however, involve disputes over costs incurred during the previous and expiring gas transit contract.
The particulars today are ultimately irrelevant as these lawsuits have been used as nothing more than blackmail to keep a new contract from getting signed. Ukraine has sued Gazprom in courts, like in Sweden, that rule not by the tenets of contract law but rather through the lens of social justice.
These have been political decisions that allowed Naftogaz to seize Gazprom's European assets, further complicating any resolution to the conflict. These policies were pursued aggressively by former Ukrainian President and long-time US State Department asset Petro Poroshenko and they have done nothing to help Ukraine.
All they have done is strip-mine the country of its assets while keeping a war to prevent the secession of the Donbass alive.
This dovetails with the external pressure applied to EU member states, like Denmark, to delay if not outright thwart completion of Nordstream 2.
Opposition to Nordstream 2 in the US is all about leveraging influence in Ukraine and turn it into a client state hostile to Russia sharing a border with Russia. If there's no gas transit contract and there's no Nordstream 2 then US LNG suppliers can sell gas there and deprive Russia of the revenues and the business.
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/12/08/as-winter-comes-pipeline-wars-heat-up/
#7420562 at 2019-12-03 20:35:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9490: Preview Q's "The Con", Now showing on projectDcomms! Edition
>>7420510
In September 2013 , representatives of the US, the EU, Ukraine and Russia met for a conference in Crimea. They gathered in the Liwadija Palace in Yalta , where in 1945 Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin decided to reorganize Europe after World War II.
Since 2004, the annual conference "Yalta European Strategy" (YES) takes place. Organizer and financier of the conference is Viktor Pinchuk. The oligarch became rich with his company Interpipe, which produces steel tubes and, above all, supplied to Gazprom. With one of Forbes estimated fortune of around 3.1 billion US dollars Pinchuk is one of the richest Ukrainians, and describes himself as an "art lover and philanthropist". He is considered a "bridge to the West" and has long been committed to Ukraine's integration into the EU.
The Economist described the conference in Yalta as a "meeting of the global elite" .
"The future of Ukraine , a country with 48 million inhabitants, and Europe was decided in real time," said The Economist. The conference had been a "show of militant diplomacy and impressive intellect" attended by reputable representatives of the European elite.
https://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/82260
In addition to Yanukovych, who was expelled five months later from office, was also the future President Petro Poroshenko present . Poroshenko was already one of the most important contact persons of the US secret services, as can be seen from Wikileaks documents (more here ).
According to Wikileaks, the new Ukrainian president has been very close to the Americans for years. He kept the US Embassy informed of current political developments. The Americans considered Poroshenko's activity as the central bank of Ukraine especially useful.
https://deutsche-wirtschafts-nachrichten.de/2014/06/17/wikileaks-poroschenko-ist-seit-jahren-informant-fuer-die-usa/
#7379166 at 2019-11-26 23:43:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9437: Meme the News Bitches! Cranked for the Rally! Edition
3 Senate Committees Now Investigating the Bidens and Ukraine
As House Democrats wrapped up the public impeachment hearings on Nov. 21, Senate Republicans sent the latest round of records requests as part of a growing inquiry into the Obama administration's actions related to Burisma, the Ukrainian gas firm that hired Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) wrote to the National Archives requesting records of January 2016 White House meetings with senior Ukrainian officials. The senators reference events detailed in an April 25 article by investigative reporter John Solomon, who quoted firsthand witnesses to report that Ukrainian officials who attended the White House meeting were encouraged to reopen an investigation involving the chairman of the Trump campaign and stand down from an investigation into Burisma.
On the same day, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) requested records from the State Department regarding the communications in 2016 between Biden, then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, and their respective offices
https://www.theepochtimes.com/3-senate-committees-now-investigating-the-bidens-and-ukraine_3157453.html
#7139049 at 2019-07-23 00:21:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9134: Not So Stealth Flyover The National Mallrats Edition
Ukraine Election - Voters Defeat Second Color Revolution
The Ukraine, translated as 'the borderlands, lies between core Russia and the Europe's western states. It is a split country. Half the population speaks Russian as its first language. The industrialized center, east and south are culturally orthodox Russians. Some of its rural western parts were attached to the Ukraine only after World War II. They have historically a different culture.
The U.S., supported by the EU, used this split - twice - to instigate 'revolutions' that were supposed to bring the Ukraine onto a 'western' course. Both attempts were defeated when the Ukrainians had the chance of a free vote.
The 2004 run-off election for the president of the Ukraine was won by Viktor Yanukovych. The U.S. disliked the result. Its proxies in Ukraine alleged alleged fraud and instigated a color revolution. As a result of the 'Orange Revolution' the vote was re-run and the other candidate, Viktor Yushchenko, was declared the winner. But five years later another vote defeated the U.S. camp. Yanukovych was declared the winner and became president.
In 2014 the European Union made an attempt to bind the Ukraine to its side through an association agreement. But what the EU offered to Ukraine was paltry and Russia countered it. Unlike the Ukraine, which continues to get robbed by its oligarchs ever since its 1991 independence, Russia was economically back and in a much better position. It offered billions in investments and long term loans. Much of Ukraine's industry depends on Russia and Russian gas was offered to the Ukraine for less than the international market price. Yanukovych, who originally wanted to sign the EU association, had no choice but to refuse it, and to take the much better deal Russia offered.
The U.S. and the EU intervened. They again launched a color revolution, but this time it was one that would use force. Militarily trained youth from Galicia in the west Ukraine was bused into Kiev to occupy the central Maidan place and to violently fight the police. Snipers from Georgia were brought in to fire on both sides. It was then falsely alleged that government forces were killing the 'peaceful protesters'.
Yanukovych lost his nerves and fled to Russia. After some illegal political maneuvers new elections were called up and the oligarch Petro Poroshenko, bought off by the 'west', was declared the winner. The unreconstructed fascists from Galicia took over. The population in the industrial heartland in east Ukraine, next to Russia's border, revolted against the new rulers. A civil war, not a 'Russian invasion', ensued which the Ukrainian government largely lost. Lugansk and Donbas became rebel controlled statelets which depend of Russia. Russia took back Crimea, which in 1954 had been illegally gifted to Ukraine by then Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, himself a Ukrainian.
To end the war in the east Ukraine, the French, German and Russian leaders pressed Poroshenko to sign a peace agreement with the eastern leaders. But the Minsk agreement was seen as a political defeat and Poroshenko never implemented it. The war in the east simmered on ever since. The extreme right-wing politicians, who gained notoriety after the Maidan coup, prohibited the use of the Russian language which more than 50% of the Ukrainians speak. All opposition was harshly suppressed.
The oligarchs continue their plunder. Everything of value gets sold off to EU countries. The U.S. is allowed to build bases. Corruption, already endemic, further increased. The people came to despise Poroshenko.
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/07/ukraine-voters-defeat-second-color-revolution.html#more
#7131542 at 2019-07-22 15:06:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9124: MSM Is Out Of Control Edition
Ukrainian Leader's Party On Track To Win Parliament Majority
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - The party of Ukraine's president was on track Monday to win an absolute majority in parliament, a first in the country's modern history that would hand President Volodymyr Zelenskiy a clear mandate for change.
Zelenskiy, a popular comedian and political novice who was elected in April, pushed for a snap election that was held Sunday. He argued that the allies of former President Petro Poroshenko who dominated parliament were hampering his reform agenda.
With more than 70% of ballots counted Monday, his party, Servant of the People, had 42.7% of the vote. In addition, results showed his allies winning in at least 125 of the 199 single-mandate constituencies, in which voters cast ballots for individuals, not parties.
https://hosted.ap.org/citizensvoice/article/1e2f8c2b0876440498335289cbb73020/ukrainian-leaders-party-wins-majority-parliament-vote
#7129273 at 2019-07-22 07:24:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9121: Shill Fu Baker was on it! Comfy now! Learn his skills! Be a Baker Edition
Still Funny: Now With Full Legitimacy
Ukrainian President's Party Wins Snap Elections In Bid To Consolidate Power
Exit polls in Ukraine indicate that the party of the country's comedian-turned-president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has won a snap election aimed at strengthening its coalition only months after coming to power.
Zelensky's Servant of the People party is expected to garner about 41 percent of the vote and gain a majority in parliament, but it will not have enough seats to govern without allies, according to the polls released Sunday.
The pro-Russian Opposition Platform appeared to have placed second, with about 12 percent. The party of former President Petro Poroshenko, who Zelensky unseated in April, finished third, according to polls quoted by Reuters.
Prior to his election, Zelensky, 41, was known for his comic television portrayal of a schoolteacher who becomes president. However, his transition from fictional president to actual president hasn't been exactly made-for-television.
Zelensky has pledged to go after corruption but he has been frustrated by his inability to get the cooperation of the outgoing parliament.
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/22/744002982/ukrainian-presidents-party-wins-snap-elections-in-bid-to-consolidate-power
#6815908 at 2019-06-22 15:50:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8717: QResearch: Takes a Lickin' and Keeps on Tickin' Edition
Was $25 million in American tax dollars allocated for a payoff to stir up religious turmoil and violence in Ukraine? Did Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (unsuccessfully) attempt to divert most of it into his own pocket?
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2018/11/17/whose-money-stoked-religious-strife-ukraine-who-tried-steal-it/
#6694992 at 2019-06-07 18:32:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8562: Happy Birthday Vice President Mike Pence Edition
Ukraine's new president commits to EU, NATO membership
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy intends to keep Ukraine "on the path of European and Euro-Atlantic integration." He also said he is ready to negotiate with Russia to end the war in Eastern Ukraine.
'Ukraine's strategic course remains unchanged'
During his visit to Brussels on Tuesday, newly elected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his country still aspires to being a member of both the European Union and the NATO military alliance and that he is open to peace talks with Russia.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg had been waiting to hear the foreign policy aims of the former comedian, who was sworn in as Ukraine's president last month.
What Zelenskiy said
His government intends to keep Ukraine "on its strategic course … to achieve fully-fledged membership in the EU and NATO." Membership of both entities "is the priority of our foreign policy."
Zelenskiy is eager to revive a peace agreement with Russia reached in Minsk, Belarus in 2015.
Ukraine is "ready to to negotiate with Russia." The country, however, "first must be able to protect" itself.
The "common task" for the two neighboring nations "is to ensure stability and security in the Black Sea region."
Newly elected
On May 20, Zelenskiy was sworn in as the 6th president of Ukraine, which gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Zelenskiy collected 73% of the vote in Ukraine's presidential election in April, defeating incumbent President Petro Poroshenko.
Before his presidential run, Zelenskiy was most famous for his role on Ukrainian political satire television show "Servant of the People," in which he played the president of Ukraine.
Conflict in Eastern Ukraine
Ukraine is still grappling with Russia's 2014 annexation of the Crimean peninsula and an ongoing conflict against pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. The conflict has killed 13,000 people so far.
France and Germany helped broker the Minsk agreement, which ended major combat in the region, in 2015. Deadly clashes still occur regularly, with both Ukraine and the separatists accusing each other of violating the truce.
https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/73101/ukraines-new-president-commits-to-eu-nato.html
#6662683 at 2019-06-03 19:00:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8520: Melania Monday Edition
Snap Ukrainian General Elections: What's Going On?
On May 21st Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree dissolving the parliament, after vowing to do so on the previous day, during his inauguration speech. The date of the snap elections was set as July 21st.
The reason he gave was that the MPs weren't attempting to solve the people's problems, but rather they were the problem.
"Allow me to quote one American actor who has become a great American president: "The government does not solve our problems. The government is our problem."
I do not understand our government that only shrugs and says: "There is nothing we can do." Not true. You can. You can take a sheet of paper and a pen and free your seats for those who think about the next generations and not about the next election! Do it and people will appreciate that.
Your applause is pretty light...I guess not everyone likes what I'm saying? Too bad, since it's not me, but the Ukrainian people who is saying that."
In the upcoming elections, Zelensky's new party "Servant of the People," with his campaign manager Dmytro Razumkov as its head would interview possible candidates for MPs, who need to be "highly moral."
Razumkov, the director of a political consulting company, got his start in politics as a member of the former Party of Regions of Viktor Yanukovych, who was ousted from power by the Maidan Coup in 2014.
The contenders in the upcoming elections are several:
Zelensky's Servant of the People platform;
Opposition Platform - For Life;
European Solidarity - the rebranded Petro Poroshenko Bloc;
All-Ukrainian Union - Fatherland, whose main contender is former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko;
According to recent opinion polls by IAP, SM & UICD, Rating between May 16th and 29th, Zelensky's leading the race with approximately 40%, with the Opposition Platform lagging behind with approximately 12%, and European Solidarity behind with about 9%. Following them is Tymoshenko's Fatherland with about 9%, too.
https://southfront.org/snap-ukrainian-general-elections-whats-going-on/
#6602083 at 2019-05-27 17:50:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8441: A Day of Thanks and Rememberance Edition
Biden, Obama Officials Stood to Gain From Ukraine Influence
Newly released evidence suggests Ukraine played key role in creating Trump-Russia collusion narrative at behest of Obama officials
As Ukraine underwent dramatic changes in 2014, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden played a critical role in the Obama administration's involvement in the revolution that ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
Following the revolution, Biden would use his influence to help force the creation of the troubled National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). Notably, during the 2016 election campaign, information leaked from NABU about Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort that helped to create the false narrative that Trump colluded with Russia to win the election.
Biden also would use the threat of withholding $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees to pressure Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to fire the prosecutor general. At the time, the prosecutor had been investigating Burisma, a Ukrainian natural gas giant that had appointed Biden's son, Hunter, as a board member.
President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, recently said, "Keep your eye on Ukraine." In his comments to the Washington Examiner, Giuliani highlighted the "plot to create an investigation of President Trump, based on a false charge of conspiracy with the Russians to affect the 2016 elections."
Obama Administration's 2014 Involvement
On or shortly before Feb. 4, 2014, Victoria Nuland, the assistant secretary for European and Eurasian affairs in the Obama State Department, had a conversation with the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, which was intercepted and leaked.
In the call, Nuland and Pyatt appeared to be discussing the ouster of Yanukovych and the installation of opposition leader Arseniy Yatsenyuk as prime minister.
Nuland favored opposition leader Yatsenyuk over his main rivals Vitali Klitschko and Oleh Tyahnybok, telling Pyatt: "I think Yats is the guy who's got the economic experience, the governing experience. He's the ... what he needs is Klitschko and Tyahnybok on the outside."
Toward the end of the conversation, then-Vice President Biden was discussed as being willing to help cement the changeover in Ukraine:
Geoffrey Pyatt: "We want to try to get somebody with an international personality to come out here and help to midwife this thing. The other issue is some kind of outreach to Yanukovych, but we probably regroup on that tomorrow as we see how things start to fall into place."
Victoria Nuland: "So, on that piece Geoff, when I wrote the note [Biden's national security adviser Jake] Sullivan's come back to me VFR [direct to me], saying you need Biden, and I said probably tomorrow for an atta-boy and to get the deets [details] to stick. So Biden's willing."
Nuland and Pyatt met with Ukrainian opposition leaders Klitschko and Yatsenyuk, along with then-President Yanukovych, just days later on Feb. 7, 2014.
Events then moved swiftly. On Feb. 22, 2014, Yanukovych was removed as president of Ukraine and fled to Russia. On Feb. 27, 2014, Yatsenyuk, the candidate favored by Nuland, was installed as prime minister of Ukraine. Klitschko was left out. Notably, Yatsenyuk would later resign in April 2016 amid corruption accusations.
Biden's Involvement in Ukraine
In April, Biden would get personally involved, as would his son, Hunter. On April 18, 2014, Hunter Biden was appointed to the board of directors for Burisma-one of the largest natural gas companies in Ukraine.
Four days later, on April 22, 2014, Vice President Biden traveled to Ukraine, offering his political support and $50 million in aid for Yatsenyuk's shaky new government. Poroshenko, a billionaire politician, was elected as president of Ukraine on May 25, 2014.
Biden became close to both men and helped Ukraine obtain a four-year, $17.5 billion IMF package in March 2015.
In October 2016, Foreign Policy wrote a lengthy article, "What Will Ukraine Do Without Uncle Joe," which described Biden's role in the removal of Ukraine's general prosecutor, Victor Shokin. Shokin, the choice of Poroshenko, was portrayed as fumbling a major corruption case and "hindering an investigation into two high-ranking state prosecutors arrested on corruption charges."
The United States pushed for Shokin's removal, and Biden led the effort by personally threatening to withhold $1 billion in loan guarantees. In an interview with The Atlantic, Biden recalled telling Poroshenko: "Petro, you're not getting your billion dollars. It's OK, you can keep the [prosecutor] general. Just understand-we're not paying if you do." Shokin was removed by Poroshenko shortly thereafter, in early 2016.
continued…
https://www.theepochtimes.com/joe-biden-obama-officials-influenced-ukraine-to-advance-own-interests_2896259.html
#6591096 at 2019-05-26 06:02:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8427: Patriots On Point Edition
It's been clear to me for months now that Fox News and personalities like Bongino, Solomon, Carter are deliberately deceiving and misleading their audience, which includes President Trump.
This is a serious accusation, especially since all of them have gone to lengths to try to make themselves appear to be Trump's allies and supporters. For that reason and beecause they have reported correctly on some aspects of the Trump Russia collusion story, they have fooled millions of real Trump supporters.
I'll quickly out line a few of their obvious lies and deceptions,
They have all misled him on the Bill Browder story & the DNC Ukraine collusion story
The Spygate hoaxers have fooled a significant number of Trump supporters into believing…
- Hillary Clinton is a Putin ally when every bit of evidence shows that she and Bill Clinton and all their associates are avowed enemies of Putin, who put a stop to the theft of Russian assets that happened under Clinton /. Yeltsin.
- They falsely use the Uranium One story to 'prove' this. Significantly, they do this by leaving out the role APCO Worldwide, the anti-Putin lobbying firm that Jonathan Winer is an executive of.
- They also never mention Winer's connection to Bill Browder, or to Russia oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who is a significant figure in the real 2016 scandal.
- Not one of them criticizes Obama foreign policy on regime change coups in Syria or Ukraine, both of which are significant factors in the 2016 election interference. The closest they come to criticism is saying Obama didn't got far enough, thereby encouraging his war cabinet of Bolton, Mnichin and Pompeo.
- None of them focus on the central role of George Soros, who backed both the Obama State Department as well as Browder and Khodorkovsky. Nor do focus on Mnuchin's Soros connections or his key role in the Magnitsky Act.
- Related: all of them actively support the unconstitutional Magnitsky Act and the false Bill Browder narrative on it.
- Nor do they mention Browder / Khodorkovsky / Magnitsky Sct connection central anti-Trump figures like James Comey, Ashcroft, Juleanna Glover, John McCain, David Kramer, Strobe Talbott.
- They ignored the DNC Ukraine story as long as they could, even though it was clearly proven, then took the side of Petro Poroshenko and supported his henchman Lutsenko.
- No mention of money laundering connection to Browder / Comey and HSBC or Browder's connection to money launderer Edmond Safra.
- False reporting on the Trump Tower narrative, using Bill Browder as a point man on Fox News to advance his lies about Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya as well as carefully worded smears of Glenn Simpson. (Browder NEVER says Simpson was wrong about Trump. He does verbal slight of hand so the Fox audience never seems to notice that his criticism of Simpson is ONLY about what Simpson reported accurately about Browder.)
- In the week after the Trump / Putin summit, Fox News allowed Browder to come on to attack Trump.
- No mention of serial bomber Brett Kimberlin's involvement with DNC operative Alexandra Chalupa or the claim by Chalupa that a Kimberlin connected hacking group with working with the DNC.
https://stranahan.com/forum/topic/to-critics-who-say-my-problem-with-fox-news-bongino-solomon-et-al-is-petty/
#6580394 at 2019-05-24 20:26:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8414: Well Fed Koi Edition
West-backed think tanks threaten new Ukrainian president with disturbing list of 'RED LINES'
When President Volodymyr Zelensky won a landslide victory in the free and undisputed April elections, most accepted that he was given a fairly strong mandate to lead Ukraine. But it seems not everyone is so democratically-minded.
Particularly unmoved by the democratic process are a collection of Ukrainian 'civil society' groups, who have just issued a lengthy list of "red lines not to be crossed" by the new president, lest he risk provoking a new wave of political instability - that they would presumably instigate.
Issuing their catalog of demands on Thursday, the groups claim to be "politically neutral" but "deeply concerned" about the first actions taken by the comedian-turned-politician Zelensky, including his decision to appoint members of former President Viktor Yanukovych's government to positions within his own government.
A scan of the undersigned reveals that many of these "civil society groups" are anything but politically neutral. In fact, quite a few of them are partly funded by the US government, various EU governments (including the UK), the European Commission itself - and, of course, the omnipresent liberal billionaire George Soros.
Lhe list includes the notorious Euromaidan Press, Stop Fake and Ukrainian Crisis Media Center, to name just a few. In their heyday, many of these groups acted as propaganda tools of the Western-backed government of Petro Poroshenko, rather than the watchdogs they claim to be. They now confirm that a pesky election isn't going to stand in the way of their agenda, reaffirming that their own "principles and positions" on issues remain unchanged and warning:
Should [Zelensky] cross these red lines, such actions will inevitably lead to political instability in our country…
This statement, which precedes the wide-ranging list of red lines, reads like a threat: Do what we say, or there will be trouble. Isn't that a strange, almost dictatorial approach for groups purporting to be interested in "democracy," "freedom," and "dignity"? Did we all miss the part where a group of think tanks were collectively elected president of Ukraine?
https://www.rt.com/news/460210-ukraine-ngos-zelensky-red-lines/
#6520612 at 2019-05-17 13:36:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8338: It's a Baaaad Day for Evil Edition
180 top officials from Ukraine can not leave country
The District Administrative Court of Kyiv opened proceedings in a suit on behalf of the National Police, the Security Service and the Administration of the State Border Guard Service to ban senior officials leaving Ukraine after the parliamentary and presidential elections. The court will consider the case in the order of simplified proceedings without notifying the participants of the case.
The plaintiff asks the court to admit the illegal inactivity of the National Police of Ukraine in not conducting all measures to ensure the protection of national security and non-counteraction to organized crime by persons holding political positions and who, according to the plaintiff, could commit corruption crimes. Also, the plaintiff asks to acknowledge the illegality and inactivity of the SBU as to the failure to take all measures to ensure the protection of national security against organized crime by these persons.
Among the third parties, besides the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Speaker of the Parliament Andriy Parubia and Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groisman, more than 50 people's deputies of the presidential faction, more than 40 members of the Government, chairman of the board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, as well as the Supreme Court judge and members of the VKKSU. A total of 180 third parties.
As you know, before the court opened the proceedings in the case of Alexander Dubinsky, who also asks the court to prohibit high officials and politicians from traveling abroad for one year after holding parliamentary and presidential elections.
https://adm.ki.court.gov.ua/sud2670/pres-centr/news/710015/
IT IS GOOGLE TRANSLATED, CAN SOME UKRAINE ANON CONFIRM THIS?
#6482058 at 2019-05-12 23:02:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8289: Baked Once, Baked Again Edition
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-12/schiff-says-biden-ukraine-scandal-should-be-limits
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) said on Sunday that Joe Biden's Ukraine corruption scandal should be off limits as the 2020 US election approaches, and that President Trump shouldn't be allowed to investigate - or encourage Ukraine to investigate.
Biden has come under fire for a March, 2016 incident in Kiev in which he threatened to withhold $1 billion in US loan guarantees to Ukraine unless President Petro Poroshenko fired his head prosecutor, General Viktor Shokin, who was leading a wide-ranging corruption investigation into natural gas firm Burisma Holdings. As it so happens, Joe's son Hunter Biden sat on Burisma's board, and was indirectly paid as much as $50,000 per month.
#6482046 at 2019-05-12 23:00:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8288: Sunday Comfy Sunday 1st Bake Edition
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-12/schiff-says-biden-ukraine-scandal-should-be-limits
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) said on Sunday that Joe Biden's Ukraine corruption scandal should be off limits as the 2020 US election approaches, and that President Trump shouldn't be allowed to investigate - or encourage Ukraine to investigate.
Biden has come under fire for a March, 2016 incident in Kiev in which he threatened to withhold $1 billion in US loan guarantees to Ukraine unless President Petro Poroshenko fired his head prosecutor, General Viktor Shokin, who was leading a wide-ranging corruption investigation into natural gas firm Burisma Holdings. As it so happens, Joe's son Hunter Biden sat on Burisma's board, and was indirectly paid as much as $50,000 per month.
#6481689 at 2019-05-12 21:59:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8288: Sunday Comfy Sunday 1st Bake Edition
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-12/schiff-says-biden-ukraine-scandal-should-be-limits
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) said on Sunday that Joe Biden's Ukraine corruption scandal should be off limits as the 2020 US election approaches, and that President Trump shouldn't be allowed to investigate - or encourage Ukraine to investigate.
Biden has come under fire for a March, 2016 incident in Kiev in which he threatened to withhold $1 billion in US loan guarantees to Ukraine unless President Petro Poroshenko fired his head prosecutor, General Viktor Shokin, who was leading a wide-ranging corruption investigation into natural gas firm Burisma Holdings. As it so happens, Joe's son Hunter Biden sat on Burisma's board, and was indirectly paid as much as $50,000 per month.
#6480590 at 2019-05-12 18:18:00 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8287: Flour Power Flower Power The Roses and Cakes For Mama Edition
>>6480529
Same person? Excerpt from article https://themarketswork.com/2019/04/27/joe-biden-obama-officials-stood-to-gain-from-ukraine-influence/
Biden's Involvement in Ukraine
In April, Biden would get personally involved, as would his son, Hunter. On April 18, 2014, Hunter Biden was appointed to the Board of Directors for Burisma-one of the largest natural gas companies in Ukraine.
Four days later, on April 22 2014, Vice President Biden traveled to Ukraine, offering his political support and $50 million in aid for Yatsenyuk's shaky new government. Petro Poroshenko, a billionaire politician, was elected as president of Ukraine on May 25, 2014.
Biden became close to both men and helped Ukraine to obtain a four-year $17.5 billion IMF package in March 2015.
In October 2016, Foreign Policy wrote a lengthy article, What Will Ukraine Do Without Uncle Joe, which described Biden's role in the removal of Ukraine's general prosecutor, Victor Shokin. Shokin, the choice of Ukrainian president Poroshenko, was portrayed as fumbling a major corruption case and "hindering an investigation into two high-ranking state prosecutors arrested on corruption charges."
The United States pushed for Shokin's removal and Biden led the effort by personally threatening to withhold $1 billion in loan guarantees. In an interview with the Atlantic, Biden recalled telling Poroshenko, "Petro, you're not getting your billion dollars. It's OK, you can keep the [prosecutor] general. Just understand-we're not paying if you do." Shokin was removed by Poroshenko shortly thereafter, in early 2016.
But according to reporting by The Hill, Shokin had been investigating Burisma, the company that Biden's son Hunter was a board member of, at the time of his firing. Shokin's investigation into Burisma had previously been disclosed back in June 2017, by Front News International.
Burisma is owned by the former Minister of Ecology for Ukraine, Nikolai Zlochevsky (also known as Mykola Zlochevsky). According to Front News, Zlochevsky issued a "special permit for the extraction of a third of the gas produced in Ukraine" to his own company, Burisma.
According to the Ukrainian non-profit "Anti Corruption Action Center," Zlochevsky owns 38 permits held by 14 different companies-with Burisma accounting for the majority with 33 of the permits. Zlochevsky left Ukraine after former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych fled to Russia during the Ukrainian Revolution known as Euromaidan.
Investigation Into Burisma
In the spring of 2014, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office opened an investigation at the behest of the UK prosecutors office, which was investigating money laundering allegations against Zlochevsky and had just frozen $23.5 million in assets allegedly belonging to him in early April 2014. Shokin, who was not appointed as general prosecutor until February 2015, was not yet involved in the case.
Ukrainian prosecutors refused to provide the UK with needed documents and in January 2015 a British court ordered the assets unfrozen. This action was pointedly called out in a speech by former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, who stated "In the case of former Ecology Minister Mykola Zlochevsky, the U.K. authorities had seized $23 million in illicit assets that belonged to the Ukrainian people." Instead of receiving cooperation from Ukrainian prosecutors, they "sent letters to Zlochevsky's attorneys attesting that there was no case against him. As a result, the money was freed by the U.K. court, and shortly thereafter the money was moved to Cyprus."
#6480522 at 2019-05-12 18:02:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8287: Flour Power Flower Power The Roses and Cakes For Mama Edition
for any anons digging Ukraine and BIDEN check out jeff Carson's work at themarketswork.com good stuff here past and present articles worth a read
Joe Biden, Obama Officials Stood to Gain From Ukraine Influence
April 27, 2019 by Jeff Carlson, CFA
New evidence suggests Ukraine played a key role in creating Trump-Russia collusion narrative at the behest of Obama officials
As Ukraine underwent dramatic changes in 2014, Vice President Joe Biden played a critical role in the Obama administration's involvement in the revolution that ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych.
Following the revolution, Biden would use his influence to help force the creation of the troubled National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). Notably, during the 2016 elections information leaked from NABU on Trump's campaign manager Paul Manafort that helped to create the false narrative that Trump colluded with Russia to win the elections.
Biden would also use the threat of withholding a billion dollars in American loan guarantees to pressure Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to fire the prosecutor general. At the time the prosecutor had been investigating Burisma, a Ukrainian natural gas giant that Biden's son, Hunter, was a board member on.
President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, recently said "keep your eye on Ukraine." In his comments to the Washington Examiner, Giuliani highlighted the "plot to create an investigation of President Trump based on a false charge of conspiracy with the Russians to affect the 2016 elections."
https://themarketswork.com/2019/04/27/joe-biden-obama-officials-stood-to-gain-from-ukraine-influence/
Also, might already be common knowledge but looking into NABU is interesting especially who set it up…
#6463387 at 2019-05-10 17:50:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8265: Bake Someone Happy Edition
>>6463359
Get a kick out of their "Alert". Of course only Hannity (on that network) drums on these issues anyway.
Published on Apr 17, 2019
Biden's White House bid marred by Ukraine corruption questions
https://youtu.be/2ruvJuD7_6w
by Jim Hoft April 3, 2019
BOOM! Evidence Shows Joe Biden Got Ukrainian Prosecutor Fired Who Was Investigating His Son Hunter Biden
After leaving office in 2017, Vice President Joe Biden Bragged about strong-arming the government of Ukraine to fire its top prosecutor.
Joe Biden made the remarks during a meeting of foreign policy specialists. Biden said he, "Threatened Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in March 2016 that the Obama administration would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending the former Soviet republic toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin." Biden suggested during his talk that Barack Obama was in on the threat. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/04/boom-evidence-shows-joe-biden-got-ukrainian-prosecutor-fired-who-was-investigating-his-son-hunter-biden/
PUBLISHED: 5:34 PM 2 APR 2019
Whoops! Joe Biden's Bragging Revives Ukrainian Nightmare Probe
Joe Biden may be in more hot water than his touchy-feely, roaming hands have started as his own bragging about strong arming the Ukraine helped expose that his son cash in on millions.
https://conservativedailypost.com/whoops-joe-bidens-bragging-revives-ukrainian-nightmare-probe/
#6454784 at 2019-05-09 16:13:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8254: I Love the Smell of Self-Deportation in the Morning Edition
Hunter Biden details
>> In his own words, with video cameras rolling, Biden described how he threatened Ukrainian President
Petro Poroshenko in March 2016, he said that the Obama administration would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees,
sending the former Soviet republic toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.
>>"I said, 'You're not getting the billion.' I'm going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. - biden
>>"Well, son of a bitch, he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time,"
>>Between April 2014 and October 2015, more than $3 million was paid out of Burisma accounts to an account
linked to Hunter Biden's and Archer's Rosemont Seneca firm, according to the financial records placed in a federal court
file in Manhattan in an unrelated case against Archer.
>>The prosecutor he got fired was leading a wide-ranging corruption probe into the natural gas firm Burisma Holdings that
employed Biden's younger son, Hunter, as a board member.
>>U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's American-based firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers into
one of its accounts - usually more than $166,000 a month - from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when
Vice President Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine and its tense relations with Russia.
>> prosecutors identified Hunter Biden, business partner Devon Archer and their firm, Rosemont Seneca, as potential recipients of money.
>>While the probe was underway, then-Vice President Biden made more than a dozen trips to Ukraine
>>Biden said he gave them a six-hour deadline to fire him (then prosecutor) or he would pull $1 billion in U.S loan guarantees.
>>Biden would have known because
Hunter Biden's appointment to the board was widely reported in American media ($$3 million in 14 month period);
The U.S. Embassy in Kiev that coordinated Biden's work in the country repeatedly and publicly discussed the general prosecutor's case against Burisma;
Great Britain took very public action against Burisma while Joe Biden was working with that government on Ukraine issues;
Biden's office was quoted, on the record, acknowledging Hunter Biden's role in Burisma in a New York Times article about the general prosecutor's Burisma
case that appeared four months before Biden forced the firing of Shokin. The vice president's office suggested in that article that Hunter Biden was a
lawyer free to pursue his own private business deals.
>>President Obama named Biden the administration's point man on Ukraine in February 2014
>>Vice President Biden met with Archer in April 2014 right as Archer was named to the board at Burisma; a month later Hunter was placed on the board
to oversee Bursimas legal team (source:Schweizer's book)
>> Burisma cases was transferred to a different Ukrainian agency, closely aligned with the U.S. Embassy in Kiev, known as the National
Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) They then closed the case
>>"members of the Board obtained funds as well as another U.S.-based legal entity, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, for consulting services." -Lutsenko
>>Lutsenko sais new information would be of interest to AG willian barr
>>Hunter Biden had "no background in Ukraine" and "no background in energy policy." -Schweizer
>>Hunter Biden attracted an unusual level of scrutiny and even controversy. In 2014, he was discharged from the Navy Reserve after testing positive for cocaine
>>Burisma investigation was reopened in 2018, after Joe Biden made his remarks
>>"We don't see any result from this case one year after the reopening because of some [external influence],"
#6414587 at 2019-05-04 21:38:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8202: We Love Our Great Firefighters Edition
Report: Ukrainian Embassy Says DNC Operative Alexandra Chalupa Wanted Dirt on Trump in 2016
The Ukrainian Embassy confirmed recently that a Democratic National Committee contractor had asked for dirt on former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort during the election in order to help Hillary Clinton, according to a recent bombshell report from The Hill.
Ukrainian Ambassador Valeriy Chaly's office told The Hill that DNC contractor Alexandra Chalupa sought information from Ukraine on Paul Manafort's dealings inside the country in hopes of forcing the issue before Congress. She also tried to have then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko comment on Manafort during a visit there in 2016.
Chaly said the embassy knew Chalupa in her role as a Ukrainian-American activist, learned only later of her ties to the DNC, and rejected her requests because he thought it was not appropriate to interfere in the U.S. election.
"The Embassy got to know Ms. Chalupa because of her engagement with Ukrainian and other diasporas in Washington D.C., and not in her DNC capacity. We've learned about her DNC involvement later," Chaly said in a statement.
"We were surprised to see Alexandra's interest in Mr. Paul Manafort's case. It was her own cause. The Embassy representatives unambiguously refused to get involved in any way, as we were convinced that this is a strictly U.S. domestic matter," he added.
"All ideas floated by Alexandra were related to approaching a Member of Congress with a purpose to initiate hearings on Paul Manafort or letting an investigative journalist ask President Poroshenko a question about Mr. Manafort during his public talk in Washington, D.C.," he said.
The ambassador's statement comes several months after a Ukrainian court ruled that an anti-corruption body closely aligned with the U.S. Embassy in Kiev and a parliamentarian named Serhiy Leshchenko wrongly interfered in the U.S. election by releasing documents about Manafort, according to The Hill.
Leshchenko provided the dirt to Fusion GPS, according to Nellie Ohr, the wife of senior Justice Department official Bruce Ohr. She told Congress in a closed hearing that while she was working for Fusion GPS, she learned that Leshchenko was providing dirt to the research firm.
Fusion GPS was paid by the Clinton campaign and the DNC to do opposition research on then-candidate Donald Trump.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/03/report-ukrainian-embassy-says-dnc-operative-alexandra-chalupa-wanted-dirt-on-trump-in-2016/
#6402138 at 2019-05-03 14:23:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8186: Back to Business Edition
JOE BIDEN
HUNTER BIDEN
>>President Obama named Biden the administration's point man on Ukraine in February 2014
>> In his own words, with video cameras rolling, Biden described how he threatened Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in March 2016, he said that the Obama administration would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending the former Soviet republic toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.
>>"I said, 'You're not getting the billion.' I'm going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. - biden
>>"Well, son of a bitch, he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time,"
>>The prosecutor who got fired was leading a wide-ranging corruption probe into the natural gas firm Burisma Holdings that
employed Biden's younger son, Hunter, as a board member.
>>U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's American-based firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers into
one of its accounts - usually more than $166,000 a month - from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when
Vice President Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine and its tense relations with Russia.
>> prosecutors identified Hunter Biden, business partner Devon Archer and their firm, Rosemont Seneca, as potential recipients of money.
>>While the probe was underway, then-Vice President Biden made more than a dozen trips to Ukraine
>>Biden said he gave them a six-hour deadline to fire him (then prosecutor) or he would pull $1 billion in U.S loan guarantees.
>>Biden would have known because
Hunter Biden's appointment to the board was widely reported in American media ($$3 million in 14 month period);
The U.S. Embassy in Kiev that coordinated Biden's work in the country repeatedly and publicly discussed the general prosecutor's case against Burisma;
Great Britain took very public action against Burisma while Joe Biden was working with that government on Ukraine issues;
Biden's office was quoted, on the record, acknowledging Hunter Biden's role in Burisma in a New York Times article about the general prosecutor's Burisma case that appeared four months before Biden forced the firing of Shokin. The vice president's office suggested in that article that Hunter Biden was a lawyer free to pursue his own private business deals.
>>Vice President Biden met with Archer in April 2014 right as Archer was named to the board at Burisma; a month later Hunter was placed on the board to oversee Bursimas legal team (source:Schweizer's book)
>> Burisma cases was transferred to a different Ukrainian agency, closely aligned with the U.S. Embassy in Kiev, known as the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) They then closed the case
>>"members of the Board obtained funds as well as another U.S.-based legal entity, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, for consulting services." -Lutsenko
>>Lutsenko sais new information would be of interest to AG Willian Barr
>>Burisma investigation was reopened in 2018, after Joe Biden made his remarks
>>"We don't see any result from this case one year after the reopening because of some [external influence],"
>>Between April 2014 and October 2015, more than $3 million was paid out of Burisma accounts to an account linked to Hunter Biden's and Archer's Rosemont Seneca firm, according to the financial records placed in a federal court file in Manhattan in an unrelated case against Archer.
>>The bank records show that, on most months when Burisma money flowed, two wire transfers of $83,333.33 each
were sent to the Rosemont Seneca-connected account on the same day. The same Rosemont Seneca-linked account
typically then would pay Hunter Biden one or more payments ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 each.
>>When asked then-White House press secretary Jay Carney said the White House saw no problem with the younger Biden's business dealings in Ukraine.
>>Hunter Biden had "no background in Ukraine" and "no background in energy policy." -Schweizer
JUICEEEEEEEEE
#6399479 at 2019-05-03 03:32:43 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8183: Solomon Nails It Again Edition
Ukrainian Embassy Confirms DNC Contractor Solicited Dirt on Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort in 2016
It is becoming increasingly clear why Hillary Clinton and the Democrat-media complex has accused Trump's campaign of colluding with a foreign power during the 2016 election - projection.
Ukraine's embassy in Washington D.C. says DNC contractor, Alexandra Chalupa during the 2016 election solicited dirt on Trump's campaign manager Paul Manafort.
Ambassador Valeriy Chaly's office said Ms. Chalupa sought from the Ukrainian government dirt on Manafort's dealings with the country and even tried to get a comment from Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko regarding Manafort's ties to Russia.
And Paul Manafort ended up in prison for his work in the Ukraine. Coincidence? We think not.
John Solomon of The Hill reported:
Chaly says that, at the time of the contacts in 2016, the embassy knew Chalupa primarily as a Ukrainian-American activist, and learned only later of her ties to the DNC. He says the embassy considered her requests an inappropriate solicitation of interference in the U.S. election.
"The Embassy got to know Ms. Chalupa because of her engagement with Ukrainian and other diasporas in Washington D.C., and not in her DNC capacity. We've learned about her DNC involvement later," Chaly said in a statement issued by his embassy. "We were surprised to see Alexandra's interest in Mr. Paul Manafort's case. It was her own cause. The Embassy representatives unambiguously refused to get involved in any way, as we were convinced that this is a strictly U.S. domestic matter.
"All ideas floated by Alexandra were related to approaching a Member of Congress with a purpose to initiate hearings on Paul Manafort or letting an investigative journalist ask President Poroshenko a question about Mr. Manafort during his public talk in Washington, D.C.," the ambassador explained.
Chaly's written answers mark the most direct acknowledgement by Ukraine's government that an American tied to the Democratic Party sought the country's help in the 2016 election, and they confirm the main points of a January 2017 story by Politico on Chalupa's efforts.
In that story, the embassy was broadly quoted as denying interference in the election and suggested Chalupa's main reason for contacting the ambassador's office was to organize an event celebrating women leaders.
Although Politico reported in 2017 on Ms. Chalupa's efforts to dig up dirt on Manafort, including at the Ukrainian embassy, the DNC's embassy's contacts add a new dimension, said John Solomon.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/05/breaking-ukrainian-embassy-confirms-dnc-contractor-solicited-dirt-on-trump-campaign-chairman-paul-manafort-in-2016/
#6399152 at 2019-05-03 02:46:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8183: Solomon Nails It Again Edition
Ukraine embassy says DNC operative reached out for dirt on Trump in 2016
Ukraine's embassy wrote that a Democratic National Committee (DNC) insider reached out in 2016 seeking dirt on President Trump's team, according to a bombshell new report Thursday that further fueled Republican allegations that Democrats were the ones improperly colluding with foreign agents during the campaign. Ambassador Valeriy Chaly said DNC contractor Alexandra Chalupa pushed for Ukraine's then-President Petro Poroshenko to mention Paul Manafort's ties to Ukraine publicly during a visit to the U.S., and sought detailed financial information on his dealings in the country, The Hill reported. At the time, Manafort was Trump's campaign chairman.
"The Embassy got to know Ms. Chalupa because of her engagement with Ukrainian and other diasporas in Washington D.C., and not in her DNC capacity. We've learned about her DNC involvement later," Chaly said in a statement released by the Ukrainian embassy. "We were surprised to see Alexandra's interest in Mr. Paul Manafort's case. It was her own cause. The Embassy representatives unambiguously refused to get involved in any way, as we were convinced that this is a strictly U.S. domestic matter." Chaly continued: "All ideas floated by Alexandra were related to approaching a Member of Congress with a purpose to initiate hearings on Paul Manafort or letting an investigative journalist ask President Poroshenko a question about Mr. Manafort during his public talk in Washington, D.C."
Neither the DNC nor Chalupa, who works as a Washington, D.C.-based political consultant, immediately responded to Fox News' requests for comment In 2017, Chalupa told CNN: "During the 2016 US election, I was a part time consultant for the DNC running an ethnic engagement program. I was not an opposition researcher for the DNC, and the DNC never asked me to go to the Ukrainian Embassy to collect information." However, Chalupa acknowledged that she met with "representatives of the Ukrainian Embassy," but said the topic of conversation was an "Immigrant Heritage Month women's networking event." She also told CNN that when Manafort was named Trump's campaign chairman, she flagged for the DNC that Manafort had worked with the Russian-backed Viktor Yanukovych, Ukrainian's president at the time. Federal Election Commission (FEC) records confirm that Chalupa's firm provided various services to the DNC in 2016, and that the DNC paid Chalupa more than $412,000 from 2004 to 2016. Chalupa had other clients besides the DNC during that period.
President Trump told Fox News' "Hannity" in a wide-ranging interview last week that Attorney General Bill Barr was handling the "incredible" and "big" new revelations that Ukrainian actors apparently leaked damaging information about Manafort to help Hillary Clinton's campaign.
Last month, Ukraine Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko opened a probe into the so-called "black ledger" files that led to Manafort's abrupt departure from the Trump campaign. The investigation commenced after an unearthed audio recording showed that a senior Ukrainian anticorruption official apparently admitted to leaking Manafort's financial information in 2016 – including his ties to pro-Russian actors in Ukraine – to benefit Clinton. Ukrainian law enforcement officials said earlier this month they had a slew of evidence of collusion and wrongdoing by Democrats and were trying to share the information with U.S. officials in the Justice Department.
A Ukrainian court recently ruled that the Manafort document leak amounted to illegal interference in the U.S. election by parliamentarian Serhiy Leshchenko and Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). Asked by Sean Hannity whether Americans needed to see the results of Ukraine's ongoing investigation into whether officials in that country worked with the Clinton team, Trump replied, "I think we do." "I would imagine [Barr] would want to see this. … I would certainly defer to the attorney general, and we'll see what he says about it," Trump said. "He calls 'em straight." Trump continued: "It sounds like big stuff, very interesting with Ukraine. I just spoke with the new president a while ago, and congratulated him. … But that sounds like big, big stuff, and I'm not surprised." With those remarks, Trump echoed his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, who said earlier: "Keep your eye on Ukraine."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ukraine-embassy-dnc-operative-trump-dirt-2016
#6398820 at 2019-05-03 02:15:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8182: Storms Comin Edition
Ukrainian embassy confirms DNC contractor solicited Trump dirt in 2016
By John Solomon, opinion contributor - 05/02/19 07:00 PM EDT
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/441892-ukrainian-embassy-confirms-dnc-contractor-solicited-trump-dirt-in-2016
The boomerang from the Democratic Party's failed attempt to connect Donald Trump to Russia's 2016 election meddling is picking up speed, and its flight path crosses right through Moscow's pesky neighbor, Ukraine. That is where there is growing evidence a foreign power was asked, and in some cases tried, to help Hillary Clinton.
In its most detailed account yet, Ukraine's embassy in Washington says a Democratic National Committee insider during the 2016 election solicited dirt on Donald Trump's campaign chairman and even tried to enlist the country's president to help.
In written answers to questions, Ambassador Valeriy Chaly's office says DNC contractor Alexandra Chalupa sought information from the Ukrainian government on Paul Manafort's dealings inside the country, in hopes of forcing the issue before Congress.
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Chalupa later tried to arrange for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to comment on Manafort's Russian ties on a U.S. visit during the 2016 campaign, the ambassador said.
Chaly says that, at the time of the contacts in 2016, the embassy knew Chalupa primarily as a Ukrainian-American activist, and learned only later of her ties to the DNC. He says the embassy considered her requests an inappropriate solicitation of interference in the U.S. election.
"The Embassy got to know Ms. Chalupa because of her engagement with Ukrainian and other diasporas in Washington D.C., and not in her DNC capacity. We've learned about her DNC involvement later," Chaly said in a statement issued by his embassy. "We were surprised to see Alexandra's interest in Mr. Paul Manafort's case. It was her own cause. The Embassy representatives unambiguously refused to get involved in any way, as we were convinced that this is a strictly U.S. domestic matter.
"All ideas floated by Alexandra were related to approaching a Member of Congress with a purpose to initiate hearings on Paul Manafort or letting an investigative journalist ask President Poroshenko a question about Mr. Manafort during his public talk in Washington, D.C.," the ambassador explained.
Reached by phone last week, Chalupa said she was too busy to talk. She did not respond to email and phone messages seeking subsequent comment.
Chaly's written answers mark the most direct acknowledgement by Ukraine's government that an American tied to the Democratic Party sought the country's help in the 2016 election, and they confirm the main points of a January 2017 story by Politico on Chalupa's efforts.
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In that story, the embassy was broadly quoted as denying interference in the election and suggested Chalupa's main reason for contacting the ambassador's office was to organize an event celebrating women leaders.
The fresh statement comes several months after a Ukrainian court ruled that the country's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU), closely aligned with the U.S. embassy in Kiev, and a parliamentarian named Serhiy Leshchenko wrongly interfered in the 2016 American election by releasing documents related to Manafort.
#6335221 at 2019-04-27 18:37:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8101: Truth, Transparency, and Equal Justice Under the Law Edition
Joe Biden, Obama Officials Stood to Gain From Ukraine Influence
New evidence suggests Ukraine played a key role in creating Trump-Russia collusion narrative at the behest of Obama officials
As Ukraine underwent dramatic changes in 2014, Vice President Joe Biden played a critical role in the Obama administration's involvement in the revolution that ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych.
Following the revolution, Biden would use his influence to help force the creation of the troubled National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). Notably, during the 2016 elections information leaked from NABU on Trump's campaign manager Paul Manafort that helped to create the false narrative that Trump colluded with Russia to win the elections.
Biden would also use the threat of withholding a billion dollars in American loan guarantees to pressure Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to fire the prosecutor general. At the time the prosecutor had been investigating Burisma, a Ukrainian natural gas giant that Biden's son, Hunter, was a board member on.
Article continued
https://themarketswork.com/2019/04/27/joe-biden-obama-officials-stood-to-gain-from-ukraine-influence/
#6335060 at 2019-04-27 18:28:49 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8100: The Take Back Day Edition
Joe Biden, Obama Officials Stood to Gain From Ukraine Influence
New evidence suggests Ukraine played a key role in creating Trump-Russia collusion narrative at the behest of Obama officials
As Ukraine underwent dramatic changes in 2014, Vice President Joe Biden played a critical role in the Obama administration's involvement in the revolution that ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych.
Following the revolution, Biden would use his influence to help force the creation of the troubled National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). Notably, during the 2016 elections information leaked from NABU on Trump's campaign manager Paul Manafort that helped to create the false narrative that Trump colluded with Russia to win the elections.
Biden would also use the threat of withholding a billion dollars in American loan guarantees to pressure Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to fire the prosecutor general. At the time the prosecutor had been investigating Burisma, a Ukrainian natural gas giant that Biden's son, Hunter, was a board member on.
Article continued
https://themarketswork.com/2019/04/27/joe-biden-obama-officials-stood-to-gain-from-ukraine-influence/
#6322114 at 2019-04-26 15:10:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8084: Define [RENEGADE] Edition
Trump's envoy to Ukraine is paid by the McCain Institute & Ukraine ex-president Poroshenko
US special envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker is drawing a salary from John McCain's think tank, which is funded by George Soros and a DC lobbying firm working for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, among others.
Volker was appointed Special Representative for Ukraine negotiations in July 2017, by then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and has been "mediating" the Ukrainian crisis on behalf of the US ever since in much the same way his colleague Elliott Abrams has been doing with Venezuela.
The twist is that Volker is doing this "on a voluntary basis without compensation" and "not taxing the taxpayers," drawing a salary from his day job as executive director of the McCain Institute for International Leadership in Arizona. Named after the late and hawkish US senator John McCain, the think tank is dedicated to "advancing leadership... in the United States and around the world." The two positions are very much aligned, Volker has said, allowing him to get his "hands dirty and actually solve our problems."
https://www.rt.com/news/457554-envoy-ukraine-volker-Poroshenko/
#6312130 at 2019-04-25 19:26:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8072: Server Maintenance Edition
Trump's envoy to Ukraine is paid by none other than Poroshenko himself
US special envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker is drawing a salary from John McCain's think tank, which is funded by George Soros and a DC lobbying firm working for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, among others.
Volker was appointed Special Representative for Ukraine negotiations in July 2017, by then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and has been "mediating" the Ukrainian crisis on behalf of the US ever since in much the same way his colleague Elliott Abrams has been doing with Venezuela.
The twist is that Volker is doing this "on a voluntary basis without compensation" and "not taxing the taxpayers," drawing a salary from his day job as executive director of the McCain Institute for International Leadership in Arizona. Named after the late and hawkish US senator John McCain, the think tank is dedicated to "advancing leadership... in the United States and around the world." The two positions are very much aligned, Volker has said, allowing him to get his "hands dirty and actually solve our problems."
Cont. from images:
Among the McCain Institute's other donors are George Soros and his Open Society Foundations, as well as Saudi Arabia - though Volker had to disavow them last year, calling it a one-time donation and saying he won't accept any more Saudi cash after the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
All of this adds up to the question no one seems to have asked yet: Whose interests in Ukraine is Kurt Volker actually representing - those of the Trump administration, or those of his donors and the ghost of John McCain?
https://www.rt.com/news/457554-envoy-ukraine-volker-Poroshenko/
#6286917 at 2019-04-23 19:24:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8039: Autism Awareness Month Edition
Is this man the puppet master of Ukraine's new president or an overhyped bogeyman?
It doesn't actually matter if Ukrainian-Israeli billionaire Igor Kolomoisky is the real power behind Volodymyr Zelensky - the president elect has to get rid of the oligarch if he is to make a break with the country's corrupt past.
The plots, deceits and conflicts of interest in Ukrainian politics are so transparent and hyperbolic, that to say that novice politician Zelensky was a protégé of his long-time employer was not something that required months of local investigative journalism - it was just out there.
Zelensky's comedy troupe has been on Kolomoisky's top-rated channel for the past eight years, and his media asset spent every possible resource promoting the contender against incumbent Petro Poroshenko, a personal enemy of the tycoon, who hasn't even risked entering Ukraine in the past months.
Similarly, the millions and the nous needed to run a presidential campaign in a country of nearly 50 million people had to come from somewhere, and Kolomoisky's lieutenants were said to be in all key posts. The two issued half-hearted denials that one was a frontman for the other, insisting that they were business partners with a cordial working relationship, but voters had to take their word for it.
https://www.rt.com/news/457321-kolomoisky-zelensky-ukraine-oligarch-puppet/
#6265231 at 2019-04-21 20:01:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8011: Happy National Park Week Edition
>>6265225
Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has won a landslide victory in the country's presidential election, exit polls suggest.
The polls give the political newcomer, who dominated the first round of voting three weeks ago, more than 70% support.
Mr Zelensky, 41, challenged incumbent president Petro Poroshenko who has admitted defeat.
The apparent result is being seen as a huge blow to Mr Poroshenko and a rejection of Ukraine's establishment.
"I will never let you down," Mr Zelensky told celebrating supporters on Sunday.
#6259071 at 2019-04-21 03:14:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8003: Stand up for Sarah Edition
https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-comedian-poised-to-clinch-presidency-as-ukraine-votes/
KIEV, Ukraine - Ukrainians vote in the second round of an extraordinary election on Sunday with a comedian who plays a president on TV expected to win in a stunning rebuke to the political establishment.
Forty-one-year-old Volodymyr Zelensky's bid to lead the country was initially dismissed as a joke. But opinion polls suggest incumbent President Petro Poroshenko is heading for defeat amid widespread anger over poverty and corruption.
Crazy times my friends
#6241350 at 2019-04-19 18:19:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7981: Rebuilding Western Civilization Edition
News
Putin ally to Ukraine's probable new leader: Reconcile with Moscow and get territory back
WORLD NEWSAPRIL 18, 2019 / 2:14 PM / UPDATED 11 MINUTES AGO
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's new president could regain control over the separatist-controlled east of his country within months and get cheap gas and major investment from Russia if he repairs ties with Moscow, the Kremlin's closest ally in Ukraine said.
Viktor Medvedchuk, a prominent figure in Ukraine's Russia-leaning opposition, outlined the prospect in an interview before a presidential election runoff in Ukraine on Sunday which polls show political novice Volodymyr Zelenskiy should easily win.
He said the Kremlin was keen to know more about Zelenskiy, a 41-year-old Russian-speaking TV comedian who has no political experience, to understand if he is someone it could do a deal with, something it failed to do with incumbent Petro Poroshenko who polls show will be soundly defeated by Zelenskiy.
"They don't have any expectations in Moscow," he said. "They want to see what happens afterwards, who will be in his (Zelenskiy's) entourage, and what he will do and with whom."
A Ukrainian citizen, Medvedchuk does not represent Russia, but his words carry weight due to his close friendship with President Vladimir Putin and track record as a go-between between the two nations.
Medvedchuk said he had known Putin for 19 years, that the Russian leader is godfather to his daughter, and that he had held talks with Putin in Moscow as recently as two weeks ago.
The Kremlin has made clear it will be glad to see the back of Poroshenko but has not commented on Zelenskiy, saying only that it is watching candidates' statements closely and hopes any new president can implement a peace deal on Donbass, eastern Ukraine, which has been under separatist control since 2014.
When asked about Medvedchuk's advice for Ukraine's new president on Friday, Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Putin, said he greatly respected Medvedchuk, calling him "very active" and "important" when it came to his humanitarian work as an intermediary between Moscow and Kiev.
Peskov, who confirmed Medvedchuk's recent meeting with Putin, said Ukraine didn't need to strike a specific deal with Putin or Moscow, but did need take steps to build mutually beneficial relations with Russia.
#6213851 at 2019-04-17 20:39:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7945 Ambassadors of Freedom Edition
>>6213717
Mr Matios said: "Those detained were involved in the attempted murder of an employee of the Ukrainian defence ministry's intelligence service in Kiev in April."
He said the group had planted a bomb beneath the intended target's car which had gone off prematurely, badly injuring one of the accused.
The SBU released a video of the same incident which showed a man placing the bomb under a car before a big explosion.
The video showed a man lying in a hospital bed with part of his right arm missing saying he was Russian and born in Moscow.
The issue of how to deal with Russia, which annexed Crimea in 2014 and backs pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, is prominent ahead of Sunday's vote, with President Petro Poroshenko casting himself as the commander-in-chief Ukraine needs to defend the country.
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I'll go ahead and call it a PR event for a political campaign. Standing down.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1115660/russia-ukraine-gru-captured-ukraine-security-services-sbu-ukraine-election
#6201422 at 2019-04-16 19:49:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7930: IS IN EU Edition
Ukraine Presidential Election: Group Of People With Machine Gun Detained Near Zelensky's Home
A group of 3 "criminals" was detained near a home of "one of the candidates for the President of Ukraine", Anton Gerashchenko, a member of the Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, reported last night.
He provided no details into the "candidate", who had been threatened, but the provided location of the incident confirms that this was an area near the home of the presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky, who is expected to achieve victory over the current Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko in the upcoming second round of the presidential election.
https://southfront.org/ukraine-presidential-election-group-of-people-with-machine-gun-detained-near-zelenskys-home/
#6096024 at 2019-04-08 14:41:55 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7796: El Salvador or a BUST! Edition
Wow…."Uncle Joe, say it ain't so"
Sworn statements from two Ukrainian officials admitting that their agency tried to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election in favor of Hillary Clinton. The effort included leaking an alleged ledger showing payments to then-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort;
Ukrainians officials have gone public in recent days with their frustrations, after months of trying to deliver the evidence quietly to the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ) fizzled. Unable to secure visas from the U.S. embassy, some Ukrainian law enforcement officials sought backdoor channels, Kulyk said.
"We were supposed to share this information during a working trip to the United States," Kulyk told me in a wide-ranging interview. "However, the (U.S.) ambassador blocked us from obtaining a visa. She didn't explicitly deny our visa, but also didn't give it to us."Contacts between Democratic figures in Washington and Ukrainian officials that involved passing along dirt on Donald Trump;
Financial records showing a Ukrainian natural gas company routed more than $3 million to American accounts tied to Hunter Biden, younger son of then-Vice President Joe Biden, who managed U.S.-Ukrainian relations for the Obama administration. Biden's son served on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company, Burisma Holdings;
Records that Vice President Biden pressured Ukrainian officials in March 2016 to fire the prosecutor who oversaw an investigation of Burisma Holdings and who planned to interview Hunter Biden about the financial transfers;
Biden, in 2016, pressured Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to fire Ukraine's top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, who was investigating Burisma.
Kulyk confirmed Ukraine is investigating that alleged incident: "We have evidence and witnesses stating that Joe Biden applied pressure on Ukrainian law enforcement to stop the investigation
Correspondence showing members of the State Department and U.S. embassy in Kiev interfered or applied pressure in criminal cases on Ukrainian soil;
Disbursements of as much as $7 billion in Ukrainian funds that prosecutors believe may have been misappropriated or taken out of the country, including to the United States.
Ukrainian businessmen "authorized payments for lobbying efforts directed at the U.S. government, In addition, these payments were made from funds that were acquired during the money-laundering operation. We have information that a U.S. company was involved in these payments." That company is tied to one or more prominent Democrats, Ukrainian officials insist.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/437719-ukrainian-to-us-prosecutors-why-dont-you-want-our-evidence-on-democrats
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived
The general prosecutor's official file for the Burisma probe - by senior Ukrainian officials - shows prosecutors identified Hunter Biden, business partner Devon Archer and their firm, Rosemont Seneca, as potential recipients of money.
#6085401 at 2019-04-07 17:13:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7782: Nunes will be remembered as a Great American Hero Edition
>>6084097
moar McCaine Fueling Bloodshed in Ukraine. McCaine's Reason For Being "The Military Industrial Complex". Create More Wars
Fueling More Bloodshed in Ukraine
October 14, 2017 -
Exclusive: In the U.S., Russia-hating liberals are joining the neocons in seeking more war in Ukraine, as the prospects for a rational and peaceful resolution to the crisis continue to fade, explains James W. Carden.
Last January, Sen. John McCain led a delegation along with his longtime sidekick, Sen. Lindsey Graham, to a contingent of Ukrainian troops not far from the front line in eastern Ukraine. In the presence of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Graham told the soldiers: "Your fight is our fight ... 2017 will be the year of offense. All of us will go back to Washington and we will push the case against Russia."
McCain promised the assembled troops, "we will do everything we can to provide you with what you need to win."
When contemplating the long careers of the two Republican senators, it is hard to escape the conclusion that McGeorge Bundy's quip about the famed Cold War columnist Joe Alsop - that he had "never known him to go to any area where blood could be spilled that he didn't come back and say more blood" - applies equally to McCain and Graham.
Indeed, last month's National Defense Authorization Act shows that - if nothing else - McCain and Graham are as good as their word: the recently passed defense appropriations bill provides for $500 million, including "defensive lethal assistance" to Kiev, as part of a $640 billion overall spending package.
The aid comes at a good time for the embattled Ukrainian President Poroshenko, whose approval rating hovers around 16 percent. In a bid to stave off the possibility of a far-right coup d'etat, Poroshenko is back to banging the war drums, promising, well, more blood.
In a little covered speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Sept. 19, Poroshenko promised that "American weapons will help us liberate the Donbas and return Ukrainian territories." He also noted that Ukraine spends roughly 6 percent of its GDP on defense, "a figure," he observed, "much bigger than the obligation for the NATO members."…
https://consortiumnews.com/2017/10/14/fueling-more-bloodshed-in-ukraine/
#6083803 at 2019-04-07 13:49:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7780: Qresear.ch Edition
>>6083794
In 2013 elected President Viktor Yanukovych angered western powers by blocking plans for Ukraine to associate with the European Union. Ukrainians returned to Kiev's central Maidan Square to protest against Yanukovych.
These demonstrations, dubbed the Maidan Revolution, included strong participation by Svoboda (Freedom), an anti-Semitic, pro-fascist political movement, as well as oligarchs bent on installing themselves in power.
The Obama administration played an active behind the scenes role in choosing Ukraine's new leaders, as revealed in a tapped phone conversation between two high level US diplomats.
"Talk about meddling," said Golinkin. "They are talking like corporate managers and the country is theirs."
Petro Poroshenko, a pro-US billionaire chocolate manufacturer, won hastily called elections in 2014, campaigning as an outsider. Three members of Svoboda joined the cabinet, and one became deputy prime minister.
Russia retaliated by instigating an independence movement in Crimea, a key region of Ukraine populated mostly by ethnic Russians.
In Russia's view, "the Crimean parliament had the right to self determination," said Professor Petro. Crimea voted 95% to leave Ukraine and join Russia.
Meanwhile, according to the government in Kiev, out of uniform Russian troops invaded eastern Ukraine, an industrialized area with a large majority of Russian speakers. Allied with local militias, Russian troops still occupy parts of eastern Ukraine.
The US denounced Russian aggression and imposed harsh sanctions. Russia has weathered the storm, however, and Ukraine continues to face a low intensity war.
#6083794 at 2019-04-07 13:47:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7780: Qresear.ch Edition
https://original.antiwar.com/Reese_Erlich/2019/04/05/ukraine-elections-putin-and-trump/
Ukrainians can chose a crook or a clown as their new president. So far the clown is winning.
Volodymyr Zelensky, a prominent comedian without political experience, received 30% of the vote in a multi-candidate election last Sunday. Incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, a corrupt oligarch, came in second with 16%. They face a runoff election later this month.
Like Donald Trump and comedian Beppe Grillo in Italy, Zelensky capitalized on his entertainment fame to run as an outsider staunchly opposed to corruption. Zelensky campaigned as if he was the character in his hit TV series, according to Nicolai Petro, a political science professor at the University of Rhode Island.
"He's just an average guy who runs into increased corruption," Petro told me in a phone interview. "He maintains fundamental honesty, and that's what he's saying as a political candidate."
The election comes at a crucial time. The dispute over Crimea continues, and Russian troops back armed insurrection in eastern Ukraine. The conflict has killed 13,000 people and displaced millions.
Conflict between Russia and the US is also heating up as both sides compete for profits and spheres of influence in the region. And, interestingly enough, the conflict is connected to the Russiagate scandal. More on that in a bit.
During a reporting trip to Kiev on a blustery winter day I saw over 5000 young people waving huge yellow and blue Ukrainian flags as they converged on the city's central square. They had just forced the prime minister to resign.
"It's a great victory," one student told me. "It's a day I will remember all of my life."
The year was 1990 when Ukraine was still part of the USSR. Ukrainian nationalists were convinced that forming a separate nation would lead to democracy and economic prosperity. It didn't work out that way.
Ordinary people in the USSR were legitimately angry at the government and Soviet-style socialism because of a lack of housing, food and quality medical care. But opportunist leaders, backed by various western countries, manipulated that anger for their own power and profit.
Ukraine had the second largest economy among the Soviet republics with abundant natural resources, industry and a rich agricultural base. A Soviet pipeline carried natural gas through Ukraine to western Europe. Nowadays, both the US and Russia seek to dominate Ukraine for geo-political reasons, according to Lev Golinkin, a journalist and memoirist born in Ukraine.
"The US considers Ukraine to be part of Russia's backyard," he told me in a phone interview. "The US believes that if you can turn Ukraine into a western democracy, then Russians will want the same."
Russian officials have the same concerns, only in mirror image. Russia doesn't want Ukraine to join NATO and have hostile troops posted along its border. Vladimir Putin often talks about combating discrimination against Russian speakers living in Ukraine.
"Putin has positioned himself as a protector of the Russian world," said Golinkin.
Over the past 20 years Ukraine has seen a series of mass demonstrations, elections and coups that have brought pro-western or pro-Russian governments to power. In 2004 the so-called Orange revolution replaced a corrupt, pro-Russian government with one backed by the US.
#6027751 at 2019-04-03 05:16:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7709: We Are At War Edition
Future Ukrainian NATO Membership In Question With Possibility of New President
Presidential election headed to runoff April 21
KIEV, Ukraine-The Ukrainian presidential election will head to a runoff April 21 after Volodymyr Zelensky received 30.3 percent of the Ukrainian vote and current President Petro Poroshenko received 16 percent in the first round of voting, according to exit polling. Observers say Ukraine's hopes for NATO membership may be in jeopardy with the possibility of a new president. Ukraine's sitting president, Poroshenko had been working toward membership in the European Union as well as the NATO alliance. Zelensky had been leading significantly in the polls up until the March 31 vote, but his lead in exit polling was much higher than anticipated. The Ukrainian constitution only allows for two candidates on the final ballot.
Zelensky in contrast to Poroshenko has no political experience. He has a majority of the youth vote in his corner. His name recognition and popularity are due to his roles on television and as a member of a well-known comedy troupe in Ukraine. It would be as if, said one diplomat in Kiev, "a popular star from America's popular Saturday Night Live show ran for president and received almost double the votes of the sitting U.S. commander-in-chief." Zelensky's youth and inexperience have been touted by a number of commentators as real dangers for Ukraine-should he defeat Poroshenko in the April 21 second round election.
Observers who look skepticly at a Zelensky presidency say that efforts to join NATO could falter should he be the next-round victor. Ukraine under a new president could be drawn further into war with Moscow, they say. Most NATO members are not interested in a direct confrontation with Russia and would shy away from offering Ukraine a place at the table. In this scenario, Russian President Vladimir Putin could a new offensive in the Donbas using a fabricated Ukraine provocation as justification. Then at a critical moment, Putin would offer to sit down and negotiate with the new, inexperienced Ukrainian president and attempt to out-maneuver or intimidate him. The result could be more loss of life and territory and no future prospects for NATO membership.
The history of Ukrainian presidential elections in this century is a troubled one. A 2004 election was declared to have been rife with falsification by the supreme court, resulting in a second presidential ballot that was won by Viktor Yushenko in early 2005. Five years later he failed in his re-election bid against Viktor Yanukovych, a pro-Moscow candidate who Yushenko beat in the previous election.
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/future-ukrainian-nato-membership-in-question-with-possibility-of-new-president/
#6021803 at 2019-04-02 21:30:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7701: Thunder and Lightning Edition
>>6021770
Forget 'Creepy' - Biden Has A Major Ukraine Problem
Joe Biden appears to have made a major tactical error last year when he bragged to an audience of foreign policy experts how he threatened to hurl Ukraine into bankruptcy if their top prosecutor, General Viktor Shokin, wasn't immediately fired, according to The Hill's John Solomon.
In his own words, with video cameras rolling, Biden described how he threatened Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in March 2016 that the Obama administration would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending the former Soviet republic toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin. -The Hill
"I said, 'You're not getting the billion.' I'm going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: 'I'm leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you're not getting the money,'" bragged Biden, recalling the conversation with Poroshenko.
"Well, son of a bitch, he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time," Biden said at the Council on Foreign Relations event - while insisting that former president Obama was complicit in the threat.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-02/forget-creepy-biden-has-major-ukraine-problem
#6021463 at 2019-04-02 21:05:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7701: Thunder and Lightning Edition
Forget 'Creepy' - Biden Has A Major Ukraine Problem
Joe Biden appears to have made a major tactical error last year when he bragged to an audience of foreign policy experts how he threatened to hurl Ukraine into bankruptcy if their top prosecutor, General Viktor Shokin, wasn't immediately fired, according to The Hill's John Solomon.
In his own words, with video cameras rolling, Biden described how he threatened Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in March 2016 that the Obama administration would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending the former Soviet republic toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin. -The Hill
"I said, 'You're not getting the billion.' I'm going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: 'I'm leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you're not getting the money,'" bragged Biden, recalling the conversation with Poroshenko.''
"Well, son of a bitch, he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time," Biden said at the Council on Foreign Relations event - while insisting that former president Obama was complicit in the threat.''
Interviews with a half-dozen senior Ukrainian officials confirm Biden's account, though they claim the pressure was applied over several months in late 2015 and early 2016, not just six hours of one dramatic day. Whatever the case, Poroshenko and Ukraine's parliament obliged by ending Shokin's tenure as prosecutor. Shokin was facing steep criticism in Ukraine, and among some U.S. officials, for not bringing enough corruption prosecutions when he was fired. -The Hill
And why would Biden want the "son of a bitch" fired?
In what must be an amazing coincidence, the prosecutor was leading a wide-ranging corruption investigation into a natural gas firm - which Biden's son, Hunter, sat on the board of directors.
The prosecutor he got fired was leading a wide-ranging corruption probe into the natural gas firm Burisma Holdings that employed Biden's younger son, Hunter, as a board member.
U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's American-based firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers into one of its accounts - usually more than $166,000 a month - from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Vice President Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine and its tense relations with Russia. -The Hill
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-02/forget-creepy-biden-has-major-ukraine-problem
#6021223 at 2019-04-02 20:44:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7701: Thunder and Lightning Edition
Kerry pledges American support to Ukraine
Jul 7, 2016 11:36 AM EDT ← (This date is interesting)
KIEV, Ukraine - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday pledged sustained American support to Ukraine and offered assurances that the United States stands by the former Soviet republic in its territorial disputes with Russia and as it embarks on an ambitious program of reform.
Kerry met Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kiev to discuss progress on judicial, legislative, economic and anti-corruption efforts, and on agreements to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine with Russian-backed separatists. In 2014, Moscow annexed the Crimea Peninsula from Ukraine.
On Tuesday, Kerry visited neighboring Georgia, where he signed an agreement to boost U.S. military cooperation and sent a not-so-subtle message to Russia ahead of this week's NATO summit in Poland.
U.S. officials say Ukraine has completed most of its obligations under the peace agreement - reached last year in Minsk, the capital of Belarus - that relate to providing the east with greater autonomy. But the officials complain that Russia and its proxies have not done their part on security matters, such as ensuring a cease-fire, withdrawing heavy weapons, providing full access to monitors and restoring Ukrainian control to border crossings.
"Ukraine is making a good faith effort to implement Minsk, there is no doubt in my mind about this," Kerry told reporters at a news conference with Poroshenko. "It is committed to do more as the security conditions allow."
Unless Russia follows through, he said, "Minsk is doomed to fail."
Poroshenko stressed Ukraine's demands for the security.
"There cannot be effective progress without comprehensive and sustainable security," he said. "We insist on decisive implementation."
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/kerry-pledges-american-support-to-ukraine
Kerry & Biden are very much connected.
Inside the shady private equity firm run by Kerry and Biden's kids
Joe Biden and John Kerry have been pillars of the Washington establishment for more than 30 years. Biden is one of the most popular politicians in our nation's capital.
His demeanor, sense of humor, and even his friendly gaffes have allowed him to form close relationships with both Democrats and Republicans. His public image is built around his "Lunch Bucket Joe" persona. As he reminds the American people on regular occasions, he has little wealth to show for his career, despite having reached the vice presidency.
One of his closest political allies in Washington is former senator and former Secretary of State John Kerry. "Lunch Bucket Joe" he ain't; Kerry is more patrician than earthy. But the two men became close while serving for several decades together in the US Senate. The two "often talked on matters of foreign policy," says Jules Witcover in his Biden biography.
https://nypost.com/2018/03/15/inside-the-shady-private-equity-firm-run-by-kerry-and-bidens-kids/
#6017277 at 2019-04-02 14:58:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7696: Shill Flak Intensifying. Approaching Target Edition
Solomon - Joe Biden's 2020 Ukrainian Nightmare: A Closed Probe Is Revived
John Solomon writes in The Hill that last year Joe Biden bragged about the time as vice president he strong-armed Ukraine into firing its top prosecutor. What he neglected to mention was that the prosecutor he got fired was probing a firm for which his son Hunter Biden worked.
Two years after leaving office, Joe Biden couldn't resist the temptation last year to brag to an audience of foreign policy specialists about the time as vice president that he strong-armed Ukraine into firing its top prosecutor.
In his own words, with video cameras rolling, Biden described how he threatened Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in March 2016 that the Obama administration would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending the former Soviet republic toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.
...
But Ukrainian officials tell me there was one crucial piece of information that Biden must have known but didn't mention to his audience: The prosecutor he got fired was leading a wide-ranging corruption probe into the natural gas firm Burisma Holdings that employed Biden's younger son, Hunter, as a board member.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/01/solomon-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived/
#6017204 at 2019-04-02 14:50:19 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7695: Good Morning Mr. President! Edition
Solomon - Joe Biden's 2020 Ukrainian Nightmare: A Closed Probe Is Revived
John Solomon writes in The Hill that last year Joe Biden bragged about the time as vice president he strong-armed Ukraine into firing its top prosecutor. What he neglected to mention was that the prosecutor he got fired was probing a firm for which his son Hunter Biden worked.
Two years after leaving office, Joe Biden couldn't resist the temptation last year to brag to an audience of foreign policy specialists about the time as vice president that he strong-armed Ukraine into firing its top prosecutor.
In his own words, with video cameras rolling, Biden described how he threatened Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in March 2016 that the Obama administration would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending the former Soviet republic toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.
...
But Ukrainian officials tell me there was one crucial piece of information that Biden must have known but didn't mention to his audience: The prosecutor he got fired was leading a wide-ranging corruption probe into the natural gas firm Burisma Holdings that employed Biden's younger son, Hunter, as a board member.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/01/solomon-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived/
#6016475 at 2019-04-02 13:35:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7695: Good Morning Mr. President! Edition
New John Solomon Article, Biden's Done For!
April 01, 2019 - 09:37 PM EDT
Joe Biden's 2020 Ukrainian nightmare: A closed probe is revived
BY JOHN SOLOMON, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR 3
Two years after leaving office, Joe Biden couldn't resist the temptation last year to brag to an audience of foreign policy specialists about the time as vice president that he strong-armed Ukraine into firing its top prosecutor.
In his own words, with video cameras rolling, Biden described how he threatened Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in March 2016 that the Obama administration would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending the former Soviet republic toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.
"I said, 'You're not getting the billion.' I'm going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: 'I'm leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you're not getting the money,'" Biden recalled telling Poroshenko.
"Well, son of a bitch, he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time," Biden told the Council on Foreign Relations event, insisting that President Obama was in on the threat.
Interviews with a half-dozen senior Ukrainian officials confirm Biden's account, though they claim the pressure was applied over several months in late 2015 and early 2016, not just six hours of one dramatic day. Whatever the case, Poroshenko and Ukraine's parliament obliged by ending Shokin's tenure as prosecutor. Shokin was facing steep criticism in Ukraine, and among some U.S. officials, for not bringing enough corruption prosecutions when he was fired.
But Ukrainian officials tell me there was one crucial piece of information that Biden must have known but didn't mention to his audience: The prosecutor he got fired was leading a wide-ranging corruption probe into the natural gas firm Burisma Holdings that employed Biden's younger son, Hunter, as a board member….
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived
#6014401 at 2019-04-02 05:48:11 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7692: Extraordinarily Damning Information Edition
Solomon - Joe Biden's 2020 Ukrainian Nightmare: A Closed Probe Is Revived
Two years after leaving office, Joe Biden couldn't resist the temptation last year to brag to an audience of foreign policy specialists about the time as vice president that he strong-armed Ukraine into firing its top prosecutor.
In his own words, with video cameras rolling, Biden described how he threatened Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in March 2016 that the Obama administration would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending the former Soviet republic toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.
"I said, 'You're not getting the billion.' I'm going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: 'I'm leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you're not getting the money,'" Biden recalled telling Poroshenko.
"Well, son of a bitch, he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time," Biden told the Council on Foreign Relations event, insisting that President Obama was in on the threat.
Interviews with a half-dozen senior Ukrainian officials confirm Biden's account, though they claim the pressure was applied over several months in late 2015 and early 2016, not just six hours of one dramatic day. Whatever the case, Poroshenko and Ukraine's parliament obliged by ending Shokin's tenure as prosecutor. Shokin was facing steep criticism in Ukraine, and among some U.S. officials, for not bringing enough corruption prosecutions when he was fired.
But Ukrainian officials tell me there was one crucial piece of information that Biden must have known but didn't mention to his audience: The prosecutor he got fired was leading a wide-ranging corruption probe into the natural gas firm Burisma Holdings that employed Biden's younger son, Hunter, as a board member.
U.S. banking records show Hunter Biden's American-based firm, Rosemont Seneca Partners LLC, received regular transfers into one of its accounts - usually more than $166,000 a month - from Burisma from spring 2014 through fall 2015, during a period when Vice President Biden was the main U.S. official dealing with Ukraine and its tense relations with Russia.
The general prosecutor's official file for the Burisma probe - shared with me by senior Ukrainian officials - shows prosecutors identified Hunter Biden, business partner Devon Archer and their firm, Rosemont Seneca, as potential recipients of money.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived
#6012026 at 2019-04-02 02:14:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7689: Creepy Uncle Joe Biden Edition
John Solomon
BIDEN is SCREWED! Kek
Two years after leaving office, Joe Biden couldn't resist the temptation last year to brag to an audience of foreign policy specialists about the time as vice president that he strong-armed Ukraine into firing its top prosecutor.
In his own words, with video cameras rolling, Biden described how he threatened Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in March 2016 that the Obama administration would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending the former Soviet republic toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.
"I said, 'You're not getting the billion.' I'm going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: 'I'm leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you're not getting the money,'" Biden recalled telling Poroshenko.
"Well, son of a bitch, he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time," Biden told the Council on Foreign Relations event, insisting that President Obama was in on the threat. (Con't article in link below)
https://twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1112896421907390465?s=19
#6011813 at 2019-04-02 01:59:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7689: Creepy Uncle Joe Biden Edition
Solomon on Biden/Ukraine
Two years after leaving office, Joe Biden couldn't resist the temptation last year to brag to an audience of foreign policy specialists about the time as vice president that he strong-armed Ukraine into firing its top prosecutor.
In his own words, with video cameras rolling, Biden described how he threatened Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in March 2016 that the Obama administration would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending the former Soviet republic toward insolvency, if it didn't immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived
#6007331 at 2019-04-01 19:59:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7683: Monday Monday Edition
Taxes of Ukraine's Poroshenko show his income jumped 10,000% thanks to Rothschild Trust
The annual income gains of Petro Poroshenko, who is currently fighting for a second presidential term in Ukraine, saw a nearly hundredfold surge in 2018, the president's tax documents reveal.
According to the Ukrainian unified register of asset and income declarations, Poroshenko's fortune totaled 1.56 billion hryvnia (US$57 million) over 12 months through March 31, which is 95 times as much as he reported in the same period a year ago. In 2017, Poroshenko's gains reportedly reached 16.3 million hryvnia ($600,000).
Most of Poroshenko's income - around $40.4 million - reportedly comes from return on investment in Zurich-based Rothschild Trust Schweiz, a trust subsidiary of Rothschild Bank AG. The Ukrainian president also earned $14.7 million in profit from the Prime Assets Capital investment fund, while returns on domestic government loan bonds amounted to nearly a million dollars.
Poroshenko reportedly received around $30,000 from property sales, with more than $14,000 reportedly received from his wife Marina Poroshenko. Meanwhile, his official paycheck totals $12,400.
The average monthly salary in Ukraine in September 2018 was 9,042 hryvnia (about $320), according to the country's State Statistics Service.
According to the tax filings, the president owns a residential house with an area of more than 1,330 square meters in Kozyn, Kiev Region, along with three land plots in the same village with a total land area of about 42,000 square meters. Poroshenko also has three properties with a total land area of more than 12,000 square meters and two apartments in Kiev. Another apartment belonging to the president is located in the city of Vinnytsia, while Poroshenko's wife owns a flat in Kiev, and a land plot and a garden house in Boryspil district in Kiev Region.
Poroshenko is currently trying to scratch out a win in Ukraine's presidential election against showman Vladimir Zelensky, who is reportedly leading the race with 30.4 percent of the vote. According to official exit poll data, Poroshenko is second with 17.8 percent, while veteran Ukrainian politician Yulia Tymoshenko is third spot with 14.2 percent.
As no candidate received an absolute majority, the Ukrainian Central Election Commission is set to hold the second round on April 21.
https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/71902/taxes-of-ukraines-Poroshenko-show-his-income-jumped-10000-thanks-to-rothschild.html
#5996449 at 2019-03-31 23:24:02 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7669: On the Move Edition
Comedian Crushes Ukrainian Presidential Contenders In Exit Polls
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-31/comedian-crushes-ukrainian-presidential-contenders-exit-polls
A popular comedian seen as "soft" on Russia and who said he would actually sit down with Vladimir Putin to talk peace looks to upset Ukrainian politics, as he's significantly leading in exit polls during Sunday's presidential elections in Ukraine.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who incidentally played the president on TV as part of his comedy career has according to exit polls cited by the BBC received 30.4% of the vote, with current president Petro Poroshenko second with 17.8%.
"I'm very happy but this is not the final result," Zelenskiy told the BBC moments after after the exit polls were announced, while incumbent Poroshenko, who has led Ukraine since the February 2014 Maidan conflict that toppled former pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych, described the forecast of his defeat as a "harsh lesson".
Though there have been reports of election violations, President Poroshenko acknowledged Sunday's presidential election as "free" and having legitimately "met international standards," according to Reuters. The country of 44 million is choosing from a packed field of 39 presidential candidates; however Zlelenksy - already very familiar to much of the population through TV - has consistently polled as the front runner.
Ukraine's president will be determined during the April 21 run-off, where Zelensky is projected to beat both Poroshenko and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The 41-year-old Zelensky is as pro-EU as much of the rest of the field, but has kept things deliberately light, presenting himself as part-politician, part satirical comic, who has done little to campaign beyond presenting himself as a "common sense" citizen.
Interestingly, his willingness to speak both Ukrainian and Russian in public forums has made him popular in the Russian-speaking east of the country, according to the BBC, which further reports:
Mr Zelenskiy is aiming to turn his satirical TV show Servant of the People - in which he portrays an ordinary citizen who becomes president after fighting corruption - into reality.
He has torn up the rulebook for election campaigning, staging no rallies and few interviews, and appears to have no strong political views apart from a wish to be new and different.
His extensive use of social media appealed to younger voters.
It could be Ukrainians are ready for a general calming of tensions over and against Poroshenko's tough anti-Russian and pro-nationalist talk of "Army, Language, Faith" - and amid his corruption allegations and a recent scandal involving defense procurement.
Electing a comedian and political satirist certainly represents broad disillusionment with Ukraine's political elite, which have overseen years of intermittent regional conflict and a stagnant economy. Zelenskiy is seen as a more familiar "common man" and political outsider with no experience, compared to chocolate magnate Poroshenko, who is among Ukrainian's wealthiest people.
Zelenskiy said on Sunday just after casting his ballot in Kiev "A new life, a normal life is starting." He added his hope for a new political landscape marked by "a life without corruption, without bribes."
#5992978 at 2019-03-31 18:27:05 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7664: The Full Bloom, Full Blossom Edition
Ukrainian presidential election: Comedian Vladimir Zelensky leads in exit polls
Comedian Vladimir Zelensky is leading in exit polls in the presidential election in Ukraine with over 30% of the vote, according to exit polls. The runner-up is incumbent president President Petro Poroshenko with 17.8 %.
Zelensky, a newcomer in politics, campaigned on an anti-corruption platform and the image of a character (the Ukrainian president) he played in a popular satirical TV show, 'Servant of the People'. Critics say he is just a figurehead for tycoon Igor Kolomoisky, an allegation that both strongly deny.
The leader of the presidential race, Zelensky, has expressed his gratitude to those Ukrainians who voted "not just for the crack," as he put it.
If neither of the candidates gets 50 percent plus one vote, a second round will be held on April 19 between the top two candidates. At least 45 percent of eligible voters cast their ballot in the election, but there's no final data on the turnout available yet.
https://www.rt.com/news/455211-ukraine-president-elections-polls/
Where in the world is Cindy McStain?
#5991255 at 2019-03-31 15:47:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7662: 5G Is The Smallpox Blanket Of Our Time Edition
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Voters in Ukraine cast ballots in a presidential election Sunday after a campaign that saw a comedian with no political experience become the front-runner and two other top candidates, including the current president, face allegations of voter bribery.
Opinion polls have indicated that Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who stars in a TV sitcom about a teacher who becomes president after a video of him denouncing corruption goes viral, is leading a field of 39 candidates. The polls also had Zelenskiy outpacing incumbent President Petro Poroshenko and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the other top candidates, by a broad margin.
"Zelenskiy has shown us on the screen what a real president should be like," said voter Tatiana Zinchenko, 30, who cast her ballot for the comedian. "He showed what the state leader should aspire for - fight corruption by deeds, not words, help the poor, control the oligarchs."
If no candidate secures an absolute majority in Sunday's vote, a runoff between the two top finishers will be held April 21.
…more…
https://www.apnews.com/aa83599ab7e347cdb0746d9801c2a165
#5987439 at 2019-03-31 04:51:09 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7658: FAKE NEWS IN FULL PANIC Edition
"The BBC apologized to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and will pay him damages over a false report that he paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to meet with President Donald Trump.
The inaccurate article was published in May 2018 and claimed that Poroshenko paid $400,000 to former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen in order to extend a brief 2017 meeting with the U.S. president. The story has since been scrubbed from the BBC website.
According to an archive of BBC.com, the article was the lead story on the website. At the time, Poroshenko's administration called the story a "blatant lie, slander and fake."
"We apologize to Mr. Poroshenko for any distress caused and have agreed to pay him damages, legal costs and have participated in a joint statement in open court," BBC said on its website Thursday. The apology continues:
In our News at Ten bulletin and in an online article published on May 23, 2018, we incorrectly reported that Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, had procured or authorised a corrupt payment of $400,000 to be made to Michael Cohen, the personal lawyer of Donald Trump, to extend a brief meeting between Mr. Poroshenko and President Trump, that had already been agreed, into more substantial talks.
In its correction, BBC also claims they never intended to make the accusation that Poroshenko had paid to extend the meeting. However, the High Court found during arbitration "that the allegation was as set out" by the BBC.
"We are happy to accept that this allegation was untrue," BBC stated."
Sauce
https://www.theepochtimes.com/bbc-apologizes-will-pay-damages-to-ukrainian-president-over-fake-michael-cohen-story_2858660.html
#5986588 at 2019-03-31 03:25:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7656: Eyes On Cindy Noname and Ukraine Edition
Seems like this would be note worthy if it hasn't already been:
"The BBC apologized to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and will pay him damages over a false report that he paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to meet with President Donald Trump.
The inaccurate article was published in May 2018 and claimed that Poroshenko paid $400,000 to former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen in order to extend a brief 2017 meeting with the U.S. president. The story has since been scrubbed from the BBC website.
According to an archive of BBC.com, the article was the lead story on the website. At the time, Poroshenko's administration called the story a "blatant lie, slander and fake."
"We apologize to Mr. Poroshenko for any distress caused and have agreed to pay him damages, legal costs and have participated in a joint statement in open court," BBC said on its website Thursday. The apology continues:
In our News at Ten bulletin and in an online article published on May 23, 2018, we incorrectly reported that Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, had procured or authorised a corrupt payment of $400,000 to be made to Michael Cohen, the personal lawyer of Donald Trump, to extend a brief meeting between Mr. Poroshenko and President Trump, that had already been agreed, into more substantial talks.
In its correction, BBC also claims they never intended to make the accusation that Poroshenko had paid to extend the meeting. However, the High Court found during arbitration "that the allegation was as set out" by the BBC.
"We are happy to accept that this allegation was untrue," BBC stated."
Sauce
https://www.theepochtimes.com/bbc-apologizes-will-pay-damages-to-ukrainian-president-over-fake-michael-cohen-story_2858660.html
#5979386 at 2019-03-30 17:16:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7647: Wake And Bake West coast, Nooner East Coast. The Brunch Edition
Ukraine gears up to hold tight presidential election
Sunday's poll will test the incumbent president for the first time since he came to power on a revolutionary wave.
Kiev, Ukraine - Voters in Ukraine will on Sunday cast their ballots to choose their sixth president, in the first test for incumbent Petro Poroshenko since he entered the top office in 2014 on the wave of the so-called Revolution of Dignity.
About 35 million people are eligible to vote, but several million of them in the Russian-annexed Crimea and the rebel-held parts of eastern Ukraine are unable or unwilling to cast their ballots.
Polls on Sunday will open at 8am (06:00 GMT) and close at 8pm (18:00 GMT). An early count is expected on Monday. If none of the candidates secures 50 percent of the vote, a runoff between the top two candidates will take place on April 21.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/ukraine-gears-hold-tight-presidential-elections-190330083744771.html
#5964924 at 2019-03-29 19:15:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7629: NBC = DNC Edition
A Very Incomplete List of Sinister Things Vladimir Putin/Russia/'the Russians' Have Been Accused of Doing
According to the finest minds of Western media and political life, "The Russians" have been responsible for everything from sowing discord with sex toys to weaponizing humor, sexual assault allegations, and "black America's experiences."
Editor's note: A friend of the site has been keeping tabs on everything that Russia, "The Russians," and Vladimir Putin have been blamed for in the past two years or so. We thought this list was a perfect window into the hysteria of Russiagate and published it with a few additions of our own.
Forcing Donald Trump to hire Rex Tillerson (Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law professor).
Forcing Donald Trump to fire Rex Tillerson (Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law professor, eight days later).
Forcing Donald Trump to give concessions to North Korea (Rachel Maddow, MSNBC anchor).
Meddling in the 2018 Italian parliamentary election (George Soros, billionaire; Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former president of Denmark, former secretary general of NATO; and Michael Chertoff, former U.S. secretary of homeland security).
Winning the 2018 Italian parliamentary election (Haaretz, The Hill).
Hacking the 2017 French presidential election (Michael Rogers, NSA director, Politico, numerous other outlets).
No, really, hacking the 2017 French presidential election (Jamie Raskin, U.S. congressman, after French government denied Russian involvement, stating the hack was "so simple it could have practically been anyone").
Brexit (New York Times, numerous other outlets).
Helping rise of far-right AfD party in the 2017 German election (Time).
Causing the 2019 U.S. government shutdown (Haaretz).
Making the New York Times editorial board criticize Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko (Petro Poroshenko, president of Ukraine).
Weaponizing sexual assault accusations in order to attack Kremlin critics (George Takei, Kremlin critic accused of sexual assault).
Weaponizing information (Theresa May, UK prime minister).
Weaponizing misinformation (NPR).
https://thegrayzone.com/2019/03/27/a-very-incomplete-list-of-sinister-things-vladimir-putin-russia-the-russians-have-been-accused-of-doing/
#5942435 at 2019-03-28 16:17:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7602: Kayfabe Muh Notables Edition
Global Board Admin Announcements
>>5893788, >>5896066 Baker Protocol: Do NOT Add Non-Tripcode posts from Q
>>5857423 BO on global notables
Notables
are not endorsements
#7601
>>5942317 Screen caps prove Nellie Ohr lied to congress. Also proves she gave her paid research to FBI via Bruce Ohr (her husband)
>>5942310 @CWBChicago researchers today located eight recent cases that align closely with Smollett's
>>5942306 Mitre Corporation rears ugly head in Ohr transcript
>>5942299 Smollett's Attorney Now Suggests the Nigerian Brothers May Have Been Wearing Whiteface
>>5942259 EU rejects US recognizing Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights, citing UN resolutions.
>>5941793 March 29th, 2019 is National Vietnam War Veterans Day
>>5941981, >>5941968, >>5942131 Vlad Models in Ohr testimony: Is this an abandoned attempt to smear Trump with a Russian child sex trafficking organization?
>>5942071 POTUS getting cleared of the roadblocks has apparently inspired the Chinese to get serious in their negotiations.
>>5942018 Live feed from the house floor discussing the Mueller report.
>>5941882 The Bolivian "Sergio Moro" Aspires to the Presidency
>>5941848 Washington Post to Publish Mueller Report Book
>>5941791 Human trafficking racket busted in Oman, 14 arrested
>>5941780 Saudi Arabia begins releasing women activists
>>5941747 The House Intelligence Committee LIVE (Fox)
>>5941739 Readout of First Lady Melania Trump's Visit to West Gate Elementary School in Palm Beach, Florida
>>5941727 Sex trafficking victim escapes captor; one arrested
>>5942410 #7601
#7600
>>5941608 New DJT: long video
>>5941481 BBC pays damages to Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko over report
>>5941465 Mueller Report Exceeds 300 Pages, Raising Questions About Four-Page Summary
>>5941446 Former Sony CEO And Current Chairman Kaz Hirai Announces Retirement
>>5941329 Republicans won't act on Obamacare repeal until White House delivers proposal
>>5940961 payment to nato lobbyist approved by Swedbank
>>5941123 Top FBI Child Sex Trafficking & Prostitution Boss Worked Smollett Investigation with Chicago Police
>>5941011 McFaul ties in with Bill Browder. Putin knows who our dirtiest criminals are and he wants to expose them.
>>5940992 Nellie Ohr transcript reveals details from Steele meeting one day before Trump-Russia investigation began
>>5940972 Another Lev Tahor child trafficking arrest
>>5940969 Schiff and the Media
>>5940965 THEY ARE ASKING SCHIFF TO RESIGN LIVE!!!!!! NOW!!!!
>>5940962 McFaul 31 page resume
>>5941632
#7599
>>5940839 Letter from House Intelligence Committee Republicans calling for Adam Schiff's resignation
>>5940836 FUSIONGPS WAS INVOLVED IN THE RUSSIAN VESELNITSKAYA OPERATION CONFIRMED
>>5940781 UK report blasts Huawei for network security incompetence
>>5940770 Rand Paul Implicates Obama, Brennan In Dossier
>>5940419 Michael McFaul: Putinism monger; call for a digg on this purple-tied tool of the DS!
>>5940653 Twitter is considering labeling Trump tweets that violate its rules
>>5940558 Prominent Democratic lawyer Greg Craig close to being charged in case stemming from Mueller probe
>>5940310 Rep. Doug Collins: The transcript of Nellie Ohr's interview before the Judiciary Committee is now available
>>5940475 AGT International - The Clinton Foundation Scandal Worse Than Uranium One - Covered Up by FBI/DOJ Before 2016 Election - Part XI
>>5940454 Trump administration charges Facebook with 'discriminatory' housing advertising practices
>>5940444 Edward Snowden to keynote London's ORGCON!
>>5940427 Live: House Intel Committee holds hearing as part of the Russia investigation
>>5940364 GDP Report/Banking news round-up for those who like that sort of thing
>>5940357 Summary of this mornings tweetstorm
>>5940337 Pennsylvania police chief charged in child rape case
>>5940334 Two people dead in North Seattle after gunman opens fire on bus and crashes hijacked car into vehicle (YESTERDAY)
>>5940332 Republicans on House Intel just formally called for Adam Schiff to step down as chairman.
>>5940300 5 Ways the Green New Deal Exactly Mirrors Agenda 2030
>>5940269 They are asking Adam Schiff to resign..he is trying to defend his actions...
>>5940913 #7599
Previously Collected Notables
>>5938519 #7596, >>5939275 #7597, >>5940082 #7598
>>5935799 #7593, >>5936881 #7594, >>5937708 #7595
>>5933173 #7590. >>5933955 #7591, >>5934721 #7592
>>5930860 #7587, >>5931637 #7588, >>5932414 #7589
Notables Archive by BO (updated nightly): https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#5941656 at 2019-03-28 15:18:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7601: Spousal Privilege Edition
Global Board Admin Announcements
>>5893788, >>5896066 Baker Protocol: Do NOT Add Non-Tripcode posts from Q
>>5857423 BO on global notables
Notables
are not endorsements
#7600
>>5941608 New DJT: long video
>>5941481 BBC pays damages to Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko over report
>>5941465 Mueller Report Exceeds 300 Pages, Raising Questions About Four-Page Summary
>>5941446 Former Sony CEO And Current Chairman Kaz Hirai Announces Retirement
>>5941329 Republicans won't act on Obamacare repeal until White House delivers proposal
>>5940961 payment to nato lobbyist approved by Swedbank
>>5941123 Top FBI Child Sex Trafficking & Prostitution Boss Worked Smollett Investigation with Chicago Police
>>5941011 McFaul ties in with Bill Browder. Putin knows who our dirtiest criminals are and he wants to expose them.
>>5940992 Nellie Ohr transcript reveals details from Steele meeting one day before Trump-Russia investigation began
>>5940972 Another Lev Tahor child trafficking arrest
>>5940969 Schiff and the Media
>>5940965 THEY ARE ASKING SCHIFF TO RESIGN LIVE!!!!!! NOW!!!!
>>5940962 McFaul 31 page resume
>>5941632
#7599
>>5940839 Letter from House Intelligence Committee Republicans calling for Adam Schiff's resignation
>>5940836 FUSIONGPS WAS INVOLVED IN THE RUSSIAN VESELNITSKAYA OPERATION CONFIRMED
>>5940781 UK report blasts Huawei for network security incompetence
>>5940770 Rand Paul Implicates Obama, Brennan In Dossier
>>5940419 Michael McFaul: Putinism monger; call for a digg on this purple-tied tool of the DS!
>>5940653 Twitter is considering labeling Trump tweets that violate its rules
>>5940558 Prominent Democratic lawyer Greg Craig close to being charged in case stemming from Mueller probe
>>5940310 Rep. Doug Collins: The transcript of Nellie Ohr's interview before the Judiciary Committee is now available
>>5940475 AGT International - The Clinton Foundation Scandal Worse Than Uranium One - Covered Up by FBI/DOJ Before 2016 Election - Part XI
>>5940454 Trump administration charges Facebook with 'discriminatory' housing advertising practices
>>5940444 Edward Snowden to keynote London's ORGCON!
>>5940427 Live: House Intel Committee holds hearing as part of the Russia investigation
>>5940364 GDP Report/Banking news round-up for those who like that sort of thing
>>5940357 Summary of this mornings tweetstorm
>>5940337 Pennsylvania police chief charged in child rape case
>>5940334 Two people dead in North Seattle after gunman opens fire on bus and crashes hijacked car into vehicle (YESTERDAY)
>>5940332 Republicans on House Intel just formally called for Adam Schiff to step down as chairman.
>>5940300 5 Ways the Green New Deal Exactly Mirrors Agenda 2030
>>5940269 They are asking Adam Schiff to resign..he is trying to defend his actions...
>>5940913 #7599
Previously Collected Notables
>>5938519 #7596, >>5939275 #7597, >>5940082 #7598
>>5935799 #7593, >>5936881 #7594, >>5937708 #7595
>>5933173 #7590. >>5933955 #7591, >>5934721 #7592
>>5930860 #7587, >>5931637 #7588, >>5932414 #7589
Notables Archive by BO (updated nightly): https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables also archived here: >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#5941632 at 2019-03-28 15:16:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7600: Spirit of 7600 Edition
#7600
notables bundle
>>5941608 New DJT: long video
>>5941481 BBC pays damages to Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko over report
>>5941465 Mueller Report Exceeds 300 Pages, Raising Questions About Four-Page Summary
>>5941446 Former Sony CEO And Current Chairman Kaz Hirai Announces Retirement
>>5941329 Republicans won't act on Obamacare repeal until White House delivers proposal
>>5940961 payment to nato lobbyist approved by Swedbank
>>5941123 Top FBI Child Sex Trafficking & Prostitution Boss Worked Smollett Investigation with Chicago Police
>>5941011 McFaul ties in with Bill Browder. Putin knows who our dirtiest criminals are and he wants to expose them.
>>5940992 Nellie Ohr transcript reveals details from Steele meeting one day before Trump-Russia investigation began
>>5940972 Another Lev Tahor child trafficking arrest
>>5940969 Schiff and the Media
>>5940965 THEY ARE ASKING SCHIFF TO RESIGN LIVE!!!!!! NOW!!!!
>>5940962 McFaul 31 page resume
baker seeks handoff after dough next bread thank you
#5941531 at 2019-03-28 15:09:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7600: Spirit of 7600 Edition
https://www.globalresearch.ca/major-ukraine-enacts-pro-nazi-legislation-wwii-era-nazi-collaborators-given-veteran-status-pensions/5672814
In Ukraine a law on the recognition of members of military operations of nationalist organizations as 'veterans', including those of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), who fought in support of the Hitler-led German Nazy effort banned in Russia, came into force.
Previously, only UPA militants who participated in hostilities against the Nazi invaders in 1941-1944 fell into this category. The UPA generally collaborated with the German military, and after 1943 found themselves in skirmishes against the Nazi front. Under the new legislation, UPA members who fought alongside the German military will now qualified for a number of veteran's benefits.
Under the new law, participants of the UPA will qualify for about 20 benefits, including the payment of utilities and free travel in public transport, as well as medical care and the provision of medicines. All of them in accordance with the law "On the legal status and memory of fighters for the independence of Ukraine in the XX century" are recognized as fighters for the independence of the country.
The relevant law was adopted by deputies of the Verkhovna Rada on December 6th, 2018. On December 22, it was signed byPresident of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, and was planned to come into effect today, as elections loom where Poroshenko stands on very shaky ground.
The UPA was formed in October 1942 as the militant wing of the organization of Ukrainian nationalists. Its activities were primarily in Western Ukraine and fought against the Soviet troops, and were known for their cooperating with the Nazis.
#5941481 at 2019-03-28 15:06:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7600: Spirit of 7600 Edition
BBC pays damages to Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko over report
https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1111228165203132418
#5825651 at 2019-03-22 14:06:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7452: Hot Crew Swap Edition
https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/ukrayina-cinuye-vidnosini-strategichnogo-partnerstva-zi-ssha-54142
"I want to emphasize that Ukraine highly appreciates the relationship of strategic partnership with the US on the basis of clear bipartisan support. Our relations with Washington have never been so efficient and meaningful as today," Petro Poroshenko noted during the solemn events on occasion of the 27th anniversary of the Security Service of Ukraine.
The Head of State paid significant efforts for that and really appreciates this truly important asset of the Ukrainian foreign policy.
"In this context, I would like to mention the important role of US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch in promoting Ukraine-US relations. And I emphasize that she, as representative of the United States and US President Donald Trump, a great friend of Ukraine and a great friend of mine, enjoys my full support," the President said.
#5812499 at 2019-03-21 18:03:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7435: They Thought The SHEEP Would Follow The STARS Edition
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/05/18/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts:
Marie L. Yovanovitch - Ambassador to Ukraine, Department of State
she has also served at posts in Canada, Russia, Somalia, and the United Kingdom.
https://www.rferl.org/a/us-rejects-top-ukrainian-prosecutors-dont-prosecute-accusation/29834853.html
The U.S. State Department has dismissed a reported claim by Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Yuriy Lutsenko that U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch gave him "a list of people whom we should not prosecute."
The back-and-forth comes less than two weeks ahead of a Ukrainian presidential election in which challengers have sought to paint incumbent Petro Poroshenko as failing to combat corruption and abuses of power since taking office in mid-2014.
"The statement of Ukraine's prosecutor-general does not correspond to reality and is meant to weaken the reputation of Ambassador Yovanovitch," the State Department said.
Lutsenko's assertion came in an interview broadcast by The Hill's TV arm on March 20.
#5811462 at 2019-03-21 17:02:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7434: EPSTEIN ISLAND [ACCESS] CLOSED Edition
I'm so confused! I know Ukraine is a major player in everything but I can't figure out who's who.
What's a little public backstabbing among close allies? Ukraine's top prosecutor seems to be trying to have a US envoy replaced using corruption allegations and a promise to help Donald Trump combat the Russia collusion narrative.
Hill.TV, the video branch of leading American political newspaper the Hill, ran a story evoking HBO's frontline series 'Game of Thrones' this week. The starring role was given to Yuriy Lutsenko, the prosecutor general of Ukraine and a close ally of the country's president. The character probably slated for an unexpected tragic end - at least in terms of her current tenure - is Marie Yovanovitch, the career diplomat who has been serving as America's top woman in Ukraine since August 2016.
The Ukrainian official, who got his current job months before Yovanovitch got hers, said that during their first meeting the American diplomat "gave me a list of people whom we should not prosecute." The claim was branded "an outright fabrication" by the embassy, which said the interview was meant to discredit the ambassador.
Two weeks ago the US ambassador to Ukraine was unusually scathing of President Poroshenko's record for tackling corruption. https://t.co/suIGBhWftF
- Jonah Fisher (@JonahFisherBBC) March 21, 2019
The accusation came in the context of a murky case of American financial aid, which was provided to fund anti-corruption reforms in the country. Lutsenko said his office failed to account for $4.4 million of the money. He said the embassy assured him in a letter that the money was spent as intended, and called the situation "strange.""We have never seen those, and the US Embassy replied there was no problem," he said.
The letter in question was apparently published by the Hill in a separate story and was penned in April 2016, before Yovanovitch took office. It says that the allegations of embezzlement against a deputy prosecutor general, which were raised by some Ukrainian MPs at the time, were groundless.
The Hill correspondent, who interviewed Lustsenko, says the document is "supporting part of his story" by showing that Yovanovitch's predecessor did ask the Ukrainian justice "to stand down on the misappropriation-of-funds case." The deputy prosecutor general had already been sacked by Lustsenko's predecessor by the time the letter was sent.
Next comes a plot twist. In the same interview, the Ukrainian prosecutor announced he was launching an investigation into alleged interference in 2016 US presidential election by Ukrainian officials, who wanted to help Hillary Clinton win. So they leaked to the US media financial documents, which purported to incriminate Trump campaign manager, Paul Manafort, for receiving illegal payments from the Ukrainian government during his time lobbying for it.
This is hardly a revelation - a Ukrainian court even ruled in December that two Ukrainian officials had committed such interference, while Manafort has been sentenced to a lengthy term for tax dodging and money laundering. What is interesting is how the Hill links Lutsenko's words with the infamous Steele dossier and its role in launching an FBI investigation into candidate Trump - which the US president himself sees as a bona fide conspiracy against him.
The newspaper builds on this by saying that Lutsenko is not the only person to complain about the American Embassy in Kiev. It cites House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, who argued that the State Department may want to sack Yovanovitch - an Obama appointee - due to "her disdain for the current administration." If this take makes it to Fox and Friends, who knows what may happen?
If Lutsenko's interview is indeed aimed at smearing and potentially disposing of Yovanovitch, his boss, President Petro Poroshenko, may find it quite convenient. With the diplomatic mission in disarray, Poroshenko would be under less scrutiny ahead of crucial election on March 31. His campaign is limping to the date with no certainty that he would even get into the second round. Poroshenko is fighting accusations of embezzling defense budget money by his business partner while the interior minister has accused his campaign of mass voter bribery.
https://www.rt.com/news/454417-ukraine-prosecutor-us-ambassador/
#5808282 at 2019-03-21 12:36:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7430: Patriots' Vigil Edition
>>5801264
Regarding anons post of DJT "Ukrainian plot to help Clinton emerges"
I posted a couple of articles from www.consortiumnews.com Robert Parry and other journalists, (search Ukraine corruption). The site has over 100 articles on who, where, what, how etc. the US state department plotted the coup in Ukraine think HRC, Victoria Nuland, Biden, Obama etc and the complete corruption of the leaders put in place, the Nazi soldier they enlisted to kill 1,000s Of ethic Russians in Ukraine, etc. these stories are important to understand it wasn't just about regime change-personally I think it was set up as a pretext, with the goal when HRC she'd start WWIII with Russia. The 16 year plan… my guess
Phony 'Corruption' Excuse for Ukraine Coup
November 2, 2016
-Exclusive: The U.S.-backed "regime change" in Ukraine - launching the New Cold War with Russia in 2014 - was rationalized by the need to rid Ukraine of corruption, but post-coup officials are busy lining their pockets, reportsBy Robert Parry
-If Ukraine becomes a flashpoint for World War III with Russia, the American people might rue the day that their government pressed for the 2014 overthrow of Ukraine's allegedly corrupt (though elected) president in favor of a coup regime led by Ukrainian lawmakers who now report amassing, on average, more than $1 million each, much of it as cash.
-The New York Times, which served as virtually a press agent for the coup in February 2014, took note of this apparent corruption among the U.S.-favored post-coup officials, albeit deep inside a story that itself was deep inside the newspaper (page A8). The lead angle was a bemused observation that Ukraine's officialdom lacked faith in the country's own banks (thus explaining why so much cash).
-Ukraine's anti-Russian President Petro Poroshenko speaking to the Atlantic Council in 2014. (Photo credit: Atlantic Council)
Ukraine's anti-Russian President Petro Poroshenko speaking to the Atlantic Council in 2014. (Photo credit: Atlantic Council)
Yet, Ukraine is a country beset by widespread poverty, made worse by the post-coup neoliberal "reforms" slashing pensions, making old people work longer and reducing heating subsidies for common citizens. The average Ukrainian salary is only $214 a month.
-So, an inquiring mind might wonder how - in the face of all that hardship - the post-coup officials did so well for themselves, but Times' correspondent Andrew E. Kramer treads lightly on the possibility that these officials were at least as corrupt, if not more so, than the elected government that the U.S. helped overthrow. Elected President Viktor Yanukovych had been excoriated for a lavish lifestyle because he had a sauna in his residence.
-Kramer's article on Wednesday tried to explain the bundles of cash as a sign that "many of the lawmakers and officials responsible for inspiring public trust in Ukraine's economic and banking institutions have little faith that their own wealth would be safe in the country's banks, according to recently mandated financial disclosures. ...
-"Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, for example, declared over one million dollars in savings in cash - $870,000 and 460,000 euros - apparently shunning Ukraine's ever-wobbly banking system. The top official in charge of the country's banks, Valeriya Gontareva, who is responsible for stabilizing the national currency, the hryvnia, maintains most of her money in American dollars - $1.8 million.
-"A tally of the declarations filed by most of Parliament's 450 members compiled by one analyst, Andriy Gerus, found that the lawmakers collectively held $482 million in 'monetary assets,' of which $36 million was kept as cold, hard cash. -"Some politicians seem to have approached the declaration as a sort of amnesty, revealing everything they have earned from decades of crooked dealings, in an effort to come clean. ... One minister reported a wine collection with bottles worth thousands of dollars each. Another official declared ownership of a church. Yet another claimed a ticket to outer space with Virgin Galactic. ...
-"Another theory making the rounds in Kiev - where people generally acknowledge the inventive, venal genius of their politicians - suggests that the public servants are padding their declarations," so they can hide future bribes within their reported cash holdings and thus offer plausible excuses for luxury cars and expensive jewelry.
Accessing More Money
-Ironically, passage of the law requiring the disclosures of what appears to be widespread corruption among Kiev's officials
Full article
https://consortiumnews.com/2016/11/02/phony-corruption-excuse-for-ukraine-coup/
#5610082 at 2019-03-10 19:11:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7174: The Sunday Watch Edition
Poroshenko is Preparing to Flee Ukraine, says ex-minister
Former Minister of Economy of Ukraine, Vladimir Lanovoy, said that the current President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko is preparing to run abroad, to flee, in the event of his defeat in the elections.
In his article for the Glavred magazine, the ex-minister explained that Poroshenko himself was aware that he would not be able to remain as president for a second term. And in this case, the flight from the country is for him the only way to avoid criminal prosecution.
Published on: Mar 9, 2019 @ 19:33
The author of the article is confident that the head of the Ukrainian state deliberately delays the fighting in the Donbass for the greatest personal benefit. The sluggish conflict in the southeast brings him a huge profit due to embezzlement from the defense budget, Lanovoy believes.
The theft of budget funds on deals with military equipment, weapons, construction of military and domestic facilities for the military is corruption carried out like a mafia clan with the participation of representatives of the NSDC and on the blood of theArmed Forces of Ukraine. No matter how much military equipment and weapons could be made additionally for the stolen money - and this despite the fact that there are not enough funds allocated for this purpose from the defense budget.
This information makes it necessary to critically assess the ability and desire of Poroshenko and his surrounding team to raise our defensive capability and achieve the restoration of our sovereignty over the territories seized by the aggressor.
According to him, corruption flourishes in the field of defense contracts, most of which are concluded only with certain companies. At the same time, smuggled spare parts are purchased in Russia using "gray market" schemes. As a result, the army remains weak, technically unsecured, morale is devastated.
At the same time, the former minister is convinced that the president does not doubt that his defeat is coming and that he will have to answer for many things, in particular, for the terrible state of the army and corruption.
Rumors that Poroshenko isn't even seriously campaigning for the presidency and are already "packing his bags" are constantly being fueled by the media by his political opponents. Earlier his alleged fleeing was warned of by the candidate for the presidency of Ukraine, Anatoly Gritsenko .
https://www.fort-russ.com/2019/03/Poroshenko-is-preparing-to-flee-ukraine-says-ex-minister/
#5610026 at 2019-03-10 19:06:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7174: The Sunday Watch Edition
https://www.fort-russ.com/2019/03/Poroshenko-is-preparing-to-flee-ukraine-says-ex-minister/
Former Minister of Economy of Ukraine, Vladimir Lanovoy, said that the current President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko is preparing to run abroad, to flee, in the event of his defeat in the elections.
In his article for the Glavred magazine, the ex-minister explained that Poroshenko himself was aware that he would not be able to remain as president for a second term. And in this case, the flight from the country is for him the only way to avoid criminal prosecution.
#5566938 at 2019-03-08 02:17:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7118: Is Angelfire The Keystone? Edition
Russia opposition politician Boris Nemtsov shot dead
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31669061
28 February 2015
A leading Russian opposition politician, former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, has been shot dead in Moscow, Russian officials say.
An unidentified attacker in a car shot Mr Nemtsov four times in the back as he crossed a bridge in view of the Kremlin, police say.
He died hours after appealing for support for a march on Sunday in Moscow against the war in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned the murder, the Kremlin says.
President Putin has assumed "personal control" of the investigation into the killing, said his spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Investigators said the murder could have been "a provocation aimed at destabilising the country".
The investigative committee said in a statement that several motives for the killing were being considered including "Islamic extremism".
US President Barack Obama condemned the "brutal murder" and called on the Russian government to conduct a "prompt, impartial and transparent investigation".
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko described Mr Nemtsov as a "bridge between Ukraine and Russia".
"The murderers' shot has destroyed it. I think it is not by accident," he said in a statement published on his administration's Facebook page.
In a recent interview, Mr Nemtsov had said he feared Mr Putin would have him killed because of his opposition to the war in Ukraine.
Mr Nemtsov, 55, served as first deputy prime minister under President Boris Yeltsin in the 1990s.
He had earned a reputation as an economic reformer while governor of one of Russia's biggest cities, Nizhny Novgorod.
Falling out of favour with Yeltsin's successor, Mr Putin, he became an outspoken opposition politician.
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TP.
Highest levels of US-G.
U1.
NK.
WHY would Russia tell the world?
Why?
Why is SR back in the news?
Why?
Why is SESSIONS acting weak?
Why?
IG report?
No legit leaks.
MSM staging narrative.
IG appointed by SESSIONS for?
Why?
Why?
Enjoy the show.
Dead cat bounce.
Q
#5522088 at 2019-03-05 19:34:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7061: MAGA2020 Edition
MAJOR: Ukrainian Elections to be 'Closed Off' from International Observers
BERLIN - The authorities of Ukraine have just announced their refusal to accredit Germans as observers to the upcoming elections, including many representatives of the political party "Die Linke". This was revealed this morning, Monday, March 4th, by the head of Die Linke (The Left) party in the Kvakenbrück parliament, Andreas Maurer.
"Accreditation of public and state observers is very tough and slow. There is no support from Ukraine for observers from Germany to take part, " Maurer said.
According to Maurer, Ukraine fears that among the representatives from Germany, German politicians and social activists with a pro-Russian stance may come to the polls.
On February 28th, a law Ukrainian law banning Russian observers from taking part in elections in Ukraine came into force . The decree was signed by President Petro Poroshenko. From the perspective that Ukraine considers Russia to be an 'aggressor' state, this makes sense. However, at the same time, the banning of Russian observers runs contrary to the OSCE rules, to which both Russia and Ukraine are parties to.
Critics charge that Poroshenko wants is a 'sham' election that is simply rubber-stamped by the U.S, as the EU grows closer to Russia on the subject of resolving the conflict Ukraine, and a return to normality.
At the same time, Russia has refused to send people in the OSCE mission for security reasons and questioned the transparency of the vote. While the OSCE is nominally neutral, and was established originally after the collapse of the USSR as an organization trumpeted as that which would replace both NATO and the Warsaw Pact, it has instead worked by and large as a wing of the Atlantic Council and NATO, but with nominal Russian representation. Russia has previously been able to establish that the OSCE was embedded with Atlanticist intelligence operates who used the cover of the OSCE to relay information on the positions of the DPR and LPR militias.
Nevertheless, in the OSCE, Kiev was reminded that the refusal to accredit Russians would violate the standards of the organization.
https://www.fort-russ.com/2019/03/major-ukrainian-elections-to-be-closed-off-from-international-observers/
#5363139 at 2019-02-24 19:00:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6854: DISASTROUS MISTAKES MADE Edition
#6850
>>5359971 New DJT
>>5359961 dig on Kamala's brother-in-law
>>5359908 New DJT
>>5359824 clockfag Q mirror line
>>5359779 Data For Progress, leftist think-tank, wants FOX news dismantled.
>>5359662 Schiff says House will subpoena Mueller report, make Mueller testify, provide docs on matters not prosecuted.
>>5359675 Gay & trans sex education to be taught to FIVE-YEAR-OLDS in UK & opting out is ILLEGAL
>>5359653 'More secrets': New batch of 'Dark Overlord' 9/11 papers leaked online
>>5359652 Washington State: Judge Strikes Down Unconstitutional 'Cyberstalking' Law Chilling Free Speech
>>5359634 Maryland Democrats Push Rationing of Rifle Purchases, 7-Day Waiting Period
>>5359405 wall street billionaire ex-citigroup president caught up in prostitution sting that ensnared robert kraft
>>5359622 Parents sue to fight Anti-White, Anti-Male, Anti-Christian, Communist Indoctrination in California
>>5359595 "fake Red Cross" in VZ interesting?
>>5359581 IT WAS A DEEP STATE SET-UP: Trump Campaign Volunteer Papadopoulos Introduced to 'Russian' Mifsud by FBI in London!
>>5359564 Bayer faces second trial over alleged Roundup cancer risk.
>>5359519 China's Huawei announces folding 5g smartphone
>>5359533 McConnell hopes to trap Democrats in their own Green New Deal
>>5359509 Letter to AG Barr: conservative leaders call to investigate censorship of social media
>>5359529, >>5359485, >>5359589 Coincidence that V. Jarrett et al are on Lyft board?
>>5359462 New Jersey Lawmakers Threatening To Keep Trump Off 2020 State Ballot Unless Tax Returns Revealed
>>5359459 The 200 twitter accounts Q linked: 3 accounts removed
>>5359431 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Praises Trump's Leadership AGAINST Russia
>>5359422 'Hijacked' plane lands in Bangladesh
>>5359344 AID SHIPMENTS CROSS VENEZUELAN BORDER AS MADURO'S SOLDIERS ABANDON THEIR POSTS
>>5359328 Jared Kushner heads to Middle East to promote peace plan; BENNETT: NETANYAHU AND TRUMP TO BUILD PALESTINIAN STATE AFTER ELECTIONS
>>5359325 new DJT missed lb
>>5359301 Nobody seems to know where freshman Dem AOC actually lives
#5362358 at 2019-02-24 18:21:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6854: DISASTROUS MISTAKES MADE Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
Global
>>5177229 MEMES ARE IMPORTANT: Memetic Warfare Division is RECRUITING
>>5251148 Board search got its own domain: https://qresear.ch
>>5341422 how to edit Hosts File (DNS)
#6853
>>5361586 New DJT trolling losers
>>5361631 Pentagon chief floats "wholesale redesign" of U.S. border security
>>5361673 Clockfaggery: July 4th + Sky Event line up on the clock
>>5361706 World Is About to See 'Next Big Wave' of Medical, Pharmaceutical Breakthroughs - Newt Gingrich
>>5361827 @USMC: Devil Dogs and their working dogs - a match made in heaven!
>>5362073, >>5362121, >>5362119 Link to Gowdy video referencing military tribunals
>>5362335 #6853
#6852
>>5361471 Jared's hedge fund friend is latest to be caught in Mueller dragnet: New York millionaire in special counsel's crosshairs for meeting with pedophile Middle Eastern conduit
>>5361397, >>5361439, >>5361482 POTUS Tweets 93% With 1 Year Delta
>>5361248 QNN Pepe Broadcast
>>5361037 PG&E Cancels $130 Million In Bonuses For Employees Amid Costly Fires
>>5361015 Sex trafficking, prostitution is anything but a 'victimless crime,' experts say
>>5361011 New WaPo Hit Piece On Qanon
>>5360976 Amber/Roland Rudd - includes video of Richard Hannigan (GCHQ) from pb.
>>5360946 Digging On Chris Burrows (reporter)
>>5360881 Peter Awn Dig
>>5361520 #6852
#6851 Baker Change
>>5360667 AOC Went byy Sandy in HS
>>5360526, >>5360695 Where in the world does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez live
>>5360388 British PM May seeks more time: promises vote on Brexit deal by March 12
>>5360377 Mike Rothschild Retweeted Will Sommer
>>5360305 PlaneFag Reports
>>5360287 23 Venezuelan Soldiers Defect to Columbia
>>5360270 Turley: 'You Have to Call Them as You See Them' - 'No Evidence' of Trump-Russia Collusion
>>5360260 Eddie Bravo And Theo Vaughn discuss Q, Praying Medic, Anons, and the plan to save the world.
>>5360229 Digs Needed?? Jeunese, Kim Hui
>>5360108 Navy Returns to Flying the Union Jack
>>5360046 DJT, Jr Twat
>>5360024, >>5360384, >>5360425 Anchor Chris Burrows Death
>>5360771 #6851
#6850
>>5359971 New DJT
>>5359961 dig on Kamala's brother-in-law
>>5359908 New DJT
>>5359824 clockfag Q mirror line
>>5359779 Data For Progress, leftist think-tank, wants FOX news dismantled.
>>5359662 Schiff says House will subpoena Mueller report, make Mueller testify, provide docs on matters not prosecuted.
>>5359675 Gay & trans sex education to be taught to FIVE-YEAR-OLDS in UK & opting out is ILLEGAL
>>5359653 'More secrets': New batch of 'Dark Overlord' 9/11 papers leaked online
>>5359652 Washington State: Judge Strikes Down Unconstitutional 'Cyberstalking' Law Chilling Free Speech
>>5359634 Maryland Democrats Push Rationing of Rifle Purchases, 7-Day Waiting Period
>>5359405 wall street billionaire ex-citigroup president caught up in prostitution sting that ensnared robert kraft
>>5359622 Parents sue to fight Anti-White, Anti-Male, Anti-Christian, Communist Indoctrination in California
>>5359595 "fake Red Cross" in VZ interesting?
>>5359581 IT WAS A DEEP STATE SET-UP: Trump Campaign Volunteer Papadopoulos Introduced to 'Russian' Mifsud by FBI in London!
>>5359564 Bayer faces second trial over alleged Roundup cancer risk.
>>5359519 China's Huawei announces folding 5g smartphone
>>5359533 McConnell hopes to trap Democrats in their own Green New Deal
>>5359509 Letter to AG Barr: conservative leaders call to investigate censorship of social media
>>5359529, >>5359485, >>5359589 Coincidence that V. Jarrett et al are on Lyft board?
>>5359462 New Jersey Lawmakers Threatening To Keep Trump Off 2020 State Ballot Unless Tax Returns Revealed
>>5359459 The 200 twitter accounts Q linked: 3 accounts removed
>>5359431 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Praises Trump's Leadership AGAINST Russia
>>5359422 'Hijacked' plane lands in Bangladesh
>>5359344 AID SHIPMENTS CROSS VENEZUELAN BORDER AS MADURO'S SOLDIERS ABANDON THEIR POSTS
>>5359328 Jared Kushner heads to Middle East to promote peace plan; BENNETT: NETANYAHU AND TRUMP TO BUILD PALESTINIAN STATE AFTER ELECTIONS
>>5359325 new DJT missed lb
>>5359301 Nobody seems to know where freshman Dem AOC actually lives
Previously Collected Notables
>>5357698 #6847, >>5358447 #6848, >>5359215 #6849
>>5355340 #6844, >>5356161 #6845, >>5356872 #6846
>>5353035 #6841, >>5353808 #6842, >>5354574 #6843
>>5350713 #6838, >>5351479 #6839, >>5352262 #6840
>>5348380 #6835, >>5349186 #6836, >>5349938 #6837
Notables Archive by BO: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables Archive at /comms/: >>>/comms/225, >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#5361538 at 2019-02-24 17:24:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6853: WaPo Keeps Hitting Us, Must be Doing Something Right Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
Global
>>5177229 MEMES ARE IMPORTANT: Memetic Warfare Division is RECRUITING
>>5251148 Board search got its own domain: https://qresear.ch
>>5341422 how to edit Hosts File (DNS)
#6852
>>5361471 Jared's hedge fund friend is latest to be caught in Mueller dragnet: New York millionaire in special counsel's crosshairs for meeting with pedophile Middle Eastern conduit
>>5361397, >>5361439, >>5361482 POTUS Tweets 93% With 1 Year Delta
>>5361248 QNN Pepe Broadcast
>>5361037 PG&E Cancels $130 Million In Bonuses For Employees Amid Costly Fires
>>5361015 Sex trafficking, prostitution is anything but a 'victimless crime,' experts say
>>5361011 New WaPo Hit Piece On Qanon
>>5360976 Amber/Roland Rudd - includes video of Richard Hannigan (GCHQ) from pb.
>>5360946 Digging On Chris Burrows (reporter)
>>5360881 Peter Awn Dig
>>5361520 #6852
#6851 Baker Change
>>5360667 AOC Went byy Sandy in HS
>>5360526, >>5360695 Where in the world does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez live
>>5360388 British PM May seeks more time: promises vote on Brexit deal by March 12
>>5360377 Mike Rothschild Retweeted Will Sommer
>>5360305 PlaneFag Reports
>>5360287 23 Venezuelan Soldiers Defect to Columbia
>>5360270 Turley: 'You Have to Call Them as You See Them' - 'No Evidence' of Trump-Russia Collusion
>>5360260 Eddie Bravo And Theo Vaughn discuss Q, Praying Medic, Anons, and the plan to save the world.
>>5360229 Digs Needed?? Jeunese, Kim Hui
>>5360108 Navy Returns to Flying the Union Jack
>>5360046 DJT, Jr Twat
>>5360024, >>5360384, >>5360425 Anchor Chris Burrows Death
>>5360771 #6851
#6850
>>5359971 New DJT
>>5359961 dig on Kamala's brother-in-law
>>5359908 New DJT
>>5359824 clockfag Q mirror line
>>5359779 Data For Progress, leftist think-tank, wants FOX news dismantled.
>>5359662 Schiff says House will subpoena Mueller report, make Mueller testify, provide docs on matters not prosecuted.
>>5359675 Gay & trans sex education to be taught to FIVE-YEAR-OLDS in UK & opting out is ILLEGAL
>>5359653 'More secrets': New batch of 'Dark Overlord' 9/11 papers leaked online
>>5359652 Washington State: Judge Strikes Down Unconstitutional 'Cyberstalking' Law Chilling Free Speech
>>5359634 Maryland Democrats Push Rationing of Rifle Purchases, 7-Day Waiting Period
>>5359405 wall street billionaire ex-citigroup president caught up in prostitution sting that ensnared robert kraft
>>5359622 Parents sue to fight Anti-White, Anti-Male, Anti-Christian, Communist Indoctrination in California
>>5359595 "fake Red Cross" in VZ interesting?
>>5359581 IT WAS A DEEP STATE SET-UP: Trump Campaign Volunteer Papadopoulos Introduced to 'Russian' Mifsud by FBI in London!
>>5359564 Bayer faces second trial over alleged Roundup cancer risk.
>>5359519 China's Huawei announces folding 5g smartphone
>>5359533 McConnell hopes to trap Democrats in their own Green New Deal
>>5359509 Letter to AG Barr: conservative leaders call to investigate censorship of social media
>>5359529, >>5359485, >>5359589 Coincidence that V. Jarrett et al are on Lyft board?
>>5359462 New Jersey Lawmakers Threatening To Keep Trump Off 2020 State Ballot Unless Tax Returns Revealed
>>5359459 The 200 twitter accounts Q linked: 3 accounts removed
>>5359431 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Praises Trump's Leadership AGAINST Russia
>>5359422 'Hijacked' plane lands in Bangladesh
>>5359344 AID SHIPMENTS CROSS VENEZUELAN BORDER AS MADURO'S SOLDIERS ABANDON THEIR POSTS
>>5359328 Jared Kushner heads to Middle East to promote peace plan; BENNETT: NETANYAHU AND TRUMP TO BUILD PALESTINIAN STATE AFTER ELECTIONS
>>5359325 new DJT missed lb
>>5359301 Nobody seems to know where freshman Dem AOC actually lives
Previously Collected Notables
>>5357698 #6847, >>5358447 #6848, >>5359215 #6849
>>5355340 #6844, >>5356161 #6845, >>5356872 #6846
>>5353035 #6841, >>5353808 #6842, >>5354574 #6843
>>5350713 #6838, >>5351479 #6839, >>5352262 #6840
>>5348380 #6835, >>5349186 #6836, >>5349938 #6837
Notables Archive by BO: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables Archive at /comms/: >>>/comms/225, >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#5360792 at 2019-02-24 16:24:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6852: Sunday Mornin' QNN News Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
Global
>>5177229 MEMES ARE IMPORTANT: Memetic Warfare Division is RECRUITING
>>5251148 Board search got its own domain: https://qresear.ch
>>5341422 how to edit Hosts File (DNS)
#6851 Baker Change
>>5360667 AOC Went byy Sandy in HS
>>5360526, >>5360695 Where in the world does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez live
>>5360388 British PM May seeks more time: promises vote on Brexit deal by March 12
>>5360377 Mike Rothschild Retweeted Will Sommer
>>5360305 PlaneFag Reports
>>5360287 23 Venezuelan Soldiers Defect to Columbia
>>5360270 Turley: 'You Have to Call Them as You See Them' - 'No Evidence' of Trump-Russia Collusion
>>5360260 Eddie Bravo And Theo Vaughn discuss Q, Praying Medic, Anons, and the plan to save the world.
>>5360229 Digs Needed?? Jeunese, Kim Hui
>>5360108 Navy Returns to Flying the Union Jack
>>5360046 DJT, Jr Twat
>>5360024, >>5360384, >>5360425 Anchor Chris Burrows Death
>>5360771 #6851
#6850
>>5359971 New DJT
>>5359961 dig on Kamala's brother-in-law
>>5359908 New DJT
>>5359824 clockfag Q mirror line
>>5359779 Data For Progress, leftist think-tank, wants FOX news dismantled.
>>5359662 Schiff says House will subpoena Mueller report, make Mueller testify, provide docs on matters not prosecuted.
>>5359675 Gay & trans sex education to be taught to FIVE-YEAR-OLDS in UK & opting out is ILLEGAL
>>5359653 'More secrets': New batch of 'Dark Overlord' 9/11 papers leaked online
>>5359652 Washington State: Judge Strikes Down Unconstitutional 'Cyberstalking' Law Chilling Free Speech
>>5359634 Maryland Democrats Push Rationing of Rifle Purchases, 7-Day Waiting Period
>>5359405 wall street billionaire ex-citigroup president caught up in prostitution sting that ensnared robert kraft
>>5359622 Parents sue to fight Anti-White, Anti-Male, Anti-Christian, Communist Indoctrination in California
>>5359595 "fake Red Cross" in VZ interesting?
>>5359581 IT WAS A DEEP STATE SET-UP: Trump Campaign Volunteer Papadopoulos Introduced to 'Russian' Mifsud by FBI in London!
>>5359564 Bayer faces second trial over alleged Roundup cancer risk.
>>5359519 China's Huawei announces folding 5g smartphone
>>5359533 McConnell hopes to trap Democrats in their own Green New Deal
>>5359509 Letter to AG Barr: conservative leaders call to investigate censorship of social media
>>5359529, >>5359485, >>5359589 Coincidence that V. Jarrett et al are on Lyft board?
>>5359462 New Jersey Lawmakers Threatening To Keep Trump Off 2020 State Ballot Unless Tax Returns Revealed
>>5359459 The 200 twitter accounts Q linked: 3 accounts removed
>>5359431 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Praises Trump's Leadership AGAINST Russia
>>5359422 'Hijacked' plane lands in Bangladesh
>>5359344 AID SHIPMENTS CROSS VENEZUELAN BORDER AS MADURO'S SOLDIERS ABANDON THEIR POSTS
>>5359328 Jared Kushner heads to Middle East to promote peace plan; BENNETT: NETANYAHU AND TRUMP TO BUILD PALESTINIAN STATE AFTER ELECTIONS
>>5359325 new DJT missed lb
>>5359301 Nobody seems to know where freshman Dem AOC actually lives
#6849
>>5359197 House Oversight Committee says Michael Cohen will testify publicly on February 27
>>5359194 Anon suggests we keep a DS victim list in addition to resignation list
baker change
>>5358525 Alveda King delighted that PDJT restricting PP funding
>>5358536, >>5358648 Truckers "Slow Roll" down I-75 to protest Electronic Logging Devices
>>5358572, >>5358898, >>5358918, >>5358932, >>5358994 Call to shovels on Isiaas family connections
>>5358573 Pope likens child sex abuse to human sacrifice - calls for 'concrete measures'
>>5358609 Video of MQ-9 reaper drone crash after CENTCOM hack by Iran
>>5358645, >>5358674, >>5358695 Duarte hands over control to MILF.
>>5358772, >>5359011 Moar Digging on Prostitution Ring Arrests
>>5358783 UCLA Students support re-education camps for conservatives
>>5358832 QAnon on Yellow Vests - trying to tie Anons to Hitler?
>>5358848 Moar undercover UCLA petition signing - in support of late term abortions
>>5358896 Venezuelan FM accuses USA of false flag in burning of aid truck
>>5358927, >>5359023, >>5359079 New DJTs - Hold the Date! 4th of July and China Talks
>>5358984 CDC corruption dig
New Baker
>>5359215 #6849
Previously Collected Notables
>>5357698 #6847, >>5358447 #6848,
>>5355340 #6844, >>5356161 #6845, >>5356872 #6846
>>5353035 #6841, >>5353808 #6842, >>5354574 #6843
>>5350713 #6838, >>5351479 #6839, >>5352262 #6840
>>5348380 #6835, >>5349186 #6836, >>5349938 #6837
Notables Archive by BO: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables Archive at /comms/: >>>/comms/225, >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#5360012 at 2019-02-24 15:08:37 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6851: POTUS Rolls Deep Edition
Notables
are not endorsements
Global
>>5177229 MEMES ARE IMPORTANT: Memetic Warfare Division is RECRUITING
>>5251148 Board search got its own domain: https://qresear.ch
>>5341422 how to edit Hosts File (DNS)
#6850
>>5359971 New DJT
>>5359961 dig on Kamala's brother-in-law
>>5359908 New DJT
>>5359824 clockfag Q mirror line
>>5359779 Data For Progress, leftist think-tank, wants FOX news dismantled.
>>5359662 Schiff says House will subpoena Mueller report, make Mueller testify, provide docs on matters not prosecuted.
>>5359675 Gay & trans sex education to be taught to FIVE-YEAR-OLDS in UK & opting out is ILLEGAL
>>5359653 'More secrets': New batch of 'Dark Overlord' 9/11 papers leaked online
>>5359652 Washington State: Judge Strikes Down Unconstitutional 'Cyberstalking' Law Chilling Free Speech
>>5359634 Maryland Democrats Push Rationing of Rifle Purchases, 7-Day Waiting Period
>>5359405 wall street billionaire ex-citigroup president caught up in prostitution sting that ensnared robert kraft
>>5359622 Parents sue to fight Anti-White, Anti-Male, Anti-Christian, Communist Indoctrination in California
>>5359595 "fake Red Cross" in VZ interesting?
>>5359581 IT WAS A DEEP STATE SET-UP: Trump Campaign Volunteer Papadopoulos Introduced to 'Russian' Mifsud by FBI in London!
>>5359564 Bayer faces second trial over alleged Roundup cancer risk.
>>5359519 China's Huawei announces folding 5g smartphone
>>5359533 McConnell hopes to trap Democrats in their own Green New Deal
>>5359509 Letter to AG Barr: conservative leaders call to investigate censorship of social media
>>5359529, >>5359485, >>5359589 Coincidence that V. Jarrett et al are on Lyft board?
>>5359462 New Jersey Lawmakers Threatening To Keep Trump Off 2020 State Ballot Unless Tax Returns Revealed
>>5359459 The 200 twitter accounts Q linked: 3 accounts removed
>>5359431 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Praises Trump's Leadership AGAINST Russia
>>5359422 'Hijacked' plane lands in Bangladesh
>>5359344 AID SHIPMENTS CROSS VENEZUELAN BORDER AS MADURO'S SOLDIERS ABANDON THEIR POSTS
>>5359328 Jared Kushner heads to Middle East to promote peace plan; BENNETT: NETANYAHU AND TRUMP TO BUILD PALESTINIAN STATE AFTER ELECTIONS
>>5359325 new DJT missed lb
>>5359301 Nobody seems to know where freshman Dem AOC actually lives
#6849
>>5359197 House Oversight Committee says Michael Cohen will testify publicly on February 27
>>5359194 Anon suggests we keep a DS victim list in addition to resignation list
baker change
>>5358525 Alveda King delighted that PDJT restricting PP funding
>>5358536, >>5358648 Truckers "Slow Roll" down I-75 to protest Electronic Logging Devices
>>5358572, >>5358898, >>5358918, >>5358932, >>5358994 Call to shovels on Isiaas family connections
>>5358573 Pope likens child sex abuse to human sacrifice - calls for 'concrete measures'
>>5358609 Video of MQ-9 reaper drone crash after CENTCOM hack by Iran
>>5358645, >>5358674, >>5358695 Duarte hands over control to MILF.
>>5358772, >>5359011 Moar Digging on Prostitution Ring Arrests
>>5358783 UCLA Students support re-education camps for conservatives
>>5358832 QAnon on Yellow Vests - trying to tie Anons to Hitler?
>>5358848 Moar undercover UCLA petition signing - in support of late term abortions
>>5358896 Venezuelan FM accuses USA of false flag in burning of aid truck
>>5358927, >>5359023, >>5359079 New DJTs - Hold the Date! 4th of July and China Talks
>>5358984 CDC corruption dig
New Baker
>>5359215 #6849
#6848
>>5357834, >>5357841 No name bio info
>>5357767 AMLAnon opinions on Flordia bust
>>5357774 Planefaggotry
>>5357887, >>5358035, >>5358208 More info on Isaias bros
>>5357893 San diego court; women may also be drafted.
>>5357906 Old article, Estim. 300,000 babies stolen from Spanish parents and sold to profit.
>>5357946 Navy adding robotic submarines
>>5357967 AZ attempting bill to lax gun carry laws
>>5358236 Lynching bill moves to house
>>5358295 Pence to meet with Guaido
>>5358122, >>5358139 S.Carter rt qresearch flag. tables: "BIG"
>>5358322, >>5358370, >>5358401 Hussein + HRC + Isaias, connections
>>5358377 5G phones available soon
>>5358053, >>5358250, >>5358408 Iran and Saudi news
>>5358447 #6848
Previously Collected Notables
>>5357698 #6847
>>5355340 #6844, >>5356161 #6845, >>5356872 #6846
>>5353035 #6841, >>5353808 #6842, >>5354574 #6843
>>5350713 #6838, >>5351479 #6839, >>5352262 #6840
>>5348380 #6835, >>5349186 #6836, >>5349938 #6837
>>5346052 #6832, >>5346777 #6833, >>5347588 #6834
>>5343659 #6829, >>5344493 #6830, >>5345303 #6831
>>5341290 #6826, >>5342056 #6827, >>5342872 #6828
Notables Archive by BO: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables Archive at /comms/: >>>/comms/225, >>>/comms/3396 (#740~#6384)
#5359998 at 2019-02-24 15:06:45 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6850: Honk If You Love to MAGA Edition
#6850 notable bundle
>>5359971 New DJT
>>5359961 dig on Kamala's brother-in-law
>>5359908 New DJT
>>5359824 clockfag Q mirror line
>>5359779 Data For Progress, leftist think-tank, wants FOX news dismantled.
>>5359662 Schiff says House will subpoena Mueller report, make Mueller testify, provide docs on matters not prosecuted.
>>5359675 Gay & trans sex education to be taught to FIVE-YEAR-OLDS in UK & opting out is ILLEGAL
>>5359653 'More secrets': New batch of 'Dark Overlord' 9/11 papers leaked online
>>5359652 Washington State: Judge Strikes Down Unconstitutional 'Cyberstalking' Law Chilling Free Speech
>>5359634 Maryland Democrats Push Rationing of Rifle Purchases, 7-Day Waiting Period
>>5359405 wall street billionaire ex-citigroup president caught up in prostitution sting that ensnared robert kraft
>>5359622 Parents sue to fight Anti-White, Anti-Male, Anti-Christian, Communist Indoctrination in California
>>5359595 "fake Red Cross" in VZ interesting?
>>5359581 IT WAS A DEEP STATE SET-UP: Trump Campaign Volunteer Papadopoulos Introduced to 'Russian' Mifsud by FBI in London!
>>5359564 Bayer faces second trial over alleged Roundup cancer risk.
>>5359519 China's Huawei announces folding 5g smartphone
>>5359533 McConnell hopes to trap Democrats in their own Green New Deal
>>5359509 Letter to AG Barr: conservative leaders call to investigate censorship of social media
>>5359529, >>5359485, >>5359589 Coincidence that V. Jarrett et al are on Lyft board?
>>5359462 New Jersey Lawmakers Threatening To Keep Trump Off 2020 State Ballot Unless Tax Returns Revealed
>>5359459 The 200 twitter accounts Q linked: 3 accounts removed
>>5359431 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Praises Trump's Leadership AGAINST Russia
>>5359422 'Hijacked' plane lands in Bangladesh
>>5359344 AID SHIPMENTS CROSS VENEZUELAN BORDER AS MADURO'S SOLDIERS ABANDON THEIR POSTS
>>5359328 Jared Kushner heads to Middle East to promote peace plan; BENNETT: NETANYAHU AND TRUMP TO BUILD PALESTINIAN STATE AFTER ELECTIONS
>>5359325 new DJT missed lb
>>5359301 Nobody seems to know where freshman Dem AOC actually lives
baking
#5359837 at 2019-02-24 14:50:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6850: Honk If You Love to MAGA Edition
#6850 notables at 550ish
>>5359779 Data For Progress, leftist think-tank, wants FOX news dismantled.
>>5359662 Schiff says House will subpoena Mueller report, make Mueller testify, provide docs on matters not prosecuted.
>>5359675 Gay & trans sex education to be taught to FIVE-YEAR-OLDS in UK & opting out is ILLEGAL
>>5359653 'More secrets': New batch of 'Dark Overlord' 9/11 papers leaked online
>>5359652 Washington State: Judge Strikes Down Unconstitutional 'Cyberstalking' Law Chilling Free Speech
>>5359634 Maryland Democrats Push Rationing of Rifle Purchases, 7-Day Waiting Period
>>5359405 wall street billionaire ex-citigroup president caught up in prostitution sting that ensnared robert kraft
>>5359622 Parents sue to fight Anti-White, Anti-Male, Anti-Christian, Communist Indoctrination in California
>>5359595 "fake Red Cross" in VZ interesting?
>>5359581 IT WAS A DEEP STATE SET-UP: Trump Campaign Volunteer Papadopoulos Introduced to 'Russian' Mifsud by FBI in London!
>>5359564 Bayer faces second trial over alleged Roundup cancer risk.
>>5359519 China's Huawei announces folding 5g smartphone
>>5359533 McConnell hopes to trap Democrats in their own Green New Deal
>>5359509 Letter to AG Barr: conservative leaders call to investigate censorship of social media
>>5359529, >>5359485, >>5359589 Coincidence that V. Jarrett et al are on Lyft board?
>>5359462 New Jersey Lawmakers Threatening To Keep Trump Off 2020 State Ballot Unless Tax Returns Revealed
>>5359459 The 200 twitter accounts Q linked: 3 accounts removed
>>5359431 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Praises Trump's Leadership AGAINST Russia
>>5359422 'Hijacked' plane lands in Bangladesh
>>5359344 AID SHIPMENTS CROSS VENEZUELAN BORDER AS MADURO'S SOLDIERS ABANDON THEIR POSTS
>>5359328 Jared Kushner heads to Middle East to promote peace plan; BENNETT: NETANYAHU AND TRUMP TO BUILD PALESTINIAN STATE AFTER ELECTIONS
>>5359325 new DJT missed lb
>>5359301 Nobody seems to know where freshman Dem AOC actually lives
#5359516 at 2019-02-24 14:19:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6850: Honk If You Love to MAGA Edition
#6850 notables at 220ish
>>5359462 New Jersey Lawmakers Threatening To Keep Trump Off 2020 State Ballot Unless Tax Returns Revealed
>>5359459 The 200 twitter accounts Q linked: 3 accounts removed
>>5359431 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Praises Trump's Leadership AGAINST Russia
>>5359422 'Hijacked' plane lands in Bangladesh
>>5359344 AID SHIPMENTS CROSS VENEZUELAN BORDER AS MADURO'S SOLDIERS ABANDON THEIR POSTS
>>5359328 Jared Kushner heads to Middle East to promote peace plan; BENNETT: NETANYAHU AND TRUMP TO BUILD PALESTINIAN STATE AFTER ELECTIONS
>>5359325 new DJT missed lb
>>5359301 Nobody seems to know where freshman Dem AOC actually lives
>>5359450 I'm sure you kiss your mom with that mouth, fellow anon.
#5359434 at 2019-02-24 14:08:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6850: Honk If You Love to MAGA Edition
>>5359431
>Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Praises Trump's Leadership AGAINST Russia
#5359431 at 2019-02-24 14:08:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6850: Honk If You Love to MAGA Edition
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Praises Trump's Leadership AGAINST Russia
"I think that this administration do an excellent, a great job," Poroshenko said. "This is not only sanctions, for example, presenting Javelin - this is a modern anti-tank system ... this has saved a lot of life for Ukrainian soldiers."
"I have a feeling that U.S. administration clear[ly] understand[s] the possible danger of Putin despite of any of their statement. And with this situation, we have in Ukraine the problem [is] that they should keep power dry. And with this situation I'm absolutely confident that only strong U.S., the global leadership of the United States and the leadership of the President Trump can keep the world safe."
https://trib.al/GTPQcNp
#5330043 at 2019-02-22 19:50:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6812: Happy Friday! Edition
Poroshenko is in New Jersey right now, taking communion from CIA and Vatican backed Schismatics
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, on a working visit to the U.S., participated in a memorial service for the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred yesterday at St. Andrew's Memorial Church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, a jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, in South Bound Brook, New Jersey, reports the official site of the President of Ukraine.
Poroshenko also broadcast the service live on his Facebook page.
The President's site reports that the panikhida was served by Metropolitan Antony, the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA, and Archbishop Daniel, though Abp. Daniel is not visible in any of the photos of the video. The article does not mention that also present was Bishop Paul P. Chomnycky of Stamford, Connecticut of the Uniate Catholic Church in America.
Moreover, as can be seen in the video on Poroshenko's page, not only did the Uniate hierarch attend, but he was vested and concelebrated the panikhida with the Orthodox hierarchs.
Poroshenko spoke following the panikhida, noting that he had begun the day speaking on behalf of Ukraine at a UN debate on the situation in the "occupied territories" in Ukraine.
The head of state also used the occasion of a memorial service to share his oft-aired views about Russia, saying that Ukraine is united "despite all of Putin's attempts to split us, undermine stability from inside, destabilize, spread lies, and sow hatred in the hearts of Ukrainians ... That is why Ukrainians are strong now, that's why the whole world supports us."
https://www.fort-russ.com/2019/02/Poroshenko-is-in-new-jersey-right-now-taking-communion-from-cia-and-vatican-backed-schismatics/
#5283696 at 2019-02-20 16:07:28 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6752: No Opinions Allowed In Serfdom Edition
Hmm, Mueller is investigating the CHABAD?
WASHINGTON - A Chabad house in Long Island has once again made headlines as a hinge point for contacts under scrutiny by Robert Mueller III, the US special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Individuals who attended the Chabad of Port Washington allegedly facilitated contact between Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and US President Donald Trump by connecting loyalists of Poroshenko with Michael Cohen, Trump's longtime personal lawyer currently under criminal investigation by Mueller and New York State, BBC News reported on Wednesday.
https://www.jpost.com/American-Politics/A-Chabad-house-in-Long-Island-becomes-fulcrum-in-Mueller-probe-558226
#5197903 at 2019-02-16 00:34:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6641: There Is No Escaping God Edition
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2019/02/15/ukrainian-comedian-pulls-ahead-presidential-election/
Ukrainian Comedian Pulls Ahead in Presidential Election
Ukrainian comedian Vladimir Zelenskiy, who plays the president of Ukraine on a TV show, appears to have pulled into the lead in the actual presidential election contest.
The latest poll shows Zelenskiy with a commanding nine-point lead over incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, who in turn leads the former favorite in the race, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, by two points.
The Associated Press on Thursday cited a Kiev International Institute of Sociology poll that put the race at Zelenskiy 27 percent, Poroshenko 18 percent, and Tymoshenko 16 percent, with a 3.3 percent margin of error. The election will be held on March 31.
This was not the first poll to show Zelenskiy as a serious contender in the race and possibly the frontrunner. The 41-year-old Jewish comedian has 20 years of experience in stand-up comedy but none whatsoever in elective politics. He is not running as a joke; he presents himself as an outsider with a "fresh face" who wants to clean up government corruption, somewhat in the mold of recently-elected President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador. Some observers have also compared his anti-establishment style and appeal to voters disgusted by the current system with Donald Trump.
The TV show that propelled Zelenskiy to the height of fame is called "Servant of the People," and has been running since 2015. Zelenskiy's character is a high-school teacher who unexpectedly sweeps into the presidency of Ukraine after he goes on a tirade against corruption in class and one of his students posts it online.
#5152352 at 2019-02-13 06:12:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6581:Mathematically Impossible Edition
Is Ukraine A Missing Link in the Obama/Clinton Chain of Lies?
Will the regime change operation conducted in Ukraine during the Obama administration provide (Q/Q+) with another heap of evidence to expose and prosecute these war criminals?
The Ukrainian revolution of 2014 was a series of violent events involving protesters, riot police, and unknown shooters in the capital, Kiev, and culminated in the ousting of the elected Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych, and the overthrow of the Ukrainian Government.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's rhetoric at the time was apocalyptic: Putin's actions, she contended, were "what Germany did back in the '30s."
Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland became famous during this period when she was overheard saying "Fuck the EU" when she dismissively referred to European efforts to address the crisis in Ukraine.
A recording of a phone call between Nuland and the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt on January 28, 2014, was published on YouTube, proving that the U.S. was already planning who should be in the government after Viktor Yanukovych's forced resignation. The name Nuland gave in the phone call, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, indeed became the Prime Minister of Ukraine on February 27, 2014, a month after that phone conversation.
The Clinton Foundation accepted monetary donations from foreign donors, amassing to billions of dollars. Some of the top donors of the foundation were Ukrainian oligarchs. One of them, Victor Pinchuk, was a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament and a strong advocate of Neoliberalism in Ukraine. Pinchuk became wealthy during chaotic privatization of large state enterprises after the country's separation from the Soviet Union.
In return, the Clinton Global Initiative made a pledge to Mr. Pinchuk, to train future Ukrainian leaders. Several alumni from this training program later became members of the Ukraine Parliament and other members of the government that came to power after the bloody coup d'etat.
George Soros admits playing an integral part in the Ukraine crisis. GEORGE SOROS: "Well, I set up a foundation in Ukraine before Ukraine became independent of Russia. And the foundation has been functioning ever since and played an important part in events now"
Remember Trump's problems with Paul Manafort? Manafort was an international lobbyist and political strategist and was embroiled in a multimillion-dollar financial dispute with Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska, who is close to President Vladimir Putin. He was also owed money by a political party in Ukraine that had failed to pay him for work he did after his client, the ousted leader Viktor Yanukovych, who fled to Moscow in 2014.
http://www.progressivepress.net/hillary-clintons-ukraine-problem-2/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/04/obama-ukraine-can-thrive-Petro-Poroshenko
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/30/russia-ukraine-war-kiev-conflict
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/06/hillary-clinton-says-vladimir-putins-crimea-occupation-echoes-hitler
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/russia-sure-behaves-strangely-for-a-country-bent-on-conquest/
#5151314 at 2019-02-13 04:34:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6580: Long Night Edition
Ukraine: NATO in the Constitution
The day after the signature of NATO's membership protocol with North Macedonia as its 30th member, Ukraine did something without precedent: it included in its Constitution the engagement to enter officially into NATO and the European Union at the same time.
On 7 February, on a proposition by President Petro Poroshenko - the oligarch who made himself rich by plundering public properties, and who is once again a candidate for the presidency - the Kiev parliament, by 334 votes to 35 with 16 abstentions, approved these amendments to the Constitution.
The Introduction pronounces "the irreversible movement of Ukraine towards Euro-Atlantic integration"; articles 85 and 116 state that it is a fundamental duty of the parliament and the government to "obtain Ukraine's full membership of NATO and the EU"; article 102 stipulates that "the President of Ukraine is the guarantor of the strategic decisions of the State aimed at obtaining full membership of NATO and the EU".
The inclusion in the Ukrainian Constitution of the engagement to enter officially into NATO bears with it some very serious consequences.
On the interior, it alienates the future of Ukraine from this choice, by excluding any alternative, and outlaws de facto any party or person who might oppose the "strategic decisions of the state". Already, the Central Electoral Commission has forbidden Petro Simonenko, director of the Ukrainian Communist Party, to participate in the Presidential elections to be held in March.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/ukraine-nato-constitution/5668435
#5003015 at 2019-02-02 17:53:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6388: Sarah Sanders Saturday Edition
Fima Shusterman, Michael Cohen's Father-in-Law is of Ukrainian decent
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/anthonycormier/trumps-lawyer-launched-an-offshore-casino-and-left-a-wake Cohen's two main partners, Arkady Vaygensberg and Leonid Tatarchuk, were born in the Ukraine, a country where Cohen has deep family and business ties.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4615283/united-states-v-shusterman/ Shusterman had pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiracy of cashing $5.5 million in checks
https://trump-russia.com/2019/01/24/who-is-fima-shusterman/ more on Fima legal issues
https://upolitics.com/news/michael-cohen-sold-meeting-between-trump-ukrainian-president-for-400000-report/ Cohen paid $400,000 to set up meeting with Petro Poroshenko and Trump
https://scaruffi.com/politics/trumptraitor.html Both Cohen and his brother Bryan married Ukrainian women and worked with their fathers, Fima Shusterman and Alex Oronov
is this worth digging further?
#4951896 at 2019-01-29 16:29:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6322: Emerging Battlefields Edition
Trailing in polls, Ukraine's Poroshenko launches bid for second term
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko, whose popularity has plunged over rampant corruption and sliding living standards, launched his uphill fight for re-election on Tuesday, promising to steer his country toward the West and join the EU.
Polls show Poroshenko trailing the opponent he defeated five years ago, opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, a veteran former prime minister who has pledged to clamp down on graft, raise wages and lower household energy prices.
A 53-year-old confectionary magnate and one of Ukraine's richest men, Poroshenko took power in the heady days of 2014 after a popular uprising that overthrew pro-Russian leader Viktor Yanukovich.
http://www.foreigndesknews.com/news/politics/trailing-in-polls-ukraines/
#4775039 at 2019-01-16 07:05:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6094: Preddy Comfy Edition
Ukraine's Cult of Stepan Bandera: Not a Detail, but a Cornerstone
During the recent years of the confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, there has been one issue where the Western mainstream press simply cannot fully ignore or reject the Russian arguments. This issue concerns the life and actions of Stepan Bandera (1909-1959) and his followers from what is known as the "Banderite" faction of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN, a far-right organization that took terrorist actions against Polish and Soviet officials from the 1920s to the 1950s and which is now legally protected from any criticism in Ukraine).
THE "WRONG" AND "RIGHT" VICTIMS
Because Bandera was born on January 1, 1909, celebrations of his birthday have become disgusting New Year's rituals in Ukraine in recent years, with thousands participating in Nazi-style torch-lit marches that include shouted protests against "Putin's Russia" and rants such as, "Jews out!" which are heard by everyone except the police. This New Year was no exception, since the current Ukrainian government under President Petro Poroshenko (who publicly identified himself as a Banderite after taking office in 2014) officially added Bandera's 110th birthday to the list of Ukraine's most important anniversaries. This time, there were several quiet voices of condemnation heard in Poland, Israel, and even the US. Why? In truth, torches, masks, political murders, and mob attacks against "pro-Russian" public figures are nothing new in post-Maidan Ukraine. And these things usually pose no problem for the mainstream press of the US and its allies. So, why is Bandera an exception?
The answer is ethnic, as awful as that may sound. Unlike Poroshenko with his aerial bombings of the Russian-speaking Donbass in 2014 and 2015, Bandera killed the "wrong" victims, the representatives of those nations that are valued even by the modern Western media, with its double and triple standards. In the 1930s Bandera killed Polish officials, in the 1940s his people killed civilian Jews and Polish peasants, and these are groups whose plight even the New York Times cannot ignore today. If Bandera's infamous slogan "Death to enemies!" had been directed only against "disloyal" Russians and anti-Banderite Ukrainians (the groups currently persecuted by Poroshenko), Bandera would have been no different from his modern admirers in the Ukrainian government. But Bandera's followers from the OUN decimated the Jewish population of Lvov and Kiev in 1941, trying to curry favor with the advancing Germans. And between 1943 and 1944, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), taking its orders from Bandera's OUN officers, ethnically cleansed his native Western Ukraine of ethnic Poles, killing from 70,000-100,000 of them (the infamous "slaughter of Volhynia"). The aim was to create an "ethnically pure" Ukraine before the arrival of the Red Army in late 1944. Documents published by the Polish historian Grzegorz Motyka indicate that Bandera and the OUN hoped that the Red Army would soon be replaced by Anglo-American domination. "His strategy was to clean up the house before the arrival of the real master," Motyka concludes in his book.
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/01/15/ukraine-cult-of-stepan-bandera-not-detail-but-cornerstone.html
#4483232 at 2018-12-27 07:26:19 (UTC+1)
Research General #5717: Taking Breaks Renews Vigor Edition
Ukraine's Leader Announces End of 30-Day Martial Law
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has announced an end to the 30-day martial imposed after Russia seized Ukrainian ships in the Black Sea.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-12-26/ukraines-leader-announces-end-of-30-day-martial-law
#4482673 at 2018-12-27 06:05:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5716: Midnightshift Snacks Edition
>>4482473
Poroshenko Fails To Start New Conflict In Eastern Europe, Declares End Of Martial Law
On December 26, Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko announced the end of a martial law, which was introduced in November after a clash between a Ukrainian naval ground and Russian coastal guards in the Black Sea, south of the Kerch Strait.
"Today, right now, at 2:00pm [local time], the martial law ends," he said. "I would like to highlight that the Russian threat has not gone away."
Since November, the Kiev regime has repeatedly claimed that Russia is about to invade Ukraine and openly prepared for the resumption of hostilities in the region by deploying additional troops and equipment in eastern and southern parts of the country. Top Ukrainian officials also threatened to stage fresh military provocations in the region, like a naval operation to break the nonexistent "Russian siege" on the Sea of Azov.
However, Poroshenko's plans found little if no support among Western states, in particular in the United States. This became on of the main factors limiting the chances of a new hot conflict in the region
https://southfront.org/Poroshenko-fails-to-start-new-conflict-in-eastern-europe-declares-end-of-martial-law/
#4396494 at 2018-12-20 21:32:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5604: Farm Bill Edition
UKRAINE
U.S. Concentrates Troops & Withdraws Diplomats
On December 19, the administration of US President Donald Trump announced that it's withdrawing troops from Syria. Further media reprots on this issue said that State Department personnel had been set to be evacuated within 24 hours while the timeframe for troops pull-out is between 60 and 100 days.
On December 20, local Syrian sources reported that the State Deparment had already withdrawn all diplomats from the country. While the White House has provided no details on the troops withdrawal process, there are signals that Washington is emergently withdrawing its military personnel and equipment.
On the same time, there are reports that the US has started withdrawing its diplomats and the most combat-effective units from Afghanistan.
This follows a significant increase of US intelligence gathering missions along the Russian borders during the past 10 days. On December 18, British reconnaissance ship HMS Echo entered the Black Sea in order to collect fresh data about water depths and streams for surface and underwater submarine fleets of NATO member states.
On December 18, the US and its allies forced through a UN General Assembly resolution condemning the alleged militarization of Crimea, the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea and supporting Ukrainian actions in the region. The passed resolution is a clear signal to the Poroshenko regime that the Euro-Atlantic elite fully supports its actions.
The passed resolution also marked the start of a new round of pre-war media hysteria in Ukraine. A week ago, President Petro Poroshenko delcared that the Ukrainian military has started redeploying assault units of the Air Assault Forces (AAF) to the areas of a possible "Russian invasion". These areas include the coast of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov (near Crimea). The AAF is the branch of the Armed Forces designed for offensive operations. It's an analogue of the US Marine Corps or the Russian VDV.
On December 20, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov declared that the Navy is planning to send a new naval group to pass the Kerch Strait. The group will allegedly have with officials from the OSCE and other international organizations on board. The secretary of the National Security and Defence Council is one of the key decision-makers in the country alongside with the president and the defense minister. So, it becomes highly likely that the Kiev government is planning to stage a new maritime provocation in the area of the Kerch Strait.
Summing up the abovementioned factors, it seems that the US is urgently withdrawing combat-ready forces from the conflcit zones to free them for some other operations. The only real reason that can explain these actions is that the US expects a big hot military conflict in which it will be involved. In the case of such a conflict, the US will need to have an ability to deploy combat-ready troops to secure its interests or keep them in reserve if the stituation evolves into a global war.
https://southfront.org/days-before-war-u-s-concentrates-troops-withdraws-diplomats/
#4350835 at 2018-12-17 22:07:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5545: Suspicious Package Edition
Ukraine's President Says "High" Threat Of Russian Invasion, Urges NATO Entry In Next 5 Years
Poroshenko is trying desperately to hold on to power, even if it means provoking Russia.
Perhaps still seeking to justify imposing martial law over broad swathes of his country, and attempting to keep international pressure and media focus on a narrative of "Russian aggression," Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko denounced what he called the high "threat of Russian invasion" during a press conference on Sunday, according to Bloomberg.
Though what some analysts expected would be a rapid flair up of tit-for-tat incidents following the late November Kerch Strait seizure of three Ukrainian vessels and their crew by the Russian Navy has gone somewhat quiet, with no further major incident to follow, Poroshenko has continued to signal to the West that Russia could invade at any moment.
"The lion's share of Russian troops remain" along the Russian border with Ukraine, Poroshenko told journalists at a press conference in the capital, Kiev. "Unfortunately, less than 10 percent were withdrawn," he said, and added: "As of now, the threat of Russian troops invading remains. We have to be ready for this, we won't allow a repeat of 2014."
Poroshenko, who declared martial law on Nov. 26, citing at the time possible imminent "full-scale war with Russia" and Russian tank and troop build-up, on Sunday noted that he will end martial law on Dec. 26 and the temporarily suspended presidential campaign will kick off should there be no Russian invasion. He also previously banned all Russian males ages 16-60 from entering Ukraine as part of implementation of 30 days of martial law over ten provinces, though it's unclear if this policy will be rescinded.
During his remarks, the Ukrainian president said his country should push to join NATO and the EU within the next five years, per Bloomberg:
While declining to announce whether he will seek a second term in the office, Poroshenko said that Ukraine should achieve peace, overcome the consequences of its economic crisis and to meet criteria to join the EU and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization during next five years.
But concerning both his retaining power and his ongoing "threat exaggeration" - there's even widespread domestic acknowledgement that the two are clearly linked.
According to The Globe and Mail:
While Mr. Poroshenko's domestic rivals accuse him of exaggerating the threat in order to boost his own flagging political fortunes - polls suggest Mr. Poroshenko is on track to lose his job in a March election - military experts say there are reasons to take the Ukrainian president's warning seriously.
As we observed previously, while European officials have urged both sides to exercise restraint, the incident shows just how easily Russia and the West could be drawn into a military conflict over Ukraine.
Certainly Poroshenko's words appear designed to telegraph just such an outcome, which would keep him in power as a war-time president, hasten more and massive western military support and aid, and quicken his country's entry into NATO - the latter which is already treating Ukraine as a de facto strategic outpost.
http://theduran.com/ukraines-president-says-high-threat-of-russian-invasion-urges-nato-entry-in-next-5-years/
#4343056 at 2018-12-17 05:28:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5535: Pepe in a crepe (cozy blanket) Edition
Ukraine's President Says "High" Threat Of Russian Invasion, Urges NATO Entry In Next 5 Years
Perhaps still seeking to justify imposing martial law over broad swathes of his country, and attempting to keep international pressure and media focus on a narrative of "Russian aggression," Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko denounced what he called the high "threat of Russian invasion" during a press conference on Sunday, according to Bloomberg. Though what some analysts expected would be a rapid flair up of tit-for-tat incidents following the late November Kerch Strait seizure of three Ukrainian vessels and their crew by the Russian Navy has gone somewhat quiet, with no further major incident to follow, Poroshenko has continued to signal to the West that Russia could invade at any moment.
"The lion's share of Russian troops remain" along the Russian border with Ukraine, Poroshenko told journalists at a press conference in the capital, Kiev. "Unfortunately, less than 10 percent were withdrawn," he said, and added: "As of now, the threat of Russian troops invading remains. We have to be ready for this, we won't allow a repeat of 2014." Poroshenko, who declared martial law on Nov. 26, citing at the time possible imminent "full-scale war with Russia" and Russian tank and troop build-up, on Sunday noted that he will end martial law on Dec. 26 and the temporarily suspended presidential campaign will kick off should there be no Russian invasion. He also previously banned all Russian males ages 16-60 from entering Ukraine as part of implementation of 30 days of martial law over ten provinces, though it's unclear if this policy will be rescinded. During his remarks, the Ukrainian president said his country should push to join NATO and the EU within the next five years, per Bloomberg: While declining to announce whether he will seek a second term in the office, Poroshenko said that Ukraine should achieve peace, overcome the consequences of its economic crisis and to meet criteria to join the EU and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization during next five years. But concerning both his retaining power and his ongoing "threat exaggeration" - there's even widespread domestic acknowledgement that the two are clearly linked. According to The Globe and Mail: 'While Mr. Poroshenko's domestic rivals accuse him of exaggerating the threat in order to boost his own flagging political fortunes - polls suggest Mr. Poroshenko is on track to lose his job in a March election - military experts say there are reasons to take the Ukrainian president's warning seriously.'
As we observed previously, while European officials have urged both sides to exercise restraint, the incident shows just how easily Russia and the West could be drawn into a military conflict over Ukraine. Certainly Poroshenko's words appear designed to telegraph just such an outcome, which would keep him in power as a war-time president, hasten more and massive western military support and aid, and quicken his country's entry into NATO - the latter which is already treating Ukraine as a de facto strategic outpost.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-16/ukraines-president-says-high-threat-russian-invasion-urges-nato-entry-next-5-years
#4309636 at 2018-12-14 17:29:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5491: Soup From Scratch Edition
NATO to Provide Secure Comms Equipment to Kiev Before 2019 - Stoltenberg
NATO is going to deliver secure communications equipment for the Ukrainian army before the end of this year, the alliance's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has stated.
"NATO provides Ukraine with strong political and strong practical support. This includes around 40 million euros pledged by allies for NATO-Ukraine trust funds. One such trust fund is helping Ukraine improve command, control and communications. And today I told president Poroshenko that we will deliver secure communications equipment for the Ukrainian Armed Forces by the end of this year," Stoltenberg said after the talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
The secretary-general pointed out that NATO had stepped up its presence in the Black Sea because of alleged Russian aggression against Ukraine and would continue to assess its activities in the area.
Stoltenberg noted that NATO recognized Ukraine's aspiration to join the alliance, praised significant progress of the Ukrainian reforms and called on Kiev to continue these efforts.
"We want your country to succeed and we are committed to helping you to do so," the secretary general said.
He also said that the further escalation of tensions in the Sea of Azov would not be in line with interests of any of the actors in the region.
"Escalation would be in no one's interests now," Stoltenberg added.
The secretary-general has commented on the situation in the Black Sea region that escalated on November 25, when three ships of the Ukrainian Navy - Berdyansk, Nikopol, and Yany Kapu - breached the Russian border, entered Russian territorial waters that were temporarily closed and began moving toward the Kerch Strait, which serves as the entrance into the Sea of Azov. The Ukrainian vessels and their crew were detained by Russia after failing to respond to a lawful demand to stop.
In response to the incident, Poroshenko signed a decree declaring martial law in several Ukrainian regions located near the Russian border, and the coasts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the incident was a provocation prepared in advance as a pretext to introduce martial law. Putin said the provocation could be linked to Poroshenko's low approval ratings ahead of the presidential campaign set to start in late December.
https://sputniknews.com/world/201812131070658521-nato-ukraine-equipment/
#4308724 at 2018-12-14 16:05:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5490: Simmering Stockpot Edition
Russian Orthodox church calls on UN for help in Ukraine
MINSK, Belarus (AP) - The Russian Orthodox Church on Friday called on the United Nations, the leaders of Germany and France, the pope and other spiritual leaders to protect believers in Ukraine in the face of pressure on Moscow-affiliated clerics.
Ukraine's Orthodox clerics will gather for a meeting Saturday that is expected to form a new, independent Ukrainian church, and Ukrainian authorities have ramped up pressure on priests to support the move. The Ukrainian church has been part of the Russian Church for centuries, while enjoying broad autonomy, but Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has pushed for the creation of an independent church.
https://www.kcbd.com/2018/12/14/russian-orthodox-church-calls-un-help-ukraine/
#4304056 at 2018-12-14 04:01:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5484: HUBER Will Bring SEVERE PAIN TO DC Edition
A VietnamAnon here. It's a lonely world (not many here yet)
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While VP Pence is posing with cops wearing Q patches, Petro Poroshenko, the staunchly pro-NATO president of Western ally Ukraine, posed for a photo op with a soldier wearing a Nazi symbol and put it on his FB page
Apparently he's been posing with soldiers bearing skull and bones of the Nazi SS Totenkopf (Deaths Head) division.
Crazy.
https://twitter.com/DefendingHistor/status/1071463135930929158?s=19
#4255004 at 2018-12-11 13:52:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5420: Which version? Edition
Ukraine's president has recently warned Russian tanks are amassing along the border between the two countries amid increasing tensions. The comments came late last month after three Ukrainian naval boats were seized in the Kerch Strait by Russia.
President Petro Poroshenko has allegedly shown images of what he claims to be hundreds of tanks preparing for an invasion.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-09/new-satellite-imagery-shows-hundreds-russian-battle-tanks-amassing-ukraine-border
#4248455 at 2018-12-11 01:25:42 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5412: "The times are too grave, the challenge too urgent" Edition
Kiev Regime - A Western Frankenstein Creation
Russian President Vladimir Putin put it succinctly when he recently warned that prospects for peace in Ukraine were negligible as long as the current authorities in Kiev remain in power. Worse, given a new rash of provocations by the Kiev regime, the entire region is being threatened with conflict, and even all-out war.
It seems clear - and criminally reprehensible - that the Kiev regime and its President Petro Poroshenko are intent on dragging the United States and the NATO military alliance into a war with Russia. The incendiary conduct of Ukrainian politicians and their military is that of a regime out of control, with no regard for maintaining international peace. But this Frankenstein creation is entirely the responsibility of the American and European governments which have enabled and condoned its reckless behavior.
Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova got it right when she said that Russia is the party which is preventing Europe from sliding towards war by stoically containing the Kiev regime's provocative conduct. Yet the regime turns reality on its head by claiming that it is "defending Europe" from "Russian aggression".
The recent Kerch Strait incident was a cynical and flagrant attempt by Poroshenko to incite a conflict with Russia. The three Ukrainian warships violated Russian maritime borders in a deliberately menacing maneuver. Moscow was within its legal right to apprehend the heavily armed vessels and 24 crew members some of whom were secret services.
Absurdly, the Kiev regime is accusing Russia of "lawlessness". More perplexing, the US and European governments appear to have bought into that perverse narrative and are also haranguing Russia over the incident. Poroshenko has been doing the US and European media rounds urging American and NATO military support.
This week it was reported that the US Navy 6th Fleet is planning to send a warship into the Black Sea area "in response to Russian aggression". US warplanes also reportedly this week flew over Ukrainian territory under the so-called Open Skies treaty, in a blatant show of force to Moscow.
Following the Kerch Strait incident, the Kiev regime has gone several steps further in inflaming tensions with Russia.
It is renewing the push for an historic schism in the Russian Orthodox Church. Evidently, the politicians in Kiev are trying to incite sectarian conflict between Ukrainians, many of whom wish to remain part of the Russian Orthodox denomination rather than a putative new, separate church of Ukraine. The nefarious agenda is also to antagonize Moscow which will be obliged to defend the security of its church interests and members.
https://southfront.org/kiev-regime-a-western-frankenstein-creation/
#4240938 at 2018-12-10 17:45:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5402: Melania Monday Edition
Helicopters come into Syria fly out terrorist leaders fly them to Ukraine then they set up there doing as they've always done. Ukraine is a NAZI state supported by Israel UK EU and US cabal.
Ukrainian Air Force Deployed Combat Drones To Carry Out Chemical Provocation In Donbass: DPR Military
The Kiev government delivered a large shipment of unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) to the frontline near the town of Gorlovka, the head of the press service of the Office of the People's Militia of the Donetks People's Republic (DPR), Daniel Bezsonov said on November 9th.
According to Bezsonov, using these UAVs, the Ukrainian Air Force is going to stage a chemical provocation in the Donbass and deliver attacks on critical facilities of the DPR.
"Our intelligence obtained reliable data on the arrival at the Gorlovka direction by the train of a large number of drone UAVs like the Warmate-1 and Bayraktar TB2. The latter is a joint production of Ukraine and Turkey, which can carry up to 70 kilograms of payload. The Ukrainian authorities recently boasted about the purchase of this UAV," Bezsonov said.
He also added that, according to anonymous sources at the operation headquarters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Joint Forces Operation, the new attack drones will be used to conduct a chemical provocation in the Donbass, in addition to precision strikes on critical objects of the DPR during a massive rocket-air strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"Also, Ukrainian and British military experts have prepared several production videos using computer graphics intended to "doctor" information resources, after conducting a chemical provocation. The fakes would be used as evidence of the alleged involvement of servicemen of the People's Militia in the use of chemical weapons by the UAVs," the head of the press service said.
In this regard, Bezsonov appealed to the world community with a warning that "such video materials are a blatant fake, aimed at discrediting the leadership of the Republic."
Earlier it was reported that military experts from the UK arrived in the Donbass to conduct chemical weapon attacks, and also that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing a sabotage at the Stirol chemical plant in Gorlovka, the goal of which is to create a diversion and strike at another point in the DPR.
On December 1st, EurAsia Daily cited the deputy chief of the People's Militia of the DPR Eduard Basurin who said that Kiev is preparing for a large-scale invasion against Donetsk.
"Training of the shock group is underway. This is evidenced by the concentration on the Mariupol tactical direction of three brigades - 79 separate assault and assault brigades, 36 separate brigades of marines and 128 separate mountain assault brigades, who received the task of conducting offensive operations in the Novoazovsk region in early December with access to the border with Russia," he said.
According to him, breaking through the first line of defense was entrusted to elite formations of paratroopers and marines. Basurin considers this a tactical mistake of Kiev and the "incompetence of the Commander of the Combined Forces Sergey Naev, who for the sake of devotion to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is ready to sacrifice personnel for the sake of achieving dubious goals."
The Kremlin warned that the imposition of martial law in the regions bordering Russia and the DPR may lead to an escalation in the Donbass. It appears that if the claims by the DPR command are legitimate, that may as well be Kiev's plan.
https://southfront.org/ukrainian-air-force-deployed-combat-drones-to-carry-out-chemical-provocation-in-donbass-dpr-military/
#4222863 at 2018-12-09 05:19:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5379: Be Best Edition
THIS SHOULD END US SUPPORT FOR NAZI UKRAINE
Familiar symbols? Ukraine's president poses with 'elite' paratrooper sporting...SS insignia (PHOTOS)
Petro Poroshenko has met the country's elite troops - paratroopers - ahead of their redeployment to bolster the "partial" martial law state. One of the soldiers openly sported an insignia of a Waffen SS division.
"Looking at your hardened, courageous faces, I once again realize nobody will overcome Ukraine. We are ready to protect our land with weapons in hands, to fight for each piece, we will not give it up to anyone," Poroshenko told the troops while speaking in the region of Zhitomir on Thursday.
The president stood for photos with the servicemen, who were to be redeployed to other, "dangerous" regions of the country to prop up the 30-day period of the so-called "partial" martial law that Poroshenko announced following the Kerch Strait incident.
One of the troopers, standing just a few steps away from Ukraine's president proudly displayed the insignia of the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf right on his chest. Here he is.
https://www.rt.com/news/445974-ukraine-Poroshenko-ss-paratrooper/
And just to clarify who is arming Poroshenko
Rights Groups Demand Israel Stop Arming neo-Nazis in Ukraine
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/rights-groups-demand-israel-stop-arming-neo-nazis-in-the-ukraine-1.6248727
#4215910 at 2018-12-08 19:40:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5370: Miyamoto Mushashi Edition
THIS SHOULD END SUPPORT FOR NAZI UKRAINE
Familiar symbols? Ukraine's president poses with 'elite' paratrooper sporting...SS insignia (PHOTOS)
Petro Poroshenko has met the country's elite troops - paratroopers - ahead of their redeployment to bolster the "partial" martial law state. One of the soldiers openly sported an insignia of a Waffen SS division.
"Looking at your hardened, courageous faces, I once again realize nobody will overcome Ukraine. We are ready to protect our land with weapons in hands, to fight for each piece, we will not give it up to anyone," Poroshenko told the troops while speaking in the region of Zhitomir on Thursday.
The president stood for photos with the servicemen, who were to be redeployed to other, "dangerous" regions of the country to prop up the 30-day period of the so-called "partial" martial law that Poroshenko announced following the Kerch Strait incident.
One of the troopers, standing just a few steps away from Ukraine's president proudly displayed the insignia of the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf right on his chest. Here he is.
https://www.rt.com/news/445974-ukraine-Poroshenko-ss-paratrooper/
#4186903 at 2018-12-06 23:41:38 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5332: Pray For The Shills Edition
Poroshenko Regime Continues To Fuel Military Tensions In Region
On December 6, Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko wrote on Twitter that his regime is reinforcing its military forces on the border with Russia.
"...military units from the Ukrainian armed forces have been redeployed to the most dangerous directions along the entire line of our border [with Russia] in order to strengthen defensive capabilities", Poroshenko wrote.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Parliament approved the law "On the adjacent zone of Ukraine" (No. 8361). In the framework of the law, ships and boats of the Coast Guard of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine can employ weapons without warning to repel an invasion or attack on them. This law comes into force from the day following the day of its publication.
The Parliament also backed a decision to not prolong the term of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between Ukraine and the Russian Federation.
These steps of the Poroshenko regime will further escalate the already tense situation in the region. Following the November 25 incident between a Ukrainian naval group and Russian coastal guards in the Black Sea, the Kiev government imposed martial law in 10 regions and accused Russia of preparing an invasion.
On December 5 and December 4, representatives of the self-proclaimed Republic of Donetsk as well as the Russian Foreign Ministry warned that the Poroshenko regime with help from British experts may stage a chemical attack to provoke a new round of hostilities in eastern Ukraine.
Starting from November 25, the Poroshenko regime is contributing all possible efforts to fuel at least a limited military conflict with Russia. In early 2019, Ukraine will hold a presidential election and Poroshenko has little chances to win them if no extraordinary measures are employed. The options are:
to delay the election;
to purge political opponents;
to get a "wide" international support that would allow the current regime to remain in power despite low chances to do this via common democratic mechanizms.
The conflict with Russia is the core of all of this options.
https://southfront.org/Poroshenko-regime-continues-to-fuel-military-tensions-in-region/
#4182174 at 2018-12-06 17:47:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5326: Blue Checkmark Twit Shills Edition
US, Allies Conduct Extraordinary Flight Over Ukraine Amid Kerch Row - Pentagon
Russian President Vladimir Putin, while commenting on the naval incident that led to the detention of Ukrainian ships in the Kerch Strait, noted the attempt to breach the maritime border was a provocation prepared in advance as a pretext to introduce martial law in Ukraine.
"Today, the United States and Allies conducted an extraordinary flight under the Open Skies Treaty", the Pentagon release said. "The timing of this flight is intended to reaffirm US commitment to Ukraine and other partner nations".
The statement added that Washington can't improve ties with Moscow due to the "destabilising" activity of Russia.
"The United States seeks a better relationship with Russia, but this cannot happen while its unlawful and destabilizing actions continue in Ukraine and elsewhere", the Pentagon said.
The United States stated earlier that it supports Kiev in the naval incident in the Kerch Strait, when three Ukranian ships ignored Russian Border Guards while trying to enter the region. Following their detention by the Russian authorities, Ukranian President Petro Poroshenko introduced martial law in all regions bordering Russia as well as the coasts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
https://sputniknews.com/europe/201812061070448826-us-flight-kerch/
#4172867 at 2018-12-05 23:51:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5313: What Happens When? Edition
Russia, Russia, Russia
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/opinion/Petro-Poroshenko-putin-ukraine.html
#4158027 at 2018-12-05 04:29:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5294: Collusion Delusion Edition
What Foreign Threats?
One of the local Washington television stations was doing a typical early morning honoring our soldiers schtick just before Thanksgiving. In it soldiers stationed far from home were treated to videolinks so they could talk to their families and everyone could nod happily and wish themselves a wonderful holiday. Not really listening, I became interested when I half heard that the soldier being interviewed was spending his Thanksgiving in Ukraine.
It occurred to me that the soldier just might have committed a security faux pas by revealing where he was, but I also recalled that there have been joint military maneuvers as well as some kind of training mission going on in the country, teaching the Ukrainian Army how to use the shiny new sophisticated weapons that the United States was providing it with to defend against "Russian aggression."
Ukraine is only one part of the world where the Trump Administration has expanded the mission of democracy promotion, only in Kiev the reality is more like faux democracy promotion since Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is clearly exploiting a situation that he himself provoked. He envisions setting himself up as a victim of Moscow to aid in his attempts to establish his own power through a security relationship with Washington. That in turn will help his bid for reelection in March 2019 elections, in which his poll numbers are currently running embarrassingly low largely due to the widescale corruption in his government. Poroshenko has already done much to silence the press in his county while the developing crisis with Russia has enabled him to declare martial law in the eastern parts of the country where he is most poorly regarded. If it all works out, he hopes to win the election and subsequently, it is widely believed, he will move to expand his own executive authority.
There also has to be some consideration the encounter with the Russians on the Kerch Strait was contrived by Poroshenko with the assistance of a gaggle of American neoconservative and Israeli advisers who have been actively engaged with the Ukrainian government for the past several years. The timing was good for Poroshenko for his own domestic political reasons but it was also an opportunity for the neocons warmongers that surround Trump and proliferate inside the Beltway to scuttle any possible meeting between a vulnerable Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at the G20 gathering in Argentina.
The defection of Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen, together with the assumption that a lot of anti-Trump dirt will be spilled soon, means that the American president had to be even more cautious than ever in any dealings with Moscow and all he needed was a nod of approval from National Security Adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to cancel the encounter. A heads-of-state meeting might not have solved anything but it certainly would be better than the current drift towards a new cold war. If the United States has only one vitally important relationship anywhere it is with Russia as the two countries are ready, able and apparently willing to destroy the world under the aegis of self-defense.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/what-foreign-threats/5661876
#4136639 at 2018-12-04 00:06:47 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5266: We Stand With Sgt Matt Patten Edition
US, NATO Coordinating Alliance-Wide Response to Kerch Incident - State Dept
The United States and NATO member states have been coordinating an alliance-wide response to the naval incident in the Kerch Strait between Ukraine and Russia, a US Department of State official told reporters.
"We've coordinated very closely over the last several days with European allies, both in the NATO format and in the EU format, and right now we're focused on sizing an allied alliance-wide response, having the right size response to what happened at the Kerch," the State Department official said on Monday.
The incident has humanitarian and international legal dimensions, and US allies in the region should show leadership, the State Department official said.
On Sunday, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said that the Ukrainian Berdyansk and Nikopol naval ships and the Yany Kapu tugboat illegally crossed the Russian maritime border as they sailed toward the Kerch Strait, the entrance to the Sea of Azov.
The Ukrainian vessels were seized by Russia after failing to respond to a demand to stop. In response to the situation in the Kerch Strait, the Ukrainian authorities have introduced martial law for 30 days in select regions of Ukraine along the border with Russia as well as the coasts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the incident a provocation in violation of international law, noting that there were two officers of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) in the Ukrainian ships' crew, who actually led the special operation. Putin also said the Russian border guards did what they must do to protect the state border according to Russian law.
Putin linked the provocation to the low rating of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in light of the upcoming presidential election in that country. The Russian president noted that Poroshenko may not even get to the second round, so he needs to aggravate the situation and create insurmountable obstacles for his competitors from the Ukrainian opposition.
https://sputniknews.com/us/201812041070361162-usa-nato-russia-ukraine-kerch-strait-incident-response/
#4129448 at 2018-12-03 16:47:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5257: Open Your Heart And Your Mind Edition
Ukraine Urges NATO To Send Warships To Confront Russia
Still bound and determined that the maritime incident last weekend in the Sea of Azov portends a full-scale war with Russia, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called on all NATO nations and other allied states to start relocating warships en masse to the sea to "assist Ukraine" in a conflict.
"We cannot accept this aggressive policy of Russia. First it was Crimea, then eastern Ukraine, now he wants the Sea of Azov. Germany, too, has to ask itself: What will Putin do next if we do not stop him?"
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-12-03/ukraine-urges-nato-send-warships-confront-russia
#4122626 at 2018-12-03 01:53:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5248: When You Are Awake Edition
Kiev Saves No One, Russia Protects Europe From Ukraine's Barbarism - Maria Zakharova
Russia, is protecting Europe from the barbarism and militarism from Ukraine that are hanging over the whole continent, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, commenting on the statements of President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko that Russia intends to seize Berdyansk and Mariupol.
"Former German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel gave an absolutely clear description of what is happening in Ukraine in an interview with the German TV channel N-TV: "I think that in no case should we allow Ukraine to draw us into the war. Ukraine tried to do it." And after Poroshenko declared that "Russia allegedly intends to seize Mariupol and Berdyansk," we can confidently say, paraphrasing his own saying: "it is Russia that protects Europe from "barbarism, tyranny, terrorism, aggression, militarism that have hung over our entire continent", wrote Zakharova on her Facebook page.
Petro Poroshenko claims that Russia intends to seize two cities in the region of the Azov Sea. "Russia does not abandon its plan to expand its occupation of Ukraine. Moscow is trying to get a land corridor from the occupied Donbas to the occupied Crimea, capturing Mariupol and Berdyansk " Poroshenko said in an interview with the German Funke Media Group.
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While many around the world following these events for the last four years would very much like that to be true, rather instead, Russia looks to maintain long-term relationships with Europe based on stability, and reduce the perception that Russia acts alone and against the interests of peace.
As the Ukrainian president believes, the proof of Russia's intentions is the incident in the Kerch Strait on November 25th, when the Frontier Department of the Federal Security Service of Russia detained three Ukrainian ships in the territorial waters of Russia.
Maria Zakharova stresses that "it is thanks to the current Kiev regime that modern Ukraine is characterized by rampant extremists and paramilitary organizations, power backed by thugs, war against one's own people, propaganda and manipulation as a basis for managing society, provocation as a concept of foreign policy, rampant corruption, intimidation of journalists and total control over the media, nationalism as a national idea in itself, the dictates of the security forces over civil society, the lack of mechanisms of public control, the degradation of institutions of democratic power ".
https://www.fort-russ.com/2018/12/kiev-saves-no-one-russia-protects-europe-from-ukraines-barbarism-maria-zakharova/
#4113353 at 2018-12-02 14:54:13 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5236: The French Revolution Edition
Russia 'testing the strength of the global order' - Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned that Russia is building up its military presence along the border with Ukraine, while speaking at a military event celebrating the transfer of new hardware to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Vasylkiv on Saturday.
According to Poroshenko, Russia allegedly deployed more than 80,000 troops, 1,400 artillery and multiple rocket launch systems, 900 tanks, 2300 armoured combat vehicles, 500 aircraft and 300 helicopters in the border area.
"The Kremlin is further testing the strength of the global order. If the world agrees, the Sea of Azov and then the Black Sea will be turned into a Russian lake. This is an enormous threat and together, with our allies, we are searching for an appropriate response to it," Ukrainian leader said.
https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russia-testing-the-strength-of-the-global-order-Poroshenko/
#4106410 at 2018-12-01 23:07:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5227 DJT's [Soccer] Balls edition
What Poroshenko Gets Wrong - H.W. Bush And The Ukraine
Earlier this week Petro Poroshenko, the president of Ukraine, tried to provoke a war with Russia in attempt to stay in power by cancelling the upcoming elections.
Today he attempts to curry favor in the U.S. with remarks about the death of the former U.S. President George H.W. Bush.
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The former US President George W. Bush passed away. True leader and statesman. This man - the legend, under whose presidency the world saw the end of the Cold War. This man - the era, who then witnessed the restoration of Ukraine's independence.
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2018/12/what-Poroshenko-gets-wrong-hw-bush-and-the-ukraine.html#more
#4102392 at 2018-12-01 16:51:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5222: Milestone Edition
Sacks Of Cash, Martial Law, And All Smiles: IMF's "Constructive" Phone Call With Ukraine's President
Funny how it works… The same week Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko imposed martial law on much of the country, the International Monetary Fund assured him that key parameters of the 2019 budget were on track for a proposed $3.9 billion new aid program agreed to last month which is designed to help the country maintain financial stability and the trust of investors especially ahead of an uncertain election period next year.
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde personally made the assurance in a phone call with Poroshenko on Wednesday - the same day the Ukrainian president signed the new martial law legislation into effect. According to Ukraine's popular independent news agency Unian:
It was particularly underlined that the introduction of the martial law does not influence the interaction with the IMF.
Poroshenko's press service said in a follow-up of a telephone conversation with Lagarde: "The Head of State informed Madame Lagarde about the adoption and the key parameters of the state budget of Ukraine for the year 2019. Madame Lagarde noted that, according to the IMF's preliminary estimates, the key indicators of the state budget of Ukraine are in line with the parameters agreed with the Fund."
Lagarde called the conversation "constructive" according to Reuters. An official statement released by Lagarde after the Wednesday phone call said:
The president informed me about the key parameters of the 2019 budget, which was recently approved by parliament and is currently under review by IMF staff. The preliminary assessment is satisfactory and the process is expected to be completed shortly.
The new agreement inked in October is to span 14 months and takes the place of a prior $17.5 billion aid program from 2015 that has sought to prop up Ukraine's war-battered economy. It is subject to Ukraine approving a 2019 budget that meets IMF requirements, with ultimate approval expected by the IMF's executive board to come later in the same year.
Per Kiev-based Unian's commentary of the phone call: "Madame Lagarde also confirmed the IMF's readiness to continue the good cooperation with Ukraine and to support the country in the implementation of its reforms," according to the report.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-30/sacks-cash-martial-law-and-all-smiles-imfs-constructive-phone-call-ukraines
#4101902 at 2018-12-01 16:04:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5221: Full Throttle Planefags Edition
Citing Russia threat, Ukraine boosts security at ports, power plants
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday his country had stepped up security at vital infrastructure sites such as nuclear power stations and Black Sea ports in the face of what he called a Russian test of the world order.
Russia opened fire on and seized three Ukrainian navy ships and their crews on Nov. 25 in an incident which Moscow and Kiev have blamed on each other, triggering a crisis that has raised fears of a wider conflict.
Poroshenko on Saturday repeated allegations that Russia had amassed a large military force in eastern Ukraine, which is controlled by pro-Russian separatists, and in Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
http://www.foreigndesknews.com/news/politics/citing-russia-threat-ukraine/
#4074393 at 2018-11-29 17:42:51 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5185: 6X-382-NTP0038-3u2 Autism Edition
'F*** off home!' Masked men pelt Ukrainian presidential candidate with eggs, pummel his team (VIDEO)
Anatoliy Grytsenko, who is in the race to become Ukraine's president in next year's election, has accused current head of state Petro Poroshenko of organizing an attack during a campaign visit to the Black Sea port of Odessa.
The former defense minister was due to make a local radio appearance on Wednesday night, but when he arrived at the station, the entrance was blocked by a group of masked men "of athletic build," according to a statement from his press secretary, published by Interfax-Ukraine.
They handed Grytsenko a carved pumpkin with a dildo stuck in its "mouth", and the words "F*** off home" written on the side, and attempted to pelt him with eggs.
Fearing a confrontation, the candidate decided to withdraw, but the gang, who did not identify themselves, instead confronted members of his team. CCTV footage leaked to social media shows a genuinely violent scuffle, featuring roundhouse kicks, mace being sprayed, and the aforementioned pumpkin broken over someone's head.
In a Facebook post, Grytsenko said that three of his team were injured in the fight, with one suffering a concussion and cuts to his face. He added that the identity of the ringleader was widely known, and that the assailants had been acting on behalf of Poroshenko, who faces an uphill task to defeat his rivals at the ballot box.
"Why do you keep using someone else's scythe to cut down your nettles?" wrote Grytsenko, in reference to previous violence committed by shadowy paramilitary groups in the supposed interests of political candidates.
Ukraine faces an election in March next year that is currently impossible to call. The top five candidates, including the center-right Grytsenko, Poroshenko, and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko are all polling at under 20 percent of the votes, and are each within statistical error of the next-ranked candidate.
Observers fear an uptick in the unpunished street violence, which has plagued the country since the breakup of the Soviet Union. It escalated significantly following the Maidan protests in late 2013 that catapulted former industrial tycoon Poroshenko to power.
In an incident on Tuesday, 200 uniformed nationalist paramilitaries occupied a shopping center in central Kiev, demanding that Russian companies be forced out following the Kerch Strait incident at the weekend. Outnumbered, police could do nothing but stand and watch the politically-motivated vandalism.
https://www.rt.com/news/445164-ukraine-president-gritsenko-pumpkin-fight/
#4074158 at 2018-11-29 17:25:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5185: 6X-382-NTP0038-3u2 Autism Edition
Ukraine Crackdown Begins - SBU Detains Fighting Age Men at Donbass Checkpoint
LUGANSK, LPR - LuganskInform reports the following: SBU personnel have begun to detain and check all men of military age at the checkpoint at the line of contact at "Stanitsa Luganskaya" , heading to the LPR. This was reported in the Center for Public Relations (DSP) Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR.
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"Personnel of the law enforcement agencies of Ukraine are detaining all men of military age (up to 50 years old) en masse in order to clarify data on military records and enter registration data," the report said
"On November 28, residents of Lugansk, who crossed the line of demarcation in the Stanitsa Luhanska, turned to the hot line. The applicants reported illegal restriction of freedom of residents of the LPR in the areas occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Men of conscription age are sent to the field offoces for "conversations and reconciliation of military records." Security Service officers are also interviewing all the detainees, the Interior Ministry said.
"They detain everybody - both boys and men, who are already under sixty. My grandfather and I went home (to Lugansk), they even looked at our documents like jackals. The young guys just take their hands and drag them into the trailers, as if we are going to run away from them. When we were still far in the queue, people discussed among themselves that someone was being detained there. At first they did not believe it, there are often various rumors that go, while the information comes in spurts, like the telephone game," said one of the applicants.
"We saw for ourselves how a young guy was pulled out of the queue and taken out with a man, probably his father, and turned back to Ukraine. They said: "You have nothing to do during the occupation, you will soon defend the homeland (Ukraine) with the machine guns. " And his father, it is clear is over sixty. Is this what kind of homeland will they defend? Do they know there that Natsik (WWII nazi rule - ed) is over? " - added another resident of the Republic.
The authorized representative of the LPR in the negotiations in Minsk, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Vladislav Daney, urged residents of the LPR the day before to refrain from visiting the territory of Ukraine during the period of martial law.
The reason for the introduction of martial law in Ukraine was the incident in the Kerch Strait area. Three Ukrainian warships - two armored boats and a tug - came out of Odessa on the morning of November 25, and tried to break into the Sea of ??Azov through the Kerch Strait, ignoring the warnings of the Russian side. Russian border guards were forced to close the strait for navigation, and then open fire to force the ships to stop, with the result that three Ukrainian military were wounded. The ships were detained, the seamen received medical assistance. On the fact of the incident, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on the night of November 25-26 convened a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), where he stated the need to impose martial law for a period of 60 days. [The Rada approved 30, limited to certain areas of the country - ed J. Flores]
https://www.fort-russ.com/2018/11/ukraine-crackdown-begins-sbu-detains-fighting-age-men-at-donbass-checkpoint/
#4073981 at 2018-11-29 17:10:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5185: 6X-382-NTP0038-3u2 Autism Edition
Ukraine imposes travel, financial restrictions on Russian citizens as martial law takes effect
Ukraine has issued restrictions on any foreigners crossing from Ukraine to Crimea as part of the martial law imposed on that country for the next 30 days. This move seems primarily targeted at Russians.
Here's what we know
On Sunday, the Russian military seized two Ukrainian naval artillery boats and a naval tug boat. The ships had been trying to pass through the Kerch Strait, the only route between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The strait had previously been designated as a shared region that both nations were free to access, but since Russia annexed Crimea it had claimed sole control of the strait.
Ukraine has said that six sailors were injured when the ships were taken, although Russia insists that it was only three and that they have been given medical assistance.
Following the incident, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko asked the Ukrainian Parliament to impose martial law, saying that the country was under threat from "Russian aggression."
On Monday, the Parliament voted to implement martial law for 30 days. Poroshenko had asked for 30 days following criticism that he would use martial law to postpone the Ukrainian presidential elections in March.
Russia has dismissed the entire debacle as being "undoubtedly a provocation" fabricated by Poroshenko's administration because he had been performing poorly in polls.
As part of the new martial law, Russians living in Ukraine will be hit with travel restrictions, as well as restrictions on bank withdrawals.
About 17 percent of Ukrainians identify as ethnic Russians, and Russian is widely spoken in the eastern and southern regions of the country. While these ethnic Russians are still Ukrainian citizens and presumably would not be hit by the sanctions, this does reflect the close relationship that these border regions have with Russia.
What else?
In response to martial law, Russian state media claims that the Russian government has sent surface-to-air missiles to northern Crimea.
Poroshenko has also asked for NATO warships to be sent to the Sea of Azov. Ukraine is not a member of NATO, but the international organization was created to act as a safeguard against Russian aggression in Europe.
However, the only route for ships to enter the Sea of Azov is the Kerch Strait, and the agreement between Russia and Ukraine regarding shared use of the strait specifically states that foreign warships cannot enter the Sea of Azov without the permission of both parties.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/11/29/ukraine-imposes-travel-financial-restrictions-on-russian-citizens-as-martial-law-takes-effect
#4065980 at 2018-11-29 01:31:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5174: Prayers For POTUS Edition
>>4065956 me
1st two paragraphs. Coincidence with the escalations? Not sure what to think, just posting for any thoughts.
Washington (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund board will meet to approve a new loan deal for Ukraine "promptly" after December 10, once the country implements key policy steps including raising gas and heating rates, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said Wednesday.
Lagarde issued a statement following a telephone call with Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko, who earlier in the day imposed martial law for 30 days amid the escalating conflict with Russia.
#4065744 at 2018-11-29 01:07:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5174: Prayers For POTUS Edition
>>4065719
Putin: Ukraine Will Get Away With Eating Babies - NATO Provocation - Petro Poroshenko Must Go!
#4062965 at 2018-11-28 20:46:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5170: Give It A Rest Barry Edition
200 nationalist militants take over shopping mall in central Kiev - and cops make ONE arrest (VIDEO)
MIlitant protesters linked to Ukraine's ultranationalist Svoboda party have taken over a shopping center in Kiev, vandalizing the mall and demanding Russian businesses leave the country, while the police stood by and watched.
The mall takeover came two days after the protesters reportedly chucked smoke grenades and flares into the building, triggering the fire alarm and prompting an evacuation, as Hromadske radio reported. The masked group then barricaded the building's entrance with tires, and vandalized its windows with spray paint on Tuesday.
After two days of vandalism and provocation, around 200 of the group stormed the mall, demanding stores close down and blocking shoppers from making purchases. Around 30 riot police were on site, but seemed content to let the mob have the run of the mall.
The occupiers wore black masks and carried the flag of militant youth organization 'Sokil' (Falcon), an offshoot of the far-right 'Svoboda' (Freedom) party. Svoboda virulently opposes Russian influence and the "decadence" of the liberal West, and is linked to neo-Nazi groups in Ukraine. Initially known as the National-Social party of Ukraine, Svoboda's politicians have described the party as "the last hope of the white race,"approvingly quoted from 'Mein Kampf' in council meetings, and organized militant summer camps for children, training the young ones to play games, climb mountains, and shoot at Russians.
In the mall, police were successful in escorting a number of the ultranationalists out of the building, but many remained inside, Korrespondent.net reported. There, they blamed Russian business owners for their country's spat with Russia.
"We demand to end the funding of terrorism and the killing of Ukrainian soldiers by money that's being pulled out of Ukraine through this shopping center," they chanted. "Out with the Russian business in Ukraine!"
Police did arrest one protester, who they say was resisting their commands. As of Wednesday afternoon, nobody else was detained.
The mall occupation is just one of several anti-Russian protests organized by Ukrainian neo-Nazis in recent days. Crowds - some of them belonging to the neo-Nazi 'National Corps' - surrounded the Russian consulate in Kharkov on Monday. The protesters chanted "Death to Russia" as they pelted the building with eggs and burned Russian flags in the street outside.
The rise in anti-Russian sentiment came after a clash between Ukrainian and Russian military ships in the Kerch Strait, near Crimea, on Sunday. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko imposed partial martial law in Ukraine after the incident, which Russian President Vladimir Putin called a provocation and a "dirty game" by Poroshenko to crack down on political opponents ahead of a presidential election in March.
https://www.rt.com/news/445092-ukraine-nationalists-mall-takeover/
#4059884 at 2018-11-28 15:20:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5166: I Bet Nothing Hurts You Edition!
Putin accuses Ukraine leader of plotting naval clash to boost ratings
MOSCOW, (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko of orchestrating a naval "provocation" in the Black Sea at the weekend in order to boost his flagging popularity ratings before an election next year.
Russia seized three Ukrainian naval vessels and their crews on Sunday over what it said was their illegal entry into Russian waters, something Ukraine denies.
In his first public comments on the incident, Putin said the Ukrainian vessels had clearly been in the wrong, dismissed the incident as a minor border issue, and accused Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko of having orchestrated the mini crisis in order to boost his dire ratings.
"It was without doubt a provocation," Putin told a financial forum in Moscow.
"It was organised by the president ahead of the elections. The president is in fifth place ratings-wise and therefore had to do something. It was used as a pretext to introduce martial law.
http://www.foreigndesknews.com/news/politics/putin-accuses-ukraine-leader/
#4049090 at 2018-11-27 17:24:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5153: Tremendous Damage Edition
Ukraine security chief admits intel agents were on board Navy ships during Kerch standoff
Ukrainian Navy ships which entered Russian waters off Crimea's shores had counterintelligence officers on board, Kiev's security service confirmed.
Vasily Gritsak, head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), confirmed that counterintelligence officers were on the ships which entered Russian waters in the Kerch Strait on Sunday.
The agents were routinely providing "counterintelligence support to the Ukrainian Navy unit," an SBU statement reads.
Counterintelligence officers are usually embedded with the military and deployed to the frontline, the agency said, adding, "it will always remain so."
Gritsak accused Russia of using excessive force against Ukrainian vessels. Citing some "confirmed intelligence," the statement alleged that a Russian aircraft had fired two missiles at the Ukrainian vessels during the standoff, leaving one SBU officer "seriously wounded."
It comes after the FSB said there were two Ukrainian operatives on board who coordinated the "provocation" in the Kerch Strait. Russia's security agency also filmed three men, identified as an SBU counterintelligence agent, a Navy officer and a sailor.
Speaking on camera, they said the crews deliberately ignored orders to stop after the ships entered Russia's territorial waters. There were small arms on board the ships as well as machine guns with ammunition, according to service members.
The FSB has also asserted that the provocative mid-sea encounter was in fact ordered by the Ukrainian government. Top Russian officials had previously voiced similar statements, accusing Kiev of trying to win sympathies in the West, put pressure on Russia and help President Petro Poroshenko cement power.
Kiev responded conspicuously fast to the Kerch Strait incident, with Poroshenko announcing that a period of martial law would be imposed. The Ukrainian military was also put on combat alert following the naval standoff.
Some observers, however, noted the timing of the event as it came ahead of the Trump-Putin meeting at the G20 summit and the start of presidential campaign in Ukraine.
https://www.rt.com/news/444971-ukraine-intelligence-agents-kerch-standoff/
#4039715 at 2018-11-26 21:50:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5140: Climate Change?
Russian Invasion
Ukraine Deploys Reservists To 10 Border Provinces As President Warns Of "Russian Invasion"
Galvanizing support by warning about an imminent Russian invasion, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko managed to win approval from the Ukrainian Parliament in a midnight vote on Monday following five hours of contentious debate.
Unwilling to simply accept Poroshenko's claims that he had heard reliable whispers about an imminent Russian invasion, opposition figures pressed Poroshenko on his reasoning for the emergency measures, and ultimately succeeded in forcing him to water down the proposal. But even before Poroshenko's decree won the approval of lawmakers, the Ukrainian president had already started deploying troops into the streets of his country.
Now in a state of martial law, Ukraine has called up its reservists and deployed all available troops to join the mobilization. Initially expected to last for two months, Poroshenko revised his degree to avoid accusations that he would try to interfere in the upcoming Ukrainian election. The decree passed by the Rada will leave martial law in effect for 30 days. The country has also started restricting travel for Russian nationals. NATO Commander Jens Stoltenberg told the Associated Press that Poroshenko had given his word that the order wouldn't interfere with the upcoming vote.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-26/ukraine-deploys-reservists-10-border-provinces-president-warns-russian-invasion
#4038744 at 2018-11-26 20:16:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5139: Anniversary of Alice in Wonderland Edition
Why is Ukraine Declaring Martial Law Only Now?
Is the Deep State running out of time ?
Forces DRASTIC ATTEMPTS TO DESTABILISE EAST v WEST
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Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko has USED the incident to propose martial law. The Guardian in an article titled, "Ukraine president proposes martial law after Russia seizes ships," would claim:
Ukrainian MPs were to vote on Monday on President Petro Poroshenko's proposal following an EMERGENCY WAR CABINET on Sunday night. Poroshenko said the move was intended for defensive purposes and would not imply a declaration of war.
It is PERPLEXING - however - as to WHY Poroshenko is proposing martial law within Ukraine now, for an incident that happened out at sea, and especially so considering Poroshenko, others in Kiev, and their Western backers consistently claiming over the years that Ukraine is already hosting a supposed Russian invasion in its eastern most oblasts.
Poroshenko during his 2018 UN General Assembly speech would go as far as calling for a UN peacekeeping mission to restore Ukraine's territorial integrity from what he explicitly called "Russian aggression," RFE/RL would report.
THUS - either Poroshenko is LYING about Russian aggression - otherwise why wouldn't Ukraine already have long been under martial law - or Poroshenko's government has STAGED this PROVOCATION in the Strait of Kerch specifically to declare martial law for his and his Western sponsors' own self-serving political reasons.
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https://journal-neo.org/2018/11/26/ukraine-provokes-russia-to-what-end/
#4037548 at 2018-11-26 18:34:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5138: Border Security = National Security Edition
Ukrainian martial law declaration may be preparation for war with Russia
Imposition of martial law is likely part of the plan, as Ukraine has been increasingly provocative on several fronts recently.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is imposing martial law after his country's ships faced off with Russian ships near Crimea. The Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovnaya Rada, has at this time not yet signed off on this order, but they are expected to do so.
The martial law status will be in effect from November 26 to January 26, about sixty days.
This happened because Ukrainian ships ventured deliberately into Russian territorial waters near the Crimean Peninsula, apparently not notifying Russian authorities before doing so, though the Ukrainians claim they did warn of their crossing.
RT chronicled the events from the Russian point of view, which we provide here with emphases added:
The waters near the Crimean peninsula were the site of a tense standoff between Russian and Ukrainian ships that involved a chase, some gunfire, and fighter jets, followed by strong statements from Moscow and Kiev.
The Ukranian vessels were sailing between two Ukrainian ports: from Odessa in the Black Sea to Mariupol in the Azov Sea. The only waterway that connects these is the Kerch Strait between Crimea and mainland Russia. Kiev says it notified Moscow in advance that its navy ships would be sailing through the area. Moscow denies that it was given warning.
While both Russia and Ukraine have freedom of navigation in the Kerch Strait under a 2003 treaty, there are detailed technical rules on how vessels should pass through the narrow, complex waterway. All traffic in the area is controlled by the Crimean sea port of Kerch, and every ship should contact the facility, report her route and destination, and receive permission to sail through the Strait.
Schematic of Ukrainian ships' pathway through the Kerch Strait. Courtesy RT.com and Google Maps
At around 7am Moscow time (4am GMT) on Sunday, two artillery boats and a tugboat belonging to the Ukrainian Navy crossed the Russian maritime border in the Black Sea and headed to the Kerch Strait.
These ships had not followed the procedure, said the Russian Federal Security Service responsible for maintaining order at the border.
http://theduran.com/ukrainian-martial-law-declaration-may-be-preparation-for-war-with-russia-video/
#4037184 at 2018-11-26 17:57:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5137: Whatever happened to Podesta Edition.
Last chance to stay in power? Ukrainian President Poroshenko signs decree on martial law
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has imposed martial law after the country's vessels faced off with Russian ships near Crimea. The measure could potentially allow him to call off scheduled elections and preserve power.
Martial law is scheduled to be in place from November 26 to January 26. It still requires final approval from Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada. However, the Ukrainian General Staff was already tasked with beginning partial troop mobilization, according to media reports.
The Ukrainian army was put on full combat alert even before the martial law was declared.
The Rada is expected to vote on the motion later on Monday. However, Poroshenko revealed that he actually brought martial law into force ahead of its approval by parliament, starting from November 28. With that, the president also warned about a "serious threat" of a "ground invasion" of Ukraine, citing a "secret intelligence document."
Invoking martial law is seen as a move which is beneficial for Poroshenko. The president's rating is falling as he struggles to campaign for re-election in March.
However, the elections would be called off if martial law was still in place by that time, meaning that the president would keep his post despite unpopular economic measures and corruption scandals in his government.
The decree, which Poroshenko introduced in parliament, specifically states that the people's right "to elect and be elected" might be suspended under martial law, effectively meaning that the government can call off any elections as long as the measure is in place.
Facing a public outcry over the possible fate of the upcoming elections, the president suggested that lawmakers approve martial law for 30 rather than 60 days, so as to avoid derailing the March vote. The elections will go ahead on schedule, he insisted.
The Ukrainian leadership apparently seeks to "score political points" ahead of the March 2019 presidential elections, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on the issue. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also described the decision to impose the martial law as "an electoral intrigue."
The move comes on the back of a standoff between a group of Ukrainian Navy ships, which crossed into Russian territorial sea without authorization, and the Russian border guard vessels.
The Ukrainian ships were sailing between two of the country's ports: from Odessa in the Black Sea to Mariupol in the Azov Sea. The only waterway connecting these ports is through the Kerch Strait between Crimea and mainland Russia.
Although both Russia and Ukraine have freedom of navigation in the Kerch Strait under a 2003 treaty, there are detailed technical rules on how vessels should pass through the narrow, complex waterway. Every ship passing through it should contact the Crimean sea port of Kerch, which controls traffic in the area.
While Kiev says that it notified the Russian side about its ships sailing through the area in advance, Moscow denies it received any warning. Moscow then accused Kiev of staging a planned provocation aimed at stirring up the conflict between the two neighbors and justifying the imposition of martial law.
https://www.rt.com/news/444891-Poroshenko-signs-martial-law-decree/
#4036870 at 2018-11-26 17:28:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5137: Whatever happened to Podesta Edition.
Moscow warns Kiev of 'consequences' for attempts to provoke conflict after Kerch Strait standoff
Moscow has protested Kiev's "planned" breach of Russian waters in the Kerch Strait and cautioned Ukraine's foreign backers against blowing the incident out of proportion. Russia will "strongly" respond to similar "provocations."
Three Ukrainian military boats on Sunday tried to pass through the Kerch Strait apparently without prior warning, but were ordered to stop by Russian border guards. A confrontation ensued, ending with the three ships being seized by the Russian side.
The actions of the Ukrainian Navy "violated the rules of passage through Russian territorial waters," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday, adding that Moscow has summoned an emergency UN Security Council meeting to discuss the incident.
"Russia has repeatedly warned the Kiev regime and its Western supporters that fanning up the hysteria over the Azov Sea and the Kerch Strait was dangerous. It's obvious that there was a provocation, carefully planned in terms of location and form, which is aimed at flaring up yet another point of conflict in the region and creating a new pretext to impose more sanctions against Russia."
Kiev has used the clash to justify declaring martial law - something Moscow says only benefits Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ahead of the March elections. Poroshenko has been struggling to campaign for re-election, with his popularity decimated by harsh economic problems and recent corruption scandals.
https://www.rt.com/news/444886-moscow-warning-kerch-strait-provocation/
#4036037 at 2018-11-26 16:02:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5136: FLOTUS has ballz of Steel Edition.
President Petro Poroshenko decrees martial law
Parliament has not voted yet.
They wanted to speak with Poroshenko first.
Then they declared a break for 10 min.
30 min later he twetted this
#4029840 at 2018-11-26 01:23:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5127: Predictable Border Tactics Edition
>>4029544
>>4029626
Been asking question about situation near Crimea.
[PP] = Petro Poroshenko
#4029339 at 2018-11-26 00:55:35 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5127: Predictable Border Tactics Edition
Ukraine Considers Declaring Martial Law After Apparent Defeat in Russia Naval Skirmishes
The Ukrainian president will ask his parliament to consider enacting martial law after three Ukrainian navy ships were fired upon and captured in the Black Sea on Sunday.
The incident followed a day of high tension and took place near the Crimean Peninsula, a site of historic tensions between the two countries. Russia has blamed Ukraine for starting the clash, which saw ships ramming each other, shots fired, and boardings launched.
Two crewmen of the Ukranian navy are understood to be injured and two gunboats and a tugboat are in the hands of the Russian secret service, known as the FSB, who accuse the ships of violating Russian territorial waters. A 2003 treaty declares the water a shared space between Russia and Ukraine.
Russia claimed to have "irrefutable evidence that Kiev prepared and orchestrated provocations ... in the Black Sea. These materials will soon be made public" on Monday.
Earlier in the day, a Russian flagged merchant ship was used to block the narrow Kerch Straight, a strategic waterway leading between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The waterway is of economic importance to Ukraine and keeping it closed in the long term would amount to an economic blockade of the country, the Associated Press reports.
Russia blames Ukraine for causing the incidents and waging a campaign to increase tensions in the region, and Ukraine has made their own accusations of open aggression on Russia's behalf in turn.
Russian military aircraft including helicopters and Frogfoot ground attack aircraft were photographed patrolling the skies around the area throughout the day.
The incidents were followed by protests outside the Russian embassy in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, which saw activists placing paper boats on the steps of the building and setting off smoke bombs.
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko called a meeting of his war cabinet and said in the early hours of Monday morning that he would ask Parliament to consider enacting martial law, which would have the effect of curtailing freedoms and putting the nation on a war footing.
The European Union, which has been heavily involved in Ukraine during its period of rapid destabilisation called on both parties to "act with utmost restraint to de-escalate" the situation. A NATO spokesman said: "We call on Russia to ensure unhindered access to Ukrainian ports in the Azov Sea, in accordance with international law."
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/25/ukraine-considers-declaring-martial-law-after-apparent-defeat-in-russia-naval-skirmishes/
#4027903 at 2018-11-25 23:06:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5125: Borders & Boarders Edition
Ukraine to declare martial law after sea clash with Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that he will propose declaring martial law in the wake of the altercation in the Black Sea that saw Russian military seize Ukrainian vessels for breaching Russian territorial waters.
The Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) has supported declaring martial law for 60 days. The motion will now go before the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, for final approval.
The Ukrainian leader says Kiev does not plan to carry out any offensive operations if martial law is imposed.
https://www.rt.com/news/444854-ukraine-martial-law-russia-ships/
#4027222 at 2018-11-25 22:06:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5124: One if by Caravan Two if by Coyote Edition
Ukraine Accuses Moscow Of "Act Of War" After Russia "Fires At Ukraine Ships", Seizes Three Vessels Off Crimea
Update: Following reports from the Ukraine navy that Russian ships had fired on Ukraine vessels near the Kerch Strait, Ukraine accused Moscow of also illegally seizing three of its naval ships - the "Berdyans?k" and "Nikopol?" Gurza-class small armored artillery boats and a raid tug A-947 "Jani Kapu" - off Crimea on Sunday after opening fire on them, a charge that if confirmed could ignite a dangerous new crisis between the two countries.
As reported earlier, Russia did not immediately respond to the allegation, but Russian news agencies cited the FSB security service as saying it had incontrovertible proof that Ukraine had orchestrated what it called "a provocation" and would make its evidence public soon. According to media reports, Russia said it has "impounded" three Ukrainian naval ships after they crossed the border with Russia
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko immediately called a meeting with his top military and security chiefs to discuss the situation.
Separately, the EU has urged both sides to rapidly de-escalate the tense situation at the Kerch strait:
*EU URGES UKRAINE, RUSSIA TO DE-ESCALATE SITUATION AT STRAIT
*UKRAINE, RUSSIA SHOULD ACT W/ `UTMOST RESTRAINT', EU SAYS
*EU URGES RUSSIA TO RESTORE FREEDOM OF PASSAGE AT KERCH STRAIT
*NATO: CLOSELY MONITORING DEVELOPMENTS IN AZOVSEA, KERCHSTRAIT
Finally, Ukraine has called for an urgent UN Security Council meeting over 'Russian aggression' while Ukraine's secretary for national security, Oleksander Turchynov, accused Russia of engaging in an act of war: "We heard reports on incident and have concluded that it was an act of war by Russian Federation against Ukraine"
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-25/ukraine-accuses-russia-opening-fire-its-warship-near-kerch-strait
#4026573 at 2018-11-25 21:16:07 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5123: Pepper Spray Especial Edition
The Ukrainian navy has accused Russia of opening fire on its ships in the Black Sea, injuring six crew members, and said Russian special forces have seized three of its vessels.
The Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, has called an emergency meeting of his war cabinet in response to the incident.
The FSB, Russia's principal security agency, said there was "irrefutable evidence that Kiev prepared and orchestrated provocations" - adding that more information about the incident would be made public.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/25/russia-border-guards-ram-tugboat-ukraine-navy-crimea
#3927382 at 2018-11-16 17:30:20 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4995: Fantastic Friday Edition
Poroshenko PREPARES TO FLEE UKRAINE, LIQUIDATES ASSETS
Published on: Nov 15, 2018 @ 21:01 - According to the generally reliable Russian website, iarex.ru, Poroshenko seems quite aware that he is unlikely to win the upcoming election in Ukraine. Polls presently project that a transfer of power will take place, favoring elements of the 'old guard' of Ukrainian oligarchs, led by Yulia Tymoshenko who presently leads in various polls.
According to iarex.ru, Poroshenko has already started an urgent sale of his assets, so that after the elections he will immediately leave the penniless and decaying country.
Petro Poroshenko is ostensibly negotiating the sale of its own assets in Ukraine. The goal is to close the deal before March 1, 2019.
Two independent auditors from among the Big Five handed over reports to two potential buyers. The first candidate is a consortium of ostracized oligarchs from the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Lithuania. The second candidate is a group led by Dmitry Firtash and two high-ranking members of the US Democratic Party, with the support of Joe Biden and Michael Pence.
According to the TG-channel "Nelyagar", the negotiations are in the final stage - the best deal is being negotiated, the form of payment and the end points of the withdrawal of capital. According to the current information, 85% of non-cash payments will go to special accounts in the US Federal Treasury and Chase -Manhattan Bank.
This occurs during the most significant and major decline of the economy and living conditions of Ukraine in its entire history. The average wages have dropped, for those still employed, from an average of about $340 a month to about $120 a month. Heating averages for a 45 m2 apartment (or 450 square feet, the average) have doubled from about $70 to $140. Moreover, gas is entirely inaccessible for several hundred thousand Ukrainians, who will have to flee Ukraine or freeze.
Poroshenko was installed by the U.S after the coup which the American deep state pulled off, in an election where both the left-wing opposition party and the former governing party were effectively prohibited from participating. The Ukrainian military began a campaign of ethnic cleansing of the east of the country where the majority of the populace identifies as ethnic Russian, and popular militias sprang up in defense of these communities.
The only card which Poroshenko has left to play, is to re-start full-scale hostilities against the breakaway republics in the east of former Ukraine - the Donetsk People's Republic and the Lugansk People's Republic. The militias sprang up in self defense, and comprised an ideological heterogeneous mixture of militias, some being communist, nationalist, and religious (Orthodox) in nature.
https://www.fort-russ.com/2018/11/Poroshenko-prepares-to-flee-ukraine-liquidates-assets/
#3901279 at 2018-11-14 18:24:15 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4961: Lively and Jovial Edition
The Ukrainian President Signs a Pact With Constantinople - Against the Ukrainian Church
Increasingly tragic and violent events are taking their toll on the plight of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Ukraine . After several fights over control of the church's property, prohibitions and blacklists are starting to spread, affecting respected church figures coming from Russia to Ukraine. The latest news is that the head of the Moscow Theological Academy, Archbishop Amvrosyi Yermakov, was deported from Ukraine back to Russia. Amvrosyi's name popped up on the black list of Russian citizens who are not deemed "eligible to visit" Ukraine. Obviously, this happened right before his plane landed in Zhulyany, Kiev's international airport. After a brief arrest, Amvrosyi was put on a plane and sent back to Moscow. This is not the first such humiliation of the Orthodox Church and its priests that has taken place since the new pro-Western regime came to power in Kiev in 2014. Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church has been declared persona non grata throughout Ukraine since 2014. That decision was made by humiliatingly low-level officials. A department within the Ukrainian ministry of culture published a ruling stating that Kirill's visit to Ukraine's capital of Kiev "would not be desirable."
Since the ancestors of modern Russians, Belarusians, and Ukrainians were first baptized in 988 in Kiev, the Patriarchs of the Russian Church have never had problems visiting Kiev, the birthplace of their church. Not even under the Bolsheviks did such prohibitions exist. So, for Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church to be denied permission to visit Kiev can only be compared to a possible prohibition against the pope visiting Rome. Since 2014, there have also been several criminal cases filed against the priests of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC MP) because they have called the hostilities in eastern Ukraine a "civil war" and have discouraged the faithful from supporting that war. This has been interpreted by the Ukrainian state authorities as a call for soldiers to desert the army.
Why Poroshenko's meeting with Bartholomew is ominous
Despite the fact that the UOC MP has become used to all sorts of trouble since 2014, things have been looking even worse for the canonical church lately, as 2018 draws to a close. In early November 2018, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko broke the wall of separation between church and state in the most overt manner possible - he signed "an agreement on cooperation and joint action" between Ukraine and the so called Constantinople Patriarchate, the oldest institution of Orthodox Christianity, which is now based in Turkish Istanbul.
Rostislav Pavlenko, an aide to Poroshenko, wrote on his Facebook page that the agreement (not yet published) is premised on the creation of a new "autocephalous" Orthodox Church of Ukraine - a development that the official, existing Orthodox Churches in Russia and Ukraine view with foreboding as a "schism" that they have done all they can to prevent. Why? Because Poroshenko's regime, which came to power via a violent coup in Kiev in 2014 on a wave of public anti-Russian sentiment, may try to force the canonical Orthodox Church of Ukraine to merge with other, non-canonical institutions and to surrender to them church buildings, including the famous monasteries in Kiev and Pochai, as well as other property.
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http://theduran.com/the-ukrainian-president-signs-a-pact-with-constantinople-against-the-ukrainian-church/
#3778574 at 2018-11-07 12:16:57 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4801: Anon's Indomitable Spirit Edition
Been poking around on 5 chan and the word there is that now that mid terms are done, arrests will start. 11/11 will be truly special as it will be kicking off everything. It's being said that we have been waiting for Putin to clean up Ukraine where he's been busy. Kiev is a shithole corrupt town. Merkel is on the side of Ukraine as shown here by her trip to Kiev. Just like Hussein, if I wasn't certain what was good or bad I would just wait to see what Hussein did. Well if Merkle is for something you know what that truly means and sshe is FOR Russian Sanctions…
Merkel visits Ukraine, says anti-Russian sanctions will stay
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has visited Ukraine, pledging to uphold anti-Russian sanctions for Russian actions in Ukraine.
Speaking after Thursday's talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Merkel said Germany would support extending the European Union' s restrictions against Russia over its support for rebels in eastern Ukraine. Merkel cited the lack of progress in fulfilling a 2015 peace deal.
More than 10,000 people have been killed in fighting in eastern Ukraine that erupted in 2014 weeks after Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula. The peace agreement signed in Minsk in 2015 helped reduce the scope of fighting, but clashes have continued and a political settlement has stalled.
Russia and Ukraine have blamed each other for the stalemate.
Poroshenko urged Russia to withdraw its forces and weapons from eastern Ukraine. Russia has denied having forces there
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/national-news/ap-top-news/merkel-visits-ukraine-says-antirussian-sanctions-will-stay/864582344
Hers a 5 chan link you can poke around in if your browser translates. Kek, almost like being here! Some of the Japanese are woke…
#3453325 at 2018-10-12 19:02:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4378: Make the 9th Circuit Great Again Edition
Ukrainian Conflict Is About To Escalate Once Again While US Midterm Elections Draw Nearer
The US midterm elections are drawing closer it appears that the Ukrainian conflict shows promise of escalating once again.
On October 11th, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko noted an increase in combat readiness of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to repel Russian aggression.
"Some 39 combat brigades, a number of military units of operational, logistics and technical support have been formed. Groups of forces that are ready to repel aggression on potentially dangerous areas have been created, and not only from the east, but also from the Crimean direction. The troops should be kept ready, including from Transdniester and from the north," Poroshenko said.
Furthermore, according to him an increase in the aviation fleet and the fleet of anti-aircraft missiles has also strengthened the country's air defense.
In response, the State Council of the Republic of Crimea claimed that it was the Ukrainian authorities who tried to carry out sabotage in the Crimea.
"Well, what kind of 39 brigades are there? Anyone who is closely following the conflict on the territory associated with the Crimea, understands that all provocations come precisely from the Ukrainian side. It was they who covered the water, the railway communication," the head of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and the Affairs of Compatriots Leonid Kalashnikov said in an interview with RT.
Despite the ceasefire in Eastern Ukraine, Petroshenko persists that the Ukrainian forces should use all their power and means in the Donbass region. According to Dmitry Abzalov, president of the Center for Strategic Communications "The election agenda in Ukraine is much more important than the Minsk agreements or any obligations to the EU. All this does not matter - thrown into the furnace of the election campaign. Statements by the President of Ukraine primarily focus on the political component."
Furthermore, the US appears to be turning Ukraine into a proxy foothold against Russia, with large drills being held in Ukraine to defend its "airspace."
Clear Sky 2018 in Western Ukraine kicked off on October 9th and it centers around air defense operations aimed at "protecting air space from Russian aggression."
The US Embassy in Ukraine described the event as a "multinational military exercise focusing on promoting peace and security"
A US Air Force statement also said the aim of the exercise is "to enhance regional capabilities to secure air sovereignty and promote peace and security through cooperation."
Poroshenko, during his announcement of the new brigades, said that he had just finished inspecting the Clear Sky 2018 multinational exercises.
"These are the largest exercises that we have had in the last four years. It has 50 aircraft from all NATO member countries and our Ukrainian air force. The purpose of the exercise is to increase the level of compatibility of our combat aviation with the air forces of the United States of America," he claimed.
https://southfront.org/ukrainian-conflict-is-about-to-escalate-once-again-while-us-midterm-elections-draw-nearer/
#3204056 at 2018-09-27 06:36:25 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4056: The Hearing Will Be Live Edition
Who do you think made the decision to match outfits?
President Petro Poroshenko met with American President Donald Trump in the lobbies of the UN General Assembly in New York. Svyatoslav Tsegolko, Spokesperson of Poroshenko shared the photo of the presidents and their spouses on Facebook.
The Spokesperson mentioned that the presidents and their spouses have similar outfits.
'Indeed, Poroshenko and Trump are dressed in black suits with red ties, when Maryna and Melania are in black restrained dresses. This is when a dress code symbolizes the unity of the positions of the strategic partners,' Tsegolko claimed.
Reportedly, the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly takes place in New York. Poroshenko has already delivered his speech in front of the leaders and diplomats of other countries. He devoted his speech to the global security and called the General Assembly to introduce a peacekeeping mission in Donbas.
#3196878 at 2018-09-26 21:17:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4047: Unity Edition
Ukrainian Diplomat Reveals How Clinton Operatives Sought Dirt on Trump
Andrii Telizhenko, a former high-ranking Ukrainian diplomat known well in Washington circles, had vital information about collusion between elements of Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko administration and the US' Democratic National Committee (DNC) to dig up - or create - dirt on Donald Trump, but he has been chronically ignored by US investigators.
Telizhenko appeared as a key source in a January 2017 Politico article by Ken Vogel titled, "Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire: Kiev officials are scrambling to make amends with the president-elect after quietly working to boost Clinton."
While Telizhenko did far from tell all in the Politico story, his name was out there as someone with more information on the mysterious Steele dossier, which has generated so much speculation - not to mention lawsuits - regarding the veracity of its contents and sources.
Still, Telizhenko told Radio Sputnik's Fault Lines on Wednesday, nobody ever tried to contact him, nor accepted the offers he made repeatedly to Washington higher-ups to testify about what he knew.
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201809261068369350-Ukrainian-Diplomat-Clinton-Operatives-Dirt-Trump/
Cont. from images:
Telizhenko even noted that he was invited to, and attended, Arizona Senator John McCain's funeral, but "we did not talk about that topic."
Noting that there is no excuse for anyone he's reached out to to doubt his credentials and credibility, Telizhenko said, "What I think is going on is that Ambassador Chaly and the people around him are spreading the word that I'm Russian propaganda, a Russian spy."
"It was really strange. I remember I was in Washington on July 4 that year, and I was in Washington, DC, on August 15 to 18, and nobody reached out. Nobody. Before the tweet and after the [Trump] tweet. It was like nobody even cared, unfortunately."
#3194023 at 2018-09-26 17:36:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4043: Clowns in the Woodwork Edition
>>3193677
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko awarded founder of Open Society Foundations George Soros with the Order of Freedom.
#3120744 at 2018-09-21 14:41:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3949: Remodeling The Kitchen Edition
BBC gets sued over claims Ukrainian president paid to meet Trump
Petro Poroshenko is suing Britain's national broadcaster for libel - over allegations he paid a hefty sum to meet Donald Trump in June last year.
#2698216 at 2018-08-22 04:25:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3407: Schrödinger's Cat Bounce Edition
>>2698193
Manafort and Cohen were working with Podesta to set Trump up. Full stop.
For gods sake, Manafort and Kauders both lobbied for European Centre for a Modern Ukraine.
"The payment was arranged by intermediaries acting for Ukraine's leader, Petro Poroshenko, the sources said, though Mr Cohen was not registered as a representative of Ukraine as required by US law."
Why do I have a feeling this FARA violation wasnt applied to Cohen because it's about to be apploed to Podesta?
#2698045 at 2018-08-22 04:05:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3406: Plants Got Their Water Edition
>>2697973
Now isnt this interesting:
"Attorney Michael Cohen was secretly paid at least $400,000 by Ukrainians to set up talks between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko last June, the BBC reported Wednesday.
Soon after that meeting, Ukraine's anti-corruption agency halted a probe of Paul Manafort"
Halted the probe of Paul Manafort after payment to Cohen??
If I didnt know any better, Id say Cohen was working hard to make Trump look guilty of collusion with pro-Russia Ukranians.
#1758238 at 2018-06-15 14:34:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2213 13 Steps To GITMO
This is confusing. 2 of these guests fit. One does not. WTF is going on here?
At the YES Annual Meetings, the world's top opinion leaders present their visions of current and future trends which impact all spheres of life of society. For the past 10 years, the YES Annual Meetings has brought together heads of state and government including Tony Blair, Bill Clinton, Valdis Dombrovskis, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, Dalia Grybauskait?, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Bronis?aw Komorowski, Leonid Kuchma, Yves Leterme, Mario Monti, Shimon Peres, Petro Poroshenko, Gerhard Schröder, Yulia Tymoshenko, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Viktor Yushchenko and Vaira V??e-Freiberga. Since 2004, among the speakers have also been seniour ministers, politicians and heads of international organizations like Kofi Annan, José Manuel Barroso, Carl Bildt, Wesley Clark, Hillary Clinton, Arkadiy Dvorkovich, Mohamed ElBaradei, Joschka Fischer, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, ?tefan Füle, Sergei Glazyev, Herman Gref, Vitaliy Klitschko, Alexei Kudrin, Miroslav Laj?ák, Pascal Lamy, Thomas O. Melia, David Petraeus, Martin Schulz, Rados?aw Sikorski, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Condoleezza Rice, Larry Summers, Strobe Talbott, Shashi Tharoor, James Wolfensohn, Lamberto Zannier and Robert Zoellick. Politicians, businessmen and thinkers, including Newt Gingrich, Richard Branson, Niall Ferguson, Chrystia Freeland, sir Elton John, Arthur Laffer, Eric Lander, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Jin Liqun, Michio Kaku, Paul Krugman, Nouriel Roubini, Jimmy Wales and Muham
https://yes-ukraine.org/en/photo-and-video/photo/pershiy-den-roboti-14-yi-shchorichnoyi-zustrichi-yes-sesiyi-1-4mad Yunus, have also spoken at YES Meetings.
#1733361 at 2018-06-13 20:29:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2181: Bake it, They Will Crumb: Edition
>>1733200
oh definitely…Clinton and McStain allways squawking about their previous child Ukraine. Ukraine is code for Russian Oligarch. Plus more….Petro Poroshenko…his wifey…I thought He was P for a bit…oil and gas deals/ revolving door with Russian bad actors. plus the shots of McStain and Miss Lindsey at the "crash" bad bad bad
#1534783 at 2018-05-25 03:33:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1928: Teamwork makes DreamWork edition
Dr. Soros' snake oil bad medicine for struggling Ukraine
As President Trump takes on the globalist scourge that has savaged the American middle class, it is instructive to look at other areas of the world where the so-called "Soros prescription" is alive and well.
Mr. Trump tapped into a deep, rich vein of domestic angst over the open-border, internationalist vision championed by Hungarian-American liberal billionaire George Soros. Developing nations hungry for freedom, the rule of law, and the benefits of a market economy would do well to learn from the U.S. experience and not buy a bottle of Dr. Soros' snake oil.
Having been kicked out of Hungary, Mr. Soros and his network of NGOs are still virulently active in Eastern and Central Europe. It is a poorly-held secret that Mr. Soros has been deeply entwined in Ukrainian politics since the 2014 Maidan Revolution. Allegedly hacked documents in 2015 showed Mr. Soros appointing himself "a self-appointed advocate of the new Ukraine," and detailed the billionaire's intricate involvement with the Obama State and Treasury Departments in the push for weapons and billions of dollars in assistance for the Poroshenko government.
Although the visa-free regime now set up with the European Union thrills the Ukrainian people, they should beware that the offer comes with strings. At the end of the day, the globalist medicine looks to strip a country of its natural resources for the use of international corporate interests and to open the borders to millions of illegal migrants, destroying a nation's sovereignty, culture and security forever.
The moral: Beware what you wish for. Just ask the citizens of Sweden, Italy, Germany or France how they are enjoying the massive increases in crime and the massive headaches involved with assimilating a large Muslim population.
The Soros International Foundation "Vozrozhdenie, which injects millions each year into Ukraine to fund the billionaire's agenda, has its proteges seeded throughout the halls of power in Kiev. The Soros power structure is very interested in Ukraine's gas transit business, not to mention its agriculture, energy, health care and IT industries. With its abundance of natural resources and an educated work force, Ukraine is the perfect candidate to be "colonized" to serve the globalists' agenda.
It seems the Sorosistas' first choice to lead Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, has been unable or unwilling to deal with the systemic corruption that paralyzes the state. He is likely going to lose the upcoming presidential election and the wolves are circling. Longtime rivals are lining up to compete against him.
Mr. Soros' partner in Ukraine is Viktor Pinchuk, son-in-law of a former president and long-time friend of the Clintons and the Clinton Foundation. There are reports that Mr. Soros and Mr. Pinchuk have a new project - electing popular singer Svyatoslav Vakarchuk to the Ukrainian presidency. There is ample photographic evidence of the three hobnobbing in Davos in the recent past.
Mr. Vakarchuk holds a special place in Ukrainian culture, as his music and activism have been a voice for the popular pain and discontent given the failures of the Poroshenko government and the painful separatist conflict grinding away in the east. After an initial foray into politics, he resigned his seat in parliament in 2008 after one year due to corruption concerns.
Mr. Vakarchuk loves his country and no doubt wants to do what's in its best interests. But with very little experience in business or politics, it won't be easy for the singer to stand up to the Soros machine once installed by the Open Society crowd.
The Ukrainian people need to think long and hard about whom they want to lead the country. The Soros track record is not one any ambitious nation would want to emulate.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/24/george-soros-snake-oil-bad-medicine-for-struggling/
#1521373 at 2018-05-23 22:22:40 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1911: Server
Michael Cohen just hurt Trump's FBI narrative
President Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, just hurt his client's narrative that the ongoing special counsel investigation of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign is a…
WITCH HUNT!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 23, 2018
The BBC's Paul Wood reported today that Cohen arranged a June 2017 meeting between Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Trump at the White House. And Wood's reporting suggests that the Poroshenko-Trump meeting was arranged after Cohen was paid between $400,000 and $600,000 by Ukrainian intermediaries linked to Poroshenko.
Cohen was not, as would be required by federal law, listed as a foreign agent for Ukraine.
Wood points out that there is no evidence Trump was aware of the payments. But Cohen's conduct here may lead to serious criminal charges for the lawyer who is already under federal investigation.
Even if Trump has done nothing wrong himself, this incident lends credibility to the argument that the president's affairs and those around him at least deserve the scrutiny they are now receiving. If nothing else, it strongly suggests that Trump's argument of a "witch hunt" isn't exactly the whole story here.
If Cohen is charged in relation to this meeting, it raises the question as to whether he will cooperate with federal investigators in return for a lighter sentence. And if he does, how will that affect Trump in terms of what the president has said he knew about payments to Stormy Daniels? What will it mean for other considerations of the president's business affairs as known to Cohen?
One final point from Wood's story. The highly respected BBC journalist (Wood is no hack or biased reporter) also notes that Ukraine's anti-corruption investigation into former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort came to an end shortly after Trump met with Poroshenko. You can bet that special counsel Robert Mueller will look into whether that was just a coincidence.
https:// www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/michael-cohen-just-hurt-trumps-fbi-narrative
#1519565 at 2018-05-23 18:50:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1909: Spygate, The Hashtag That StiQs Edition
Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, received a secret payment of at least $400,000 (£300,000) to fix talks between the Ukrainian president and President Trump, according to sources in Kiev close to those involved.
The payment was arranged by intermediaries acting for Ukraine's leader, Petro Poroshenko, the sources said, though Mr Cohen was not registered as a representative of Ukraine as required by US law.
Mr Cohen denies the allegation.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44215656
#1397192 at 2018-05-13 16:04:56 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1752 M-Day Habbenings Edition
Poroshenko & Prime Asset Partners
> concrete and chocolate anyone?
http://thehill.com/opinion/international/378579-Poroshenko-could-be-the-president-to-take-ukraine-into-nato
http://www.newsweek.com/panama-papers-ukraines-president-defiant-despite-impeachment-push-443727
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-s-chocolate-king-new-president-Petro-Poroshenko-hopes-to-sweet-talk-russia-1.2654352
https://liveuamap.com/en/2016/3-april-Poroshenko-became-sole-owner-of-prime-asset-partners
#1397082 at 2018-05-13 15:49:41 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1751 Revolution is my Name
>>1397033
>>1397046
>all roads lead to [P]inchuk
and Petro Poroshenko
and Len Blavatnik
and Mikhail Fridman
and Soros
http://johnhelmer.net/victor-pinchuk-throws-a-war-
party-in-kiev-george-soros-and-mikhail-fridman-pay-for-cocktails-dmitry-medvedev-sends-singers-to-join-pravy-sektor-dniepr-battalion-in-chorus/
>see also notables re: Four Horsemen and Blavatnik
#1242381 at 2018-04-30 03:05:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1555: Sunday Night E Bake
>>1242353
And How is Petro Poroshenko with this news?
#1197652 at 2018-04-26 19:08:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1499: April Showers - Light & Loaded Edition
>>1197635
Petro Poroshenko searching help?
#1171822 at 2018-04-24 19:46:54 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1466: Shine The Light And Shine It Bright
Peres was at Davos in 2015.
https:// www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-faces-of-davos/18/
Flip this image and compare to the guy on the tarmac.
That link also has a good slideshow of who else was there.
John Kerry
Bill and Melinda Gates
Jack Ma
Emilio Lozoya
Haider al-Abadi
Patrice Motsepe
Francois Hollande
Prince Andrew
Satya Nadella
Arun Jaitley
Sheryl Sandberg
Jim Yong Kim
A. Michael Spence
Georges Soros
Marissa Mayer
George Osborne
Enda Kenny
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
Alexander Stubb
Angela Merkel
Ren Zhengfei
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita
Christine Lagarde
Oleg Deripaska
Al Gore
Pharrell Williams
Matteo Renzi
Brian Moynihan
Abdalla Salem El-Badri
Ahmet Davutoglu
Klaus Schwab
Axel Weber
Petro Poroshenko
Li Keqiang
Simonetta Sommaruga
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde
Hilde Schwab
A veritable who's who…
#1082001 at 2018-04-17 22:47:06 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1350: Welcome Aboard. Edition
fukin saved
Sen. John McCain, center left, poses with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko center, Sen. Lindsey Graham, center right, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar pose for a photo with the Ukrainian marines.
#961952 at 2018-04-09 03:34:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1197: Bigger Than You Know Edition
Thats Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine. The Deep State put him in power as a puppet when they caused a revolution. They soon after stole all of their gold in the middle of the night by chopper.When people started making a stink about it, the Fed Reserve said they were keeping it safe for them, ya right…
Burisma, a Ukrainian Oil Company later hire Joe Bidens son onto the board
#331678 at 2018-02-11 01:11:12 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #407: The Purest Source of Intel Edition
>>319413
Petro Poroshenko president of Ukraine.
#91014 at 2018-01-19 07:25:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #108 BRING ON THE STORM EDITION
>>90899
Translated from Italian RE: Sorros-Roths picture.
>The Lebanese site Al-Manar, spokesman for the Shiite guerrilla Hezbollah - ally of Iran and Syrian President Bashar Assad - wonders whether it is by chance that Dominique Strauss-Khan or Soros direct the Ukrainian Central Bank.
The disturbing news of Al-Manar might have seemed a joke, had it not been for the confirmation of one of the leading experts in geopolitics, F. William Engdahl, of Princeton University. He claims that the controversial speculator George Soros, is referred to as the new president of the Central Bank of Ukraine
>The Lebanese site Al-Manar, spokesman for the Shiite guerrilla Hezbollah - ally of Iran and Syrian President Bashar Assad - wonders whether it is by chance that Dominique Strauss-Khan or Soros direct the Ukrainian Central Bank.
The disturbing news of Al-Manar might have seemed a joke, had it not been for the confirmation of one of the leading experts in geopolitics, F. William Engdahl, of Princeton University. He claims that the controversial speculator George Soros, is referred to as the new president of the Central Bank of Ukraine
>The Ukrainian parliament voted for three new government ministers, including Nazis (literally) from foreign countries, but were nationalized as Ukrainian citizens quickly:
1) Finance Minister Natalia Jaresko, a US citizen who worked for the State Department in Ukraine and also as an investment banker for USAID funds, a CIA coverage (http:// www.katari.org/agresion-permanente -USA);
2) Aivras Abromavicius, investment banker in Lithuania who managed the Swedish fund for Ukraine, and
3) Alexander Kvitashvili, Minister of Health, of American nationality and CIA agent, according to Engdahl
>According to Al Manar, Ukraine is on the verge of imminent bankruptcy, whose main cause is the war that takes place in Donbass, which costs about 100 million UAH (Hryvnia, Ukrainian currency) a day, but the fundamental cause is the cut of its commercial relations with Russia, its main partner, which produced a massive capital flight.
Kiev has not been able to meet its payment obligations in October for a total of 1125 million hryvnia forcing its municipal council to restructure its domestic debt.
>Also the governor of the Central Bank of Ukraine, Valeria Gontareva admits its dramatic decomposition (http:// rt.com/business/218735-ukraine-crisis-central-bank/), while the rating agency Moody's says that there is the risk for the country of a suspension of payments, when Ukraine owes about 28 billion dollars to its main creditors the IMF and the European Union.
>Its foreign currency reserves have plummeted to eight billion dollars, prices have risen by more than 20%, public debt has reached 60% of GDP and the currency has lost half its value in a year.
>The IMF estimates that Ukraine needs urgent help in the coming weeks, $ 20 billion just to stabilize the economic downturn.
Even Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, was literally placed there by Vicky Nuland of the State Department, the Austrian magazine Contra Magazine (http:// rt.com/business/218735-ukraine-crisis-central-bank/) claims that the President, Petro Poroshenko, would like to convert Ukraine into a vassal state of the United States, which explains the massive influx of foreigners to play a key role in the country's leadership, as in the case of the Central Bank, where, according to the Azerbaijan's APA press, which cites the 112 television channel of Ukraine, the candidates to lead the Central Bank are George Soros and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund, both in great harmony with Jacques Attali, and men of trust of the Rothschild bankers.
>The Israeli-British-British mega speculator György Schwartz, aka George Soros, 84 years old (http:// www.muckety.com/George-Soros/4166.muckety), has financed with $ 82,000 (few bricks) new Ukrainian government, as well as financing the activities of dissidents in the former Soviet bloc before the 1989 revolutions, in particular in Poland and the Czech Republic, according to Kyev Post.
Al-Manar states that Soros has contributed this year to overthrowing the Ukrainian government and creating a pro-Western democracy, as well as during the 2004 orange revolution.
>Today Ukraine finds itself haunted by a battalion of US officials through NGOs that it controls, such as the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), which Thierry Meyssan, director of Reseau Voltaire, cataloged as "the legal front of the CIA (http : //www.voltairenet.org/article167223.html) ".
According to Engdahl, Soros persists in trying to weaken the Russian economy, as he did in 1998, when he was identified as the front man for the Rothschild bankers
vocidallastrada.org/2015/01/ucraina-cia-nel-governo-e-soros-alla.html#more