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10. Do you really believe that?

Thu Feb 27, 2014, 06:35 PM

Feb 2014

Seventy billion dollars, really? The Ukrainian government didn't have that much total cash to begin with! Whoever thought that nonsense up is pretty unfamiliar with the exchange rate, at the very least.

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Fugitive Ukrainian president shows up in Moscow [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 OP

Russia, the last resort for murderous despots and thieves. nt Tarheel_Dem Feb 2014 #1

Really? I thought that was Texas . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #5

lol, smh n/t LittleGirl Feb 2014 #6

to be entirely fair.... Burf-_- Feb 2014 #2

That's a good place for a Russian agent Jack Rabbit Feb 2014 #3

Don't hold your breath for the Hague Court to act. another_liberal Feb 2014 #4

Yes, because joker, anarchist/facist governments petition the Hague for human rights charges. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #7

Not a bad description of the gang now in charge of Kiev, not bad at all. another_liberal Feb 2014 #8

But dfd you watch the videos of the snipers killing innocent protesters? The snipers who were okaawhatever Feb 2014 #24

A truce had been agreed to last Thursday by Yanukovich, . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #31

His nest egg: dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #9

Do you really believe that? another_liberal Feb 2014 #10

Exchange rate? you think his own stash wasn't Euro-denominated? Recursion Feb 2014 #11

No doubt you're right. another_liberal Feb 2014 #13

How about Bitcoins? Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #18

yeah I suspect that was in Ukrainian hryvnia, not dollars... EX500rider Feb 2014 #12

That sounds about right. another_liberal Feb 2014 #14

Yeah that'd put him up in top spot next to Carlos Slim & I don't think so. n/t EX500rider Feb 2014 #15

Must include the goodwill... Ghost Dog Feb 2014 #16

Still does not really matter. another_liberal Feb 2014 #17

I thought gold plating was cheap. cprise Feb 2014 #19

We do, after all . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #26

I'm pretty sure he quit after word of impeachment proceedings. joshcryer Feb 2014 #21

Except that . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #27

He left the administration buildings and is in Russia. joshcryer Feb 2014 #28

Since when is travel to a neighboring country by a democratically elected President . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #30

How do you differentiate between abdication and vacation? Presidents often take vacations and pampango Feb 2014 #32

I've never heard of a US President visiting Martha's Vineyard... joshcryer Feb 2014 #34

Yanukovich hasn't "abdicated." Far from it. another_liberal Feb 2014 #35

Actions vs. words. It might be more accurate to say he has had second thoughts about pampango Feb 2014 #38

He has never mentioned abdicating, except to deny he has . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #39

Since when does a leader have to sign a document stating he is abdicating? pampango Feb 2014 #41

Oh, I don't know . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #42

"In fact he is scheduled to give a speech at a venue on Ukrainian territory in about four hours." No pampango Feb 2014 #45

When they abandon their administrative buildings? joshcryer Feb 2014 #33

As I mentioned above . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #36

In a states own constitution? joshcryer Feb 2014 #37

Hardly. another_liberal Feb 2014 #40

Uh, the Rada was elected. joshcryer Mar 2014 #49

Reuters is claiming loan losses and capital flight. joshcryer Feb 2014 #23

Reuters believes that... dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author The Magistrate Feb 2014 #47

Little Of That Is Probably His, Ma'am The Magistrate Feb 2014 #48

Looks like Edward Snowden is getting a new roommate! alcibiades_mystery Feb 2014 #20

Okay, I laughed. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #43

Explains why Yuriy Ilyin was appointed before Yanukovich bailed. joshcryer Feb 2014 #22

Putin is already greasing the skids for that. Three former Olympians went to Crimea to let the okaawhatever Feb 2014 #25

Racist Irina Rodnina would certainly represent a Crimea breakup. joshcryer Feb 2014 #29

IMO this whole thing caught Putin with his boxers down. He did not expect Yanukovich to bail. yellowcanine Feb 2014 #44