There is another striking demonstration of Washington’s interference in Ukrainian internal affairs. A record of telephone conversation has been posted on the Internet between U.S. Assistant secretary of state Victoria Nuland and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Jeffrey Payette in which two high-ranking officials discuss neither more nor less than... the composition of the formed by them future Ukrainian government.
Nuland, in particular, objects to including in the Cabinet of the leader of UDAR Party Vitali Klitschko, but believes that the government should be led by the other oppositionist - the leader of Batkivshchyna party Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who, in her opinion, is a good candidate for the Prime Minister, because he has experience in solving economic issues. Well, if criticism and threats directed against the current Ukrainian government and President Yanukovych, sounding in speeches of Yatsenuk on the Euromaidan, are considered to be experience of solving economic issues, the leader of Batkivshchyna really has this kind of experience.
However, the recorded telephone conversation is interesting not only by the State Department’s desire to form in its sole discretion the future Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Nuland has in harsh terms, using unprintable language, expressed her irritation with the EU actions in resolving the political crisis in Ukraine. She did not spare of obscene words addressed to the EU and said offhand how she had involved the US Ambassador that the UN Secretary General, Under-Secretary for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman in solving problems related to the formation of the Ukrainian government.
Scandalous record of this conversation and statements by Victoria Nuland, becoming out in the open public, has caused aroused such strong indignation both in Ukraine, and in the headquarters of the European Union that U.S. Assistant Secretary of state had to apologize to the European partners of Washington (and to Ukrainians - what the heck!). At the same time, putting the best face on matters she noticed that she would neither confirm nor disclose the details of her private conversations. “There is a big difference between private conversations and official position,” said Nuland. Of course there is, and it concerns the double standards too – the favorite stroke of policy of Washington politicians.
But they and the U.S. Department of State seem to be more concerned with not EU partners’ offence, but how the record of an absolutely confidential conversation hit the Internet causing such a stir. White House spokesman Jay Carney has already said that it is Russia that is behind the information leakage. The fact is given as evidence that it was Moscow’s doing that the record of telephone conversation compromising Nuland first appeared in Twitter of Loskutov, an aide to the deputy prime minister of Russia Dmitry Rogozin. Carney is hinting at Russian intelligence services’ ability to produce such sensitive information.
Well, such a flattering assessment of our intelligence services, even if they have no relation to the incident, can not but rejoice. It is nice to realize that Russia is paid what is due by the people who are well-versed in wire tapping and even using it against their closest allies. Suffice it to recall the recent scandal relating to the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) wiretapping of telephone conversations of Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel and other European leaders.
Despite all this, Nuland made haste to assure that the relationship between the U.S. and the EU remain the most gracious and strong than ever. She also noted that the broken out scandal will not affect, in her opinion, the relations between Moscow and Washington. This optimism can be shared only with great difficulty. For, while Russia is making every effort to resolve the situation in Ukraine, is determined to help the fraternal country in a difficult political and economic situation, Washington continues to plot against the Ukrainian government, in advance planning to change it and seeking to form an obedient cabinet exactly corresponding to its needs. What was beyond any doubt before now becomes obvious: Washington’s unconditional involvement in the events of recent months in Ukraine, in outbreaks of violence covered the country, in brazen acts of the part of the opposition, which does not want stabilization of the situation and is ready to provoke new pogroms and arson on the streets of Kiev and other cities, and eventually remove the legitimate government and seize power.
Turning to the posted on the Internet record of telephone conversation of Nuland with Jeffrey Payette, during which so unceremoniously, thriftily, a new Ukrainian government was formed, I want to refer to history, recalling an episode connected with the conference of heads of the Allied Powers in Potsdam in 1945 - the USSR, the USA and England. In response to Winston Churchill’s suggestion to discuss the composition of the future Polish government Stalin remarked in surprise: “I am not considered a Democrat, but I have enough of democratic feeling not to form here, far from Poland, a Polish government without the participation of the Poles.” And the Soviet leader proposed to invite Polish politicians to the conference.
This is towards talking democracy that the West is so fond of boasting about, primarily the United States, and that is forgotten whenever it comes to the U.S.’ purposeful selfish selfishness. Of course! “Brotherhood and mutual assistance of the two Slavic nations christened in the same font is simply a burr in the saddle for Washington.
