Ukraine Lawmaker Who Aided Trump Associates on Pact Faces Treason Inquiry

[pnwmom]

Source: NY Times

Prosecutors in Ukraine are investigating whether a member of Parliament committed treason by working with two associates of President Trump’s to promote a plan for settling Ukraine’s conflicts with Russia.

In a court filing on Tuesday, prosecutors accused the lawmaker, Andrii V. Artemenko, of conspiring with Russia to commit “subversive acts against Ukraine,” in particular by advancing a proposal that could “legitimize the temporary occupation” of the Crimean peninsula. Russia forcibly annexed the peninsula in 2014, a step that Ukraine, the United States and other governments have refused to recognize; Mr. Artemenko said his proposal would allow Ukraine to formally cede control of the territory to Russia, at least temporarily.

Yuriy Lutsenko, Ukraine’s prosecutor general, posted a copy of the court filing to his Facebook page on Tuesday with the statement “Ukraine’s integrity is above all else.”

Mr. Artemenko’s plan, reported on Sunday by The New York Times, outlines a series of steps meant to bring to an end the rebellion by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, and to resolve the dispute over Crimea by allowing voters to decide whether to lease the peninsula to Russia for 50 or 100 years.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/world/europe/andrii-artemenko-ukraine-russia.html?_r=1

[njhoneybadger]

1. Sweet

[Phoenix61]

2. My, my, my

The plot is certainly getting interesting. Do you get the feeling the rest of the world has decided to hamstring 45? Maybe that will get the repubs off their collective tails and get to the bottom of this mess.

[Kittycow]

3. Next DOA coming up.

[neohippie]

4. The proper response to treason

The GOP doesn't seem to worry about treasonous dealings with Putin, but the Ukraine is taking it very seriously

[Hortensis]

5. Could this be an attempt to remove/deny linkage between

45's campaign and Putin?

[Amaryllis]

6. MOre here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016178803

[pnwmom]

7. Thanks! I was wondering what happened at that hearing. nt

[Amaryllis]

8. WHat you posted is a different Ukranian guy from the link I referenced, but also tied to Trump,

and highly significant - RAchel did a whole show on him last night and all this Russian stuff is so interconnected...I thought it made sense to put them together. It seems to be one giant tangled web with multiple connections involving LOTS of people, but the common thread is they all lead back to Trump eventually.

[WomanWhoRoars]

9. well...

and yet another piece to the puzzle. KEEP DRIPPING!

[Pachamama]

10. Maybe our Congress and Senate can learn by watching the Ukraine Parliament and how to handle when

...you have traitors within your government working in the interest of Russians!!!

[erronis]

13. I may have missed the emoticon. But you aren't thinking that the US congress is independent...

Of outside influence?

I don't mean to suggest that 90%+ of critters are subject to bribes, buyouts, or blackmail (BBB - not the Better Business Bureau!)

And I don't mean to suggest that outside influences just come from the ex-KGB or international corporations.

I do mean to suggest that the last people on earth that the congress listens to are the people of the US.

[NBachers]

11. too bad our government isn't as proactive against traitors as the Ukraine's.

[ailsagirl]

12. Good!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. How long before Trump faces same