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Leghorn21

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Thu Aug 16, 2018, 10:35 PM Aug 2018

Manafort's ex-boss Viktor Yanukovych facing 15 years for treason:

Last edited Fri Aug 17, 2018, 06:40 PM - Edit history (1)

Ukrainian prosecutors in the treason trial against ex-President Viktor Yanukovych have asked the court in Kyiv to sentence the pro-Russian former leader to 15 years in prison.

Prosecutors Ruslan Kravchenko and Maksym Krym made the request on August 16 during closing arguments of Yanukovych's trial in absentia.

Yanukovych has been charged with high treason, complicity in an aggressive war against Ukraine, and complicity in premeditated activities aimed at altering Ukraine's state borders.

https://www.rferl.org/amp/prosecutors-seek-15-years-in-prison-for-ukraine-s-ex-president/29437344.html?__twitter_impression=true

Viktor Yanukovych







Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort authorised a secret media operation on behalf of Ukraine’s former president featuring “black ops”, “placed” articles in the Wall Street Journal and US websites and anonymous briefings against Hillary Clinton.

The project was designed to boost the reputation of Ukraine’s then leader, Viktor Yanukovych. It was part of a multimillion-dollar lobbying effort carried out by Manafort on behalf of Yanukovych’s embattled government, emails and documents reveal.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/05/ex-trump-aide-paul-manafort-approved-black-ops-to-help-ukraine-president

Paul Manafort

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Manafort's ex-boss Viktor Yanukovych facing 15 years for treason: (Original Post) Leghorn21 Aug 2018 OP
I'm sure the orange maggot wishes he could pardon viktor kimbutgar Aug 2018 #1
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