Thursday, March 28, 2019

Russia appears to be meddling in the Ukraine presidential elections. AGAIN.

The elections in Ukraine today are a far cry from the elections overseen by Paul Manafort. There is a populous figure who is an actor by profession. Look, the USA had Reagan. At any rate, there is a "March Surprise" that the actor turned presidential hopeful has a million gazillion dollar estate in a province in Italy where many Russian oligarchs like to call home.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is at the top of the polls and is hoping that translates into success on election day. The one real reason Volodymyr Zelenskyy's ambitions have taken shape is because of the corruption that still exists in Ukraine. The World Bank has also stated the corruption needs to be addressed. Evidently, with a civil war raging in Donetsk Province (Oblast) (Where Viktor Yanukovych was governor before Ukrainian president)  bringing corruption under control is difficult.

March 28, 2019

...In a post on Instagram, (click here) Zelenskyy's campaign called the report "fake" and an attempt to "discredit" the candidate days before the election.

The Tuscan seaside town has been dubbed by pro-Russia media as Italy’s “Moscow Province” for being a preferred destination of such Russian oligarchs as Oleg Deripaska and Roman Abramovich, according to the Slidstvo journalists.

Zelinskyy's public asset declaration says he is the owner of four apartments in Kyiv and a country home outside the capital city, as well as apartments in Yalta, Crimea, and the United Kingdom. But his declaration does not mention the villa in Italy, which, according to the journalists, he owns with his wife, Elena....