Nepotism is defined as,
"The practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs" (Oxford Dictionary)
Using his powers as Head of the Committee for External Relations in the St Petersburg Administration during the late 1990's, Putin became the central figure of,
"The dacha cooperative Ozero, which was founded on November 10, 1996 by Vladimir Smirnov (head), Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Yakunin, Andrei Fursenko, Sergey Fursenko, Yury Kovalchuk, Viktor Myachin, and Nikolay Shamalov.
This initial gang of Putin's has expanded to include other key figures in his Kremlin administration.
The late Boris Nemtsov exposed not only the nepotistic nature of this gang, but the high degree of nepotism that afforded even the children of this gang to become very rich and powerful.
Whilst there are, indeed, many checks and balances in the US constitution to prevent any president from abusing his powers through nepotism, or by surrounding himself with a coterie of friends rather than with those men and women who are admirably qualified and motivated to serve the American public to the best of their abilities, nonetheless president-elect Trump seems to have choosen to attempt to follow 'the Putin way'.
Besides the consternation that has been caused by his many 'Putin-friendly' inner-circle advisors that he has appointed, Trump has now gone one step further by having his nominated cabinet members ratified by the US Senate without most of them having gone through the complete process of the many background checks that they are obliged to go through eg FBI Checks, Financial checks, CIA checks, amongst others.
Added to which, Trump has appointed his son-in-law to his 'inner circle advisors', in much the same way as Putin doled out plum jobs to some of both his cousins and his 'siloviki's' children.
For the future of Ukraine, this vetting process is crucial.
In the words of Senator John McCaine,
"I'm very concerned about what this administration's attitude or behaviour towards Vladimir Putin will be.
I've just came back with Amy Kovachar(?) and (Senator) Lindsey Graham from the Baltics ... Georgia ... Ukraine ... and I'm telling you they are very very worried there about what America will be and whether we will continue to have the strong relationship with them which will help them resist Vladimir Putin's effort to destabilise them"
Will Trump succeed in forcing the US Senate hearings to give way to his following 'the Putin way'?
(to be contined)
"The practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs" (Oxford Dictionary)
Using his powers as Head of the Committee for External Relations in the St Petersburg Administration during the late 1990's, Putin became the central figure of,
"The dacha cooperative Ozero, which was founded on November 10, 1996 by Vladimir Smirnov (head), Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Yakunin, Andrei Fursenko, Sergey Fursenko, Yury Kovalchuk, Viktor Myachin, and Nikolay Shamalov.
This initial gang of Putin's has expanded to include other key figures in his Kremlin administration.
The initial gang are, to this day, are still fully in control of the FINANCES (Rossiya Bank) of his now expanded gang.
The late Boris Nemtsov exposed not only the nepotistic nature of this gang, but the high degree of nepotism that afforded even the children of this gang to become very rich and powerful.
Whilst there are, indeed, many checks and balances in the US constitution to prevent any president from abusing his powers through nepotism, or by surrounding himself with a coterie of friends rather than with those men and women who are admirably qualified and motivated to serve the American public to the best of their abilities, nonetheless president-elect Trump seems to have choosen to attempt to follow 'the Putin way'.
Besides the consternation that has been caused by his many 'Putin-friendly' inner-circle advisors that he has appointed, Trump has now gone one step further by having his nominated cabinet members ratified by the US Senate without most of them having gone through the complete process of the many background checks that they are obliged to go through eg FBI Checks, Financial checks, CIA checks, amongst others.
Added to which, Trump has appointed his son-in-law to his 'inner circle advisors', in much the same way as Putin doled out plum jobs to some of both his cousins and his 'siloviki's' children.
For the future of Ukraine, this vetting process is crucial.
In the words of Senator John McCaine,
"I'm very concerned about what this administration's attitude or behaviour towards Vladimir Putin will be.
I've just came back with Amy Kovachar(?) and (Senator) Lindsey Graham from the Baltics ... Georgia ... Ukraine ... and I'm telling you they are very very worried there about what America will be and whether we will continue to have the strong relationship with them which will help them resist Vladimir Putin's effort to destabilise them"
Will Trump succeed in forcing the US Senate hearings to give way to his following 'the Putin way'?
(to be contined)
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