The infamous Pandora Papers, a massive leak of financial papers exposed the financial holdings of certain world leaders, including our hero. Why is everyone silent on this??
"The secret records also show that Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his close circle were the beneficiaries of a network of offshore companies, including some that owned expensive property in London, OCCRP reported.
It said Zelenskiy and his partners in a television production company, Kvartal 95, set up a network of offshore firms dating back to at least 2012. Among other things, the offshores were used by Zelenskiy’s associates to purchase three prime properties in the center of the British capital.
The documents also show that just before he was elected in 2019 on a wave of public anger against the country’s political class, Zelenskiy transferred his stake in a secret offshore company to his business partner who later became his top presidential aide.
And an arrangement was soon made that would allow the offshore to keep paying dividends to a company that now belongs to his wife."
Makes you wonder where all the money that can't be accounted for, ended up?
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agip wrote:
for a small amount we've decimated an aggresive enemy of democracy. As long as this ends well, it will be one of the great triumphs of freedom and democracy. Like WW2, the berlin airlift, etc.
For a small monetary price you've decimated another empire you're in contention with. The price in human lives is ridiculously high though. And this has absolutely nothing to do with democracy.
#justempirethings
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Preventing a government that came to power in a fair and democratic election in 2019 from being replaced by force by an invader has everything to do with democracy, you nitwit.
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Lollys Master wrote:
agip wrote:
for a small amount we've decimated an aggresive enemy of democracy. As long as this ends well, it will be one of the great triumphs of freedom and democracy. Like WW2, the berlin airlift, etc.
For a small monetary price you've decimated another empire you're in contention with. The price in human lives is ridiculously high though. And this has absolutely nothing to do with democracy.
#justempirethings
What you meant was Russia has spent a ridiculous amount of money to decimate another country and demonstrated that its military is thoroughly inept. NATO has spent a pittance and destroyed Russia’s dreams of relevance using second hand weapons and without sending a single soldier to battle. While The West has been living rent free in Putin’s head, nobody in the US has given a passing thought to that bloated has been of a country for the last 30 years.
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GoodGollyMissLolly wrote:
Lollys Master wrote:
For a small monetary price you've decimated another empire you're in contention with. The price in human lives is ridiculously high though. And this has absolutely nothing to do with democracy.
#justempirethings
What you meant was Russia has spent a ridiculous amount of money to decimate another country and demonstrated that its military is thoroughly inept. NATO has spent a pittance and destroyed Russia’s dreams of relevance using second hand weapons and without sending a single soldier to battle. While The West has been living rent free in Putin’s head, nobody in the US has given a passing thought to that bloated has been of a country for the last 30 years.
#RussiaSucksYou do know Russia spends less on its military every year than the $100 billion plus US has dumped into Ukraine in the past ten months?
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Newname wrote:
GoodGollyMissLolly wrote:
What you meant was Russia has spent a ridiculous amount of money to decimate another country and demonstrated that its military is thoroughly inept. NATO has spent a pittance and destroyed Russia’s dreams of relevance using second hand weapons and without sending a single soldier to battle. While The West has been living rent free in Putin’s head, nobody in the US has given a passing thought to that bloated has been of a country for the last 30 years.
#RussiaSucksYou do know Russia spends less on its military every year than the $100 billion plus US has dumped into Ukraine in the past ten months?
You do know that the US GDP is more than 10 times that of Russia? Russia is devoting 1/3rd of their GDP to the military next year, while their infrastructure crumbles.
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GoodGollyMissLolly wrote:
Newname wrote:
You do know Russia spends less on its military every year than the $100 billion plus US has dumped into Ukraine in the past ten months?
You do know that the US GDP is more than 10 times that of Russia? Russia is devoting 1/3rd of their GDP to the military next year, while their infrastructure crumbles.
* minor correction. One-third of the 2023 budget on defense, law enforcement, and security. This totals over $100B.
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m y 2 c wrote:
Preventing a government that came to power in a fair and democratic election in 2019 from being replaced by force by an invader has everything to do with democracy, you nitwit.
War started in 2014 when a democratically elected president was overthrown by the US, you moran. Therefore it's the opposite of democracy.
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GoodGollyMissLolly wrote:
What you meant was Russia has spent a ridiculous amount of money to decimate another country and demonstrated that its military is thoroughly inept. NATO has spent a pittance and destroyed Russia’s dreams of relevance using second hand weapons and without sending a single soldier to battle. While The West has been living rent free in Putin’s head, nobody in the US has given a passing thought to that bloated has been of a country for the last 30 years.
#RussiaSucksWhat you meant was the US spent your money to decimate Russia while sacrificing large amount of Ukrainian lives for it. No problem, because #RussiaSucks
Can't wait for Cuba to join BRICS and Russia and Iran stationing their missiles there. Since you love war action so much, it's about time you experienced it from upclose. Maybe China also would be interested in sending some hypersonic missiles to Cuba.
#BringWarToWarmongers
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Lollys Master wrote:
m y 2 c wrote:
Preventing a government that came to power in a fair and democratic election in 2019 from being replaced by force by an invader has everything to do with democracy, you nitwit.
War started in 2014 when a democratically elected president was overthrown by the US, you moran. Therefore it's the opposite of democracy.
No it wasn't,never been shown despite liars saying its in the transcript.
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Lollys Master wrote:
GoodGollyMissLolly wrote:
What you meant was Russia has spent a ridiculous amount of money to decimate another country and demonstrated that its military is thoroughly inept. NATO has spent a pittance and destroyed Russia’s dreams of relevance using second hand weapons and without sending a single soldier to battle. While The West has been living rent free in Putin’s head, nobody in the US has given a passing thought to that bloated has been of a country for the last 30 years.
#RussiaSucksWhat you meant was the US spent your money to decimate Russia while sacrificing large amount of Ukrainian lives for it. No problem, because #RussiaSucks
Can't wait for Cuba to join BRICS and Russia and Iran stationing their missiles there. Since you love war action so much, it's about time you experienced it from upclose. Maybe China also would be interested in sending some hypersonic missiles to Cuba.
#BringWarToWarmongers
probably the smart move was to let Russia invade and take over Ukraine without trying to stop them. Militaristic dictators bent on territorial expansion usually back off and stop invading nations when their foes act scared and weak. That's just what history shows.
/sarcasm
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Lollys Master wrote:
m y 2 c wrote:
Preventing a government that came to power in a fair and democratic election in 2019 from being replaced by force by an invader has everything to do with democracy, you nitwit.
War started in 2014 when a democratically elected president was overthrown by the US, you moran. Therefore it's the opposite of democracy.
You seem to be confused (as usual). Viktor Yanukovych ran away when MILLIONS of UKRAINIANS told him to f*ck off because they knew that aligning with Russia was a terrible idea. The US did NOT overthrow the Ukrainian government, despite what Russia and Carmine have told you. Don’t be a f*cking moron, moran.
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Lollys Master wrote:
GoodGollyMissLolly wrote:
What you meant was Russia has spent a ridiculous amount of money to decimate another country and demonstrated that its military is thoroughly inept. NATO has spent a pittance and destroyed Russia’s dreams of relevance using second hand weapons and without sending a single soldier to battle. While The West has been living rent free in Putin’s head, nobody in the US has given a passing thought to that bloated has been of a country for the last 30 years.
#RussiaSucksWhat you meant was the US spent your money to decimate Russia while sacrificing large amount of Ukrainian lives for it. No problem, because #RussiaSucks
Can't wait for Cuba to join BRICS and Russia and Iran stationing their missiles there. Since you love war action so much, it's about time you experienced it from upclose. Maybe China also would be interested in sending some hypersonic missiles to Cuba.
#BringWarToWarmongers
Russia could have avoided being decimated by marching there pathetic a**es back to Russia. It was their choice to be decimated. The US just facilitated their decision.
Maybe Russia would be interested in sending some Wagner mercenaries to Switzerland to denazify that racist sh*thole of a country? See, I can post ridiculous hypotheticals too.
#RussiaSucksAndSoDoYou
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GoodGollyMissLolly wrote:
Newname wrote:
You do know Russia spends less on its military every year than the $100 billion plus US has dumped into Ukraine in the past ten months?
You do know that the US GDP is more than 10 times that of Russia? Russia is devoting 1/3rd of their GDP to the military next year, while their infrastructure crumbles.
While Russia was only the fifth top nation by military spending at $65.9 billion in 2021, it was among the higher ranking nations in terms of military spending as a share of GDP. Russia military expenditures amounted to 4.1% of its GDP, and among the top 10 spending nations, was only beaten by Saudi Arabia whose spending was 6.6% of its GDP.
4.1% is not 1/3rd.
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GoodGollyMissLolly wrote:
Lollys Master wrote:
War started in 2014 when a democratically elected president was overthrown by the US, you moran. Therefore it's the opposite of democracy.
You seem to be confused (as usual). Viktor Yanukovych ran away when MILLIONS of UKRAINIANS told him to f*ck off because they knew that aligning with Russia was a terrible idea. The US did NOT overthrow the Ukrainian government, despite what Russia and Carmine have told you. Don’t be a f*cking moron, moran.
Odd.
They elected him but then decided to drive him out.
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Newname wrote:
GoodGollyMissLolly wrote:
You seem to be confused (as usual). Viktor Yanukovych ran away when MILLIONS of UKRAINIANS told him to f*ck off because they knew that aligning with Russia was a terrible idea. The US did NOT overthrow the Ukrainian government, despite what Russia and Carmine have told you. Don’t be a f*cking moron, moran.
Odd.
They elected him but then decided to drive him out.
Not that odd,happened with your fat orange man
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Unkle Carmine is a proven liar. wrote:
Lollys Master wrote:
War started in 2014 when a democratically elected president was overthrown by the US, you moran. Therefore it's the opposite of democracy.
No it wasn't,never been shown despite liars saying its in the transcript.
Many things have never been shown or have been shown decades later.
Just like the US Navy executing provocative raids in the Gulf of Tonkin and lying about being attacked by the North-Vietnamese. Declassified in early 2000's, when nobody cared anymore. The same will happen with Ukraine, our grandchildren will be able to read the truth, but it won't be relevant anymore. Now we can only string the very few pieces together.
On 7th of March in 2014 Ukrainian interior minister Arsen Avakov has said that non-Ukrainian third party is at fault in Kyiv’s ‘Bloody Thursday’. This wasn't on BBC or CNN though, so you surely haven't heard about it :)
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Some stories about Wagner units in the field publicly turning against some elements of the RU government...So putin may have to make that classic mob boss decision...when someone challenges your authority to you kill him immediately or co-opt him and bring him in as a partner.
An angry, armed and trained Wagner group is exactly Putin's biggest fear. Keep an eye out for RU units pulled back from the front to defend moscow. They'll call it something else, but if that happens, look out.
Of course Wagner taking over the RU nuclear weapons is....bloody terrifying.
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agip wrote:
probably the smart move was to let Russia invade and take over Ukraine without trying to stop them. Militaristic dictators bent on territorial expansion usually back off and stop invading nations when their foes act scared and weak. That's just what history shows.
/sarcasm
The US outsmarted Russia. They convinced West-Ukrainians to fight East-Ukrainians and Russians, provided them with weapons and will end up with zero US casualties.
Which is fine by me, wars always are dirty. What's nauseating is pretending that this is about democracy or some other politically correct bs.
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Newname wrote:
GoodGollyMissLolly wrote:
You seem to be confused (as usual). Viktor Yanukovych ran away when MILLIONS of UKRAINIANS told him to f*ck off because they knew that aligning with Russia was a terrible idea. The US did NOT overthrow the Ukrainian government, despite what Russia and Carmine have told you. Don’t be a f*cking moron, moran.
Odd.
They elected him but then decided to drive him out.
Yup. Exactly. They thought Yanukovych was going to be more pro-European, but he bowed to pressure from Moscow to align with Russia (probably because it would be incredibly lucrative for himself). When average Ukrainians saw how disastrous this deal was going to be for themselves, they revolted. He ran back to Russia, setting a precedent for the Russian military that lives on to this day.
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