re: #144 No Malarkey!
The money to develop a Fifth Column in the Ukraine was probably stolen by higher ups in the FSB. That’s the problem with a Kakistocracy.
That does seem to be a recurring theme.
On the other hand, I started to develop the attitude after only having lived there for a year in the early 90’s that if I saw something not nailed down that I might as well just take it, if I don’t somebody else will come along and steal it…