If you think the Trumplicans are "fighting corruption" better look at their allies in the fight.
Andrii Telizhenko and Rudy Giuliani are in Kyiv, Ukraine. At midnight, they are across the street from the Premier Palace Hotel, owned by close Putin ally, Russian oligarch Alexander Babakov. Hotel known as den for Kremlin agents & Babakov is alleged Russian intel himself.
https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-pol...utin-ally.html
Investigations also show that Babakov used a proxy to interfere in 2017 French elections, securing a 9.4-million-euro loan for French National Front, the far-right, Kremlin-friendly political party in France headed by Marine Le Pen. That same proxy owns (on paper) this hotel.
Babakov, widely seen as one of Putin's henchmen responsible for hybrid war against Ukraine, has been able to evade sanctions here. He appears to have significant business holdings, including a big portion of the country's electricity supply. This is what Ukraine is up against.
Also in Babakov-owned Premier Palace hotel tonight in Kyiv, Ukraine, Rudy Giuliani met controversial lawmaker Aleksandr Dubinsky, who is loyal to former employer, Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky... facing London court trial over alleged $5.5bn PrivatBank fraud.
If you’re already not clear that they are pushing all their chips onto the table, then you might need to be. Whatever metaphor works for you, but if there was something being held back, it’s time to stop.
It’s unlikely Barr is going to become a hero.
From the start, before the details emerged, it’s been pretty much suspect they were playing a zero sum game.
Now it’s crystal clear that it’s an all or nothing for them - for all of them.
Dangerous times.
More in the local newspaper
https://www.kyivpost.com/