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Answer: In 1992, with George H.W. Bush's famous "Chicken Kiev" speech to the Ukrainian parliament, encouraging them to remain in the Russian Federation. The Clinton administration solidified this bloc with the Budapest Protocols of 1994 recognizing Ukrainian independence.  With all the corruption we've seen, of paying Paul Manafort, the Podesta brothers, and Hunter Biden protection money to a big state sponsor, is just a continuation of the corruption during Soviet times.  

Answer: In 1992, with George H.W. Bush's famous "Chicken Kiev" speech to the Ukrainian parliament, encouraging them to remain in the Russian Federation. The Clinton administration solidified this bloc with the Budapest Protocols of 1994 recognizing Ukrainian independence.  With all the corruption we've seen, of paying Paul Manafort, the Podesta brothers, and Hunter Biden protection money to a big state sponsor, is just a continuation of the corruption during Soviet times.  

Khrushchev, who was a fully integrated Ukrainian multiculturalist, served on the [[Politburo]] to represent Ukrainian interests and eventually rose to head of state. Khrushchev rewarded Ukraine with the Crimea (without a plebiscite of its Russian ethnic majority) in 1954 because he believed communist ideology had defeated Ukrainian ethno-fascism for all time. Khrushchev won his position in the Soviet hierarchy because he organized the Ukrainian ''against'' the Germans ''and'' [[Banderist]]s - the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] - which (1) served the Waffen SS, (2) organized the Ukrainian parliament in 1992, (3) took over the Democratic Ethnic Outreach Council (DEOC) after Clinton's recognition of Ukraine in 1994, and which Alexandra Chalupa is a director; (here's an interesting item from 1988, ''[https://www.jta.org/1988/09/26/archive/ex-nazis-among-leadership-ranks-of-republican-outreach-groups Ex-nazis Among Leadership Ranks of Republican Outreach Groups]''; those same ex-Nazis and their ideology have now, for the past 25 years, been in the leadership ranks of the Democratic party, Chalupa and Vindman being two of the most visible).

Khrushchev, who was a fully integrated Ukrainian multiculturalist, served on the [[Politburo]] to represent Ukrainian interests and eventually rose to head of state. Khrushchev rewarded Ukraine with the Crimea (without a plebiscite of its Russian ethnic majority) in 1954 because he believed communist ideology had defeated Ukrainian ethno-fascism for all time. Khrushchev won his position in the Soviet hierarchy because he organized Ukrainians into the [[Red Army]] ''against'' the Germans ''and'' their allied Ukrainian [[Banderist]]s - the [[Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists]] - which (1) served the Waffen SS, (2) organized the Ukrainian parliament in 1992, (3) took over the Democratic Ethnic Outreach Council (DEOC) after Clinton's recognition of Ukraine in 1994, and which Alexandra Chalupa is a director; (here's an interesting item from 1988, ''[https://www.jta.org/1988/09/26/archive/ex-nazis-among-leadership-ranks-of-republican-outreach-groups Ex-nazis Among Leadership Ranks of Republican Outreach Groups]''; those same ex-Nazis and their ideology have now, for the past 25 years, been in the leadership ranks of the Democratic party, Chalupa and Vindman being two of the most visible).

Bottomline: We should be careful about pandering to anti-Russian [[xenophobe]]s on the issue of the Ukrainian language. It is exactly what they want, and it's being used as a prime issue to impeach a president and overturn American democracy. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|De Plorabus Unum]]} 15:14, 23 November 2019 (EST)

Bottomline: We should be careful about pandering to anti-Russian [[xenophobe]]s on the issue of the Ukrainian language. It is exactly what they want, and it's being used as a prime issue to impeach a president and overturn American democracy. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|De Plorabus Unum]]} 15:14, 23 November 2019 (EST)