Do you know in 2014, Ukraine Needed a Loan?
By Richard
There were two offers on the table:
The IMF dangled $15 billion, but with strings attached:
-Scrap the ban on private land ownership.
-Slash pensions and subsidies, classic austerity.
Russia also offered $15 billion, no strings, no neoliberal gutting of the economy.
President Viktor Yanukovych picked the Russian deal.
So what happened?
Washington instigated a coup, ousted him, and installed a new puppet regime.
The new government bent the knee to the IMF, signed off on austerity program and opened the door to privatization.
Now, massive chunks of Ukrainian land, about a third, are in the hands of foreign giants like BlackRock.
And just for the record, BlackRock is the former employer of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Coincidence?
Original source: https://x.com/ricwe123/status/2075567384224563531