Fully Vaxxed and Double Boosted Kamala Harris Tests Positive For Covid-19, Goes Into Isolation

Kamala Harris on Tuesday tested positive for Covid-19 and went into isolation.

Kamala Harris is fully vaccinated and received her second booster shot on April 1.

“Today, Vice President Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on rapid and PCR tests. She has exhibited no symptoms, will isolate and continue to work from the Vice President’s residence,” the statement read.

Harris’ office said the VP has not been in close contact with Joe or Jill Biden.

“She has not been a close contact to the President or First Lady due to their respective recent travel schedules,” the statement said. “She will follow CDC guidelines and the advice of her physicians. The Vice President will return to the White House when she tests negative.”

Recall, Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff tested positive for Covid-19 last month.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/04/just-fully-vaxxed-double-boosted-kamala-harris-tests-positive-covid-19-goes-isolation/

Biden Incurred $5.2 Million in Unexplained Income Hidden in Financial Records

10% to the big guy.

The Daily Mail reported this morning in an exclusive:

Joe Biden agreed to pay son Hunter’s legal fees for his deal with a Chinese government-controlled company, emails reveal.

The revelation ties the president even closer to Hunter’s overseas business dealings – and makes his previous claims that he never discussed them with his son, even less plausible.

Joe was able to pay the bills after earning millions of dollars through his and his wife’s companies after he left office as vice president.

Some of the wave of cash came from their book deals and speaking engagements.

But the president’s financial filings reveal that he declared almost $7million more income on his tax returns than he did on his government transparency reports, an analysis by DailyMail.com of the president’s financial records shows.

Some of that difference can be accounted for with salaries earned by First Lady Jill Biden and other sums not required on his reports – but still leaves $5.2million earned by Joe’s company and not listed on his transparency reports.

The ‘missing millions’ – combined with emails on Hunter’s abandoned laptop suggesting Joe would have a 10% share in Hunter’s blockbuster deal with the Chinese – raise a troubling question: did Joe Biden receive money from the foreign venture?

We know that Hunter made millions from overseas. Hunter’s former business associate met with Joe Biden and was thrown under the bus before the 2020 Election when he discussed Joe Biden’s roll before the 2020 Election.

We also know that Hunter made millions from China. Joe Biden was involved. Bobulinski claimed he almost stood up and yelled at Joe Biden when he claimed he was innocent.

The Biden’s didn’t care if they got caught. They had a plan if they did. They would just lie and say it wasn’t so if they got caught.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/04/biden-incurred-5-2-million-unexplained-income-hidden-financial-records/

UK support for attacks on Russian soil triggers response

Any attempts to do so would invoke an immediate “proportional” response, Moscow has warned

The Russian Ministry of Defense has accused London of a “direct provocation” after British Armed Forces Minister James Heappey encouraged Ukrainian forces to use UK-supplied weapons to attack targets inside Russia. Any attempts to do so would invoke an immediate response, the ministry warned in a statement on Tuesday.

“We want to emphasize that London’s direct provocation of the Kiev regime to such actions, should they attempt to do so, will immediately lead to our proportional response. As we have warned, the Russian armed forces are on standby around the clock to retaliate with long-range high-precision weapons against decision-making centers in Kiev,” the military warned.

The ministry went on to say that “advisers from one of the Western nations” located in these centers “won’t necessarily be a problem” in Russia’s decision-making regarding retaliatory measures.

Earlier in the day, Heappey said Kiev can use UK-supplied weapons to launch attacks on Russian territory, dismissing fears that this would lead to an international escalation.

“It is completely legitimate for Ukraine to be targeting in Russia’s depth in order to disrupt the logistics that if they weren’t disrupted would directly contribute to death and carnage on Ukrainian soil,” Heappey told Times Radio.

The UK has been among the top arms suppliers of Kiev, pouring thousands of anti-tank missiles into the country ahead of the large-scale Russian military operation that kicked off in late February. Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced an additional £100 million ($130 million) package of heavy weaponry for Kiev, which includes anti-aircraft weapons, drones, and various armored vehicles.

Moscow has warned the West against ramping up weapon supplies, with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stating that the conflict has effectively turned into a “proxy war” waged by NATO against Russia. The country’s military has repeatedly targeted depots where these supplies are amassed and will continue doing so, he said.

https://www.rt.com/russia/554557-uk-ukraine-strike-warning/

Ukraine wants $2bn per month from US

Finance Minister Sergey Marchenko has said his country hopes to raise $3bn in international assistance on top of that

Ukraine’s finance minister, Sergey Marchenko, has solicited at least $2 billion per month in emergency economic aid from the Biden administration. The official also revealed that Kiev hopes to raise an additional $3 billion per month from other sources.

Speaking to the Washington Post, Marchenko said that Ukraine needs “to cover this gap right now to attract the necessary finance and win this war.”

During his visit to Washington, DC last week, Marchenko met with a number of senior US officials, warning them that absent the requested financial support, Ukraine would likely not be able to cope with the humanitarian crisis brought on by Russia’s military offensive. A total of $5 billion per month is needed to cover Ukraine’s immediate needs in April, May, and June, the minister explained. In addition to that, Kiev is expected to request another tranche down the road to help Ukraine recover from all the damage incurred.

Last Thursday, the minister also reportedly attended a private dinner hosted by Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo, which included representatives from top US firms such as Goldman Sachs, and the Business Roundtable lobbyist association. Moreover, Marchenko met with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during the G20 summit in Washington last Wednesday.

https://www.rt.com/news/554520-ukraine-wants-2bn-dollars-month-from-us/

GLOBAL GOV’T ALERT: Threat to national sovereignty set to go down May 22-28 at WHO World Health Assembly

The World Health Organization is attempting a power grab’ — quietly setting up a single globalized response to all future pandemics

As previously reported at LeoHohmann.com, the deep state predators in the U.S. and Western governments have decided the world needs a centralized pandemic response controlled and run by the United Nations World Health Organization via an international treaty.

According to the WHO’s website, on March 30, 2021, it announced an “urgent call for an International Pandemic Treaty,” stating that such a treaty is needed to orchestrate a single globalized response to pandemics. And, “25 heads of government and international leaders” have come together in a joint call to form the treaty.

Don’t forget that Yuval Noah Harari, the chief advisor to Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum, has stated that globalist elites will use “crises” to bring about world government.

“Catastrophe opens the door” to massive changes that people would otherwise never accept, Harari has said.

Even more pressing than the treaty itself right now, is something almost no one is paying attention to in U.S. political, religious or media circles, and that involves a set of amendments that will set the parameters and define the scope of the proposed new global health treaty. The U.S. government has submitted 13 amendments that it would like to see folded into the treaty, and these amendments are seen by many as sovereignty killers.

A UN report from May 2021 called for more powers for the WHO stating that, “In its current form, the WHO does not possess such powers […]To move on with the treaty, WHO therefore needs to be empowered — financially, and politically.“

The WHO will be hosting its annual meeting, the 75th World Health Assembly, May 22-28 in Geneva, Switzerland, attended by delegates from 192 nations. It is during this meeting that members will be voting on the 13 amendments that will hand over additional sovereignty, control and legal authority to the World Health Organization. The WHO, if these amendments are approved, will obtain the authority to declare an international health emergency, overriding national governments.

In a sense, that already happened in 2020 and 2021, when many of the strictest lockdowns were advised by the WHO and most nations went along with them. But if this treaty is adopted, Katy bar the door because the lockdowns could become even more rigid and more often. Think about the possibilities for a “climate” lockdown.

This means nations will be giving up their sovereignty and rights to control their own healthcare, handing that authority over to an international organization affiliated with the United Nations and run by tyrants like Dr. Tedros.

James Roguski, a researcher and activist who has been studying these amendments, has referred to them as a “five alarm fire” that must be dealt with or they will become part of international law.

These regulations govern the activity of the U.N. World Health Organization.

He says the core of these changes go back to China. Watch the video below:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/04/global-govt-alert-threat-national-sovereignty-set-go-may-22-28-world-health-assembly/

In Major Reversal After Warning Of Nuclear War, Germany Approves Tanks For Ukraine

In a major reversal following Chancellor Olaf Scholz only days ago voicing strong resistance, it appears Berlin has bowed to the mounting pressure among allies and approved new tank deliveries to Ukraine from Germany's own stock, which Scholz had previously said was depleted.

The German Ministry of Defense announced Tuesday that delivery of Gepard anti-aircraft tanks to Ukraine has been approved. As part of Scholz's earlier rejection of sending heavy weapons systems, he had cited the potential for the West and Russia sliding into a WW3 and nuclear war scenario.

Axios reports that "The new shipment of the German-made Flakpanzer Gepard was announced by Germany's Minister of Defense Christine Lambrecht during a meeting with more than 30 defense officials from dozens of NATO and non-NATO countries at Ramstein Air Base."

Among the officials there at Ramstein for the meeting which was focused on how to help Ukraine defeat the Russian invasion were US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin - the latter fresh off his trip with Secretary of State Blinken to Kiev where they met with President Zelensky. Representing Ukraine at the Ramstein meeting was Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov.

As for Scholz's prior very clearly articulated warnings against sending items like tanks direct from Germany to the Ukrainians, here's what he told Spiegel in an interview published only last Friday…

"We need to do everything to avoid a direct military confrontation between NATO and a heavily armed superpower such as Russia, a nuclear power," the chancellor said at the time. "I will do everything to avoid an escalation that could lead to World War III – there can be no nuclear war."

Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht made the announcement at Ramstein…

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/major-reversal-after-warning-nuclear-war-germany-approves-tanks-ukraine

Germany arming NAZIS

https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/1518727806657568768

United States v. SUSSMANN (1:21-cr-00582)

Memorandum in Opposition

9 pages

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.235638/gov.uscourts.dcd.235638.101.0_2.pdf

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'NATO Expansion' In Reality Means Placing Territories Under US Command: Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has charged that 'NATO expansion' in reality means that the United States wants to bring more territories under its command, with an eye towards bolstering its power in maintaining a unipolar world.

He said in live comments on Russia's Channel One that it's not at all about fulfillment of the Western military alliance's "statutory goals" - the official line from Brussels notwithstanding - but is about "development of territories under the US command".

The remarks were reported and translated in state media sources, coming at a moment that Finland - which shares an over 800 mile land border with Russia - is strongly mulling seeking NATO membership after Sweden indicated it would begin moving toward formal application.

Lavrov said: "Of course, when they accepted Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania, how can they strengthen the security of the North Atlantic alliance, if it is a defensive alliance?"

And then answered his own question with:

"This simply shows that NATO expansion has nothing to do with the fulfillment of its statutory goals, that this is the development of territories under the US command in line with strengthening and attempting to perpetuate that same unipolar world."

Lavrov followed by giving an anecdote in support of his claim… that in the run-up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the US side showed absolutely no interest in any level of compromise regarding Moscow's clearly articulated security interests.

In effect the Russian top diplomat is saying NATO HQ ultimately bows to the dictates of Washington. He went on to say the same thing about Ukraine's government as well:

"And as before, many of us are convinced that the real position of Ukraine is determined in Washington, London and other Western capitals. And therefore, our political scientists say, why talk with the Zelensky team — you need to talk with the Americans, and you need to negotiate with them, and achieve some kind of agreement. But we still continue to negotiate with the team that Zelensky nominated, these contacts will continue," FM Lavrov added.

Two weeks ago he had said something along similar lines, explaining for the first time that the overarching goal of Putin's decision to launch the 'special operation' in Ukraine is "meant to put an end" to both NATO expansion and US global domination.

He said at the time, "Our special military operation is meant to put an end to the unabashed expansion [of NATO] and the unabashed drive towards full domination by the US and its Western subjects on the world stage," according to RT.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/nato-expansion-reality-means-placing-territories-under-us-command-russias-lavrov

Polish PM Says Warsaw Has Delivered Tanks to Ukraine

The US and NATO have been sending heavier weapons to Ukraine despite warnings from Russia

On Monday, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Warsaw has delivered tanks to Ukraine as the US and its NATO allies are working to provide Kyiv with heavier weapons despite warnings from Moscow.

Morawiecki wouldn’t detail what types of tanks or how many were sent to Ukraine. Earlier this month, the Czech Republic sent over a dozen Soviet-designed T-72 tanks, and other NATO members are planning to get more tanks into Kyiv’s hands.

In the face of criticism for not sending heavy equipment into Ukraine, Germany announced a plan last week to backfill the stocks of European countries that have Soviet-made equipment that can be used by Ukrainian forces. Slovenia is expected to send a large number of T-72 tanks to Ukraine in exchange for German-made Marder tanks, and Fox wheeled tanks.

The UK announced Monday a plan to send Stormer armored vehicles armed with anti-aircraft missile launchers to Ukraine. “I can now announce to the House that we will be gifting a small number of armored vehicles fitted with launchers for those anti-air missiles,” British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said.

The Pentagon said last week that Kyiv has received fighter jets but wouldn’t say which country they came from. Poland had previously offered to transfer MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine by giving them to the US first, but the Pentagon backed out of the plan.

Earlier this month, Russia formally asked the US to stop arming Ukraine, and Russia’s ambassador to the US made a fresh warning on Monday. “What the Americans are doing is pouring oil on the flames,” Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov said. “I see only an attempt to raise the stakes, to aggravate the situation, to see more losses.”

“We stressed the unacceptability of this situation when the United States of America pours weapons into Ukraine, and we demanded an end to this practice,” Antonov added.

https://news.antiwar.com/2022/04/25/polish-pm-says-warsaw-has-delivered-tanks-to-ukraine/

Disgraced Police Union President Pleads Guilty to Raping Children for Decades as Dept. Covered for Him

Boston, MA — Last year, documents were released detailing the abuse and cover-up of said abuse carried out by Patrick M. Rose Sr., the former president of the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association and Boston PD detective. Rose was charged with molesting children, and the documents prove the department knew, and allowed him to continue to serve in their ranks and even engage with children.

Rose was originally charged with 33 counts in connection with the rape and abuse of at least six children in the 1990s. Some of the charges included statutory rape and indecent assault and battery on a child. This week, Rose pleaded guilty to rape charges involving the horrific and repeated rape of multiple young children.

“Some of these victims describe being sexually assaulted upwards of 200 times,” said Assistant District Attorney Audrey Mark.

Rose’s victims were sometimes 6, 7 or 8 years old, prosecutors said, and he raped the six victims in his West Roxbury home over the course of 30 years until 2020.

“By virtue of his position, he had their trust, and he violated it over and over. He violated their bodies. And these children, and these adult survivors will live with that trauma for the rest of their lives,” Mark said after the court listened to victim impact statements.

“I am so sorry to each and every one of you. Please try to accept that I am solely responsible, and not let your hatred destroy who you are or each other,” the disgraced police union boss said as he was shackled in the courtroom on Monday.

Unfortunately, despite the nature of his charges, Rose was only sentenced to 10-13 years in prison, followed by 10 years of probation.

“While there is no punishment or condemnation too severe for a man guilty of the atrocious crimes committed by Pat Rose, we hope today’s decision will bring with it some small level of comfort, closure and vindication for the victims and their families,” Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association President Larry Calderone said in a statement.

Absent from the guilty plea were any mentions of the documents which showed that his fellow cops allowed Rose’s abuse to go on for decades.

The documents were redacted copies of internal affairs investigations into Rose. Last year, Boston Mayor Kim Janey’s office said the information was released to shed light on the baffling case of how Boston’s top cop was allowed to go on abusing children for decades.

“It is appalling that there was a documented history of alleged child sexual abuse, yet this individual was able to serve out his career as an officer and eventually become the head of the patrolmen’s union for several years,” she said at the time. “Under no circumstance will crimes of this nature be tolerated under my administration, and we will not turn a blind eye to injustices as they arise.”

While the idea of a police department covering up horrific crimes against children is certainly shocking, it is par for the course — especially within the Boston police department.

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/disgraced-police-union-president-pleads-guilty-to-raping-children-for-decades-as-dept-covered-for-him/

AG Garland Denies Need For Hunter Biden Special Counsel, Says He Is ‘Quite Comfortable’ With Current Prosecutor

Attorney General Merrick Garland rejected suggestions that a special prosecutor should take over the investigation into Hunter Biden’s business dealings during a Tuesday appearance in front of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Delaware U.S. District Attorney David Weiss is leading the investigation into Hunter Biden’s overseas business dealings and tax handling. Weiss is the only U.S. Attorney appointed by former President Donald Trump to remain in office. Incoming presidents often request the resignations of prosecutors appointed by their predecessors.

“I’m quite comfortable with the U.S. Attorney for that district continuing in the role that he’s playing,” Garland told Republican Indiana Sen. Mike Braun of Weiss’ handling of the case.

Garland agreed that any involvement from the White House in urging the Department of Justice to end Weiss’ investigation into Hunter Biden would be inappropriate.

“I’d like for you to tell me, or answer this question, if you would. Would you think it would be appropriate for the president of the United States to call you into the Oval Office and tell you that his son didn’t break the law, regarding this matter?” Republican Tennessee Sen. Bill Hagerty asked.

“Absolutely not and the president has not done that, and the president has committed not to interfere, not only in that investigation but any other kind of investigation,” Garland responded.

Hagerty noted public comments from senior White House officials, Chief of Staff Ron Klain and Communications Director Kate Bedingfield, both of whom have cast doubt on the idea that Hunter Biden broke any laws.

“The president has already told his subordinates; clearly, these are people that he can fire at will, that he and his family did nothing wrong. How can the American people be confident that his administration is conducting a serious investigation?” the senator asked.

https://dailycaller.com/2022/04/26/merrick-garland-hunter-biden-special-counsel/

UK Demands Elon Musk Keeps Twitter ‘Responsible’ by Censoring Content

A spokesman for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has demanded that Elon Musk keeps Twitter “responsible” through content censorship.

Authorities in the United Kingdom are demanding that Twitter follows the country’s censorship laws when it comes under the control of its new owner, Elon Musk.

Musk, who has self-identified as a “free speech absolutist“, has said that his aims are to increase the transparency of the platform he acquired for around $44 billion, while also noting that “free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy”.

However, while some have celebrated the forthcoming Silicon Valley regime change, authorities in Britain appear to be afraid that the takeover may get in the way of their forthcoming programme of enhanced online censorship.

“Regardless of ownership, all social media platforms must be responsible,” The Times reports a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson as saying regarding the purchase.

“That includes protecting users from harm on their sites,” the spokesman continued. “It is too early to say what — if any — changes will be made to how Twitter operates.”

Britain already has in place strict censorship laws requiring social media companies to take down content that state authorities deem to be illegal once such content is brought to their attention.

However, the so-called Conservative Party government has recently expanded its censorious aims to tackle what it deems to be “harmful” content on social media, and is now preparing to pass the so-called Online Harms Bill, which will soon require platforms to pre-emptively censor “legal but harmful” content or face massive fines.

Under the proposed legislation, social media companies would be put at the mercy of the country’s media regulator Ofcom, which would ban the likes of Twitter from allowing “harmful” content on their platform, including so-called “hate speech”.

It should be noted that, in the eyes of the government, “hate speech” is defined as: “all forms of expression which spread, incite, promote or justify hatred based on intolerance on the grounds of disability, ethnicity, social origin, gender, sex, gender reassignment, nationality, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, colour, genetic features, language, political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth or age”.

Companies who refuse to bow to British censorship after the passing of the Online Harms Bill will be liable for fines of up to 10 per cent of their global turnover, with the bosses of such enterprises facing sanctions up to and including jail time if they refuse to appease the home of Big Brother.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/04/26/uk-demands-elon-musk-keeps-twitter-responsible-by-censoring-content/

Secretive Soros-funded group works behind the scenes with Biden admin on policy, documents show

Governing for Impact's internal memo says they have implemented more than 20 of their federal agenda items

A secretive group backed by millions of dollars from liberal billionaire George Soros is working behind the scenes with President Biden's administration to shape policy, documents reviewed by Fox News show.

Governing for Impact (GFI), the veiled group, boasts in internal memos of implementing more than 20 of its regulatory agenda items as it works to reverse Trump-era deregulations by zeroing in on education, environmental, health care, housing and labor issues.

"Open Society is proud to support Governing for Impact's efforts to protect American workers, consumers, patients, students and the environment through policy reform," Tom Perriello, executive director of Soros' Open Society Foundations, told Fox News Digital.

"Their work gives voice to people often overlooked in a regulatory environment too often dominated by corporate interests," he continued. "Our support for Governing for Impact's work is publicly available on our website and we are transparent about our enthusiasm for their victories for American workers and families."

GFI, however, works to remain secretive. It is invisible to internet search engines like Google (an unrelated "Govern for Impact" is the only group that appears in a search). No news reports or press releases appear on its existence outside of a mention of its related action fund in a previous Fox News article on the $1.6 billion Arabella Advisors-managed dark money network, to which it is attached.

But as the group attempted to conceal its operations, it sought talent on Harvard Law School's website, which was discoverable. The posting, which no longer appears on the site, was for legal policy internships.

The Harvard advert said the group was established to prepare the Biden administration for a "transformative governance" and that it had produced "more than 60 in-depth, shovel-ready regulatory recommendations" for dozens of federal agencies.

The listing also contained an email address ending in "@governingforimpact.org," which is the group's website that can only be accessed by those who know the URL.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/secretive-soros-funded-group-works-behind-scenes-biden-admin-policy-documents

Dutch Party Asks Zelensky to Account for $850 Mln Personal Wealth

Last year, a Pandora Papers leak revealed that Mr Zelensky, who campaigned on promises to “break the system” of oligarchic control and corruption in Ukraine, set up a spider web of offshore companies in 2012. Zelensky’s office justified the move by saying they were a form of “protection” against former President Viktor Yanukovych.

A Dutch political party has taken an interest in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s personal finances.

“Zelensky has a fortune: various estimates put his wealth at around $850 million. He amassed most of it after taking office as president. Where does the money come from? And more importantly, where is it going?” the Forum for Democracy asked in posts on its Twitter and Telegram accounts on Monday.

The Dutch national conservative and hardline Eurosceptic party boycotted Zelensky’s speech to the Dutch parliament last month, denouncing it as a violation of nearly two centuries of democratic tradition, which forbid foreign heads of state from speaking before the House of Representatives.

The party also expressed concerns about Zelensky’s ban of political parties, including the main opposition party, and the shuttering of TV channels critical of his regime.

The Forum for Democracy did not specify where it got its $850 million estimate.

Ilya Kiva, a Ukrainian opposition lawmaker who was stripped of his mandate last month, alleges that “hundreds of millions of dollars” are being wired to accounts controlled by the president’s office, where they are being plundered, not just by Zelensky and his staff, but by “Western politicians who get kickbacks for their [countries’] assistance”. Kiva has suggested that Zelensky’s earnings have recently jumped to about “$100 million a month”.

Before becoming president in 2019, Zelensky co-owned the Kvartal 95 television entertainment company, which he co-founded in 2003. Last week, Volodymyr Landa, deputy editor-in-chief of Forbes Ukraine, said that the company earns about $20-$30 million per year, with Zelensky owning a 25 percent stake.

Before the 2019 election, Zelensky’s family also earned a 25 percent stake in the Maltex Multicapital Corp, a tax shelter in the British Virgin Islands, through a separate Belize-registered shell company, Film Heritage, according to the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. Zelensky insisted after the election that he had dropped his share in the company, and has not mentioned the company in any of his tax declarations since 2018.

However, in October 2021, the OCCRP reported that the president, his family, and members of his inner circle have held on to Maltex, and operate an entire network of shady offshore companies, at least two of them used to buy property in London near the famous 221B Baker Street and the Houses of Parliament.

Ihor Kolomoisky, a Ukrainian oligarch who heavily sponsored Zelensky’s campaign in 2019, has himself been accused of stealing $5.5 billion from PrivatBank, Ukraine’s largest commercial lender, and funnelling it offshore.

Pressed by media over the offshore-related revelations late last year, Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to Zelensky’s chief of staff, assured that the president had been forced to create the offshores to “protect” income from the “aggressive actions” of the “corrupt” government of President Viktor Yanukovych. “Journalists have de facto confirmed the president’s absolute respect for the standards of anti-corruption legislation”, Podoliak said.

Yanukovych was ousted in a Western-backed coup in 2014, giving rise to the Ukraine crisis which continues to this day.

https://alethonews.com/2022/04/26/dutch-party-asks-zelensky-to-account-for-850-mln-personal-wealth/

Judge Orders Wisconsin Assembly Election Investigation to Stop Deleting Records

On Thursday, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Frank D. Remington ordered the Wisconsin Assembly’s Office of Special Counsel (OSC) “not to delete or destroy any record” that could be responsive to public records requests American Oversight previously filed. The ruling came one day after American Oversight asked the court to bar OSC from continuing to delete records in its custody, a practice that the office had admitted to in a letter earlier this month.

In that letter, sent on April 8, OSC’s counsel stated that the office “does not retain any unnecessary documents” and instead “evaluates” whether new documents in its custody are “of use to the investigation.” OSC then “routinely deletes” documents found to be “irrelevant or useless,” according to the letter. The letter was included with an April 8 production of additional documents that OSC claimed had been “inadvertently” excluded from earlier productions.

On Wednesday, American Oversight filed two motions asking the court to order OSC to stop deleting records and to consider imposing additional damages or finding OSC in contempt of an earlier court order.

The letter from OSC’s counsel also indicated that its position was that the office was not generally required to retain records absent a pending open records request — a view that was rejected more than six months ago by the Wisconsin Legislative Council and is in clear violation of Wisconsin’s public records retention law.

Following his order, Remington set a scheduling conference for Tuesday, April 26.

https://www.americanoversight.org/judge-orders-wisconsin-assembly-election-investigation-to-stop-deleting-records

UN report on Ukraine's Violations of Human Rights 2014-2021

https://youtu.be/vWGSA-Aj47U

https://humanrights-online.org/summary-of-the-united-nations-report-on-arbitrary-detention-torture-and-ill-treatment-in-the-context-of-armed-conflict-in-eastern-ukraine/

https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/arbitrary-detention-torture-and-ill-treatment-context-armed-conflict

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General data findings

The report is based in findings made by the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU). The OHCHR estimates the total number of conflict related detentions in Ukraine from 14 April 2014 to 30 April 2021 as between 7900 and 8700 (approximately 85% men and 15% women), of which it is estimated that 3600-4000 were committed by Government actors and 4300-4700 by armed groups and other actors in territory controlled by the self-proclaimed republics.

The OHCHR estimates that about 60% of all conflict-related detentions by Government actors from 2014 to 2021 (approximately 2300) were arbitrary and most of them occurred during the initial stage of the conflict (2014-2015). From 2016, the prevalence of arbitrary detention by Government actors decreased substantially.

As to the conflict related detentions by armed groups and other actors in territory controlled by the self-proclaimed republics, these lacked any semblance of legal process during the initial stages of the conflict, and a more formalized approach started to be seen in 2015 with the introduction of the figures of “administrative arrest” (in Donetsk territory) and “administrative detention” (in Luhansk territory). As of April 2021, arbitrary detention remains to be a daily occurrence in territories controlled by the self-proclaimed republics.

In 2014 and early 2015, various armed groups used more than 50 improvised detention facilities (often called “basements”) to hold detainees. In some of these facilities, such as the ones of the case studies, torture and ill-treatment were carried out systematically.

The OHCHR found a strong correlation between conflict related arbitrary detention and torture and ill-treatment in both Government controlled territory and territory controlled by the self-proclaimed republics. After 2016, torture or ill-treatment became less common on both sides of the contact line.

Methods of torture and perpetrators

Methods of torture and ill-treatment on both sides of the conflict line included beatings, dry and wet asphyxiation, electrocution, sexual violence on men and women (rape, forced nudity and violence to the genitals), positional torture, water, food, sleep or toilet deprivation, isolation, mock executions, prolonged use of handcuffs, hooding and threats of death or further torture or sexual violence or harm to family members.

Among Government actors, the most common perpetrator of arbitrary detention and torture was the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). During the initial phases of the conflict, “volunteer battalions” were also regular perpetrators.

In territory controlled by the self-proclaimed republics, the main perpetrators were various armed groups and later, members of the “ministries of state security”.

The right to an effective remedy has been severely undermined by the lack of effective investigation into allegations of arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment. The number of individuals brought to responsibility for these acts are small in comparison with the estimated numbers of violations and indicates the prevailing impunity for perpetrators.

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