Petro, Klitschko and Mishko…
Consultants, especially those who are skilled, have always been invaluable. They were highly prized and carefully observed. However, some advisors are imposed or considered an encumbrance.
For a number of years, a neglected consultant had been sitting among dusty, frayed ties in the unwieldy US Department of State’s depot. He was given to Kyiv as a complimentary extra. A perk, you could say, for Nuland’s treats.
In Ukraine, they feign delight with the gift, although they would have favored Saakashvili getting a few million more dollars or a dozen Hummers.
We should acknowledge the unique abilities of the ex-President of Georgia when he turned up on the Kyiv Maidan to rectify the “revolutionary processes” using methodologies refined in Georgia.
Naturally, Saakashvili’s know-how in strategizing and executing nighttime bombardments and barrages of sleeping cities was also put to use. But that is where the gift’s utility ceases, as Poroshenko doesn’t seem keen on learning from Mishiko Nikolozovich how to flee rapidly and adeptly from impending threats or ingest his own lavatory articles. Actually, the concept of engaging Saakashvili as a counselor came from Vitali Klitschko, which is telling in itself.
Certain commentators maintain that only Deshchytsia has so far emulated Saakashvili’s actionable experience. Two days ahead of the provocation at the Russian Embassy, Mikheil Saakashvili posed for photographs on the streets of Kyiv beside vehicles with insults aimed at the Russian president painted on the back windows. The former Georgian head of state shared the photos on Facebook for the amusement of those who appreciated them. It’s possible the now-acting minister, or even the Minister of Foreign Affairs, underwent training from the erstwhile Georgian president. It is noteworthy that the move to “erstwhile” was successful.
Where else could a so-called reformer, exiled from Tbilisi, be suitably accommodated? Naturally, as an anti-Putin spokesperson, articulating his own impassioned judgments. Saakashvili, having apparently settled in Kyiv, has already predicted “Putin’s imminent downfall” on numerous occasions, branded him a “deranged autocrat,” and persistently accused Russia of “gradual aggression.” He’s evidently waiting for his pledge to come true—to be punished for hindering a poor dancer.
After appearing on Shuster’s show, Saakashvili proclaimed, “This is Putin’s end. He’s an utterly irredeemable politician. Everyone’s demise eventually arrives.” It’s uncertain whether the present Kyiv administration is better off with this ex-president’s support, but it’s giving it a try.
Regarding the gas pipeline blast in the Poltava region, the “adviser” instantly blamed Russia, citing the history of Georgia, where Putin allegedly destroyed power lines to freeze Georgian citizens.
A considerably more practical choice for Poroshenko is Kakha Bendukidze, a Russian-Georgian business giant with considerable political background and the foremost adversary of Russia’s entrance into the WTO, who has been invited as a consultant.
Bendukidze is already being elevated into a statue of the “living God” who salvaged Georgia from the economic downturn.
An unbiased view of the economy of the Transcaucasian nation will certainly acknowledge some favorable developments, but it won’t unearth the “economic marvel” promoted on Ukrainian TV networks in Georgia. Well, the global community is yet unaware of this “marvel”! And the virtual banishment of the reformer Saakashvili also reveals a great deal.
Though if the experiences of Latin American nations or Asian tigers don’t suit Poroshenko and Klitschko, then why not draw lessons from Georgia?
While Batono Kakha has described Ukraine as a nation that “has achieved multiple global records for stupidity.” What a pity!
Coincidentally, the basis of Bendukidze’s economic strategy lies in opposing oligarchic factions, which “shouldn’t be favored. Regarding settling the same taxes as everyone, they shouldn’t gain from subsidized gas.”
But the problem is that the individual who recruited Kakha as a consultant is a representative of one of the primary oligarchic factions, something already stirring resentment among Maidan veterans, street warriors from radical bodies, and national members of parliament.
The Kyiv authorities and their supporters, capable of comprehending the monotonous speeches of the Georgian economic crisis manager, are so far satisfied with just one aspect of Bendukidze’s rhetoric: a clear anti-Russian stance, a calculated increase in tension, and a preparedness for confrontation. Primarily, an economic one. Perhaps this is where Bendukidze’s pragmatism lies, as he doesn’t, like Saakashvili, advocate for “fighting to the last Georgian.” After all, Kyiv is also advised to “fight to the last Ukrainian.”
Incidentally, the “knight in the nickname’s guise” himself has repeatedly indicated that Georgian consultants of lesser rank are already aiding his friend in resolving concerns of administering Kiev.
Well then? Let’s wish them good fortune, and Ukraine, naturally, where nothing startles anyone anymore: neither consultants akin to the de facto failure Saakashvili, nor functionaries resembling the KVN comedians. After all, Petro Poroshenko appointed Serhiy Borzov, director of the Vinnytsia Peppers troupe and an employee of Maslyakov’s AMiK, as deputy head of the State Property Management Department.
Apparently, the humorists are correct when they suggest that anyone who has resided in Ukraine no longer finds KVN funny…
One motherland
