Curt Doolittle

Theme: Governance

  • PRESIDENT FLEES TO DUBAI They are letting the public tour his home in Kiev today

    http://euromaidanonline.com/%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0-%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8F-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B8-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4/UKRAINE: PRESIDENT FLEES TO DUBAI

    They are letting the public tour his home in Kiev today.

    I spent most of the night tracking the presidential plane flight from Kiev through Georgia, Armenia and Iran. Just didn’t make sense to me that he’d taken a different plane. I’d thought that he had possibly sent the money in the presidential plane and gone to the meeting of the Region today.

    But nope. Instincts were good. They can’t find him. And the plane never went to Karhiv as he’s stated.

    LIBERTY IS THE PRODUCT OF ORGANIZED VIOLENCE BY A MINORITY DETERMINED TO OBTAIN AND HOLD IT.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-02-22 04:05:00 UTC

  • What is Yanukovych’s elite personal plane doing flying into Dubai? I thought it

    What is Yanukovych’s elite personal plane doing flying into Dubai? I thought it was HIM on the plane. But WHAT is on it?

    Source date (UTC): 2014-02-22 00:28:32 UTC

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/437021051370094592

    Reply addressees: @Euromaidan

    Replying to: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/437015853968936960

    IN REPLY TO:

    @euromaidan

    Этот странный рейс уже над Ираном. http://t.co/4PYePFpf6v #Євромайдан #Евромайдан #Euromaidan

    Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/437015853968936960

  • “DEAR AMERICA. TAKE NOTES. EUROMAIDAN IS A TUTORIAL.”

    “DEAR AMERICA. TAKE NOTES. EUROMAIDAN IS A TUTORIAL.”

    Source date (UTC): 2014-02-21 16:19:00 UTC

  • DEAR MR PUTIN : A LETTER FROM A FRIEND I really do love you Vladimir Vladimirovi

    DEAR MR PUTIN : A LETTER FROM A FRIEND

    I really do love you Vladimir Vladimirovich. Your delivery of Russia from chaos has been a great achievement. And you have established yourself as a great man.

    But you value stability more than eliminating corruption. And this is why, if you do not ‘pivot’ from your current strategy, you will fail.

    I want a restored and strong Russia. I think the future of my people and your people depend upon a stronger Russia and a weaker America.

    But people cannot follow you if you have nothing to offer. People will not follow china, because it has nothing to offer.

    Russia can offer one thing: the path to eliminating corruption for the rest of the world.

    If you want to restore your empire, then the total destruction of the corruption that is endemic to the eastern peoples must be placed above your territorial ambitions.

    If you eliminate corruption you will not need to work to restore your empire. It will be a force of gravity. If you do not work to eliminate corruption, you will continue to repel the people and generate discontent.

    Curt Doolittle

    Kiev

    Source date (UTC): 2014-02-21 15:45:00 UTC

  • PUTIN OVERPLAYED HIS HAND US State Department has the spin going, it’s good spin

    PUTIN OVERPLAYED HIS HAND

    US State Department has the spin going, it’s good spin, and someone got the right talking points to the president. Best tactic for Putin is “self determination without chaos”. And just wait. Fear of looking weak might drive him to push the Crimean issue, and then try to split the country under ‘self determination’. My gut is that as long as the protesters hold out for resignation of the president, then unity will prevail. Very interesting.

    Scared as hell the past few days but it’s such a privilege to be here and see people topple a corrupt government.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-02-21 15:37:00 UTC

  • (Is it true? Did they just vote to release Tymoshenko?)

    (Is it true? Did they just vote to release Tymoshenko?)

    Source date (UTC): 2014-02-21 12:02:00 UTC

  • IN ENGLISH. REALISTIC. (damned british left leaning, overly sentimental reporter

    http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/21/5432730/ukraine-euromaidan-protests-vice-video-documentaryRECOMMENDED: IN ENGLISH. REALISTIC.

    (damned british left leaning, overly sentimental reporter but otherwise it’s accurate)

    Source date (UTC): 2014-02-21 10:59:00 UTC

  • UKRAINE UPDATE : A LOT GOING ON TODAY. In theory there is a deal. 1) The 2004 co

    UKRAINE UPDATE : A LOT GOING ON TODAY.

    In theory there is a deal.

    1) The 2004 constitution will be restored within 48 hours, and a national unity government will be formed within 10 days.

    2) Constitutional reform balancing the powers of president, government and parliament will be started immediately and completed by December.

    3) A presidential election will be held after the new constitution is adopted but no later than December 2014

    I don’t buy that they will leave Maydan until the president is gone. But if they restore the 2004 constitution. I think he has to resign. As I understand it, they can fire him right away if so. But that doesn’t mean much here, because the locals have even less respect for rule of law than Obama does. “Lie and make it up later” has become as American as it is Post-Soviet.

    The reason being (you have to remember this is the east) that you can’t trust anyone here to hold to an agreement, so the ‘opposition’ will just assume that the president is buying time. Personally I’d raise the stakes. Call the europeans and have them freeze the assets of the Oligarchs. The guy is on the ropes here.

    One of the districts outlawed the President’s Political party today. I expect that will continue.

    EARLY RECONCILIATION IS FAILURE AS I SEE IT

    – Focus on Corruption, not people and power.

    – Replace the presidency with a prime minister.

    – Get reform of the judiciary and police included in the package. (remove current judicial independence which in this country is a bad thing)

    – Create a senate for the formal federation of the regions.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-02-21 09:11:00 UTC

  • UPDATE: PUTIN BLINKED

    UPDATE: PUTIN BLINKED.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-02-21 04:25:00 UTC

  • UKRAINE: BBC TELLS THE SIMPLE STRATEGY : CUT OFF THE MONEY —“The business clan

    UKRAINE: BBC TELLS THE SIMPLE STRATEGY : CUT OFF THE MONEY

    —“The business clans are the Achilles’ heels of the regime. With smart sanctions, targeting financial assets and judicious visa bans, including on members of the Yanukovych family, the West could help to break the status quo in Ukraine. Big businesses need access to European markets. Further instability will devalue their assets. Cutting off European oxygen would mean that the cost of doing business under a Yanukovych presidency would be too high. This is the main leverage that the EU and the US have.”—

    Source date (UTC): 2014-02-20 17:59:00 UTC