US orchestrated overthrow in Ukraine Analyst

US orchestrated overthrow in Ukraine:
Analyst
Press TV has interviewed former American intelligence linguist Scott Rickard
to get his perspective on the current events unfolding in Ukraine and
Russia’s position regarding the situation.
Below is a rush transcript of the interview.
Press TV: Your take, sir. Our guest in Washington basically said that
Russians absolutely have no right to be in Ukraine. Your take, Mr. Rickard.
Rickard: Well, it’s typical coming out of Frederick Peterson. He’s obviously
had a lifetime of supporting the [US] State Department rhetoric, you know.
No doubt there were some referendums in the early 90s that did cause a
major change in the Ukraine that was a benefit to the people there. At the
same time, a lot of the individuals that were living up in the Russian sort of
central area that were really moved as a part of World War II were also
allowed to return to the Crimea and Ukrainian regions.
Now, you have to take a look at the Ukraine, its 50 million people that live in
this country, and about 60 percent are Russian, and outside of that, there is
probably only about maybe 12 to 20 or 15 percent that are in the Crimean
sort of Tatar range. So this is a small minority of the individuals in the
Ukraine that did actually have some small protests in Kiev that were very
violent. These protests were extremely violent. They were lots of Molotov
cocktails, a lot of activity going on that was being supported by the outside,
by the West. You know the West has invested over five billion dollars in - the
US government alone - alongside of what Victoria Nuland was talking about
and got caught talking online with the ambassador from the Ukraine.
The US has been orchestrating this overthrow in the Ukraine for quite
some time. And you have an individual, you know, the founder of
eBay; you’ve got Pierre Omidyar who has invested money alongside
George Soros. So, this is a scenario that has been played out here for
several years in creating what they call an uprising that has been
fabricated by the West.
Now the reason for doing this is purely economic and geopolitical. The West
has been trying to pull the Ukraine, as well as other former Soviet states,
into NATO. At the same time, they are also trying to pull them into the
European Union (EU). And many people in the EU don’t even want the
Ukraine in. It’s actually a legacy for them because they are getting another
IMF-failing state.
Press TV: Well, let’s look at that, Mr. Rickard, you just brought up
something. You said that many people in the European Union really do not
want them in the European Union, because of the economic situation in
general in the EU.
In general, why is the West, not only the Europeans but also we see the
Americans as you’ve just talked about Victoria Nuland and that leaked
conversation… though the Americans continue to deny that they have
anything to do with the situation in Ukraine. However, why is it so important
for Washington to be so involved in a situation in Ukraine?
Rickard: That’s a great question. What you have here is you have… The
Ukraine has been taking quite a bit of loans from the IMF. The gentleman
that they have running as the “prime minister” now, their man in office, he’s
been basically the finance minister, orchestrating a lot of very unhealthy and
very criminal-based loans coming out of the IMF.
So they are going to have to implement some sort of austerity plans. So,
that’s what they’re looking to do. They can financially cripple Russia and at
the same time and also create another payment state for the failed IMF
global financial debacle.
What they’re looking at as well is this strategic area. I mean this area is
heavily strategic. You look at the port where you just had your first reporter
coming out of. That port is the most strategic port for the Russians in the
south of Russia and taking away that port also weakens Russia, whereby it
is a good distraction for Russia. They are actually having some pushback
from Russia in Syria and this would be a great distraction.
It would weaken Russia even further and make the West more successful in
their endeavors against both Syria and Iran. So it’s strategic from both a
military perspective and an economic perspective.
Press TV: Mr. Rickard, your take on our guest in Washington’s resigns on
regional hegemony, talking about Russia and yet as you had mentioned
earlier the US is very much involved in this situation. Your perspective on
Russia and why Russia’s doing what it is. Is it because actually the
proximity to its own country and as far as looking at it from a security
perspective or… how do you see it?
Rickard: Well, obviously it’s a national security perspective, both from a
commercial perspective. Many of the actual pipelines for taking gas to
Europe, as well as transportation lines and from a military perspective.
Crimea has been… because of its nature of its geography, has been an
extremely strategic military location for centuries as Mr. Peterson just
described.
But the more important thing is we talk about hegemony and you talk about
responsibility, I mean the Americans march through Afghanistan and
basically militarized jihad in the 80s and have been dealing with that ever
sinse and they have taken no accountability for that. In fact, they have taken
advantage of that to expand their hegemony, not just in that region but in
other regions throughout Africa and the Middle East. So, talk about
expanding hegemony, I think take a look in the mirror Mr. Peterson, there’s a
quite a bit that you have not noticed and talked about. At the same time,
there’s a whole lot going on from the criminal perspective.
You have to look at guys like Semion Mogilevich, who is on the FBI’s most
wanted list and I highly recommend that you look at this, Mr. Peterson. I’ll
be in Washington on Friday next week and I’d be happy to sit down in your
office and show you what it’s all about. This guy, Semion Mogilevich… he
was our number one arms dealer when we were going to war against the
Russians in the 80s and Semion Mogilevich is from the Ukraine. He actually
runs the mafia that is basically across Russia and the Ukraine. So, take a
deep look into what the Americans have been doing in that region for well
over 30 to 40 years and let’s have a real discussion on the actual corruption
that has been going on in that region, because from what you’re talking
about, it’s very unclear as to where it’s going.
Press TV: Mr. Rickard, your take. If we look at the situation, for example, if
we had the Occupy Movement that are taking place in the US and if we had
had some Russian politicians going out there in various cities in addressing
these protesters who were in the United States, what type of reaction do you
think we would have seen from Washington?
Rickard: That is a great point. What if you had Russian influence here in the
Occupy Movement, here in the United States and you had Russians over here
funding billions of dollars to the Occupy Movement? Give me a break, Mr.
Peterson. I mean the facts remain that you have a society, look at the
Krugerrand. The Krugerrand was created back in the 70s that was
manipulating not only that area that we’re talking about today but the same
guys that we’re dealing with today, the result of those Nicolas Deak and his
son Leslie Deak, who work as CIA think tanks downtown Washington DC. I’d
love to come and educate you on how incredibly corrupt your government is
today and has been for the last 40 years. Take some responsibility. Of course
you can’t defend [US Secretary of State John] Kerry. It’s indefensible.