Ukraine’s 2014 “revolution” turned out to be nothing but a US puppet oligarch who allowed even worse corruption. Oligarchs still control 80-85% of Ukraine GDP. Ukraine is a “U.S.-controlled aboriginal regime.”
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[McCain said,] “And of course Ukraine is the crown jewel.…Russia, without Ukraine it’s an eastern power, with Ukraine it’s a western power."
12/15/13, “John McCain backs opposition leaders telling Ukraine protesters: ‘America stands with you – Ukraine will make Europe better’,” AP report via Daily Mail
“U.S. Senator John McCain met Ukrainian opposition leaders in Kiev on Saturday and voiced support for protesters [advocating overthrow of government] camped out for weeks in the capital….
McCain is the latest of a string of European and American dignitaries to tour the sprawling protest camp….McCain was due to be joined by the chairman of the Senate’s Europe subcommittee, Chris Murphy, on Sunday.”…
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Above, 12/13/2013, McCain in Kiev promoting overthrow of Ukraine government, AP, UK Guardian, AP
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Added: Ukraine protesters shocked that “revolution” gave them a worse oligarch than they had before:
Ukraine protesters a year later “are gripped with a profound sense of shock” that their “revolution” calling for overhaul of elite corruption has yielded the reverse, a worse oligarch and worse elite corruption in which oligarchs still control 80-85% of Ukraine GDP....2/25/15…Kiev renames street in honour of late US senator McCain who promoted overthrow of elected Ukraine president in order to install US puppet government, 5/4/19, AFP
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Added: John McCain tells Ukraine protesters that regime change is the answer:
12/15/2013, “John McCain tells Ukraine protesters: ‘We are here to support your just cause‘,” UK Guardian
“Senator John McCain on Sunday told thousands of Ukrainian protesters camped on Kiev’s main square that Ukraine’s destiny lay in Europe and that it would make Europe better….
Speaking to CNN on Sunday, McCain said: “What we’re trying to do [who is “we”?] is try to bring about a peaceful transition here [meaning “transition” to an even worse US-installed oligarch]….
McCain said: “…I think it was [Henry] Kissinger, I’m not sure, said that Russia, without Ukraine it’s an eastern power, with Ukraine it’s a western power. This is the beginning of Russia right here in Kiev.””….[McCain said,] “…And of course Ukraine is the crown jewel.””…
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Added: In 2016 Biden ordered Ukraine to fire a top official or US would cancel a $1 billion loan. So Ukraine fired the man. Also referenced here. Text from CFR 1/23/2018 transcript of Biden appearance. “Poroshenko signed an order to dismiss Shokin on April 3, 2016.” Relevant Biden text is near end of CFR page:
“And so I got Ukraine….And I went over, I guess, the 12th, 13th time to Kiev. And I was supposed to announce that there was another billion-dollar loan guarantee. And I had gotten a commitment from Poroshenko and from Yatsenyuk that they would take action against the state prosecutor. And they didn’t.
So they said they had...I said…I’m not going to—or, we’re not going to give you the billion dollars. They said, you have no authority. You’re not the president. The president said—I said, call him. (Laughter.) I said, I’m telling you, you’re not getting the billion dollars….I looked at them and said: I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money. Well, son of a bitch. (Laughter.) He got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time.”
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Added: Biden’s last trip to “U.S.-controlled aboriginal regime,” Ukraine, 1/6/2017: “If actually a sovereign state, Ukraine would have refused to receive Biden. But it seems that for the Kiev regime friendly backslappings by the U.S. boss are more important than their country’s national interests.“
1/17/2017, “Farewell tour of “old Joe”: Biden’s last visit to Ukraine,” Eurasia Daily, Denis Gayevsky, Kiev
“If you remember, the anti-terrorist operation in Donbass was preceded by the visit of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and CIA Director John Brennan to Kiev. During that visit in Apr 2014, Biden was sitting at the head of the negotiating table – the place meant for the president of Ukraine – and was distributing directives to the representatives of the “sovereign” Maidan regime.
Since then he has been the United States’ key inspector for Ukraine. Since 2014, old Joe has paid five visits to Kiev. In Dec 2015, he confessed that he had more conversations with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko than with his own wife. In less than two years, the two spent more than 1,000 hours talking on the phone.
In Ukraine, Biden was responsible for a wide range of issues – from appointments of personnel (it was he who forced Poroshenko to dismiss Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin in exchange for a $1bn loan) and settlement of conflicts inside the Kiev “terrarium of kindred spirits” to military-political and diplomatic activities. And, of course, he actively encouraged the Kiev regime into fighting corruption, implementing reforms and doing other tasks U.S.-controlled aboriginal regimes are usually supposed to do.…
If actually a sovereign state, Ukraine would have refused to receive Biden. But it seems that for the Kiev regime friendly backslappings by the U.S. boss are more important than their country’s national interests.
But politics are not Biden’s only interest in Ukraine. Here he also has business interests. His son, Hunter Biden, is in the board of Ukraine’s biggest private gas producer, Burisma Holdings….Hunter Biden’s appointment into Burisma’s board was a bright example of elite corruption: Biden was given access to a gainful sector while Zlochevsky got a political cover….
So, now that Biden has given final directives to his subordinates and has ensured sufficient defense for his family business, he can go back home with peace of mind and anticipation of a worthy retirement allowance, while disintegrated and imbalanced Ukraine will continue dabbling in the pit of its problems.“
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Added: US-led regime in Ukraine is deliberately deindustrializing the country, in the belief that ruining their own economy will help them retain power:
4/25/2018, “Ukraine is being deindustrialized according to Baltic scenario: opinion,” Eurasia Daily, Denis Gayevsky
“This seems to be part of the Kiev regime’s consistent policy to deindustrialize Ukraine, a policy that is aimed not only at turning Ukraine into a supplier of raw materials to foreign markets but also against Russia-oriented companies that may grow into a strong opposition and an active advocate of recovery of economic contacts with Russia. The paradox of this situation is that the Ukrainian comprador elites are ruining their own economy just to be able to retain their power….
As far as economic neoliberalism is concerned, Ukraine is actually being reformed: attractive sectors are being given to western capitals, while lots of Ukrainian workers are emigrating to Europe to the benefit of the Ukrainian government, who no longer needs to support them, and the European governments, who are receiving cheap labor force.”…
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Added: As always US is the sole aggressor:
4/30/2014, “It’s not Russia that’s pushed Ukraine to the brink of war,” UK Guardian, Seumas Milne
“The US and its European allies impose sanctions and dictate terms to Russia and its proteges in Kiev, encouraging the military crackdown on protesters after visits from Joe Biden and the CIA director, John Brennan. But by what right is the US involved at all, incorporating under its strategic umbrella a state that has never been a member of Nato, and whose last elected government came to power on a platform of explicit neutrality? It has none, of course – which is why the Ukraine crisis is seen in such a different light across most of the world. There may be few global takers for Putin’s oligarchic conservatism and nationalism, but Russia’s counterweight to US imperial expansion is welcomed, from China to Brazil….
The reality is that, after two decades of eastward Nato expansion, this crisis was triggered by the west’s attempt to pull Ukraine decisively into its orbit and defence structure, via an explicitly anti-Moscow EU association agreement. Its rejection led to the Maidan protests and the installation of an anti-Russian administration – rejected by half the country – that went on to sign the EU and International Monetary Fund agreements regardless….
US and European leaders championed the “masked militants” and denounced the elected government for its crackdown, just as they now back the unelected government’s use of force against rebels occupying police stations and town halls in cities such as Slavyansk and Donetsk.
“America is with you,” Senator John McCain told demonstrators then, standing shoulder to shoulder with the leader of the far-right Svoboda party as the US ambassador haggled with the state department over who would make up the new Ukrainian government.
When the Ukrainian president was replaced by a US-selected administration, in an entirely unconstitutional takeover, politicians such as William Hague brazenly misled parliament about the legality of what had taken place: the imposition of a pro-western government on Russia’s most neuralgic and politically divided neighbour.”…
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