During the last presidential elections in Ukraine, the then front runner, Volodymyr Zelensky, campaigning under the banner of "Servant of the People", promised "transparency" in government.
Six months after Zelensky's success in becoming President of Ukraine, Frank Vogl now reports that,
"There also are the no less overt pressures by billionaire Igor Kolomoisky, who owned the TV station where Zelensky had worked. And then there is the unfortunate reality of possible corruption among the ranks of his own political party’s newly elected members of parliament.
If Zelensky does not publicly demonstrate that he is going to support transparency and the independence of the judicial process in these matters, then his claim to be a new kind of Ukrainian politician – finally, an honest one – will be in tatter" (The Globalist : 28 October 2019) (my emphasis)
Even more disconcerting for Zelensky, Ian Talley (right) reports that,
"The International Monetary Fund has put off a bailout for Ukraine because it is worried the country’s president won’t recoup billions of dollars allegedly looted from banks—including one once controlled by a close supporter—according to people familiar with the negotiations.
...
The IMF told President Volodymyr Zelensky he must aggressively pursue the missing money to deliver on his vow to clean up a financial system sapped by fraud, money laundering and theft." (Washington Post : 31 October 2019) (my emphasis)
And if this were not enough to give Zelensky severe headaches, that fateful call he had with US President Donald Trump on July 25th, and that is now leading to Trump's impeachment, is adding to Zelensky's political headaches.
As Salvador Rizzo (left) reports,
"Zelensky’s criticism of [U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Yovanovitch] wasn’t out of the blue, as Trump claimed. It was prompted by Trump himself. Zelensky noted that Trump was “the first one who told me that she was a bad ambassador,” a line that sounds straight out of a hostage video." (Washington Post : 6 November 2019) (my emphasis)
As the old saying goes, "It doesn't rain but it pours"
UNIAN now reports that,
"The removal by Denmark of the final barrier to a Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline bypassing Ukraine that has drawn fire from President Trump could lead to the project's completion within months." (UNIAN : 5 November 2019) (my emphasis)
As per usual, outgoing Merkel,
" .... [who] sheltered the pipeline from European Union sanctions on Russia imposed in the years after the Kremlin's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula ... has said though that she would work to ensure that Ukraine is not cut off." (ibid UNIAN) (my emphasis)
UNIAN also reports that,
"Many foreign policy analysts have raised alarms about Trump's wholehearted endorsement of Orban, particularly given his relationship with Putin." (UNIAN : 5 November 2019) (my emphasis)
Not only is Zelensky confronted with Merkel and Macron trying to get him to give concessions to Putin about elections in the Donbas, thus undermining the Minsk 2 protocols, he is also now faced with the Trump-Putin-Orban trio, all of them sharing a common disdain for Ukraine. (cf. Tim Lister and Nathan Hodge : CNN :5 November 2019)
Now Scythian women are really not to be messed with. As Hippocrates warned, “They [Sarmatian (or Scythian) women] have no
right breasts…for while they are yet babies their mothers make red-hot a
bronze instrument constructed for this very purpose and apply it to the
right breast and cauterize it, so that its growth is arrested, and all
its strength and bulk are diverted to the right shoulder and right arm.”
Since EU visa restrictions against Ukrainians were lifted in 2017, a generation of young Ukrainian men now work in the EU, especially in Poland.
This means that the voice of Ukrainian women, in particular, now has greater force in Ukrainian politics.
Whilst the cauterization of the right breast of Ukrainian female babies may be folklore, Zelensky would be wise not to take his female supporters for granted.
Like a London taxi, they can turn on a sixpence i.e. change focus, activity, opinion, or behavior very suddenly or abruptly.
Zelensky is now politically walking on egg shells.
(to be continued)
Six months after Zelensky's success in becoming President of Ukraine, Frank Vogl now reports that,
"There also are the no less overt pressures by billionaire Igor Kolomoisky, who owned the TV station where Zelensky had worked. And then there is the unfortunate reality of possible corruption among the ranks of his own political party’s newly elected members of parliament.If Zelensky does not publicly demonstrate that he is going to support transparency and the independence of the judicial process in these matters, then his claim to be a new kind of Ukrainian politician – finally, an honest one – will be in tatter" (The Globalist : 28 October 2019) (my emphasis)
Even more disconcerting for Zelensky, Ian Talley (right) reports that,"The International Monetary Fund has put off a bailout for Ukraine because it is worried the country’s president won’t recoup billions of dollars allegedly looted from banks—including one once controlled by a close supporter—according to people familiar with the negotiations.
...
The IMF told President Volodymyr Zelensky he must aggressively pursue the missing money to deliver on his vow to clean up a financial system sapped by fraud, money laundering and theft." (Washington Post : 31 October 2019) (my emphasis)
And if this were not enough to give Zelensky severe headaches, that fateful call he had with US President Donald Trump on July 25th, and that is now leading to Trump's impeachment, is adding to Zelensky's political headaches.
As Salvador Rizzo (left) reports,
"Zelensky’s criticism of [U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Yovanovitch] wasn’t out of the blue, as Trump claimed. It was prompted by Trump himself. Zelensky noted that Trump was “the first one who told me that she was a bad ambassador,” a line that sounds straight out of a hostage video." (Washington Post : 6 November 2019) (my emphasis)
As the old saying goes, "It doesn't rain but it pours"
UNIAN now reports that,
"The removal by Denmark of the final barrier to a Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline bypassing Ukraine that has drawn fire from President Trump could lead to the project's completion within months." (UNIAN : 5 November 2019) (my emphasis)
As per usual, outgoing Merkel,
" .... [who] sheltered the pipeline from European Union sanctions on Russia imposed in the years after the Kremlin's 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula ... has said though that she would work to ensure that Ukraine is not cut off." (ibid UNIAN) (my emphasis)
UNIAN also reports that,
"Many foreign policy analysts have raised alarms about Trump's wholehearted endorsement of Orban, particularly given his relationship with Putin." (UNIAN : 5 November 2019) (my emphasis)
Not only is Zelensky confronted with Merkel and Macron trying to get him to give concessions to Putin about elections in the Donbas, thus undermining the Minsk 2 protocols, he is also now faced with the Trump-Putin-Orban trio, all of them sharing a common disdain for Ukraine. (cf. Tim Lister and Nathan Hodge : CNN :5 November 2019)
In my very first blog entry (10/06/2014) I pointed out that historically, Ukrainian women were referred to as "Scythian" women.
Now Scythian women are really not to be messed with. As Hippocrates warned, “They [Sarmatian (or Scythian) women] have no
right breasts…for while they are yet babies their mothers make red-hot a
bronze instrument constructed for this very purpose and apply it to the
right breast and cauterize it, so that its growth is arrested, and all
its strength and bulk are diverted to the right shoulder and right arm.” Since EU visa restrictions against Ukrainians were lifted in 2017, a generation of young Ukrainian men now work in the EU, especially in Poland.
This means that the voice of Ukrainian women, in particular, now has greater force in Ukrainian politics.
Whilst the cauterization of the right breast of Ukrainian female babies may be folklore, Zelensky would be wise not to take his female supporters for granted.
Like a London taxi, they can turn on a sixpence i.e. change focus, activity, opinion, or behavior very suddenly or abruptly.
Zelensky is now politically walking on egg shells.
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