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Yellen In Kyiv
A week ago, Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed Joe Biden to Ukraine.
A day later, Sergei Lavrov welcomed Wang Yi to Russia, where he enjoyed an overtly cordial chat+ with Vladimir Putin.
Tomorrow, Xi Jinping will welcome Alexander Lukashenko to China.
And today, Ukraine welcomed Janet Yellen to Kyiv.
Suffice to say there's a lot of symbolism going on.
Fresh from a G-20 finance ministers' meeting in India where a dispute over how to describe the conflict in eastern Europe prevented the release of
It must really get Putin angry when Yellen showed up in Ukraine. Not only is she a woman, but she is facilitating the sanctions that are making his and all his cronies difficult, but she is also writing the checks for the weapons that are taking his win. away from him.
if on top she was gay, a person of color and anti-religious, we could really have fun with Putin and Tucker Carlson getting daily apoplexies… 🙂
Remember, the individual facing Yellin is not really Putin it is the very smart woman who runs Russia’s central bank. Putin not that prejudiced, as long as she helps him stay afloat.