Why would one trust anything a mafia oligarch says? Khodorkovsky was looting Ukraine in the 1990s in a deal with Kuchma himself. He’s on a PR mission to make himself the image of a “philanthropist” and “victim”. Maybe he still has hope that one day he will be able to recoup his tens of billions from Putin’s familia.
Stefan Lemieszewski
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From: Francine Ponomarenko
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 9:22 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam]Re: [politics] Putin plays his joker?
In a sentence or two, are you able to give us khodorkovskys thesis position.
I tried to listen to the radio Svoboda link and it was so bad I couldn't hear what he was saying. I believe much earlier he came out and stated in a video that the Severnyj Kavkaz should be part of Russia.what about Krym, what did he say. Some of the commentators on hromadske Facebook page, are calling him a Putin Rupor. I don't believe this.
On Monday, 10 March 2014, <[email protected]> wrote:
http://www.unian.ua/politics/894788-zavtra-yanukovich-vistupit-iz-zayavoyu-zmi.html
Yanuk to make a statement tomorrow at Rostov.
Some surmises (could be completely off): Putin sees that most of his plan will not pass. So he will give instructions to Aksyonov to have the referendum approve option 2: The Crimea as a near (but not quite) sovereign entity under its 1992 constitution (renewed) BUT STILL PART OF UKRAINE. This will eliminate the "annexation" issue and pacify the UK and the US. Remember that in early days Aksyonov recognized the continuing legitimacy of Yanuk. This will be revived and "President" Yanuk will continue his struggle for "legitimacy". The titushky etc. in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv will receive instructions to shift focus away from Russia to "Yanuk legitimacy". This will render the 25 May election very difficult (with promoted disorders wherever possible).
What can stop this or nullify it? A quick dissolution of the Crimean Parliament, and confirmation of the nullity of the 16 March referendum by the Venetian commission (whose decision is expected this Friday March 14).
And so the game will continue. For "a long time" as Khodorkovskyj just predicted in today's Kyiv lecture to students...
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