Yeah! Ukraine has already had one President who spent some time
in jail.
Should it be made a required item in the list of qualifications?
Yulka would definitely qualify...
On Wed, 26 Mar 2014, Michael Kulyk wrote:
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> http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Jewish-businessman-to-run-for-Ukrainian-presidency-346534
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> Jewish businessman to run for Ukrainian presidency
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> VADIM RABINOVICH ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR MAY ELECTION; SAYS WILL HELP UKRAINE RECOVER ECONOMICALLY FROM MONTHS OF POLITICAL TURMOIL.
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> Ukrainian Jewish businessman Vadim Rabinovich announced his candidacy for president of Ukraine in the May elections.
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> Rabinovich, 61, the owner and co-founder of Jewish News One and co-chair of the European Jewish Parliament, made the announcement during an
> interview Tuesday for the Vesti.ua news website and online radio service.
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> In the interview, which Rabinovich posted on his Facebook page, he said Ukraine should become a neutral nation, with a small professional
> army based on the Swiss model and a regional administration similar to the German federal system.
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> “There is no need for 26 areas,” he said in reference to the regions that make up Ukraine.
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> Rabinovich also called for canceling value added taxes, which he said “turned into a tool for power to feed itself.”
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> He said transparency in government would encourage investments that would help Ukraine recover economically following months of political
> turmoil that began in November and worsened an already acute financial crisis.
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> According to newsradio.com.ua, Rabinovich submitted his candidacy for the May 25 elections at the Central Elections Committee and spoke to
> reporters outside the building.
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> “I want to debunk the myth that Ukraine is anti-Semitic, which is being spread throughout the world,” he said, referencing allegations by
> Russian President Vladimir Putin that the revolution over former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s perceived pro-Russian policies was
> being led by “anti-Semites and neo-Nazis.”
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> “I’m probably the best candidate. We need union, and I am the unifying candidate. I have no particular lust for power, I just want to help
> the country,” Rabinovich said.
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> Rabinovich, founder of the All-Ukrainian Jewish Congress, told JTA during an interview at his office in October that he became involved in
> Jewish causes after he turned 40.
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> “I made a discovery that there is a thing called Torah,” he said. “It led me in all kinds of new directions.”
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> In the 1980s, Rabinovich was arrested and sentenced to 14 years in prison for black market ventures, but wound up serving only seven years,
> according to Korrespondent, a Ukrainian weekly.
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> Rabinovich says he was jailed on “trumped-up charges,” but the United States still bars his entry as a result, he confirmed to JTA.
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> Following his release in 1991, Rabinovich began to amass a fortune as a metals dealer. He has donated millions of dollars to Jewish causes,
> including bringing the Limmud Jewish learning festival to Ukraine.
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