tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post1730807954419525873..comments2023-09-17T10:57:35.535+03:00Comments on Ukrainiana: Judge Who 'Borrowed/Harvested' $2M+Hr. 2M Gets AwayTarashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-76126727309773331752008-12-18T17:56:00.000+02:002008-12-18T17:56:00.000+02:00A bit more on the nationalization of Prominvest in...A bit more on the nationalization of Prominvest in the link below (but without the blocking and tackling aspect).<BR/><BR/>Seems that the scapegoat of choice for the freefall of the hryvnia currency is the chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine.<BR/><BR/>http://www.jamestown.org/programs/edm/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=34278&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=27&cHash=f00502f02aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-35269886919141128722008-12-18T12:33:00.000+02:002008-12-18T12:33:00.000+02:00According to this report, the blockers came from t...According to <A HREF="http://www.epravda.com.ua/news/49469391d444d/" REL="nofollow">this report</A>, the blockers came from the Party of Regions. <BR/><BR/>After the Klyuev bros failed to buy the additional Hr. 900M stock issue, the National Bank of Ukraine rejected their bid and opted for nationalization.Tarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-39641939862528303762008-12-18T00:02:00.000+02:002008-12-18T00:02:00.000+02:00And the Kluyev brothers show up again.Seems that P...And the Kluyev brothers show up again.<BR/><BR/>Seems that Prominvest bank is in trouble, and the receiver was to sell it.<BR/><BR/>Members of parliament blockaded the receiver and prevented him from giving a press conference.<BR/><BR/>Soooo - members of parliament blockade everywhere - inside and outside of parliament.<BR/><BR/>Any guesses as to which particular faction was blocking and tackling the receiver for the Kluyev's?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-79771683068388107042008-12-17T13:07:00.000+02:002008-12-17T13:07:00.000+02:00Loanwords like блефувати, копіювати, юзати have be...Loanwords like <I>блефувати, копіювати, юзати</I> have been in use for some time. <I>Драйвувати</I> sounds like Diaspora Ukrainian:)<BR/><BR/>You can imagine how widespread the “sowing tradition” has become throughout Ukraine’s judicial system. Moneyed litigants use courts as wishing wells, showering them with all kinds of coins and bills, big and small.<BR/><BR/>Like cronyism, bribery can be traced to the Soviet era. But not in terms of proportions. <BR/><BR/>Such amounts of money may have existed at the top of the nomenklatura system, but not at Zvarych's rung of the judicial ladder. <BR/><BR/>In fact, under Soviet law, such amounts of money carried the death penalty. By contrast, under Ukrainian law, they carry judicial immunity.<BR/><BR/>Undoubtedly, some Politburo members had Swiss bank accounts, and so did some foreign trade officials. Still, not all Soviet leaders amassed fortunes.<BR/><BR/>Stalin’s daughter lives in a retirement home in Wisconsin. <BR/><BR/>Khrushchev’s son teaches at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. <BR/><BR/>Brezhnev’s alcoholic daughter died in poverty.<BR/><BR/>The lifestyles of these people just don’t measure up to those of the judges, officials, ministers, MPs, PMs, Presidents and oligarchs we have in Ukraine today. <BR/><BR/>In Greece, the death of a 15-year-old sparked a wildfire of protests. In Ukraine, the population has shrunk by almost 7 million in 17 years, without much protest.<BR/><BR/>That’s what makes Ukraine less livable.Tarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-32679167177785240662008-12-16T17:30:00.000+02:002008-12-16T17:30:00.000+02:00I did not realize that блуфую (bluffing - "bloofoo...I did not realize that блуфую (bluffing - "bloofooyoo" in "Ukrainian") was a Ukrainian word.<BR/><BR/>It's like драйвувати ("drivoovaty") - from driving a car. One takes an English word and pronounces it in "Ukrainian."<BR/><BR/>At any rate, what has consistently amazed me, including with respect to the "borrowing" judge here, is how these people in Ukraine in the "political elite" expound their lies with a perfectly straight face.<BR/><BR/>It's the sovok mask - noone knows what the truth is, noone cares, they lie with a perfectly straight face.<BR/><BR/>And what a drama queen!!!!! He was treated so badly that he wanted to ---- jump out the window.<BR/><BR/>As it turns out, he has flown the coop, after signing a legal document that he would stay.<BR/><BR/>The reporter noted that the source of repayment of the I-O-U was unclear. In typical Ukrainian fashion, the judge put a very heavy emphasis on pronouncing I-O-U.<BR/><BR/>That is done to make people believe that you're not actually lying.<BR/><BR/>So the clever judge even had a ledger - for "construction" loans.<BR/><BR/>One more thing - I am absolutely astounded by the revelation that new offices of judges, or others, are opened with people coming into the office and "sowing" coins and dollar bills all over the place.<BR/><BR/>He even opened the drawer where the "sowing" money was kept, and played show and tell about it.<BR/><BR/>See - just some "sowing" money here, all fair and square and aboveboard.<BR/><BR/>My parents, who were from Ukraine, would be very, very surprised at such a thing.<BR/><BR/>Ukrainian Pravda is reporting that Lutsenko and the Interior Ministry nabbed another guy, who had demanded a $32 million bribe - a record sum - in connection with the sale of some land.<BR/><BR/>Lutsenko also states that the underlings who demanded the bribe would not have done so had they not been "covered" by - upper echelons in government.<BR/><BR/>http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2008/12/16/86209.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com