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| The latest robbery of Ukraine has begun |
| 2023-09-28 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Sergey Savchuk [RIA] Apparently, foreign puppet masters are pessimistic about Ukraine’s prospects on the battlefield, and therefore the command was given from overseas for the final robbery in order to grab the last at least somewhat fatty pieces. We are talking about the allocation by Washington of 522 million dollars, which will be spent on strengthening the stability of the Ukrainian energy system: 422 million will be allocated in the form of financial tranches, but in order to receive the remaining hundred million, Kiev will have to almost literally take off its shirt. Of the package of ultimatum demands, two stand out in particular. Firstly, Ukraine must, no later than the end of October, create a supervisory board for the Ukrainian GTS Operator company , as well as develop and approve its charter. Incredibly independent Kyiv has already taken the lead and, by order of the government, changed the owner of the gas transport monopoly. The company "Main Gas Pipelines of Ukraine", which owned a share in the authorized capital of OGTSU, transferred its assets to the Ministry of Energy by order, as reported by a representative of the Ukrainian government in the Verkhovna Rada on its page . Let’s take a step back and explain what is actually hidden behind the beautiful formulations of the corporate governance reform of the key and one of the last profitable companies in Ukraine. The supervisory board is an invention within the Western model of business organization. In the post-Soviet space (and in Ukraine in particular), the supreme governing body is the board of directors. It should be noted that Kiev, despite the loud assertions that Ukraine is Europe, in every possible way avoided close embraces with Western businessmen, urging them only to invest, and keeping the profits for themselves. The formation of a supervisory board wrests control over the gas transportation system from local directors, and instead, external players will receive full power. It is these people, formally elected by the board of shareholders, but in fact appointed according to a list sent down from Washington, who will develop and implement the company’s development strategy, as well as protect the rights of shareholders. If anyone doesn’t understand: the foreign lord will strictly ensure that the local population regularly pays the rapidly growing bills, because OGTSU not only pumps gas in transit from Russia to Europe, but also ensures its delivery to household and industrial consumers within the country. Previously, the Naftogaz company was reformed according to a similar scheme , and, as you might guess, four of the supervisory board of six members accidentally turned out to be citizens of the EU and the USA . As for the company "GTS Operator of Ukraine", its placement under total external management was prepared in advance; moreover, the authors played out the long-proven scheme as if by note. All year, the Ukrainian media space has been pumped with messages that the Ukrainian government is incompetent and corrupt. For example, an independent European auditor not long ago published the data of an audit, which found that $18 million, which, according to papers, was allocated to pay for construction work by foreign contractors, disappeared without a trace in the Ukrenergo company . There were many such stuffing, and they formed the necessary emotional background and prepared the ground for the current processes. The second, even fatter, lot of this transaction was prepared using exactly the same scheme. A non-negotiable condition for the allocation of the entire volume of financial assistance is the creation of the Energoatom joint-stock company , and if at that moment it seemed to you that you had already heard this name, then you didn’t. We are talking about a still state-owned company, which manages all nuclear power plants in Ukraine, and they, in turn, generate about 40 percent of the country’s total electricity, including ensuring export flows to the West. In early August, Energoatom also became involved in a high-profile corruption scandal. It became known that the company’s management spent almost $16 million to meet the needs of the Zaporozhye NPP in the current year 2023 . The same station Rosatom." Kiev, whose budget is officially more than half made up of Western financial aid, is so desperately in need of money to maintain its military-political pants that there is not the slightest doubt that Washington’s demands will be met. For whoever pays for dinner is the one who dances with the girl. As a result, by the end of this year, the United States, with active auxiliary pressure from the European Union, will completely legally receive full control over the two main - and last - energy assets of Ukraine. As a result of this game played, the United States will not only be able to turn off the valve to inconvenient countries like Hungary. In addition to collecting money from the significantly thinned population and making profits for transit, the main switch of the country will also pass into the right hands. The statement of Advisor to the Ukrainian Minister of Energy Elena Zerkal fits very harmoniously into this picture . According to her, Ukrainian thermal power plants, which are responsible for providing the country with heat during the cold season, are only 30 percent ready for the heating season. We are talking about implementing the schedule of preventive repairs. She added that the nuclear sector is 70 percent ready, and power distribution networks are almost 100 percent ready. Now let's watch our hands. Even in mild winter conditions, the population of Ukraine, lacking central heating, will begin to switch en masse to electric heating devices. There are no guarantees that Russia will not launch new attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, that is, nuclear power plants, which traditionally are not the focus of the Russian Aerospace Forces , will become the only source of electricity. As well as natural gas, with which you can cook borscht and even heat the kitchen by turning on the burners on the stove. And both of these resources no longer belong to Ukraine. It must be admitted: the operation of exchanging energy pearls for glass beads was carried out brilliantly. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 Burisma was a Russian puppet cutout created by the puppet Yanokovych regime to convert Russian gas money into Ukrainian political influence and continued dependence on Russian natural gas. That's why the successor Poroshenko administration was investigating it. This year Ukraine will produce enough natural gas to use over the winter w/o imports. |
| Posted by: Enver Slager8035 2023-09-28 20:30 |
| #2 It was so transparent the value Hunter Biden brought to the Burisma Board, that the West is repeating the model at a grander scale in Ukraine. |
| Posted by: mossomo 2023-09-28 14:24 |
| #1 I can see why the Russians are horrified. Adding outside directors to a board appointed by oligarchs promotes openness. The Kremlim operates in the shadows. Other items include transparency, rule of law, anti-corruption measures and meeting international standards required for EU membership. The reforms focus on the functioning of the Supervisory Boards of state-owned businesses, anti-corruption bodies (the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, National Agency for Corruption Prevention, etc.), the High Council of Justice, and the judiciary in general. Changes in the work of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence and all law enforcement agencies are also listed as one-year priorities. |
| Posted by: Enver Slager8035 2023-09-28 09:12 |