How The West Destroyed Ukraine

Summary

Dieses Skript bietet eine umfassende Analyse der politischen und wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung der Ukraine seit der Unabhängigkeit 1991. Es diskutiert die Schwierigkeiten der Übergangsphase zur Marktwirtschaft, die geopolitische Rolle der Ukraine, die Auswirkungen des Westens und der NATO auf ihre Souveränität, sowie die Folgen der Maidan-Revolution und der Annexion Krims durch Russland. Zudem wird die Rolle der Internationalen Finanzinstitutionen in der Verschuldung und wirtschaftlichen Ausbeutung der Ukraine kritisiert und die Notwendigkeit einer unabhängigen und von den Bedürfnissen der Ukrainer geprägten Politik hervorgehoben.

Takeaways

• 🏁 Die Unabhängigkeit der Ukraine 1991 erfolgte im Kontext des Zusammenbruchs der Sowjetunion, oft gegen den Willen der Bevölkerung.
• 📉 Nach der Unabhängigkeit erlebte die Ukraine eine schwierige Übergangsphase von einer zentral geplanten Wirtschaft zu einer Marktwirtschaft, was zu Instabilität, Inflation und Korruption führte.
• 🌍 Die geopolitische Lage der Ukraine macht sie für westliche Interessen attraktiv, insbesondere als zweitgrößte europäische Nation, die von NATO-Mitgliedern und Russland umgeben ist.
• 🔄 Die Ukraine hat in den 1990er Jahren versucht, eine ausgewogene Beziehung zu Russland aufrechtzuerhalten, während sie engeren Kontakt zu westlichen Institutionen suchte, was zu wechselnden politischen Machtverhältnissen führte.
• 📊 Die NATO verfolgte die Ukraine aggressiv, um sie in den westlichen Einflussbereich zu bringen, was oft als völkerrechtswidriges Vorgehen angesehen wurde.
• 🤝 Die Ukraine wurde 1994 durch das Budapester Memorandum dazu verpflichtet, ihre atomare Rüstung abzugeben, im Austausch für Sicherheitsgarantien.
• 💡 Die USA und EU haben aktiv an der Unterstützung von Protesten in der Ukraine beteiligt, einschließlich finanzieller Unterstützung und diplomatischer Unterstützung für die Opposition.
• 🔫 Die Rolle der rechtsradikalen Gruppen in der Ukraine, insbesondere in den Protesten von Euromaidan, war entscheidend, obwohl sie eine Minderheit darstellten.
• 📉 Die wirtschaftliche Situation der Ukraine hat sich unter dem Einfluss neoliberaler Reformen und der Verschuldung gegenüber westlichen Institutionen wie dem IWF verschlechtert.
• 💔 Die politischen Unruhen und die wirtschaftlichen Schwierigkeiten haben die Lebensqualität der Ukrainer erheblich beeinträchtigt und das Vertrauen in die Regierung geschwächt.
• 🕊️ Trotz der Betonung des Westens auf die Unterstützung der Ukraine, scheint das Hauptziel, die Ukraine als Proxy-Schlachtfeld zu nutzen, um russische Militärressourcen zu erschöpfen, anstatt nach diplomatischen Lösungen zu suchen.

Q & A

Was passierte im Jahr 1991 in der Ukraine?

1991 wurde die Ukraine angeblich unabhängig, nach dem illegalen und undemokratischen Zusammenbruch der UdSSR, gegen den Willen der überwältigenden Mehrheit der Bevölkerung. Danach erlebte die Ukraine eine schwierige Übergangszeit von einer zentral geplanten Wirtschaft zu einer sogenannten freien Marktwirtschaft.

Was war das Ergebnis der sogenannten Schocktherapie in der Ukraine?

Die Schocktherapie führte zu schwerer wirtschaftlicher Instabilität, Inflation und weit verbreiteter Korruption in der Ukraine.

Welche geopolitische Rolle spielt die Ukraine in Europa?

Die Ukraine ist aufgrund ihrer Größe und ihrer Lage, die zweitgrößte europäische Nation, die von NATO-Mitgliedern und Russland umgeben ist, für die regionale Stabilität und Energiesicherheit von großer Bedeutung.

Was ist das Budapester Memorandum und warum wurde es 1994 unterzeichnet?

Das Budapester Memorandum war eine Vereinbarung von 1994, bei der die Ukraine sein Atomwaffenarsenal gegen sogenannte Sicherheitsgarantien abgab. Dies geschah unter dem Druck des Westens, der die Ukraine davon überzeugte, dass sie ohne Atomwaffen sicherer sei.

Wie versuchte die Ukraine in den 1990er Jahren, ihre Beziehungen zu Russland und dem Westen zu balancieren?

In den 1990er Jahren versuchte die Ukraine, eine vorsichtige Beziehung zu Russland aufrechtzuerhalten, während sie engeren Kontakt zu westlichen Institutionen suchte, die historisch gesehen feindselig gegenüber Russland eingestellt waren.

Was war das Ziel von NATO, als es die Ukraine in den 1990er Jahren in verschiedene Programme einbezog?

NATO verfolgte die Ukraine aggressiv, um sie in den westlichen Einflussbereich zu bringen, was bedeutete, dass die Ukraine zu einem Vasallenstaat werden sollte, indem sie enge Sicherheitsbeziehungen und Verteidigungsfähigkeiten aufbaute.

Was war die Hauptursache für die 'Orange Revolution' im Jahr 2004 in der Ukraine?

Die Orange Revolution wurde im November 2004 ausgelöst, als Berichte über Wahlbetrug aufkamen. Der Oppositionsführer Viktor Juschtschenko rief zu Protesten in der Unabhängigkeitsplatz auf, was zu einer neuen Wahl führte.

Wie spielten ausländische Mächte, insbesondere die USA, eine Rolle in der 'Orange Revolution'?

Die ausländischen Mächte, insbesondere die USA, unterstützten die Proteste durch diplomatische Kanäle und finanzielle Hilfe. Die US-Regierung gab 65 Millionen Dollar für die sogenannte Demokratieförderung in der Ukraine aus, wobei eine Überwachung von Wahlbetrug durch von westlichen Organisationen ausgebildete Wahlbeobachter stattfand.

Was war die Hauptursache für die Proteste von Euromaidan im Jahr 2013?

Die Proteste von Euromaidan begannen Ende 2013, ausgelöst durch die Entscheidung von Präsident Viktor Janukowitsch, ein Assoziierungsabkommen mit der EU abzulehnen und stärkere Beziehungen zu Russland zu suchen, was von vielen Ukrainern als Verrat betrachtet wurde.

Wie beeinflusste die Rolle der USA und der EU die politische Landschaft in der Ukraine?

Die USA und die EU unterstützten aktiv die Proteste in der Ukraine und beeinflussten die politische Landschaft durch finanzielle Hilfe und diplomatische Kanäle. Sie förderten die Integration der Ukraine in sogenannte europäische Normen und unterstützten die politische Souveränität der Ukraine, obwohl dies von einigen als Manipulation gesehen wurde.

Was waren die wirtschaftlichen Folgen der politischen Unruhen in der Ukraine?

Die politischen Unruhen führten zu einer Verschlechterung der wirtschaftlichen Situation in der Ukraine. Die BIP fiel um 23% innerhalb von 2 Jahren, und die Involvierung der IMF verschlechterte die Situation weiter, indem sie neoliberale Reformen und Strukturierung des nationalen Haushalts um die Schuldentilgung erforderte.

Wie hat die Ausnutzung der Ukraine durch ausländische Mächte und Oligarchen die Wirtschaft beeinträchtigt?

Die Ausnutzung durch ausländische Mächte und Oligarchen hat die ukrainische Wirtschaft beeinträchtigt, indem sie die Verstaatlichung begünstigte, die der neuen herrschenden Klasse zugutekam, und die Landwirtschaftssektor ausbeutete, was zu einer Zunahme der Ungleichheit und einer Schwächung der ukrainischen Wirtschaft führte.

Was war die Rolle der IMF in der Verschuldung der Ukraine?

Die IMF spielte eine führende Rolle in der Verschuldung der Ukraine, indem sie bedingungslose Kredite bereitstellte, die die Ukraine verpflichteten, ihre öffentlichen Vermögen zu verkaufen und den Wechselkurs zu fixieren, was zu einem weiteren Schlag für die ukrainische Fertigungsindustrie führte.

Wie hat die Westpolitik gegenüber der Ukraine und Russland in den letzten Jahrzehnten ausgesehen?

Die Westpolitik gegenüber der Ukraine und Russland in den letzten Jahrzehnten war auf die Expansion der NATO und die Integration der Ukraine in verschiedene westliche Institutionen ausgerichtet, was von Russland als direkte Bedrohung für ihre Interessen angesehen wurde.

Was war das Ziel der USA, die Ukraine als Proxy-Schlachtfeld zu nutzen?

Das Ziel der USA, die Ukraine als Proxy-Schlachtfeld zu nutzen, war es, russische Militärressourcen zu erschöpfen und die neuesten Waffen der Westen in einer echten Kampfumgebung zu testen, um Russland im Krieg zu schwächen.

Wie hat die Überschussmilitärhilfe gegenüber der humanitären Unterstützung die Ukraine beeinflusst?

Die Überschussmilitärhilfe gegenüber der humanitären Unterstützung hat die Ukraine beeinflusst, indem sie den unmittelbaren Bedürfnissen der ukrainischen Bevölkerung nicht gerecht wurde und die langfristige Stabilität und Erholung des Landes gefährdete, das bereits als Investitionsmöglichkeit für westlichen Kapital gekauft und verkauft wurde.

Outlines

00:00

🏁 Unabhängigkeit und wirtschaftliche Umstellung der Ukraine

Dieser Absatz beschreibt die Unabhängigkeit der Ukraine 1991 und die Folgen ihrer wirtschaftlichen Umstellung von einer zentral geplanten Wirtschaftsordnung zu einer sogenannten freien Marktwirtschaft. Es geht um die politischen Unstetigkeiten, die wirtschaftlichen Herausforderungen wie Inflation und Korruption sowie die geopolitische Lage der Ukraine, die für Westliche Interessen von großer Bedeutung ist. Die Ukraine wurde aufgrund ihrer Lage und Ressourcen in den Fokus der NATO und der EU geraten, was zu einer Reihe von Verträgen und Partnerschaften führte, die die Annäherung an den Westen förderten, obwohl die Bevölkerung oft eine NATO-Mitgliedschaft ablehnte.

05:02

📊 Politische Schwankungen und Auswirkungen der NATO-Beziehungen

In diesem Absatz wird die politische Landschaft der Ukraine vorgestellt, die zwischen westlichen und russischen Ausrichtungen schwankte. Es wird auf die Rolle der NATO eingegangen, die die Ukraine in verschiedene Programmstrukturen einbezog, um enge Sicherheitsbeziehungen und Verteidigungsfähigkeiten zu fördern. Gleichzeitig wird auf die historisch geringe Unterstützung der Ukraine für eine NATO-Mitgliedschaft hingewiesen. Die Ukraine wurde durch verschiedene Regierungen und politische Umstände zu einer Art Vassallstaat des Westens, was zu einer Verschlechterung der Lebensbedingungen und einer Erosion des Vertrauens in die Regierung führte.

10:03

🌐 Auswirkungen der westlichen Einflussnahme auf die Ukraine

Dieser Absatz konzentriert sich auf die Rolle der USA und der EU in der Ukraine, insbesondere auf ihre finanzielle Unterstützung und politische Einflussnahme. Es wird auf die Aktivitäten der USA und EU vor und während der Orange Revolution und der Euromaidan- Proteste eingegangen, die durch finanzielle Hilfe, diplomatische Unterstützung und die Förderung von Oppositionskräften geprägt waren. Gleichzeitig wird auf die Rolle der rechtsextremen Gruppen und die politischen Veränderungen in der Ukraine hingewiesen, die durch diese Bewegungen entstanden sind.

15:05

📉 Wirtschaftliche Instabilität und Ausbeutung durch den Westen

Der vierte Absatz behandelt die wirtschaftlichen Probleme der Ukraine, die durch den Einfluss der IMF und anderer westlicher Institutionen entstanden sind. Es wird auf die neoliberalen Reformen, die die Ukraine verpflichtete, um Kredite zu erhalten, eingegangen, und wie diese Reformen zu einer weiteren Ausbeutung und Instabilität des Landes führten. Die Ukraine wurde durch hohe Staatsverschuldung, schlechte Steuergesetze und eine ungleiche Verteilung von Reichtum zunehmend schwächer, während der Westen und multinationale Unternehmen von der Situation profitierten.

20:06

🕊️ Forderung nach Frieden und Selbstbestimmung für die Ukraine

Schließlich wird in diesem Absatz die Notwendigkeit eines Friedens und der Selbstbestimmung der Ukraine hervorgehoben. Es wird kritisiert, dass die westlichen Länder und die NATO die Ukraine primär als militärisches Spielfeld und als Testgelände für neue Waffensysteme nutzen, anstatt auf diplomatische Lösungen und die humanitäre Unterstützung der Ukraine zu bestehen. Der Fokus liegt auf der Verurteilung des westlichen Einflusses, der die Ukraine in eine Krise gestürzt hat, und der Aufforderung, eine bessere Zukunft für das ukrainische Volk durch Selbstbestimmung und friedliche Lösungen zu erreichen.

Keywords

💡Ukraine

Ukraine ist das zentrale Thema des Videos und ein osteuropäisches Land, das in den letzten Jahren aufgrund politischer und militärischer Konflikte in den Schlagzeilen stand. Im Video wird die Situation vor dem Konflikt und die Rolle der Ukraine in der Region diskutiert, einschließlich ihrer geopolitischen Lage zwischen NATO-Mitgliedstaaten und Russland.

💡Unabhängigkeit

Die Unabhängigkeit Ukraines wird im Video als Ergebnis der Auflösung der Sowjetunion beschrieben, die gegen den Willen der Bevölkerung geschah. Diese Unabhängigkeit führte zu einer schwierigen Übergangsphase von einer zentral geplanten Wirtschaft zu einer sogenannten freien Marktwirtschaft.

💡Schocktherapie

Schocktherapie bezieht sich auf die plötzliche Umstellung auf eine Marktwirtschaft, die im Video als eine der Gründe für wirtschaftliche Instabilität, Inflation und weit verbreitete Korruption in den frühen Jahren der Unabhängigkeit von Ukraine genannt wird.

💡NATO

Die NATO ist eine militärische Allianz, die im Video als ein Faktor für die geopolitische Attraktivität der Ukraine und für die Instabilität in der Region diskutiert wird. Die Ukraine wurde in NATO-Programme wie das Partnership for Peace aufgenommen, was auf eine Annäherung an den Westen und eine Verschlechterung der Beziehungen zu Russland hindeutet.

💡Budapester Memorandum

Das Budapester Memorandum ist ein Abkommen, das im Video erwähnt wird und das die Ukraine dazu verpflichtete, ihre Atomwaffenarsenal abzubauen, im Austausch für Sicherheitsgarantien von anderen Staaten. Dies zeigt die Rolle der Ukraine in der internationalen Sicherheit und die Einflussnahme des Westens auf ihre Entscheidungen.

💡Inflation

Inflation ist im Video als eine der wirtschaftlichen Probleme der Ukraine nach der Unabhängigkeit aufgeführt. Sie hat zu einer Verschlechterung des Lebensstandards und einem Verlust des Vertrauens in die Regierung geführt.

💡Euromaidan

Euromaidan ist ein Protest, der im Video als eine der definierenden Ereignisse in der modernen Geschichte der Ukraine beschrieben wird. Er begann als Reaktion auf die Entscheidung des damaligen Präsidenten, einen Assoziierungsvertrag mit der EU abzulehnen und wurde von einer Vielzahl von Faktoren beeinflusst, einschließlich der Rolle der USA und der EU.

💡Neoliberale Politik

Neoliberale Politik wird im Video als eine der Hauptursachen für die wirtschaftlichen Probleme der Ukraine dargestellt. Sie umfasst die Umsetzung von Marktreformen, die oft zu einer Verschlechterung der Lebensbedingungen der Bevölkerung und einer Zunahme der Ungleichheit führen.

💡Internationale Finanzinstitutionen

Internationale Finanzinstitutionen wie der IWF werden im Video kritisiert, weil sie die Ukraine in eine Schuldenfalle trieben, indem sie Kredite mit strengen Bedingungen bereitgestellt haben, die zu weiteren wirtschaftlichen Problemen beitrugen.

💡Oligarchen

Oligarchen sind im Video als eine der Hauptgruppen dargestellt, die von der politischen und wirtschaftlichen Situation in der Ukraine profitieren. Sie haben durch die Privilegierung von Großunternehmen und die Ausnutzung von Landreformen an Macht und Reichtum gewonnen.

💡Demokratieförderung

Die Förderung der Demokratie wird im Video als eine der Aktivitäten der USA in der Ukraine beschrieben, die jedoch oft als eine Art Einmischung in die inneren Angelegenheiten des Landes angesehen wird. Ein Beispiel dafür ist die Unterstützung von Organisationen wie Freedom House und die National Endowment for Democracy.

Highlights

Ukraine's independence in 1991 was against the will of the majority of its population and led to a tough transition to a free market economy.

Economic instability, inflation, and corruption were the result of Ukraine's rapid shift to a market economy.

Ukraine's geopolitical location makes it attractive for Western interests due to its size and proximity to NATO members and Russia.

The Budapest memorandum in 1994 saw Ukraine give up its nuclear arsenal in exchange for security assurances from Western powers.

Throughout the 1990s, Ukraine balanced its relationship with Russia while pursuing closer ties with Western institutions.

NATO aggressively pursued Ukraine's inclusion, starting with the Partnership for Peace in 1994.

Public support for NATO membership in Ukraine has historically been low, with a 2008 poll showing 55% opposition.

Ukraine's political landscape has seen frequent power changes due to economic struggles and public distrust.

The US and EU have actively supported Ukraine's protests and political shifts, as seen in the Orange Revolution and Euromaidan.

External support, including financial backing and organizational aid, played a significant role in Ukraine's protests and political upheavals.

Far-right groups, though a minority, were pivotal in escalating and maintaining Ukraine's protests.

The US and EU's involvement in Ukraine has often been seen as manipulation of the country's political sovereignty.

Russia's response to Ukraine's political shifts included taking Crimea and destabilizing the country to prevent Western integration.

Ukraine's economic struggles were exacerbated by IMF loans and neoliberal reforms that favored Western creditors.

Western capital and institutions have played a leading role in Ukraine's economic crisis, prioritizing profit over the well-being of the Ukrainian people.

Ukraine's agricultural sector has been heavily impacted by neoliberal policies, leading to land consolidation and exploitation.

The West's focus on military aid over humanitarian support reflects a broader tendency to prioritize profits for the military-industrial complex.

Diplomacy and mediation could have prevented the conflict in Ukraine, but Western capital's interests took precedence.

The conflict in Ukraine has led to a significant demographic crisis, with a generation of youth either dead or displaced.

The West's involvement in Ukraine has been a disaster, deepening the country's suffering for geostrategic ends.

The transcript calls for a better world, suggesting that the Ukrainian people must build their own future through their efforts.

Transcripts

hello Ukraine has been in the news

plenty these last two years but what

exactly was Ukraine like before all of

this let's take a

look in 1991 Ukraine supposedly gained

independence following the illegal and

undemocratic dissolution of the USSR

against the will of the overwhelming

majority of the nation's population

afterwards Ukraine was forced to

experience a tough transition from a

centrally planned economy to a so-called

free market economy via shock therapy

and Rapid bargain price sale of State

assets similar to what Russia

experienced which I made a video on

here unsurprisingly severe economic

instability inflation and widespread

corruption were the result these early

years were also politically unstable as

different blocks fought for power within

the new capitalist State at the same

time Ukraine's geopolitical location

keeps it very attractive for Western

interests as the second largest European

country bordered by NATO members and

Russia and a Transit country for 2third

of Europe's natural gas from Russia it

of course plays a pretty big role in the

Region's stability and energy security

couple this with access to the Black Sea

where Russia has a major Fleet and you

have the reasons the West convinced

Ukraine to give its nuclear Arsenal in

exchange for so-called security

assurances under an agreement called The

Budapest memorandum in

1994 throughout the 1990s Ukraine tried

balancing a cautious relationship with

Russia with pursuing closer ties with

Western institutions most of which were

and still are hostile towards Russia

all the while the country faced soaring

inflation killing living standards and

eroding public trust in the new

government unsurprisingly this caused

frequent power changes in Ukraine but

it's not enough of a reason to explain

two defining events in Ukraine's modern

history let's take a deeper

look since Independence NATO has pursued

Ukraine aggressively hoping to bring it

into the Western sphere of influence

which basically means becoming a vassel

state first it made Ukraine the First

Nation to join the hilariously titled

partnership for peace a NATO program in

1994 followed by two other NATO Ukraine

structures in 1997 and the

2000s these Partnerships were aimed at

forging closer security ties and

enhancing Ukraine's defense capabilities

which is of course just code for total

Reliance on NATO and its productive

centers mostly the

US despite these mostly back room deals

public support in Ukraine for NATO

membership has historically speaking

been pretty low for example a 2008 poll

showed that 55% of ukrainians oppos

joining NATO while only 22% were in

favor of course the desires of the

Ukrainian population have always been a

headache for Ukrainian politicians who

sought closer ties with

NATO moving on though politically

Ukraine swung wildly between Western and

Russian aspirations hence it's slightly

confusing foreign policy over the years

in 2010 president Victor yanukovich

adopted a non-block status meant that

improving relations with Russia which

was later abandoned for a renewed push

for NATO support in addition to the

Budapest memorandum a trilateral

agreement between the US Russia and UK

Ukraine signed in January 1994 committed

the US to providing Ukraine with

millions of financial assistance for

dismantling its nuclear forces and

storing file material on the other side

Ukraine Got low enriched uranium fuel

rods from Russia as compensation this

agreement made Ukraine one of the

largest recipients of American

assistance at the time while it Aid was

crucial during Ukraine's early

post-soviet years with Ukraine still

doing horribly despite it it came with

strings attached

unsurprisingly the US has claimed as a

matter of foreign policy that a stable

and secure Ukraine is essential for a

stable and secure Europe in 2016 though

the establishment of the and excuse me

for the mouthful vice presidency of the

government for European and Euro

Atlantic integration of Ukraine do [ __ ]

name let's just be honest um this made

Ukraine's pro-western stance very clear

this policy was reinforced by

constitutional amendments in 2019 which

would embed NATO and EU membership as

strategic goals to actively pursue and

of course this was pushed through by EU

and NATO back groups within Ukraine back

to the video in just a minute let's hear

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video the orange Revolution marked by

widespread protests and demands for

reform occurred in November of

2004 as reports of election fraud

emerged sounds familiar the opposition

leader Victor yukos shenko called for

supporters to protest in ke's

Independence Square the next day the

movement was mostly fueled by the usual

economic frustrations and grievances

against the Russia friendly kushma

government not just election

fraud the demonstrations filled with

orange banners and balloons and scarves

against the name disrupted government

operations enforced a new election this

is the official story at least the truth

is more complicated there was genuine

non- asurf discontent in Ukraine at the

time but the high levels of organization

from the very beginning points to an

external source of well let's call it

help in the Years leading up to this

moment the US government spent $65

million supposedly promoting the

democracy in Ukraine mainly through

organizations like Freedom House and the

National Endowment for democracy over $8

million was for election related

assistance in the 2 years before the

2004 election Western ambassadors

actively engaged with Ukraine's

opposition forces providing all sorts of

support which some Keen Ukrainian

officials called

metalsome it's also very convenient that

election observers trained by these NOS

were responsible for the reports of

electoral fraud which lent credibility

to the opposition's

claim diverse methods were used to

engage the public like public transport

posters and internet to organize rock

concerts to attract younger voters I it

sounds cringe to me but whatever in the

end though the leaders of the Warr

Revolution would go on to squander their

political Capital by squabbling over

power and property baving the way for

the next so-called

Revolution this next upheaval was called

Euro maidan the official story goes like

this these protests began in late 2013

triggered by President Victor yanov 's

decision to reject an association

agreement with the EU in favor for

closer ties with Russia demonstrators

saw this move as a betrayal the decision

sparked widespread outrage among

ukrainians who were already frustrated

with corruption and nepotism as the

protest grew violence became more and

more prevalent yanukovich's regime

responded with brutality deploying Riot

police and other Security Forces to

disperse the demonstrators the

escalation of violence particularly

during mid-February of 2014 which saw

snipers killing dozens of protesters

broadened and strengthened the

movement's base at witness accounts

investigation suggested that some sniper

fire may have come from protester

control buildings but that only adds to

the chaos the government's violent

response only fueled further anger and

Defiance leading to yanukovich fleeing

Ukraine for Russia in February of 2014

that's the official story at the very

least something not frequently mentioned

is the role of far-right groups such as

the sabota party although these groups

were a minority they were highly

organized and played a pivotal role in

the escalation and maintenance of the

protests using their considerable

resources including thousands of

activists and substantial Financial

backing they were instrumental in

occupying key government buildings

specifically in Western Ukraine but

their contribution important though it

may have been is eclipsed by the

involvement of the US and the EU as in

2004 the US and EU actively supported

the protest through diplomatic channels

and financial aid us Senator John McCain

and Chris Murphy publicly supported the

protest with McCain even staging photo

ops alongside the leaders of the swaboda

party later a leaked phone call revealed

us efforts to influence the formation of

a post yanukovich government Poland like

likewise played an active role with

Polish politicians and Civic activists

highly visible during the protests

providing material support direct Aid

and diplomatic pressure within the EU to

support Ukraine's integration within

so-called European Norms interestingly

though an attempt at steering Ukraine

towards an EU future and away from

Russia influence the meddling of the

West was still in part seen as a

manipulation of Ukraine's political

sovereignty imagine the inverse for a

second though Russia providing

diplomatic and organizational Aid with

vocal political support for this or that

group within for example Mexico russan

leaked calls showing them basically

picking who will be in the postou

government maybe one or two of them even

being Russian citizens themselves

wouldn't you doubt the authenticity of

such a movement just food for thought

before we move on though I should

mention that Russia wasn't just sitting

idly by during this time Russia

conducted covert and overt operations

during yanukovich's presidency and later

on in Crimea and donbas the scale of

Russia's intervention in Ukraine around

this time dwarfed previous attempts to

influenc Ukraine's politics in their

favor

following gidan this by many accounts

illegal overthrow of yanukovich was seen

as the final straw for

Russia Russia responded by taking Crimea

which they feared could host a NATO

naval base in the future and work to

further destabilized Ukraine until it

abandoned its efforts to join the West

since the mid 1990s Russian leaders have

strongly opposed NATO enlargement

viewing it as a direct threat to them

and their interests the West's

insistence on expanding NATO and the

gradual integration of Ukraine into

various Western institutions was seen as

provocative by Russia it's hard to

disagree with this analysis given how

the US makes it clear that they'll cross

all these red lines Russia feels the

right to hold and how the US has

surrounded China and all other

quotequote Regional enemies with

military bases regardless the conflict

worsened the economic recession in

Ukraine with GDP Falling by 23% over 2

years the imf's involvement further

worsened the situation went approved a $

17 billion loan to Ukraine in

2014 as usual the IMF required Ukraine

to implement neoliberal reforms and

restructure the national budget around

repayment of debt in other words

economic exploitation of Ukraine for the

profits of Western

creditors in some more detail confusing

fiscal legislation High tax rates and

preferential treatment for oligarchs

severely harmed Ukraine for instance the

2011 tax code reduced corporate income

tax from 25 to 16% and vat from 20 to

17% yet payroll tax remained very high

at 50% placing even more of the tax

burden on the working class

laws passed in favor of the new ruling

class in Ukraine originate as far back

as 1991 privatization benefited big

businesses and was dominated by

oligarchs to the detriment of the

Ukrainian economy as a whole as

inequality continued to Skyrocket this

exploitation is most evident in the

agricultural sector from the very

beginning of the so-called Independence

period where thanks to these New Freedom

laws oligarchs acquired large-scale

agricultural Holdings with little or no

compensation for dispossessed Rural

dwellers rich land owners easily escaped

the implementation a of new laws that

attempted to gain control of

underutilized land while they made good

use of legal evictions of those lived on

the land legal is doing very heavy

lifting there another great idea from

American economists came within the same

decade in November of 1997 the National

Bank of Ukraine allowed Ukrainian Banks

to include funds invested in the

Treasure bills Market into their

mandatory reserves resulting in a

decrease in reserve requirements and

quality essentially making short-term

loans to the government from private

actors a part of the National Cash

Reserve by the middle of 1998 treasure

bills accounted for 12% of total banking

assets and about 30 to 40% of liquid

assets basically meaning the Ukrainian

government heavily relied on short-term

debt as cash flow which is

unsurprisingly highly unsustainable and

unstable the banking sector suffered as

there wasn't much that wasn't debt that

could be used to invest or provide loans

with either to state-owned industry or

to private Ukrainian business hoping to

grow through loaning extra cash under

capitalism limited availability of

credit for productive investment means

there's no real growth that can occur

economically rendering Ukraine even more

economically unstable weak wages and

pension policies that have played

Ukraine for decades and poor Revenue

Administration didn't make things better

while all this is bad it pales in

comparison to the biggest economic

exploiter of them all the Deb

trap Ukraine is a very rich country but

to access that wealth you need

investment if the Nations run by and for

its people the wealth can be utilized

for its people as it was prior to

Independence one Western capital and

their political representation lands in

a newly shock doctrin country they're

coming to make a profit not to help the

death trap I'm referring to is one

imposed on Ukraine by Western

institutions before the 2022 Russian

invasion beginning as far as

1993 already Ukraine was the second

largest debtor to the IMF after Romania

and the 10th largest deor to the World

Bank this has gotten much worse recently

Ukraine's foreign debt stood at about

$8.8 billion in late 1997 and 10.7

billion in the middle of 1998

in September of 98 the IMF approved the

extended fund facility loan for Ukraine

of $2.2 billion very quickly the

government start have problems not only

with the new deficit financing but also

with rolling over the existing stock of

debt they already had the imf's

stringent conditions included the usual

sell-off public assets as well as fixing

the exchange rate resulting in another

death blow to Ukrainian manufacturing

and insufficient official reserves which

would force the country to take out you

guessed it more

loans another oneyear $600 million loan

followed in 2004 and a 2-year $16.4

billion loan was generously provided in

2008 in July of 2010 the IMF provided a

$16.5 billion loan which required the or

economically struggling country to

increase household utility prices and to

reduce State subsidies and pensions

something the relatively old general

population of Ukraine relied on as wages

were abysmally low and with no tie to

inflation prior to these conditions

ukrainians were only paying 20% of the

cost of imported gas this IMF impos

change change LED to a 50% increase in

household utility prices in August of

2010 with further increases planned but

postponed ahead of the 2012

parliamentary elections I can't imagine

why by the end of 2013 Ukraine's public

debt was 41% of GDP the imf's 2014

report projected that debt would reach

68% of GDP by the end of 2014 basically

Ukraine was borrowing just to keep the

country and government running because

the currency was more and more worthless

and there were no other funds they could

tap into a problem the IMF caused

the debt to GDP ratio is expected to

reach between 99% and 134% by 2016 but

to paint a bright picture for creditors

the IMF believed Ukraine would likely

default on their debt obligations long

before reaching these Levels by the end

of that same year Ukraine's

International reserves dwindle to a weak

$7.5 billion Which is less than half of

what the US spends on its military Per

Day in 2020 the IMF forced Ukraine to

open up its land market for sale lifting

a 19-year ban on the sale of farm land

as a condition for another $8 billion

loan this move was another step towards

selling Ukraine to Western aggra

business which would further consolidate

ownership of land and intensify

large-scale industrial agriculture in

Europe's Bread Basket at the expense of

Ukrainian Farmers it gets worse but you

get the point by now force a loan

through sketchy politics impose the

selling off of public and productive

assets to private interests watch money

fall through corrupt holes or be simply

used to continue the functioning of the

country as all the productive

money-making stuff goes to private hands

rinse and repeat hopefully even from

just this cursory overview you see the

leading role these institutions play in

exacerbating Ukraine's death

crisis with all this in mind it should

be very clear that Western foreign

policy towards Ukraine and Russia

throughout the last few decades have

produced outcomes that are opposite to

those of their stated goals the US says

it views Ukraine's strategic positioning

as a buffer State as crucial the liberal

Think Tank The Brookings Institute even

noted this failure when it said but when

ju depos with the pride and paranoia of

Russians like Vladimir Putin it

inadvertently contributed to a Russian

geostrategic and historical narrative

that was both predictable and dangerous

stupid Marvel movie type thinking and

quips aside there were past warnings

about the dangers of NATO expansion into

Ukraine such as those by CIA director

William in 2008 when he was serving as

the US ambassador to Russia stating

Ukrainian entry into NATO is the

brightest of all red lines for the

Russian Elite not just Putin it is a

direct challenge to Russian interests

it's not even clear the US has a good

reason to think that Ukraine has a

chance against Russia in a drawn out

conflict because Ukraine has limited

manow and is completely dependent on the

west for weapons and Aid which

ultimately make it extremely vulnerable

as shown by the progress Russia made

while the US Congress bickered about a

bill to send more military aid to

Ukraine and the genocidal state of

Israel

this doesn't mean the West hasn't

benefited from allyship with Ukraine but

it's in ways that exclusively benefit

those Western Nations and particularly

the us at Ukraine's expense the best

example of this is the US and the rest

of the West using Ukraine as a proxy

Battleground to drain Russian military

resources and test the West's latest and

greatest Weaponry in a live fire

environment and you don't have to take

my word for it us defense secretary

Lloyd Austin explicitly stated that the

US goal in Ukraine was to see Russia

weakened due to the war this approach

results in Ukraine's defense becoming a

completely secondary goal favoring

broader strategic objectives instead of

well Ukraine and the Ukrainian people

increasingly the US and NATO show less

and less enthusiasm for Ukraine even

changing their tune on reconquering Lost

territories Austin's comments suggest

that they either prefer an endless war

against Russia or one that results in

settlement as Ukraine continues to be

blood dry of its already catastrophic

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demographics Ukraine is an example of

the total failure of neoliberal policies

Western institutions and nations are so

insistent on implementing in States they

can easily exploit via economic shock

treatment for the three decades prior to

the Russian invasion until today a

complete lack of care for the people of

Ukraine has been evident as Ukraine is

dismantled for parts sold in Flash sales

for the benefit of capital abroad all of

these billions in Aid that Ukraine is

supposedly receiving where is it all

going despite fighting separatists since

2014 and Russia since 201 22 the

humanitarian Aid sent to Ukraine is

shockingly low compared to the vast

Military Support they get the United

States of course leads this imbalance

offering 9.4 billion in humanitarian aid

while pouring 70 billion into military

efforts the European Union despite

surpassing the US in overall support

shows a similar pattern despite being

more directly affected by the war the

eu's humanitarian Aid stands at $3.5

billion but its financial and Military

commitments nonetheless dominate Germany

Canada the UK Denmark Norway it doesn't

matter this imbalance reflects a broader

tendency among Western Nations to

prioritize profits for the various

companies involved in the

military-industrial complex over

essential humanitarian support remember

most of this money in military aid isn't

going to Ukraine it's tax money or

Finance Capital used to subsidize

shipment orders from weapons industry

that might eventually go to Ukraine this

is a gift to military industry that's

all they're even gloating about it on

the Department of Defense

website this overwhelming focus on

arming Ukraine during preventable War

over the needs of ukrainians or God

forbid diplomatic solutions to the

conflict shows profound neglect of the

essential humanitarian needs and

well-being of the Ukrainian people this

approach not only fails to address the

immediate needs of these ukrainians but

also jeopardizes the long-term stability

and recovery of the country which has

already been bought and sold as an

investment opportunity for Western

Capital much like what was planned for

Iraq following the illegal American

Invasion for the few silly people who

might think I'm overemphasizing peace as

if there is such a thing I'm Iraqi they

haven't experienced the hores of War but

I have that's the only explanation as to

why they continue to call for an endless

war with a depopulated Ukrainian rum

state run by and for EU and American

business interests diplomacy and

mediation could have prevented all of

this and still can solve this issue but

peace was against the scheming of

Western capital and its foreign policy

arms that doesn't absolve Russia from

what it's done but let's not pretend

this was a one-sided conflict Western

involvement in Ukraine has been a

disaster they have deepened Ukraine's

suffering and instability for their own

geostrategic ends proving that their

involvement is actively harmful the

oligarchs both of Ukraine and Russia

managed to somehow care even less at the

very least understand this Ukraine has

lowered the conscription age yet again

and millions have gone abroad never to

return an entire generation of Ukraine's

youth is either dead or outside the

country if this keeps going there might

not even be a Ukraine left after this

war but those trillions of dollars in

resources under Ukraine need to be

garnished by multinational corporations

after all

finally for that this is all Russia's

fault and the West did nothing wrong

crowd read the following

article only the Ukrainian people can

along with working people everywhere

else guarantee their rights and this

will happen solely through a blueprint

that they built by their own hands just

a few decades ago a better world is

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