| | On September 26, 2013 Gershman published an OpEd in ''[[The Washington Post]]'' calling for Ukraine's accession to [[EU]] and [[NATO]], and declaring that for the US, "Ukraine is the biggest prize." A month later, on October 30, 2013, the [[Obama administration]] filed an arrest warrant against [[Dmitro Firtash]] residing in [[Vienna]] - one of the most powerful Ukrainian [[oligarch]]s and chief political patron of President [[Viktor Yanukovich]]. The [[lawfare]] attack was orchestrated by [[Hillary Clinton]], [[Eric Holder]] and [[Victoria Nuland]]. Three days later, Nuland flew to [[Kiev]] for a meeting with Yanukovich. After their meeting, Nuland declared triumphantly that, "the President made it clear that Ukraine has made its choice and its choice is for [[Europe]]." The very next day, the extradition request for Firtash was dropped. | | On September 26, 2013 Gershman published an OpEd in ''[[The Washington Post]]'' calling for Ukraine's accession to [[EU]] and [[NATO]], and declaring that for the US, "Ukraine is the biggest prize." A month later, on October 30, 2013, the [[Obama administration]] filed an arrest warrant against [[Dmitro Firtash]] residing in [[Vienna]] - one of the most powerful Ukrainian [[oligarch]]s and chief political patron of President [[Viktor Yanukovich]]. The [[lawfare]] attack was orchestrated by [[Hillary Clinton]], [[Eric Holder]] and [[Victoria Nuland]]. Three days later, Nuland flew to [[Kiev]] for a meeting with Yanukovich. After their meeting, Nuland declared triumphantly that, "the President made it clear that Ukraine has made its choice and its choice is for [[Europe]]." The very next day, the extradition request for Firtash was dropped. |
| | + | In August 2020, following [[Belarus]] [[President Alexander Lukashenko]]'s victory over opposition candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, a [[Euromaidan]]-style [[color revolution]] was launched against [[Minsk]]. The former Soviet Republic has been a long-time target of the [[D.C.]]-based [[regime change]] lobby owing to Belarus being a [[Moscow]] ally, having highly nationalized state industries. The instalment of a pro-[[NATO]] regime would result in [[Russia]]'s entire western border being composed solely of NATO-members and allies.<ref>https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/belarus-nationalised-industries-or-eu-privatisation</ref> |