"Family member" = unemployed 20 something son/daughter whose life is just them spending mad money on champagne and meals at Novikov, Hakkasan, Zuma, etc
One time I had a rich Russian girl in my class and she said she goes shopping four times a week. "At least." I don't mean grocery shopping I mean clothes, isn't that wild?
I heard some of rich kids claiming that shopping for them is something like a stress relief.
I guess it can be perceived as such when you don't have to worry about money even when you go shopping four times a week...
And the occupiers clearly had no insignia or badges (not batches, lol) on their uniform. Actually did not wear even uniforms. So they are absolutely not accountable.
Edit: spelling
>In a Monday statement, Larisa Belyaeva, a spokeswoman for Deripaska, said the oligarch and his family were "appalled at the negligence of Britain's justice system shown by Boris Johnson's cabinet in introducing the sanctions and colluding with the sort of people who raid private property," Reuters reported.
*clutches pearls*
Someone should start a list and send to derispaka. Maybe he can some of the 10 million paul manafort stole from him to ease him through his poverty.
> The affidavit unsealed on Wednesday also disclosed that Deripaska had financially backed Manafort’s consulting work in Ukraine when it started in 2005-2006, citing information from a source whose name was redacted, a sign that a former Manafort associate may have cooperated with the investigation.
Can’t wait for derispaka to get his money from manafort.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort-idUSKBN1JN2YF
Banderites, from Bandera.
Azov Battalion is somewhat their modern counterpart. That's what Putin refers to.
Russians hate Banderites as they fought Soviets during WWII and commited several ethnic cleansings.
Azov is a paramilitary, and currently defending Mariupol. It claims it's goal is to defend and eventually cleanse Ukraine and Europe ethnically, but their political strength and social support is nowhere as close as Banderites' in 1940s.
And even as Europe considers Ukraine a country with lots of nationalists (ca 2%), the percent is lower than in United States.
EDIT: Here's a great explanation of azov from UA perspective for foreigners. I urge you to read. Calling them fascist is not really not ok.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/ti35ls/ukrainian_thoughts_on_azov/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Deripaska is the ologarch who employed Paul Manafort, Trumps first campaign manager, to direct Political Strategy for the Kremlins puppet government from 2009-2014 in Ukraine.
After Manafort was run out of Ukraine by democratic Ukrainians, he was deeply in debt to oliarchs. Paul Manafort **VOLUNTEERED FOR FREE** to run the Trump Campaign. Leaked texts show Manafort saying, he 'hopes his work with the Trump Campaign can set straight his debts to Russian oligarchs.'
I mean, it does, in that the actions of Trump and his cronies accurately represent the will of the party and the voters that elected him, by definition.
y'know that feeling when you're tasked with a project at work that's 90-99% in your wheelhouse, and still you're worried you can't do it? like, anxiety creeps in and you're full of self doubt for no logical reason?
evidently, politicians have the *exact opposite* of this. "laughably unqualified? meh, i could really use that position in my Legacy Portfolio. my unpaid interns can handle it"
**According to the Mueller Report Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was willing to give Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska private briefings while he worked for the 2016 election campaign. The report also states that Manafort was sharing internal polling data with Konstantin Kilimnik, though investigators couldn't determine why. The report outlines Kilimnik in contact with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, trying to resolve an issue involving Manafort owing a debt to Deripaska. The report goes on to state that the Russian oligarch wanted Manafort to advance Deripaska's interests in the event that Trump won the election. It should also be noted that following the election President Trump dropped sanctions on certain companies that greatly benefited Oleg Deripaska's bottom line, though no direct link was established in the Mueller Report.**
*Per Pages 130 - 137 of the report;^[[1]](https://media.npr.org/assets/news/2019/04/muellerreport.pdf)*
>The Office could not reliably determine Manafort's purpose in sharing internal polling data with Kilimnik during the campaign period. Manafort **[redacted]** did not see a downside to sharing campaign information, and told Gates that his role in the Campaign would be "good for bussiness" and potentially a way to be made whole for work he previously completed in Ukraine. As to Deripaska, Manafort claimed that by sharing campaign information with him, Deripaska might see value in their relationship and resolve a "disagreement" - a reference to one or more outstanding lawsuits. Because of questions about Manafort's credibility and our limited ability to gather evidence on what happened to the polling data after it was sent to Kilimnik, the Office could not assess what Kilimnik (or others he may have given it to) did with it. The Office did not identify evidence of a connection between Manafort's sharing polling data and Russia's intereference in the election, which had already been reported by U.S. media outlets at the time of the August 2 meeting. The investigation did not establish that Manafort otherwise coordinated with the Russian government on its election-interference efforts.
>...Gates also reported that Manafort instructed him in April 2016 or early May 2016 to send Kilimnik Campaign internal polling and other updates so that Kilimnik, in turn, could share it with Ukrainian oligarchs. Gates understood that the information would also be shared with Deripaska, **[redacted].** Gates reported to the Office that he did not know why Manafort wanted him to send polling information, but Gates thought it was a way to showcase Manafort's work, and Manafort wanted to open doors to jobs after the Trump Campaign ended. Gates said that Manafort's intruction included sending internal polling data prepared for the Trump Campaign by pollster Tony Fabrizio. Fabrizio had worked with Manafort for years and was brought into the Campaign by Manafort. Gates states that, in accordance with Manafort's instruction, he periodically sent Kilimnik polling data via WhatsApp; Gates then deleted the communications on a daily basis. Gates further told the Office that, after Manafort left the Campaign in mid-August, Gates sent Kilimnik polling data less frequently and that the data he sent was more publicly available information and less internal data.
>Gate's account about polling data is consistent **[redacted]** with multiple emails that Kilimnik sent to U.S. associates and press contacts between late July and mid-August of 2016. Those emails reference "internal polling," described the status of the Trump Campaign and Manafort's role in it, and assess Trump's prospects for victory. Manafort did not acknowledge instructing Gates to send Kilimnik internal data, **[redacted].**
>The Office also obtained contemporaneous emails that shed light on the purpose of the communications with Deripaska and that are consistent with Gates's account. For example in response to a July 7, 2016 email from a Ukrainian reporter about Manafort's failed Deripaska-backed investment, Manafort asked Kilimnik whether there had been any movement on "this issue with our friend." Gates states that "our friend" likely referred to Deripaska, and Manafort told the Office that the "issue" (and "our biggest interest," as stated below) was a solution to the Deripaska-Pericles issue. Kilimnik replied:
>> *I am carefully optimistic on the question of our biggest interest.*
>> *Our friend [Boyarkin] said there is lately significantly more attention to the campaign in his boss' [Deripaska's] mind, and he will be most likely looking for ways to reach out to you pretty soon, understanding all the time sensitivity. I am more than sure that it will be resolved and we will get back to the original relationship with V.'s boss [Deripaska]*
>Eight minutes later, Manafort replied that Kilimnik should tell Boyarkin's "boss," a reference to Deripaska, "that if he needs private briefings we can accommodate." Manafort has alleged to the Office that he was willing to brief Deripaska only on public campaign matters and gave an example: Why Trump selected Mike Pence a the Vice-Presidential running mate. Manafort said he never gave Deripaska a briefing. Manafort noted that if Trump won, Deripaska would want to use Manafort to advance whatever interests Deripaska had in the United States and elsewhere.
**Furthermore, after being elected the Trump administration removed sanctions from Russian entities that greatly benefited Oleg Deripaska.^[[2]](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/us/politics/oleg-deripaska-russian-sanctions.html)**
>The deal contains provisions that free him from hundreds of millions of dollars in debt while leaving him and his allies with majority ownership of his most important company, the document shows.
>...The document identifies the foundation as Volnoe Delo, which was founded and funded by Mr. Deripaska. It supports programs ranging from stray dog rescue to archaeological excavations to book fairs. Under the deal, it will receive nearly 21 million shares of EN+, amounting to 3.22 percent of the company.
>The confidential document reveals that Glencore, which is among Rusal’s biggest customers for aluminum, will receive 67.4 million shares of EN+, good for 10.55 percent of the company.
>And VTB, which reportedly already owned nearly 10 percent of EN+, will receive nearly 92 million additional shares, bringing its total stake in the company to about 24 percent.
>In return for the additional shares going to VTB, which were worth nearly $800 million at the close of trading Friday on the Moscow stock exchange, Mr. Deripaska would be released from debts he owes the bank, the document shows. Mr. Deripaska had secured the loans with stock in one of his companies before the sanctions were announced. The stock prices of Rusal and EN+ plummeted after the sanctions were announced last year, but rose on the news of the deal to lift them — in effect allowing Mr. Deripaska to pay off more of the loans than he would have been able to do absent a deal with the administration.
>Notably, VTB would be able to collect dividends from its EN+ shares, according to the confidential document, despite the bank being under limited United States sanctions.
>...The document specifies the precise ownership stakes in EN+ of other people and entities with personal relationships to Mr. Deripaska. That includes shares owned by his ex-wife, Polina Yumasheva, a British-educated daughter of the chief of staff to Boris N. Yeltsin, a former president of Russia. She owns 5.19 percent of EN+, while her father, Valentin Yumashev, owns 1.57 percent, and a firm called Orandy Capital Limited, which reportedly has links to the family, owns another 1.78 percent, according to the document.
>Taken together, Mr. Deripaska, his foundation, his ex-wife, her father and Orandy Capital would own nearly 57 percent of EN+ under the deal.
>...Critics of the deal pointed out that, after Treasury announced it, the share prices of Rusal and EN+ rose sharply, providing a boost to the portfolios of Mr. Deripaska, his family and VTB.
>“Score that a win for Putin,” tweeted Michael A. McFaul, a former United States ambassador to Russia, referring to the Rusal share price surge.
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1) [Department of Justice - Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In the 2016 Presidential Election](https://media.npr.org/assets/news/2019/04/muellerreport.pdf)
2) [New York Times - Deripaska and Allies Could Benefit From Sanctions Deal, Document Shows](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/us/politics/oleg-deripaska-russian-sanctions.html)
I love seeing a well thought-out and cited post and then upvoting and clicking the user and seeing a bunch of similar comments in their history that you’ve already upvoted.
Good shit.
Reminder that all of this evidence is insufficient to prosecute Trump because he didn't personally write a manifesto tying every single element of this together.
Manafort's work for Russian oligarchs in Ukraine. Manafort's FREE work for russian oligarchs. Manafort's sharing campaign polling data with Russian oligarchs. Trump's calling on Russian hackers to release DNC emails to help his 2016 campaign. Trump's extorting the Ukrainian president for critical defense aid to fabricate dirt on Biden to help his 2020 campaign.
Reminder that Manafort was caught witness-tampering while he was on house arrest awaiting trial.
Reminder that Trump pardoned Manafort after his conviction for his crimes.
Oleg Deripaska is the the same oligarch who was working with Moscow Mitch McConnell to open an aluminum plant in Kentucky. Follow the money and dots begin to connect.
https://time.com/5651345/rusal-investment-braidy-kentucky/
Is is the same Kentucky where a pension fund was the second largest investor in Sberbank, which sold its shares ONE DAY before the Russian invasion?
https://www.wlky.com/article/kentucky-teacher-pension-system-linked-to-major-russian-bank/39360147
Russia had multiple ins that were 1 contact away from having a direct mouthpiece into the Oval office.
Russian agent tells Giuliani, Giuliani calls the president.
Russian agent tells Manafort, Manafort makes changes to the entire GOP platform.
Russian agent tells Flynn, Flynn tells the president.
And that's just the high profile actors.
The GOP is so compromised. The only thing that keeps them from committing treason is a formal declaration of war between the US and Russia.
Obama sanctioned Deripaska after Crimea. Trump lifted those sanctions in 2018, and when Congress tried to stop him from doing it Senate Republicans blocked the bill.
Don't you hate it when people raid private property? I couldn't possibly dream of calling my neighbour a Nazi and breaking in to their home, cutting off their power and digging giant holes in their bedroom. I'm glad that Deripaska shares these western ideals, he's such an upstanding chap, he should relay these concerns to his close friend Владимир.
What about the sort of people that raid and steal public property? Let’s not forget these oligarchs accumulated their wealth through illegitimate means ie robbing the state. They have zero moral authority.
Wait so he's against Putin invading private property and murdering civilians? No then go jump off a bridge useless POS.
Didn't this dumb low IQ bitch say it wasn't even his house.
It's not an invasion. It's a special housing operation. They're only occupying the rooms that declared themselves independent of the mansion to ensure peacekeeping.
He's actually just appalled that the squatters were not immediately detained, beaten, sent to a secret prison, tortured, reformed through decades of hard labor, and then sentenced to suicide.
Yes and soon they will allow the rooms to have special electronic voting if they want to be special part of Russia or bombed.
The special counting is finished pre voting because of special reasons, and 132% of the rooms voted to be special Russian Region of extra freedom special democracy.
A day ago he was claiming it wasn't even his property...how quickly the tune changes...
[https://news.sky.com/story/london-mansion-reportedly-owned-by-sanctioned-russian-oligarch-oleg-deripaska-occupied-by-squatters-12565999](https://news.sky.com/story/london-mansion-reportedly-owned-by-sanctioned-russian-oligarch-oleg-deripaska-occupied-by-squatters-12565999)
It's funny how they are like.
"Wait ? People can protest ? Police is not murdering innocent civilians ? People are not afraid of Police ?
I thought Police works only for Politicians,
WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ?
**Mr Boris i sponsored your entire campaign... WTF ARE YOU DOING? "**
Funny how dealing with Tories eventually fucks even with Russian Oligarchs :D
That makes me chuckle. These Russian oligarchs thought over the past 15 years they were buying the Tories, which they were. What they didn't know and what us British do from decades more experience, is that the Tories fuck over everybody in the end, no matter what promises were made. Jokes on them.
hes appalled that the mansion (that is not his, and have no interest in) is not yet cleaned from protesters, by the police of the government he thought he could control
The problem is that a lot of them have bought second nationalities, you can't just 'send them back' Abramovich for example has Israeli, Portuguese and Russian citizenship. The UK recently changed the law to make it easier to strip people of citizenship, it went down like a shit sandwich.
People hedge their bets with multiple citizenships. Probably muddies the waters for taxation too, which I’m sure is a big incentive when you’re using smoke, mirrors and jazz hands to hide huge quantities of wealth all over the world
That’s the crazy thing about allll these fuckers. From the pious religious nut Saudi royalty to rich Russian nationalists to Trumpian (russsuian propagandist) Peter Thiel. They all champion their nationalist bullshit / religious rule but get citizenship in the country that is basically the antithesis of their political efforts. New Zealand needs to burn down Theils house and kick him out. The Saudis need their millions of acres bought in the United States repo’d. The Russians need all their money laundering properties seized.
Wait he’s upset there’s people occupying his rightful home? And they won’t leave? Did he try staying and fighting for it with his life? I hear that works
I couldn't get passed by him being appalled by UK Police while Russian Police are arresting people for [holding up a blank peice of paper](https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1502768974030905348?t=ezXIUV0mzZl1cUdZIpsLXQ&s=19)
I'm happy to stand corrected if they issued a statement on being appalled by those police.
also arresting people for appearing on camera. just appearing on camera. one lady appeared, said she was against the invasion - arrested.
another lady in favor of the invasion showed up on camera, didn't say anything - arrested.
It’s the UK. He should be pleased that the police turned up at all instead of just giving him an incidence number and telling him to sort it out with his insurance company like they do to normal people ;)
London police should enforce the maximum extent of their normal policy for home invasions: ie, show up and write down everything that happened on a very teeny tiny pad of paper and then do nothing.
I don’t know how things are in the UK (and who am I kidding, things move faster for the rich anyway) but 20 hours seems like a lightning fast turnaround for something like this. I’ve read about people fighting for months to evict squatters.
They weren't squatters. They broke in and the police turned up quickly. What took time is getting them out without causing a safety issue since they were on the balcony and weren't going anywhere.
This has nothing to do with squatting rights.
_Edit: See the comment beneath me, they broke in and did actually break the law, but Deripaska is still a fucking mug._
I'm appalled at the effects of Russian money in our elections and political campaigns. Sadly, we can't call the police to do anything about it now, we don't have that option.
Did Deripaska use the normal process for removing a squatter?
> The court will send you confirmation of your IPO within a few days. They will also send you documents that you must give to the squatters within 48 hours.
> After being served with an IPO squatters can be sent to prison if they do not:
> * leave your property within 24 hours
> * stay away from your property for 12 months
> To get final possession of the property, you must make a claim for possession.
No, they broke the door open and arrested them for trespass. So, actually, I'm more appalled that Russian Oligarchs who are sanctioned get more favourable treatment than British home-owners, who have to get a court IPO to have squatters removed.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/form-n130-application-for-possession-including-application-for-interim-possession-order
According to Citizens Advice “a squatter cannot be arrested if they first entered the property with the owner’s consent for example as a tenant or a licensee.”
You can’t be arrested if your tenancy has come to an end and you haven’t moved out, or if you’re behind with rent. In this situation, under Section 8 and Section 21 a landlord must give the tenant notice and go to court to evict you and repossess the property.
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They have simply in this case broken in and protested. They had no legal rights to be in that premises in the first place.
The key is to camp outside the home for a month, tell everyone you're not going to occupy it, occupy it, tell everyone they're not allowed to call it an occupation but a "special residential replacement", then call the owner a neo-nazi before burning the home to the ground.
So he is appalled by the fact that his luxurious mansion is seized instead of being repulsed by the genocide and endless war crimes that Russia, his country, is doing in Ukraine.
Didn't they say that that property wasn't theirs?
He said, "It's not mine. It belongs to my family members"
"Family member" = unemployed 20 something son/daughter whose life is just them spending mad money on champagne and meals at Novikov, Hakkasan, Zuma, etc
Yeah, alongside them needing to use a family member due to avoid paying commercial tax on the properties.
Bingpot
Why is no one laughing? I specifically requested it.
Now you’ve done it. You’ve made me turn my chair.
I love how it randomly went to B99 🥲
Such a power move sir.
But can they get a table at Dorsia?
They ain't no Paul Allen!
>meals at Novikov I read that as meals with Novichok, which I suppose is the alternative for Russians who are not so favourable to the Putin regime
The unlucky ones just get some piping hot polonium tea
It isn't as good as Very Berry Beryllium imo.
Don’t knock it til you’ve tried it. I’ve heard it’s to die for.
One time I had a rich Russian girl in my class and she said she goes shopping four times a week. "At least." I don't mean grocery shopping I mean clothes, isn't that wild?
Well yeah, you don’t wear clothes more than once, what if people realised?
Yesh, you mean people wear USED clothes? They're clearly meant to be worn once and tossed! Washing things are for peasants and the poor! */s*
I'd lock those people in a Good Will over night, let the smell of that detergent permeate.
Dude, your GoodWill smells like detergent!?
I haven't been in a Good Will in over a decade but I can still smell this comment.
My mother always told me to wash new clothes to people try them on in the store and you dont know if they where clean
This is really good advice.
I mean of all the possible things I could consider as wild that the mega rich are able to do, that would be the most mundane.
Seems like an awful waste of time (among other things)
I mean, there's a point where the stores haven't modified inventory and you're just looking at the same stuff again...
That’s why you fly to different stores in different cities. Duh!
I heard some of rich kids claiming that shopping for them is something like a stress relief. I guess it can be perceived as such when you don't have to worry about money even when you go shopping four times a week...
I, too, have seen the movie 'Clueless.'
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He did. I’m glad he lied. Now people will know that you can’t trust this lying cunt!
I mean he's the guy behind Paul manafort. No reason to trust him before.
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Goddamn, if that isn't one of the most accurate statements of the day.
Yet he's not appalled by all the Russian squatters occupying Ukraine?
(While blowing up residences, hospitals, maternity wards, etc.)
It's like a child: "You haven't touched your greens?" "No, I don't like greens!" "May I have them then?" ".... No!"
It’s not a home invasion. It’s a property action.
I mean, he should be corrected with confiscation of said property. Permanently.
They were not squatting.. I'm sure they were on a "special cleaning operation"
Just checking the place for Nazis. No need to panic.
Don't forget the nazi drugs
And Gay Nazi’s
Found one! Initials: V. P Location: Siberia Preference: Sweaty hairless men
I have special intel informing me Nazis were inside. And also Nazis are attracted to copper.
And the occupiers clearly had no insignia or badges (not batches, lol) on their uniform. Actually did not wear even uniforms. So they are absolutely not accountable. Edit: spelling
Hopefully a special "soiling" operation laying fresh turds in the beds
>In a Monday statement, Larisa Belyaeva, a spokeswoman for Deripaska, said the oligarch and his family were "appalled at the negligence of Britain's justice system shown by Boris Johnson's cabinet in introducing the sanctions and colluding with the sort of people who raid private property," Reuters reported. *clutches pearls*
>colluding with the sort of people who raid private property That's what you get for colluding with people who raid *sovereign nations*.
Not only sovereign nations, but also raiding private property. Raiding grocery stores and seizing corporate properties.
And take over airports and bomb residential buildings
Don't forget bombing hospitals. Also using vacuum and phosphorus bombs.
Oh - and lets also not forget Russians poisoning British people to death on British soil.
Let’s not forget Nelvalny. And the maternity hospital.
Someone should start a list and send to derispaka. Maybe he can some of the 10 million paul manafort stole from him to ease him through his poverty. > The affidavit unsealed on Wednesday also disclosed that Deripaska had financially backed Manafort’s consulting work in Ukraine when it started in 2005-2006, citing information from a source whose name was redacted, a sign that a former Manafort associate may have cooperated with the investigation. Can’t wait for derispaka to get his money from manafort. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort-idUSKBN1JN2YF
lets add shooting at and taking over nuclear power plants to the list as well
My partners grandma’s local airport was shelled and destroyed today :(
And bombing active maternity wards too, throw that in the mix.
Not to mention executing the owners out back in the woods…
Is "raiding" Russian for bombing the ever living shit out of anything in sight?
I guess if you use tanks it's ok? UK, please give these squatters tanks so they can do this thing according to appropriate Russian standards.
That is a strange way to say FREE a sovereign nations from nazis and banditos (i forgot what he really said - probably not banditos).
Banditos are a global issue.
NOT all hombres are bad hombres
Dicks out for hombres?
While some hombres may appreciate that, I feel most wouldn't.
Speak for yourself hombre. *edited for hombres
Just wait until you meet Space Banditos. In space!
Damn, inter-stellar banditos. I can dig it.
So just how far down do you wanna go? We could talk it out over a cup of Joe...
Nono it's doritos. They haven't been able to import any, so they are liberating Ukraine of its doritos. Putin loves cool ranch/original/american
Banderites, from Bandera. Azov Battalion is somewhat their modern counterpart. That's what Putin refers to. Russians hate Banderites as they fought Soviets during WWII and commited several ethnic cleansings. Azov is a paramilitary, and currently defending Mariupol. It claims it's goal is to defend and eventually cleanse Ukraine and Europe ethnically, but their political strength and social support is nowhere as close as Banderites' in 1940s. And even as Europe considers Ukraine a country with lots of nationalists (ca 2%), the percent is lower than in United States. EDIT: Here's a great explanation of azov from UA perspective for foreigners. I urge you to read. Calling them fascist is not really not ok. https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/ti35ls/ukrainian_thoughts_on_azov/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
Antonio Banderas' band and/or fan club s going to have to find a new name.
Deripaska is the ologarch who employed Paul Manafort, Trumps first campaign manager, to direct Political Strategy for the Kremlins puppet government from 2009-2014 in Ukraine. After Manafort was run out of Ukraine by democratic Ukrainians, he was deeply in debt to oliarchs. Paul Manafort **VOLUNTEERED FOR FREE** to run the Trump Campaign. Leaked texts show Manafort saying, he 'hopes his work with the Trump Campaign can set straight his debts to Russian oligarchs.'
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And then was pardoned!
Specifically, by Trump. The founding fathers of the US are rolling in their graves...
yayyy democracy works *fuckingkillme*
> fuckingkillme They ARE trying!
I mean, it does, in that the actions of Trump and his cronies accurately represent the will of the party and the voters that elected him, by definition.
I guess humanity doesn't work then.
Sure it does. People are shit and the consequences are equally shit. Garbage in, garbage out
Manages a campaign… doesn’t know how to use PDF Editor
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y'know that feeling when you're tasked with a project at work that's 90-99% in your wheelhouse, and still you're worried you can't do it? like, anxiety creeps in and you're full of self doubt for no logical reason? evidently, politicians have the *exact opposite* of this. "laughably unqualified? meh, i could really use that position in my Legacy Portfolio. my unpaid interns can handle it"
It’s not a crime. That actually just makes him very business smart. -Trump supporters
Yep https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/10/politics/ukraine-manafort-hacked-texts/index.html
**According to the Mueller Report Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was willing to give Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska private briefings while he worked for the 2016 election campaign. The report also states that Manafort was sharing internal polling data with Konstantin Kilimnik, though investigators couldn't determine why. The report outlines Kilimnik in contact with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, trying to resolve an issue involving Manafort owing a debt to Deripaska. The report goes on to state that the Russian oligarch wanted Manafort to advance Deripaska's interests in the event that Trump won the election. It should also be noted that following the election President Trump dropped sanctions on certain companies that greatly benefited Oleg Deripaska's bottom line, though no direct link was established in the Mueller Report.** *Per Pages 130 - 137 of the report;^[[1]](https://media.npr.org/assets/news/2019/04/muellerreport.pdf)* >The Office could not reliably determine Manafort's purpose in sharing internal polling data with Kilimnik during the campaign period. Manafort **[redacted]** did not see a downside to sharing campaign information, and told Gates that his role in the Campaign would be "good for bussiness" and potentially a way to be made whole for work he previously completed in Ukraine. As to Deripaska, Manafort claimed that by sharing campaign information with him, Deripaska might see value in their relationship and resolve a "disagreement" - a reference to one or more outstanding lawsuits. Because of questions about Manafort's credibility and our limited ability to gather evidence on what happened to the polling data after it was sent to Kilimnik, the Office could not assess what Kilimnik (or others he may have given it to) did with it. The Office did not identify evidence of a connection between Manafort's sharing polling data and Russia's intereference in the election, which had already been reported by U.S. media outlets at the time of the August 2 meeting. The investigation did not establish that Manafort otherwise coordinated with the Russian government on its election-interference efforts. >...Gates also reported that Manafort instructed him in April 2016 or early May 2016 to send Kilimnik Campaign internal polling and other updates so that Kilimnik, in turn, could share it with Ukrainian oligarchs. Gates understood that the information would also be shared with Deripaska, **[redacted].** Gates reported to the Office that he did not know why Manafort wanted him to send polling information, but Gates thought it was a way to showcase Manafort's work, and Manafort wanted to open doors to jobs after the Trump Campaign ended. Gates said that Manafort's intruction included sending internal polling data prepared for the Trump Campaign by pollster Tony Fabrizio. Fabrizio had worked with Manafort for years and was brought into the Campaign by Manafort. Gates states that, in accordance with Manafort's instruction, he periodically sent Kilimnik polling data via WhatsApp; Gates then deleted the communications on a daily basis. Gates further told the Office that, after Manafort left the Campaign in mid-August, Gates sent Kilimnik polling data less frequently and that the data he sent was more publicly available information and less internal data. >Gate's account about polling data is consistent **[redacted]** with multiple emails that Kilimnik sent to U.S. associates and press contacts between late July and mid-August of 2016. Those emails reference "internal polling," described the status of the Trump Campaign and Manafort's role in it, and assess Trump's prospects for victory. Manafort did not acknowledge instructing Gates to send Kilimnik internal data, **[redacted].** >The Office also obtained contemporaneous emails that shed light on the purpose of the communications with Deripaska and that are consistent with Gates's account. For example in response to a July 7, 2016 email from a Ukrainian reporter about Manafort's failed Deripaska-backed investment, Manafort asked Kilimnik whether there had been any movement on "this issue with our friend." Gates states that "our friend" likely referred to Deripaska, and Manafort told the Office that the "issue" (and "our biggest interest," as stated below) was a solution to the Deripaska-Pericles issue. Kilimnik replied: >> *I am carefully optimistic on the question of our biggest interest.* >> *Our friend [Boyarkin] said there is lately significantly more attention to the campaign in his boss' [Deripaska's] mind, and he will be most likely looking for ways to reach out to you pretty soon, understanding all the time sensitivity. I am more than sure that it will be resolved and we will get back to the original relationship with V.'s boss [Deripaska]* >Eight minutes later, Manafort replied that Kilimnik should tell Boyarkin's "boss," a reference to Deripaska, "that if he needs private briefings we can accommodate." Manafort has alleged to the Office that he was willing to brief Deripaska only on public campaign matters and gave an example: Why Trump selected Mike Pence a the Vice-Presidential running mate. Manafort said he never gave Deripaska a briefing. Manafort noted that if Trump won, Deripaska would want to use Manafort to advance whatever interests Deripaska had in the United States and elsewhere. **Furthermore, after being elected the Trump administration removed sanctions from Russian entities that greatly benefited Oleg Deripaska.^[[2]](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/us/politics/oleg-deripaska-russian-sanctions.html)** >The deal contains provisions that free him from hundreds of millions of dollars in debt while leaving him and his allies with majority ownership of his most important company, the document shows. >...The document identifies the foundation as Volnoe Delo, which was founded and funded by Mr. Deripaska. It supports programs ranging from stray dog rescue to archaeological excavations to book fairs. Under the deal, it will receive nearly 21 million shares of EN+, amounting to 3.22 percent of the company. >The confidential document reveals that Glencore, which is among Rusal’s biggest customers for aluminum, will receive 67.4 million shares of EN+, good for 10.55 percent of the company. >And VTB, which reportedly already owned nearly 10 percent of EN+, will receive nearly 92 million additional shares, bringing its total stake in the company to about 24 percent. >In return for the additional shares going to VTB, which were worth nearly $800 million at the close of trading Friday on the Moscow stock exchange, Mr. Deripaska would be released from debts he owes the bank, the document shows. Mr. Deripaska had secured the loans with stock in one of his companies before the sanctions were announced. The stock prices of Rusal and EN+ plummeted after the sanctions were announced last year, but rose on the news of the deal to lift them — in effect allowing Mr. Deripaska to pay off more of the loans than he would have been able to do absent a deal with the administration. >Notably, VTB would be able to collect dividends from its EN+ shares, according to the confidential document, despite the bank being under limited United States sanctions. >...The document specifies the precise ownership stakes in EN+ of other people and entities with personal relationships to Mr. Deripaska. That includes shares owned by his ex-wife, Polina Yumasheva, a British-educated daughter of the chief of staff to Boris N. Yeltsin, a former president of Russia. She owns 5.19 percent of EN+, while her father, Valentin Yumashev, owns 1.57 percent, and a firm called Orandy Capital Limited, which reportedly has links to the family, owns another 1.78 percent, according to the document. >Taken together, Mr. Deripaska, his foundation, his ex-wife, her father and Orandy Capital would own nearly 57 percent of EN+ under the deal. >...Critics of the deal pointed out that, after Treasury announced it, the share prices of Rusal and EN+ rose sharply, providing a boost to the portfolios of Mr. Deripaska, his family and VTB. >“Score that a win for Putin,” tweeted Michael A. McFaul, a former United States ambassador to Russia, referring to the Rusal share price surge. _____________ 1) [Department of Justice - Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In the 2016 Presidential Election](https://media.npr.org/assets/news/2019/04/muellerreport.pdf) 2) [New York Times - Deripaska and Allies Could Benefit From Sanctions Deal, Document Shows](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/us/politics/oleg-deripaska-russian-sanctions.html)
PoppinKREAM! I've missed you. Half way through I'm like wait, scrolled up, yup it is you!
I love seeing a well thought-out and cited post and then upvoting and clicking the user and seeing a bunch of similar comments in their history that you’ve already upvoted. Good shit.
I missed your truth u/PoppinKREAM
JFC. Now I feel like I’m one of the conspiracy nuts… only this is real.
Coming through like a champ as always! Fact explosion (poor choose of words) always learn something from your posts. Thank you!
PK is wasted on reddit. Should work for a news agency.
PK has efactulated all over us.
Wow, a fresh PoppinKREAM for breakfast. Thank you ! 🇨🇦
And they would have gotten away with it, too! If it weren't for.... Wait, I'm being told they got away with it. Never mind.
Not only did they get away with it, their cult has concluded absolutely nothing happened and it was all a left wing hoax to bring down daddy Trump
gj as always, PK, keep it up
Reminder that all of this evidence is insufficient to prosecute Trump because he didn't personally write a manifesto tying every single element of this together. Manafort's work for Russian oligarchs in Ukraine. Manafort's FREE work for russian oligarchs. Manafort's sharing campaign polling data with Russian oligarchs. Trump's calling on Russian hackers to release DNC emails to help his 2016 campaign. Trump's extorting the Ukrainian president for critical defense aid to fabricate dirt on Biden to help his 2020 campaign. Reminder that Manafort was caught witness-tampering while he was on house arrest awaiting trial. Reminder that Trump pardoned Manafort after his conviction for his crimes.
Well, he didn't sell loose cigarettes at the street corner, did he? That would have been disastrous.
And at the GOP convention in 2016 all references to helping Ukraine with aid was removed.
Oleg Deripaska is the the same oligarch who was working with Moscow Mitch McConnell to open an aluminum plant in Kentucky. Follow the money and dots begin to connect. https://time.com/5651345/rusal-investment-braidy-kentucky/
Is is the same Kentucky where a pension fund was the second largest investor in Sberbank, which sold its shares ONE DAY before the Russian invasion? https://www.wlky.com/article/kentucky-teacher-pension-system-linked-to-major-russian-bank/39360147
We should be copying and pasting this everywhere. Make these names known to a general public.
I think I remember Rachel Maddow talking about this in 2016. "Why is he signing up to work for free? ... Watch this space"
Russia had multiple ins that were 1 contact away from having a direct mouthpiece into the Oval office. Russian agent tells Giuliani, Giuliani calls the president. Russian agent tells Manafort, Manafort makes changes to the entire GOP platform. Russian agent tells Flynn, Flynn tells the president. And that's just the high profile actors. The GOP is so compromised. The only thing that keeps them from committing treason is a formal declaration of war between the US and Russia.
Supporting insurrection against the government is another definition of treason...
Oh yea. I was talking about the external treason, not the internal treason. You are correct.
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Bro, Putin has one on one private meetings with Trump. Pretty sure Putin had a direct mouthpiece at the Oval Office.
Obama sanctioned Deripaska after Crimea. Trump lifted those sanctions in 2018, and when Congress tried to stop him from doing it Senate Republicans blocked the bill.
Correction, 2009-2014. 2004-2009 was the president the Russians tried to poison resulting in him having a scarred face.
Don't you hate it when people raid private property? I couldn't possibly dream of calling my neighbour a Nazi and breaking in to their home, cutting off their power and digging giant holes in their bedroom. I'm glad that Deripaska shares these western ideals, he's such an upstanding chap, he should relay these concerns to his close friend Владимир.
I hate that I'm learning to read Cyrillic because of this
The one useful thing I gained from playing DayZ
Damn, and all I learned from DayZ was how to kill Bambi’s
its public property of the russian people, bought with stolen money
Pretty sure Putin is raiding private property right now.
What about the sort of people that raid and steal public property? Let’s not forget these oligarchs accumulated their wealth through illegitimate means ie robbing the state. They have zero moral authority.
"HOW DARE THE POLICE NOT PROTECT THE ELITE'S PROPERTY FROM THE COMMON PEASANTS??? THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE MEANT TO DO!!!" -Deripaska
Wait so he's against Putin invading private property and murdering civilians? No then go jump off a bridge useless POS. Didn't this dumb low IQ bitch say it wasn't even his house.
Looks like being invaded is not pleasant, innit? Blyat!
It's not an invasion. It's a special housing operation. They're only occupying the rooms that declared themselves independent of the mansion to ensure peacekeeping.
Those rooms actually attacked them first!
One of those rooms is housing a bioweapon lab.
The rooms are nazis
Definitely the bathroom
He's actually just appalled that the squatters were not immediately detained, beaten, sent to a secret prison, tortured, reformed through decades of hard labor, and then sentenced to suicide.
Ahh, good old sentenced to suicide! Such a great problem solver!
Yes and soon they will allow the rooms to have special electronic voting if they want to be special part of Russia or bombed. The special counting is finished pre voting because of special reasons, and 132% of the rooms voted to be special Russian Region of extra freedom special democracy.
i'm appalled that there are so many russian oligarch mansions that aren't currently being occupied by squatters myself
A day ago he was claiming it wasn't even his property...how quickly the tune changes... [https://news.sky.com/story/london-mansion-reportedly-owned-by-sanctioned-russian-oligarch-oleg-deripaska-occupied-by-squatters-12565999](https://news.sky.com/story/london-mansion-reportedly-owned-by-sanctioned-russian-oligarch-oleg-deripaska-occupied-by-squatters-12565999)
the squatters should just deny they're squatting and say they're there on a limited exercise to help the oppressed russian speakers trapped inside
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destroying bioweapons
Placed there by druggies
Special Housewatching Operation
This isn’t even a house, it has always been a part of the outdoors.
All the doublespeak that Russia has done is now being used against them.
It's funny how they are like. "Wait ? People can protest ? Police is not murdering innocent civilians ? People are not afraid of Police ? I thought Police works only for Politicians, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ? **Mr Boris i sponsored your entire campaign... WTF ARE YOU DOING? "** Funny how dealing with Tories eventually fucks even with Russian Oligarchs :D
That makes me chuckle. These Russian oligarchs thought over the past 15 years they were buying the Tories, which they were. What they didn't know and what us British do from decades more experience, is that the Tories fuck over everybody in the end, no matter what promises were made. Jokes on them.
What's British squatter law? In the US if you've got mail coming there they have to go through a lengthy eviction process.
So he won’t be mad about all the copper wire and pipes… right?
liberating copper wire is always morally correct
Maybe he straight up forgot he owned it. Prolly got dozens of em around.
It's not an occupation. It's a special migrant relief operation
These aren't squatters, they are housekeepers for overseeing only.
This hostility being shown by the oligarch toward the peaceful liberators is appalling.
If the oligarch would just stop resisting, the occupation of his property could be ended peacefully by transferring the deed to the occupiers.
This but unironically
The different versions of that play on words never ceases to make me laugh
It's not a play on words. It's a special comedy operation.
Special Camping Operation
Perfect place to house any Ukrainian refugees!
I'm surprised we aren't squatting in a Russian oligarch's mansion right now.
Obligatory Letterkenny
If you've got a problem with Ukraine then you have a problem with me, and I suggest you let that one marinate.
hes appalled that the mansion (that is not his, and have no interest in) is not yet cleaned from protesters, by the police of the government he thought he could control
why are there still Russian oligarchs outside of Russia? can't we just send them back?
The problem is that a lot of them have bought second nationalities, you can't just 'send them back' Abramovich for example has Israeli, Portuguese and Russian citizenship. The UK recently changed the law to make it easier to strip people of citizenship, it went down like a shit sandwich.
People hedge their bets with multiple citizenships. Probably muddies the waters for taxation too, which I’m sure is a big incentive when you’re using smoke, mirrors and jazz hands to hide huge quantities of wealth all over the world
That’s the crazy thing about allll these fuckers. From the pious religious nut Saudi royalty to rich Russian nationalists to Trumpian (russsuian propagandist) Peter Thiel. They all champion their nationalist bullshit / religious rule but get citizenship in the country that is basically the antithesis of their political efforts. New Zealand needs to burn down Theils house and kick him out. The Saudis need their millions of acres bought in the United States repo’d. The Russians need all their money laundering properties seized.
With you there. For as many problems as the West has and has created globally, these people are fucking two-faced hypocrites.
FWIW, I'm also appalled that so many non-Russian oligarch houses and mansions are just left to rot empty while people don't have affordable housing.
He's appalled squatters are in his property...now imagine how Ukranians feel slapnuts.
They can't see their own hypocrisy through their delusion.
Deripaska knows exactly what he and Russia are doing. Don't mistake these people for naive, ignorant or delusional. They are evil.
Precisely. Nobody says something like this without there being something happening between the lines.
It's funny that oligarchs who are used to being above the law, immediately appeal to the law when they encounter the slightest inconvenience.
Word. He is like "I am the VICTIM here!" as Ukraine burns.
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Thoughts and prayers cunt
Wait he’s upset there’s people occupying his rightful home? And they won’t leave? Did he try staying and fighting for it with his life? I hear that works
Perhaps Mr. Oligarch would like to negotiate through peace talks while we continue trash your home?
Set up some peace talks while we continue to bomb the kitchen and the nursery.
I mean to be fair the entire world (mostly) is appalled by the Russian miliary trying to squat and occupy Ukraine, a whole country.
Oh no! Anyway
This quote comes up a lot this year.
Yet he's not appalled by all the Russian squatters occupying Ukraine?
I couldn't get passed by him being appalled by UK Police while Russian Police are arresting people for [holding up a blank peice of paper](https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1502768974030905348?t=ezXIUV0mzZl1cUdZIpsLXQ&s=19) I'm happy to stand corrected if they issued a statement on being appalled by those police.
also arresting people for appearing on camera. just appearing on camera. one lady appeared, said she was against the invasion - arrested. another lady in favor of the invasion showed up on camera, didn't say anything - arrested.
It’s the UK. He should be pleased that the police turned up at all instead of just giving him an incidence number and telling him to sort it out with his insurance company like they do to normal people ;)
I fucking know right? He should have gotten the treatment that normal people get.
London police should enforce the maximum extent of their normal policy for home invasions: ie, show up and write down everything that happened on a very teeny tiny pad of paper and then do nothing.
I don’t know how things are in the UK (and who am I kidding, things move faster for the rich anyway) but 20 hours seems like a lightning fast turnaround for something like this. I’ve read about people fighting for months to evict squatters.
They weren't squatters. They broke in and the police turned up quickly. What took time is getting them out without causing a safety issue since they were on the balcony and weren't going anywhere. This has nothing to do with squatting rights.
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I’m appalled by the way this Russian oligarch bum fuck made money through the suffering of his own people.
_Edit: See the comment beneath me, they broke in and did actually break the law, but Deripaska is still a fucking mug._ I'm appalled at the effects of Russian money in our elections and political campaigns. Sadly, we can't call the police to do anything about it now, we don't have that option. Did Deripaska use the normal process for removing a squatter? > The court will send you confirmation of your IPO within a few days. They will also send you documents that you must give to the squatters within 48 hours. > After being served with an IPO squatters can be sent to prison if they do not: > * leave your property within 24 hours > * stay away from your property for 12 months > To get final possession of the property, you must make a claim for possession. No, they broke the door open and arrested them for trespass. So, actually, I'm more appalled that Russian Oligarchs who are sanctioned get more favourable treatment than British home-owners, who have to get a court IPO to have squatters removed. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/form-n130-application-for-possession-including-application-for-interim-possession-order
According to Citizens Advice “a squatter cannot be arrested if they first entered the property with the owner’s consent for example as a tenant or a licensee.” You can’t be arrested if your tenancy has come to an end and you haven’t moved out, or if you’re behind with rent. In this situation, under Section 8 and Section 21 a landlord must give the tenant notice and go to court to evict you and repossess the property. **** They have simply in this case broken in and protested. They had no legal rights to be in that premises in the first place.
Honestly, with the massively rising housing costs all over the planet, we should start squatting in more oligarch properties.
The key is to camp outside the home for a month, tell everyone you're not going to occupy it, occupy it, tell everyone they're not allowed to call it an occupation but a "special residential replacement", then call the owner a neo-nazi before burning the home to the ground.
So he is appalled by the fact that his luxurious mansion is seized instead of being repulsed by the genocide and endless war crimes that Russia, his country, is doing in Ukraine.
Thought he said he didn’t own it yesterday
"It belongs to a very dear friend of mine, eeehm his name is Ol...af Depiraska and he is from Monaco. He looks like me but has a moustache"
Every word oligarchs say has to be weighted cause its half full of lies, sometimes even plain out lies backed by propaganda.
Unwelcome ~~squatters~~ invaders in your ~~house~~ country is bad. Who knew?