Daily Stormer
May 16, 2014
The richest man in the Ukraine, the Jew Rinat Akhmetov, had been sneaking around in a Jewy fashion, trying to play both sides of the conflict in his headquarters of Donetsk. While voicing support for a “united Ukraine,” he had not outright condemned the separatists.
This has changed, as he has witnessed that there will be no place for his Jewish scam-mongering in an independent Eastern Ukraine. He has declared openly that the Maidan must march to terrorist victory, and the freedom fighters must be annihilated.
Independent analyst Volodymyr Fesenko said Akhmetov has now recognised that his earlier passive tactics did not work in his favour as the rebellion has continued to grip the region.
“He has understood that his tactic of passive neutrality no longer works. He will have to become an active intermediary between separatists and the government,” Fesenko said.
Sending unarmed workers from Metinvest, Akhmetov’s main metals exports and mining conglomerate, to join patrols with police is not the only sign that the oligarch has decided to take a bolder line to protect the future of his business empire.
Akhmetov, who emerged as head of a private business empire out of violent gang wars in the east in the 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union, normally shuns media interviews and public appearances.
But in a new departure for him on Wednesday, the usually camera-shy oligarch made a four-minute video for Ukrainian TV channels in which he declared: “I strongly believe that Donbass can be happy only in a united Ukraine”.
He threw his weight behind the Kiev government’s plan to devolve more powers to the regions to provide greater autonomy and undercut separatist demands which Kiev fears will lead to the break-up of Ukraine.
Soccer-mad, he owns the FC Shakhtar club, with its flying saucer-like stadium and star-studded multinational squad. He made headlines three years ago by buying a $200-million London apartment.