sanctions were imposed, Dmytro Firtash, Pavel Fuks, Dmitry Utkin (member of PMC Wagner Group), Oleg Deripaska, Alexey Miller (CEO of Gazprom), terrorist leaders Igor Bezler, Igor Gir
So, it would be fair to say that when that petulant reporter stood up at the G7 and said, "Tell me YES OR NO right now....it's a YES or NO question....are you going to let Ukraine into NATO immediately, GO! Yes or NO?!" and Biden said, "It is not Yes or No," and then went on to explain how they needed to come into compliance and demonstrate a history of lack of corruption and ..... that he likely knew 'this?'
Correct which is why I was sort of glad I wasn’t on Twitter because even I knew that some were not at all reporting things correctly - Ukraine has several house keeping matters to tend to —which is why I found the Supreme Court’s ruling against Firtash was a big deal because that means the Odessa Port is one step closer to locking in the IMF backing - plus the “coming into compliance” with NATO standards
Sounds promising, no? But, as you have said, Firtash has the power of his immense wealth…
So my question is this: Will you be excitedly freeing up a guest bedroom in a 2022 timeframe? or can Firtash keep this going for another couple of years, d’you think?
I genuinely do not know - but last week a bipartisan letter from the House Ukrainian Caucasus was sent to Secretary Blinken - urging the State Department to continue with the efforts to extradite him. I can’t find an open source to the letter but this article explains the contents -“if” <—that’s a big IF lawmakers implied the Austrian Court is corrupt that isn’t exactly constructive because there was a change in Judge but that implication will certainly ruffle a lot of feathers. Again that’s an if because I have yet to find the actual letter https://www.rferl.org/a/pressure-white-house-on-extradition-of-ukrainian-tycoon-firtash/31322232.html
So, it would be fair to say that when that petulant reporter stood up at the G7 and said, "Tell me YES OR NO right now....it's a YES or NO question....are you going to let Ukraine into NATO immediately, GO! Yes or NO?!" and Biden said, "It is not Yes or No," and then went on to explain how they needed to come into compliance and demonstrate a history of lack of corruption and ..... that he likely knew 'this?'
Correct which is why I was sort of glad I wasn’t on Twitter because even I knew that some were not at all reporting things correctly - Ukraine has several house keeping matters to tend to —which is why I found the Supreme Court’s ruling against Firtash was a big deal because that means the Odessa Port is one step closer to locking in the IMF backing - plus the “coming into compliance” with NATO standards
I love that these simpletons think they can box Biden in on something ridiculous like that as if he is a cat with a laser pointer like the prior guy.
Sounds promising, no? But, as you have said, Firtash has the power of his immense wealth…
So my question is this: Will you be excitedly freeing up a guest bedroom in a 2022 timeframe? or can Firtash keep this going for another couple of years, d’you think?
I genuinely do not know - but last week a bipartisan letter from the House Ukrainian Caucasus was sent to Secretary Blinken - urging the State Department to continue with the efforts to extradite him. I can’t find an open source to the letter but this article explains the contents -“if” <—that’s a big IF lawmakers implied the Austrian Court is corrupt that isn’t exactly constructive because there was a change in Judge but that implication will certainly ruffle a lot of feathers. Again that’s an if because I have yet to find the actual letter https://www.rferl.org/a/pressure-white-house-on-extradition-of-ukrainian-tycoon-firtash/31322232.html
WOW!
That's a huge development (and I have Stanned you so long that I know never to bet against your memory explicitly.)