Politics Ukraine / Russia

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  1. UKRAINEFAN

    UKRAINEFAN Well-Known Member

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    And a message from the leader of the free world.
     
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    Congresswoman Becca Solnit (D-Vermont) on Republicans siding with Putin.
     
  3. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Apparently, Trump is making an economic deal with Russia. Probably, he'll help Putin take Russia for rights to precious minerals and such from Ukraine that Ukraine refused to hand over in earlier "deal" talks.
     
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    Lol. When’s the last time they held an election in your little ‘free world’? Last time I checked the midget dictator had cancelled them.
     
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    Claim: Zelensky is a 'dictator without elections'
    Trump initially drew attention to the fact that Ukraine has not held a presidential election since 2019, when Zelensky - previously a comedian with no political base - swept to power.

    He repeated the claims in a Truth Social post in which he accused the Ukrainian leader of being a "dictator without elections".

    Zelensky's first five-year term of office was due to come to an end in May 2024. However, Ukraine has been under martial law since the Russian invasion in February 2022, which means elections are suspended.

    Ukraine's martial laws were drafted in 2015 - shortly after Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula and years before Zelensky and his Servant of the People party came to power.

    Independent observers from the OSCE said the 2019 election had been "competitive and fundamental freedoms were generally respected".

    Zelensky won 73% of the vote in the second-round run-off.

    Zelensky has vowed to hold a new election once the conflict ends and has yet to confirm that he intends to stand. Some experts have observed that holding elections in Ukraine before the conflict ends would be practically impossible, as Russian attacks on many cities persist and millions of citizens are displaced abroad or living under Russian occupation.

    Trump's intervention on the subject came just hours after the Kremlin questioned Zelensky's legitimacy as his term in office has ended, a claim Moscow has repeatedly made in the past months. On 28 January, Russia's President Vladimir Putin called Zelensky "illegitimate" in an interview with Russian media.

    Referring to the electoral situation, Trump appeared aware that it had been a frequent Russian allegation used to undermine Zelensky, saying in his news conference: "That's not a Russian thing, that's something coming from me, from other countries."

    For his part, Zelensky has previously said it would be "absolutely irresponsible to throw the topic of elections" in the middle of the conflict.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9814k2jlxko
     
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    Right. It’s true. Thank you.
     
  7. PtldPlatypus

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    Considering that the Ukranian parliament has been continually extending the martial law decree since May 2022, it would be inaccurate to say that Zelenskyy cancelled the 2024 election--parliament did.
     
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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    jonnyboy is right, the midget dictator did cause the Ukrainian elections to be cancelled.

    Say his name: Vladimir Putin

    barfo
     
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    Vladimir is seven feet tall for your information
     
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    Zelensky is 5'7 so for a Ukranian he's just slightly below average height but I guess it was one way to sneak a politically incorrect adjective into a post. Avg height in Ukraine is 5'9...avg height for a male in Taiwan is 5'7...average height for a male in Wyoming is 5'7-''9 so I guess somebody is calling avg Wyoming male residents Munchkins? Big troll fail for the loss. Oregon and Washington also have a 5'7-5'9 avg male height. johnnyboy is watching too much NBA obviously and conflating that with giant Muricans! The Dutch are the tallest Europeans by avg. stats. Macron is 5'6 and Putin is said to be in high shoes officially 5'7 but unofficially 5'2...not a lot of tall world leaders it turns out. Trump likes to make fun of men who are shorter than him..makes sense his admirers would follow suit. It's a bully thing.
     
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    I really don't understand why so much effort is being put into correcting information from a user who has no reason not to be permabanned already. What does he have on you guys that you bend over backwards for him so much?
     
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    Were they already banned under a different username? Bodyman5000? Blue32?
     
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    Unfortunately no one on the Trump team will ever read this truth-telling, and if they did they would dismiss it. We are living in dark times in USA.
     
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    I don’t think bans are instituted based on the fact of whether you personally think they should be or not.
     
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    Trump is such a piece of shit.
     
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