P. Manafort’s other client, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, withdrew Ukraine from the EU-Ukraine Agreement, leading to mass protests. Police shot 100 protesters, causing a revolution. He fled to Russia & was convicted of treason in absentia. radiolemberg.com/ua-articles/ua…
Yanukovych (Manafort’s former client) was Putin’s puppet in Ukraine. These are dangerous people. One of Yanukovych’s political opponents was poisoned with dioxin. The other, a woman, was locked up. 1/ bbc.com/news/av/world-…
3/ Yanukovych (Putin’s puppet) first “won” the presidency in Ukraine in 2004. But tapes cell phone calls showed the vote count had been electronically rigged in his favor so it was re-done & he lost. It was Manafort who helped him stage a comeback in 2010. mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-…
4/ Most reports put Manafort in Ukraine staring after the rigged 2004 election. But the Atlantic says he was there starting in 2003. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
5/ The female political opponent that Yanukovych (Putin’s puppet in Ukraine) locked up has also said the Manafort was a key advisor to Yanukovych starting in 2003. scribd.com/book/363036238
6/ Yanukovych “abruptly ditched...plans to sign a historic pact w/ the EU aimed at shifting the country out of the Kremlin's orbit. The decision handed victory to ...Putin in the ...vicious tug of war btwn Russia & the west for Ukraine's future...”11/21/13 theguardian.com/world/2013/nov…
7/ “Senior EU officials conceded there wld be no signing in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital. Instead, the Ukrainian govt announced that it was ‘renewing dialogue’ w/ Moscow on trade & economic matters & w/ the Kremlin's embryonic rival to the EU, the Eurasian customs union.”
8/ Yanukovych, “under pressure from Russia, puts brakes on E.U. deal” 11/21/13 washingtonpost.com/world/europe/u…
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