tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post6207387447553527277..comments2023-09-17T10:57:35.535+03:00Comments on Ukrainiana: Obozrevatel: Pinchuk to Lobby for Tymoshenko in Washington?Tarashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-23253919367574247192009-02-24T13:33:00.000+02:002009-02-24T13:33:00.000+02:00I’m just as curious as you are. Unfortunately, Obo...I’m just as curious as you are. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, Obozrevatel does not cite its sources. <BR/><BR/>All I know is that Pinchuk <A HREF="http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2006/03/suit_says_massa.html" REL="nofollow">reportedly controls Interpipe North America and Ferrex, both based in Massachusetts</A>.Tarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-45224498413931507912009-02-23T15:43:00.000+02:002009-02-23T15:43:00.000+02:00Taras, where are they getting their information ab...Taras, where are they getting their information about a contribution by Pinchuk to a US presidential campaign?<BR/><BR/>Campaign contributions are tracked and reported, and are submitted to the Federal Election Commission.<BR/><BR/>For state elections, campaign reports are submitted to state commissions.<BR/><BR/>They are publicly available, and are tracked by the public - and by newspapers and media and by the candidates themselves to see how much money their opponents have used, and how much they have left.<BR/><BR/>There have been instances of contributions received - and returned - when the people who monitor the campaign contributions find out that the contribution is somehow unlawful.<BR/><BR/>There have even been prosecutions in the US for violation of federal or state campaign laws.<BR/><BR/>Do you have any way of telling where they got the idea that Pinchuk made any such contribution?<BR/><BR/>Now, the contribution to Klinton's foundation was finally publicly reported.<BR/><BR/>But anyone who would use any foundation money for a campaign would be 1) stupid and 2) publicly prosecuted as a result.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-62021315795196571962009-02-23T14:19:00.000+02:002009-02-23T14:19:00.000+02:00I think the loans-for-rights tradeoff will further...I think the loans-for-rights tradeoff will further undermine America’s image as the champion of democracy. <BR/><BR/>Because of its largely self-imposed interdependence with China, America will no longer be able to take the high moral road to oppressive regimes. <BR/><BR/>This will be the political price for enjoying the “happy hour” of cheap loans and goods from China.<BR/><BR/>China is becoming another Saudi Arabia — another country whose human rights record takes a backseat to economic concerns. It’s money over morality, isn’t it?<BR/><BR/>In Ukraine’s case, there’s a possibility that we might be “well served” with a Russia-first/Chicken Kiev foreign policy. If Washington gives in to the temptation, it will backfire as well.<BR/><BR/>The article that mentions Pinchuk’s alleged contribution to the U.S. presidential campaign was not written by me. I merely <I>translated</I> a part of it — to inform my audience and to generate discussion.Tarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-42427242084926194792009-02-22T17:02:00.000+02:002009-02-22T17:02:00.000+02:00Taras, you are not the first one to point out huma...Taras, you are not the first one to point out human rights violations in China, in the context of borrowing from the Chinese government, and commercial transactions in China.<BR/><BR/>If you can find a record of Pinchuk contributing directly to a US presidential campaign, I'd like to see it.<BR/><BR/>The US Federal Election Commission, as well as US law enforcement bodies would be very interested as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-57634677040066396502009-02-22T14:19:00.000+02:002009-02-22T14:19:00.000+02:00That’s exactly my point! It is illegal.Well, it lo...That’s exactly my point! It <I>is</I> illegal.<BR/><BR/>Well, it looks like the Chinese human rights cause, too, has been “<A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090220/pl_afp/usdiplomacyasiachinarights" REL="nofollow">well served</A>” — by Secretary Clinton and her bold and farsighted leadership. <BR/><BR/>Obviously, borrowing from the Chinese govt must be “thicker” than blaming the Chinese govt.Tarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139892487573795049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19297350.post-72279065496583291282009-02-20T17:15:00.000+02:002009-02-20T17:15:00.000+02:00Well, if Pinchuk contributed money to a US preside...Well, if Pinchuk contributed money to a US presidential campaign - it's illegal.<BR/><BR/>Clinton got into trouble for funneling contributions from China. It was a big scandal. Not that the Klintons ever worry about the law - they figure out ways to skirt around the law.<BR/><BR/>It is illegal for foreign nationals to make such campaign contributions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com