tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post3096074122700075282..comments2023-09-17T10:57:35.535+03:00Comments on Ukrainiana: The American Institute in Ukraine: A Yanukovych-Friendly Appeasement Think TankTarashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-90568697364735558022009-07-07T18:04:56.362+03:002009-07-07T18:04:56.362+03:00Well done, Taras. Thank you for this information....<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisking" rel="nofollow">Well done</a>, Taras. Thank you for this information.John Kalitkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02720388640937176898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-69157154324437746112009-07-05T17:40:36.883+03:002009-07-05T17:40:36.883+03:00Elmer,
Thank you for the brief!
Based on the UP...Elmer,<br /><br />Thank you for the brief! <br /><br />Based on the UP article, AIU is a travel/public relations agency that employs guest speakers and other communications to promote views held by presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych. <br /><br />People who founded AIU had lobbied on behalf of Yanukovych but have failed to disclose that dirty little secret. <br /><br />AIU clearly recognizes Ukraine as part of the Kremlin’s sphere of influence and seeks to justify the Kremlin’s unwelcome advances toward Ukraine. <br /><br />And they think they can get away with it. They’re wrong. <br /><br />So I'll say it again: Mr. Obama, for America’s sake, tear them a new one! Before they realize how small a world it is.<br /><br /><br />Lingüista, <br /><br />There’s a lackadaisical pro-NATO campaign going on, sponsored by lame duck Yushchenko’s fragile NUNS.<br /><br />Ukrainian organizations certainly do have the right to promote views on whether Ukraine should or should not join NATO.<br /><br />Non-Ukrainian organizations don’t have that right. <br /><br />A foreign organization that de facto seeks to influence Ukraine’s security should be thoroughly investigated by the SBU. <br /><br /><br />IIU,<br /><br />Thank you for the IRS tips!<br /><br />Indeed, the professional backgrounds, travel arrangements and speaking fees mentioned in the UP article could be of interest to the IRS. <br /><br />But do I stand a chance of surviving the complaint submission process:)? You know, I can’t leave my readers like that, including those at the State Department and the CIA.<br /><br />A belated Happy 4th of July to you!Tarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-55443805171556235192009-07-03T02:25:37.778+03:002009-07-03T02:25:37.778+03:00"AIU does not engage in lobbying, either in t..."AIU does not engage in lobbying, either in the United States or abroad.” But AIU talent has engaged in lobbying in the United States on behalf of Ukrainian clients ...."<br /><br />The reason that they explicitly state that the org. will not engage in lobbying is because they would lose their non-profit status with the IRS. Lobbying groups cannot be not for profit org. under IRS rules. If the org. is reported to the IRS and they are investigated and found to be guilty of "lobbying" they would be in trouble with the IRS.<br /><br />http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=131651,00.html<br /><br />www.irs.gov/pub/irs-news/fs-02-10.pdf <br /><br />IIUAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-74392158192791187922009-07-02T16:37:38.050+03:002009-07-02T16:37:38.050+03:00In principle, Taras, I tend to agree with you -- t...In principle, Taras, I tend to agree with you -- this is an institute with a clear anti-NATO, pro-Russia agenda. But then again: I suppose these people do have a right to express their opinion.<br /><br />But I'm curious: is there in Ukraine a similar institute defending the opposite opinion? Is there someone balancing the AIU's activities with similar activities defending the other viewpoints?Lingüistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06327147408198046253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-20487143202420079722009-07-02T16:22:42.205+03:002009-07-02T16:22:42.205+03:00Squires Sanders and Dempsey was, a while back, one...Squires Sanders and Dempsey was, a while back, one of the "Big 5" law firms in Cleveland, Ohio.<br /><br />They got outshined, so to speak, by Jones Day Reavis and Pogue, today just Jones Day, which became the number one law firm in Cleveland, Ohio, likewise with offices in other cities and countries.<br /><br />Squires Sanders, like other laws firms, took to expanding all over the place during the growth era for law firms.<br /><br />They even have an office in Ukraine, in Kyiv.<br /><br />The Squires Sanders advocacy group is a susbsidiary of the law firm. It is a device by which many law firms tried to increase their revenues in various ways - lobbying, or "consulting" of various kinds, such as financial consulting, for example.<br /><br />I don't know why Jatras is still listed on the web site of the Squires Sanders subsidiary.<br /><br />This is absolutely hideous work that he and his fellow trollers are doing.<br /><br />The "credentials" posted for Jatras really don't amount to much. <br /><br />This is just a bunch of "consultants" trolling for dollars, and trying to create a patina of "respectability" or "authority" - where none really exists.<br /><br />But, as long as Yanukovych is stupid enough to pay them, this kind of trolling for dollars will continue.elmernoreply@blogger.com