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Discerning Volodymyr Zelensky

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Posted on March 8, 2022 by Lambert Strether

By Lambert Strether of Corrente.

“‘Not A Very Nice Person At All,’ she read. ‘I wonder what kind of person would put that on a wallet?’ ‘Someone who wasn’t a very nice person,’ said William.” –Terry Pratchett, The Truth

In this extremely short and simplistic post, I will do what it says on the tin: Scrape away the already deeply impacted layers of wartime propaganda[1]. I propose to do this in the old-fashioned American way: By following the money. (I was inspired to write this post by Gonzalo Lira, former NC contributor (!), streaming from Kharkiv (!!). His video, “Who Is Zelensky? A Puppet—and Here’s Why,” is perceptive, lucid, and convincing, albeit NSFW. I recommend you listen to it, on the off chance that the more hits this video has, the more of a public figure — hence, safer — Lira will be.)

Discerning Volodymyr Zelensky

Zelensky And The Fascists: “He will hang on some tree on Khreshchatyk”

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

At the Grayzone Alexander Rubinstein and Max Blumenthal have published a piece about Zelensky’s turn from the peacemaker he had promised to be before his election to an active supporter of the fascist ‘ultranational’ militia. They pin that turn to a frontline meeting between Zelensky and militia fighters in the fall of 2019:

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That is all correct. But let me point out that death threats from the fascists to Zelensky were already made much earlier.

Zelensky And The Fascists: “He will hang on some tree on Khreshchatyk”

Translated article that B couldn’t access:

Yarosh: if Zelensky betrays Ukraine, he will lose not his position, but his life

How Ukraine’s Jewish president Zelensky made peace with neo-Nazi paramilitaries on front lines of war with Russia

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

WHILE WESTERN MEDIA DEPLOYS VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY’S JEWISH HERITAGE TO REFUTE ACCUSATIONS OF NAZI INFLUENCE IN UKRAINE, THE PRESIDENT HAS CEDED TO NEO-NAZI FORCES AND NOW DEPENDS ON THEM AS FRONT LINE FIGHTERS.

How Ukraine’s Jewish president Zelensky made peace with neo-Nazi paramilitaries on front lines of war with Russia

H/T: The New Dark Age