I'm glad these guys ran off before they could kill the president etc. All the same this sounds like an operation that the Mossad would run or some such operation. The Ukraine hasn't always been eager to bow to Zionist interests.

I bet these were assassins hired by the Polish government. They have aimed to start a revolution in Ukraine, which would allow its old nemesis Poland to come in and capture Lviv, after which they were craving for years now. I say boycott Poland and their bullying politicians who are trying to return the region to the likes of the Polish-Lithuanian empire. I always knew Poland was up to no good.

Thats very ironic, because Tymoshenko is synonymous with Ukrainian mafia. She and most of her close allies are crooks and thieves (actually Yanukovich was a crook too - if you still remember who he was). In fact probably every other politician in Ukraine deserves to be in jail for illegal activities - they don't even hide their actions like Russian politicians do. If anyone wanted to kill Tymoshenko, they probably had a good reason to do so. She has a very shady past, which was suddenly cleaned up by a professional PR department during the Apple Revolution. Or was that the Orange Revolution?

Well whatever it was - one band of crooks took over power from another band of crooks. And the past will catch up with them sometime. It is only too convenient to point all fingers at Russia and wait for NATO to throw you bone. Now no matter what happens in Ukraine - point fingers at Russia. No gas? Blame Russia. No running water? Blame Russia. Crippled face from undergoing skin treatment? Blame Russia. Politicians killing each other off? You guessed it.

Originally posted by maloy

She has a very shady past, which was suddenly cleaned up by a professional PR department

Any details? What did she do?

Originally posted by Hellmutt
Four "killers from abroad" (Russians?) have allegedly fled Kiev after their assassination plans were uncovered. They apparently plotted to kill Yulia Tymoshenko, Yuriy Lutsenko and President Viktor Yushchenko. Ukraine has launched an investigation.

you know Hellmutt half of Ukraine wants to kill them

btw I would never believe anything what Tymoshenko says

and she was also under criminal investigation in US and Russia

Originally posted by Hellmutt
Any details? What did she do?

One - she was an oligarch. Being an oligarch in Ukraine (or Russia) in the 90's now almost automatically classifies one as a crook, if not exactly someone who has broken written law - since laws at that time were written by oligarchs. These were oportunists and speculators who ceased on the opportunity to exploit the nation undergoing privatization and having a weak government. She and her partners were at the forefront government corruption and illegal trading activities involving taxes and tariffs.

Pavlo Lazarenko who was a business partner of hers is wanted in US (and I think was convicted) for money laundering and other fraud. By some miracle though *sarcasm* she avoided any persecution in the West, although she ran the exact same business.

Two - She had been previously arrested for document forgery and tariff evasion for illegal activities in the energy market sector.

Untill recently she was a convicted criminal and wanted for arrest in Russia.

And the thing is - she never actively denied any of these charges - mostly because to those who knew what she was doing they were so obvious. Many people who worked with her went to jail.



Of course during the Orange revolution her slate was suddenly wiped clean - no doubt due to an effort (*read: b*tching and whinning and protesting and crying to US and Europe) by her close supporters. She used the opportunity of chaos and general political anarchy during those weeks to come forward as a major supporter of Yuschenko and the pro-Orange Revolution.

But she was never a true ally of Yuschenko, and couldn't give a hoot about the Orange Revolution or anything it officially stood for. Again she was an opportunist, who tried to further her own agenda for a pro-oligarchist government. Now that the people of Ukraine have calmed down a little, she is separating from Yuschenko camp and pushing her own agenda. And as such she has made a whole load of new enemies in addition to countless old enemies.

But of course - when someone tries to kill her and expose her criminal past, she and her supporters only too conveniently find a way to blame Russia. Man - it must be the easiest job being a politician in Eastern Europe - whatever happens just blame it on Russia.

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Originally posted by denythestatusquo
All the same this sounds like an operation that the Mossad would run or some such operation.

If it were Mossad, they would have been successful. Those guys don't screw up often.