2016 election pre-empted when State Dept. invited Ukraine official to GOP platform meetings in July 2016 to make sure money to kill Russians was in GOP platform. WaPo warmonger columnist on hand to ensure democracy was dead-VOA News, 7/21/2016

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“Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, Valeriy Chaly, is here [at Republican Party Platform meetings in July 2016 in Cleveland] on a program organized by the State Department.”…Ukraine Ambassador sought GOP platform language stating that lethal weapons will be provided to Ukraine. The Ambassador also said that “the wider Republican establishment" decides US foreign policy rather than a US president. Why aren’t all countries invited to GOP platform meetings, why just Ukraine, a country thousands of miles away from the US? 

7/21/2016, “Proposed GOP Stance on Ukraine Sparks Controversy," VOA News, by Tatiana Vorozhko, Iuliia Iarmolenko, Cleveland, Ohio

“At this week’s [July 2016] Republican National Convention, a mini-drama has surfaced over what the party’s platform has to say about the conflict in Ukraine…. 

Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, Valeriy Chaly, is here [at Republican Party Platform meetings in Cleveland] on a program organized by the State Department. He said he was less concerned about the rewording of the language on Ukraine than about the way it was done.… 

[Alleged] Russian actions against Ukraine and the GOP’s position on the issue dominated a roundtable discussion organized by the International Republican Institute in Cleveland on Tuesday….[IRI Board of Directors]…[IRI is a division of NED, a US taxpayer funded regime change group whose longtime chief Carl Gershman has stated his desire that US use its “power” and “will” to remove Russia’s elected President Putin.] 

“The problem [said Ukraine Ambassador Chaly] is that the [Republican Party Platform] document, which included [a] position on providing lethal weapons to Ukraine, was amended by the group in the committee who, I think, didn’t consider the position of the wider Republican establishment,” Chaly told VOA.…[Mr. Chaly, if in fact the “Republican Establishment” had correctly been ignored, it would’ve meant US had a working democracy instead of the unelected dictatorship it actually has. Even the NY Times on May 3, 2016 said, “It’s Donald Trump’s Party Now:“ …“That Mr. Trump was able to enthrall voters by promising simply to “Make America Great Again”...is testimony to how thoroughly they reject the politicians who betrayed them.”..

Mr. Chaly would deny us our voice, our only chance to be heard. The most meaningful news of 2016 was that the vicious “Republican Establishment” had been massively, historically, and deservedly rejected by voters. Mr. Chaly at least reveals that the Emperor Has No Clothes, ie, US pretends to be a democracy but isn’t one. NY Times headline]……..

(continuing): “The document, which was submitted by the wider Ukrainian diaspora ... was amended by the people of Donald Trump’s campaign manager and not by the people who analyze and formulate foreign policy and defense positions. It makes [it] difficult to predict how strategic documents would be developed if Trump becomes president.”…

The language was altered from providing “lethal defensive weapons” to providing “appropriate assistance."

“Trump staffers in the room, who are not delegates but are there to oversee the process, intervened,“ Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin wrote of the meeting at which the wording was changed. “By working with pro-Trump delegates, they were able to get the issue tabled while they devised a method to roll back the language.“… 

The ambassador noted that the document is only an electoral platform plank and not a statement of policy of a possible future Trump administration. He said that conversations at the convention led him to believe that policy toward Ukraine has not yet been formulated. 

“I don’t think that overall foreign policy of the United States would change dramatically regardless of who wins,” Chaly said, [so obviously there’s no need for elections] adding that Indiana Governor Mike Pence, the Republican Party nominee for vice president, has “good credentials” and understands the issue. 

“The main thing for us is that the people who run Donald Trump’s campaign would not run his foreign policy,” he said.”…

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Added: IMF $17 billion bailout loan to Ukraine is contingent on Ukraine continuing violent attacks on Russian speaking people in eastern Ukraine: 

5/21/2014, “IMF warns Ukraine on bailout if it loses east,“ cnbc.com 

“Ukraine, struggling with a stuttering economy as well as an escalating crisis with neighboring Russia, has had its $17 billion International Monetary Fund bailout signed off. But international lenders are already warning of threats to its funding.”…
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Map shows Russian speaking areas of Ukraine, as of Oct. 2015
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Added: As of Oct. 2017, political influence of some Ukraine oligarchs has only increased following 2014 regime change by US :

"Since 2014 [through 10/3/2017] there has not been much change [in Ukraine]. Business people continue to hold leading political roles….After the Euromaidan protests [and US regime change], the political influence of some oligarchs increased even further."…10/3/2017
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