(March 6, 2025 at 2:15 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote:(February 25, 2025 at 10:12 pm)Belacqua Wrote: The people of Ukraine voted for Yanukovych, who promised neutrality between NATO and Russia. But he was expelled by a violent putsch and replaced by a NATO-sponsored guy, even though everybody knew this was serious provocation.
By 'replaced by a NATO sponsored guy' do you mean the people of Ukraine voted for Zalinsky?
Poroshenko came after Yanukovych. "Sponsored" may be too strong a word for me to use. If he got in at that time, it means the US thought he was OK. He was in favor of NATO alliance but didn't have the popular support for it at the time. He is a billionaire and generally aims for integration with Europe rather than Russia, or careful neutrality. In other words, he doesn't look neutral.
Zelensky was sponsored by Kolomoisky, an Israeli/Ukrainian billionaire, who used his media power to get Zelensky elected. Zelensky promised peace with Russia, which made him popular.
Since then Kolomoisky has been found guilty of various scandals, and his bank has been taken over by the state. I don't know the extent of his real crimes, since all of the politics involved means that people accuse each other of all kinds of stuff.
