A desperate battle between rival Ukrainian intelligence and anti-corruption agencies, who are accusing each other of working for Russia and massive corruption.
What this has to do with Zelensky’s battle with the Sorosite opposition, online gambling companies active in the Russia market, hemp exports to Russian Dagestan, the organized crime kingpin ‘Umka’, and cybersecurity spooks.
Meanwhile, the former head of Transparency International calls for the security services to ban that most nefarious of Russian psyop technologies, the cartoon Masha and the Bear.
The ultranationalist Ukrainian Institute of National Memory also now has the power to initial legal charges against those who ‘influence public opinion in Ukraine or other countries to deny Ukraine’s statehood’. However, the nationalists who pushed through the law worry that their time to implement such legislation is limited, since their beloved war may soon end.
And once again, the third of September… Today we’ll be taking a look at some of the latest Events in Ukraine.
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Before we get to the political intrigues, a snapshot of life for the everyman. Bullets for escapees, demographic collapse, and violent veterans on the rampage at the rear.
On September 2, a draft-age man was shot trying to escape Ukraine to Moldova. Border patrol apparently shot him in the back with an AK-74 while trying to flee to Moldova. On September 3, the State Bureau of Investigations confirmed the incident, stating that it was looking into the matter. It certainly hasn’t been the first.
