Taruta has agreed to become the Governor of Donetsk. The second major
businessman (after Kolomojskoy in Dniptopetrovsk) to become a state
functionary.
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/03/2/7016902/
NOTE: Tymoshenko brokered this....Just "piling up" points as the
"saviour of Ukraine" for use in the Presidential campaign (Turchynov
and Yatseniuk are party colleagues)...
Quoting Michael Kulyk <[email protected]>:
> Donbas Chairman of ISD Serhiy Tartuta, ranked #488 on the World’s
> Billionaires (Forbes), calls out to all Ukrainian businessmen:
>
> “Today we must defend Ukraine - yes, imperfect - yes, multilingual -
> but ours!”
> “Do I need to explain how this will end for us? I think not - we
> will just lose everything!... Russian armies in the territory of
> Ukraine can only be seen as an invasion. An invasion of a peaceful
> country....”
>
> “My honorable fellow citizens, I appeal to you today not as Head of
> the Board of Directors of ISD, but as a Russian speaking citizen of
> Ukraine, as a resident of Donbas - an area where Ukrainian and
> Russian blood flow side by side. I appeal to everyone whose heart is
> in sorrow over today’s events to consolidate your efforts towards
> preserving the territorial integrity of our country. I hope you all
> understand that the measures ratified in Moscow can only lead to the
> partition of our land, and endless civil conflict with an endless
> cost in human lives.”
>
> “Our country experienced more bloodshed in the 20th century than
> anyone else... God preserve us.”
>
> http://tvi.ua/new/2014/03/01/milyarder_taruta_zaklykav_biznesmeniv_obyednuvatys_pered_rosiyskoyu_zahrozoyu
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