Ukraine accidentally all the billionaires, and there is no „new revolution“

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by CJCL

None of these people exist. Please disregard them entirely and go about your business. To acknowledge the imaginary people in this photograph is to admit to being a Russian spy. None of these people exist. Please disregard them entirely and go on about your business. To acknowledge the imaginary people in this photograph is to admit to being a Russian spy.

The Guardian has launched some new stories about Ukraine again recently, after months and months of saying nothing…because the only people getting shot were getting shot by neo-Nazis that don’t exist.

There’s good news and bad news, if you’re Ukrainian.

First, the bad news: Despite trying really super duper hard, Ukraine hasn’t actually become any less corrupt. Even a bit. It might be more corrupt, actually. But it was all a big accident. Really. Shaun Walker says so.

There are some delightful bits here. First there’s this little chestnut:

Unlike in Russia, where the term “oligarch” has been a misnomer since Vladimir Putin stripped them of real political clout more than 10 years ago…

Which determinedly…

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