Olena Zelenska, wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, traveled to Paris France for a three-day visit December 12-14. As reported by Le Monde, “Members of the Ukrainian government will also come, including Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, and several ministers in charge of reconstruction, including Yulia Svyrydenko (economy), Oleksandr Kubrakov (infrastructure) and German Galushchenko (energy).”
However, social media has erupted today after a “reliable store clerk” working on the ritzy Avenue Montaigne, has reported that Olena Zelenska went on a Christmas shopping spree spending €40,000 euros in an hour. (citation) Previously President Zelenskyy’s wife was received by French first lady Bridget Macron.
If the reporting is accurate, the spending spree comes at a bad time optically, as Mrs. Zelenska’s husband Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is simultaneously asking the European Union to provide more financial support for the embattled country.
Additionally, the Biden administration is trying to push congress to pass another $38 billion spending package for Ukraine to bring the total spent well over $100 billion.
Mrs. Zelenskyy Christmas shopping in glitzy Paris stores and dropping €40,000 while her husband bangs his tin cup isn’t exactly a good look.
Joe is sending Zelensky billions, what is 40,000 euros theft when you are dealing with billions? Nothing! Execpt to the soldiers dying on the battle field. (sarc)
She is just spending the rounding error. No one will ever notice.
Besides. She is competing for Imelda Marcos award for shoes 👠
Joe and Ukraine are playing America. It seems that our law maker are not keeping informed and continue to sign the checks; or they are also in on the game. After the last payload, Ukraine Parliament gave themselves a 70% raise, and reduced the pay of soldiers. https://thewashingtonstandard.com/as-americans-are-fleeced-for-billions-for-ukraine-ukraine-parliament-gives-themselves-70-raise/
DOn’t forget the Military industrial complex. Sell big arms, give a cut back to the DNC.
Another giant middle finger salute to the American tax slave.
Where are OUR reparations?
Big time!
Actually, the people in France, are the focus of this little stunt. Although you are right about the middle finger salute.
They should forgo collecting taxes from us for 2022. Joe keeps his sticky fingers in our pockets…..ENOUGH!
RFR–Reparations for Redheads is a good start, IMHO housed under the formerly all ginger carrot top!
It was reported a few months ago his parents purchased a multi-million dollar home in Israel.
..just in the case if they have be lifted by chopper before …ORTHODOX X-MAS ?????
to be lifted by…
There is a huge real estate portfolio than deserves a lookie-loo.
Also reported is the “elite” of Ukraine are buying very expensive vacation homes in Switzerland.
So it isn’t enough we spent trillions protecting Israel. Now we are laundering money for them? America the Stupid.
Just another grifter.
What else do you expect of a couple of class A grifters?
Pilfering…repugnant…scum…
Makes me sick
Now Sundance she has needs.
Also they don’t give a crap what we think…yet.
I find it hard to believe that if my country, my homeland was being devastated and attacked violently by a foreign nation, to the point we had no money and had to keep begging other countries for billions and billions of dollars to run the government, feed people and arm the military; that I would even consider running off to another country to spend foolishly and lavishly on wants. They do not care how things look to us. Optics are not something they care about…and they certainly don’t care about people. How can someone think and act that way? Maybe this war they keep showing us isnt what they want us to think. She certainly doesnt seem to concerned about life and death matters. Besides…thats our frickin tax dollars that she is over there spending! And she is popping the American tax payer the frickin bird! #1. They…are not like us. #2. Ukraine and this war is not what they want us to think and believe. #3. Zalensky is an installed asset for this corrupt regime running this country. This administration needed him to launder the billions being sent over there and the war is the excuse or cover…its real….but not what most think. #4. This is an extension of the Obama era which was when lying…propaganda was legalized by that administration to use on its own citizens! Us! They actually made it a policy and legal for them to push frickin lying and gaslighting on us…and they use all their assets to do it. All the big fake news cable outlets like FOX, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC, Etc…written or news paper news such as the dying and hopefully soon dead old grey lady(New York Times), and those like it! Looking forward to the wrath they all deserve!
He, Zelensky, has an estate in Florida. Does that answer any questions?
NOT ENOUGH.. and you should know..they learn from our only friend BIBI in ME …..
If you find it difficult to believe what made you trust that this is true? So far, there is no real source of the story apart from some illusive clerk of an unnamed store somewhere in Paris and all the links of the story lead to Russian social and media outlets.
FVCK UKRAINE! I hope Russia uses tactical nukes on Kyiv!
Sounds good for yourself and maybe others who would like payback.
For the rest of the planet, not so much.
If 1 nuke gets cooked off, we are all dead. Especially people like me, who live 1/4 mile from ground zero….
Not to worry, everything was totally cammo.
Some used T-shirts for the dictator?
$upri$e $urpri$e $urpri$e!
I truly despise these people along with “the big guy” squatting in the White House.
Why America is pumping anything into this farce is beyond explanation.
Ukraine is a money laundering machine for US politicians and other crime cartels operating around the world.
Ya think?
Burisma ring a bell?
Our taxpayer money is going to ukraine and the big guy/crachead son get their portion. Think of a circle and as the circle spins, all the corrupters get a portion.
Ask Mitt Romney and his family and business associates. Lots of DC pols making big sweaty wads of cash out of the corrupt country of Ukraine. You know, the beacon of freedom and democracy that has banned all opposition parties and media and has been terrorizing the people of the Donbass for years? Yeah, that place.
War my arse…Ukraine is mostly a giant money-laundering operation to enrich Zelensky, (apparently his wife) and the U.S. politicians…paid for by ‘We the People’.
The Ukraine breakdown seems to have turned into, 70% money-laundering operation and 30% proxy war with Putin.
p.s. – Let’s not forget that Christina Pushaw helped put that puppet-clown Zelensky into office, now she is attached to the RDS campaign trying to do the same thing.
While the media in Florida was probably motivated to check her out because she did too good of a job working for a Republican, it is somewhat interesting the way she just sort of showed up in Florida. I’m no expert, maybe it’s typical now.
On March 19, Christina Pushaw wrote an email to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ then-press secretary. She was ready to make a move.
Pushaw, 30, a Washington, D.C., communications professional, was an admirer of DeSantis — and the way he dealt with unflattering press coverage.
She wrote that she was inspired to move to Florida because of how the governor navigated the pandemic. She was bothered by “pervasive … false narratives” in the press, she said, saying she wanted to do her part to prevent the “devastation caused by socialism … from happening in our country.”
“If there are any openings on the governor’s comms team, I would love to throw my hat in the ring,” Pushaw wrote. She attached her resume to the email, which was obtained by the Times/Herald in a records request.
It’s unclear who in the governor’s office saw Pushaw’s note, but it appears to have been received quite well. About six weeks later, the governor’s office sent her pre-employment paperwork to fill out. By May 10, she had the job of press secretary. Her salary is $120,000 per year.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/07/27/press-secretary-christina-pushaw-sought-job-after-admiring-desantiss-handling-of-pandemic/
Yes, it is interesting how she just showed up (or picked) Florida…she could have tried to get on the Kristi Noem team or maybe with Abbott down in Texas, but she chose (or was guided) to RDS in Florida.
I’m not buying into her BS concern for our country,
“…she was inspired to move to Florida because of how the governor navigated the pandemic. She was bothered by “pervasive … false narratives” in the press, she said, saying she wanted to do her part to prevent the “devastation caused by socialism … from happening in our country.”
So, she sends Team RDS an email in March showing interest in being on his ‘Comms Team’, less than 2 months later she’s hired a Press Secretary @ $120k per year…she smells of Deep State.
I said this from the very beginning and got hammered everytime. Putin is THE only one using a friggin brain cell.
What good is grifting Billion$ if you can’t blow a measly 40k EUR? I mean, what is this world coming to??
Sheesh!!
/sarc
How much could a few new green tee shirts for her husband cost?
So now “a reliable store clerk” is the trusted source for global news?
I am flummoxed by the overweening predlicition of conservative websites to claim the war in Ukraine is nothing more than a cover for corruption. First, the US’ military industrial complex does not need a proxy war to steal money. Simply look at the cost of our weapons systems, and you will know that they are designed to remove as much cash as possible from the public coffers. On the other hand, this war is proving that the saw “Russia builds better weapons much cheaper that we do” is a myth. Russia builds crap that doesn’t work, and we build expensive stuff that does.
The idea that Madame Zelensky traipsed to Paris to spend $50k on Christmas gifts is an appealing one to those looking for a scandal. Know, of course, that the Zelenskys were quite wealthy long before he became President of Ukraine. He was a huge television star and comedian. Think of the wealth of a Tim Allen or Jerry Seinfeld. Scale it down for the relative size of the countries, and you still have a family that can afford a splurge here and there.
If Mrs. Z didˆ go on a bit of a binge, good for her. I hope she got her kids some great toys to distract from living amid the hell of war. There is no denying the Ukrainan people are putting up a heroic fight against Putin’s vile invasion, and supporting them is a moral, if incredibly dangerous thing to do. But the US does a lot of dangerous things. This one is one of the few that is unambiguously correct from every perspective. As lomg as it does not devolve into nuclear disaster, I am proud we are supporting them. If Biden had not been so weak and feckless in Afghanistan and so utterly corrupt in all else, we would not be here. Compounding his blunders by refusing to arm Ukraine would be indefensible. Will there be corruption? Of course. We should root it out. But the 10% for the big guy is a small price to pay. And if we had a functioning FBI we would find it and punish itl
Ms Markle, is that you?
Yes you are right, we should disregard the account of a store clerk directly involved in the transaction, and rather take your opinion as fact.
Also
Will you be running point alone today, or are the rest of Shill Team 6 still busy memorising their talking points for this setback?
Are you also flummoxed by the overweening predilections of progressive websites, who claim that the war in Ukraine is a just war, even going as far as saying we should nuke the bastard. Go to any mainstream leftist website before this conflict started and read what they were saying about Ukrainian corruption. Oh, that’s right. That was then, this is now. It’s a miracle, that in a few short years we are not supposed to care because…
“As long as it does not devolve into nuclear disaster, I am proud we are supporting them.”
Okay . . . . in other words . . . .
“I am proud we are supporting them, until it devolves into nuclear disaster.”
Seems that Ukraine is not really a legitimate Country; turns out it’s just a huge money laundering scheme for FJB and his cronies
How many bank heist movies does Zelenskyy have to see? “Don’t go all over town flashing money”. We are at the point now where these low life thugs are trolling us.
This is sickening. Truly in the last days. Come Lord Jesus.🙏🏻
Zelensky knows show business.
You mean he knows how to put on a clown show? How much is the disgusting display of playing piano with his tallywack worth? I say ZERO along with the other ZERO we know.
The “Ukraine War to Save Democracy”…..the sham that keeps giving and giving.
US taxpayer money.
Wonder where she got the money?
And if her country is really fighting for it’s life against Russia, I’d think she wouldn’t have time to go on a shopping spree anywhere.
She had time to pose for Vogue.
Where did she spend it, I wonder…
Lara Logan posted a short video which was of a soldier describing a child organ harvesting operation in Ukraine. The detailed description
of what was happening I will not put here.
Lara asked in her tweet for anyone who could to get in touch with her with more information to please do so.
Mrs Zekenskyy didn’t drop that sum at Balenciaga by any chance…did she?
Call McConnell’s office and leave a message. Call your rep’s office and leave a message. Stop whining here. It is obvious and was always obvious.
This sort of reminds me of how the store clerk fought back, when elitest Oprah complanied of “racism” over a thirty thousand dollar handbag the clerk allegedly wouldn’t show her because Oprah was black.
They don’t even know, or care, how they look.
BTW, how did they get to Paris? By train? Aren’t some Ukrainians living in the dark?
What does the actor hired to play the president actually get out of this?
He had already amassed enough money to afford a mansion in Florida. Florida is full of homes owned by wealthy foreigners.
Why has he agreed to do this?
Does anyone anywhere really expect anything different? Zelensky runs around in his post-modern Che get up – man of the people ya know – while living like a Soviet commissar.
I want my money back!
That people continue to fall for the schtick that we are being sold is absolutely amazing. Yes, the Ukrainian people are suffering, but that is their battle to fight. Even the British had the good sense to stay out of the American civil war.
According to reports, this could have all been settled long ago. But, the Ukraine appears to be the seat of Western corruption for the politically powerful – 10% FJB being the best example.
Come on people. She was buying her wardrobe for her Bob Hope style Christmas tour of the troops on the front lines.
Gotta look encouraging you know.
She loves the American dollars.
It was Mike Pompeo who persuaded President Trump not to pardon Julian Assange.
Boy could we use an Assange right now.
She’d better keep a close watch for her luggage at the airport carousel.
Now that word is out, “you know who” may be lurking about!
This will surely be the story that CNN will open its News Day with today../sarc
I want my money back.
We all helped pay for that.
You’re welcome, Ms. Whore-inskey.
Reminds me of the BLM spending habits
And you believe this?
Be skeptical.
Who represents who in this video?
Politicians are ok with this, as they believe they are all worthy and do it too.
Dem.s worship (non-conservative) politicians and are ok with this.
Low information voters will not be angered by this. They love the Kardashians; Housewives of whatever city; Meghan and Harry; the holly-weirds, etc. The lo-fos believe that “elites” deserve to have cake and eat it too, while everyone else, including the lo-fos themselves, do without.
This news will not grow legs or change a thing.
This all looks like Kremlin disinformation. If you want substantiation read about it in today’s NY Times.
You forgot your sarc tag.
Are you a recreational drug user?
Or did they just give you really lame talking points?
Looks like their millions are not all in FTX crypto
Not to mention FTX laundering American taxpayer money through Ukraine back to the DNC.
These people are laughing at us.
This and the continued escalation on the part of the US and the west is why we must keep contacting our elected “representatives” until they are tired of hearing from us. Keep their phones busy constantly and let them know we want no part of this war. No US interests are served except for those of the MIC and the politicians they pay. For those of us old enough to remember, this is how the US got into the horrible situation in Vietnam. How many Americans want their children and grandchildren dying for the crook Zelensky and his “nasty” minions.
“Your Tex Dollars At Work”.
Appears that Tulsi is correct. beggars shouldn’t be diverting funds meant for the people
Grifters gotta grift. Your tax dollars at work.
A girl’s gotta have fun.
I am not happy to have paid part of it. I hope she learns some humility in a Russian gulag.
Here is a question:
Why did a retired, (R), Gov. just run over to visit with Zelenskyy??
Perhaps, we should ask George Pataki?
Not only is Ukraine a money laundering operation,
it is also a *Pension Fund* !!
Who knew?
Maybe he was looking for expert advice on how to set up a secret off shore bank account.
Remember Pataki busted at Bilderburg in the 90s? Globalist.
Zelenskyy doesn’t give a rip about the bad look. His constant badgering of every NATO country for support already smells like bad fish, and he does not need to worry about it as long as he can drive OUR Congress to keep giving away money to help his cause and keep ‘The Big Guy’ out of trouble. He is extorting money from the whole world because he has Biden blackmailed. Soon, he will discover that our 4th Branch is also embarrassed and will protect Biden anyway. At least, that is what ‘The Big Guy’ can count on until ‘The One’ decides it is time for a shakeup at the White House. I believe this will happen after January in 2023.
Just like my father taught me with a belt whipping as a 10 year old. The reason we don’t ever tell lies is because, when we do, we always have to remember all of the people we told that lie to. Washington DC is a cesspool of liars because, as Sundance always says, there are trillions at stake.
Not only do you need to remember who you told a lie to, but you also need to remember which iteration of the lie was told and to whom. This is why the good liars base their lies on truths- they keep their stories straight, and when it veers off course- I don’t remember.
How do I know? Because as a poor, abused youth, I learned how to become a good liar when I had to steal to eat and provide for my siblings. And, man, I was good at it. Now in my adult form, I can smell a lie from a mile away just after asking a few questions. Some people suck at lying.
Glad you made it threw
How soon will his “suicide” be announced?
Agree
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Please. Zelensky. There is no “yy” sound in English.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/zelensky-zelenskyy-ukraine-president-spelling-b2037103.html
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zelenskyy is the proper word, whether english acomodates it or not .
It’s spelling virtue signaling. Just like Kiev was spelled ‘Kiev’ in English for hundreds of years until Russia invaded Ukraine and we all simultaneously switched to the Ukrainian pronunciation of Kyiv. Sorry I’m not participating.
And it’s ‘Peking’ not ‘Beijing’—screw allowing the CCP to dictate our English language.
Interesting background: http://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp019_peking_beijing.pdf
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