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Maxim Ponomarenko, the (un)wealthy billionaire, a picture of (un)possibilities in the Czech Republic
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He poses as a billionaire, yet he has been insolvent 2 times. He transferred his assets to his wife in the insolvency and acted as a non-wealthy. Where did his gigantic fortune come from? He's been in jail. If you steal a lot, you can feel pretty safe in the Czech Republic. That's why the world takes us less and less seriously. JŠ
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WITH A CONVICTED BILLIONAIRE PONOMARENKO IN A PARIS STREET IN PRAGUE !!! HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING
Testimonials with Maxim Ponomarenko: Who is Maxim Ponomarenko
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Updated 30.5.2024: I add a PHOTOGALLERY. "Blood on the hands" is a cultural trait; in Arab countries it is seen as corruption. This event is not on the list of rallies. Islam itself is peaceful, unlike Islamism. Islam has much to give us. Translation of the Arabic inscription: 'Our rights are constitutional, our demands are lawful. All Czech media are silent so far, except for the tabloid BLESK (29.5). You can sign the petition sheets on the spot, and now you can also sign the PETITION on the Internet. On the very first day of the protest, a Czech anonymous person called Mrs. Dubovcova and called her "ZUB" (Arabic for "dick", the worst swear word). The checkpoint is right in front of the police building. The police are correct, as are the KSA staff, including senior officials. 
I could talk to them without any problems. Finances are important to a widow. She is also trying to rectify the situation at the MFA and the KSA so that this unfortunate event can never happen again. Mrs Dubovcová was personally supported and the petition was signed by former great diplomats Karel Stehno (91 years old) and Miroslav Belica. These three great diplomats deserve to be honored by the state on October 28. Their names will not be found among this year's nominees, but once again a number of people who have done much less for the country. The Czech Nicola Tesla Emil Kolben, founder of ČKD, is again not among them. They have already received honours from the citizens. JŠ
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Update 5/28/2024: At the family's request, I am clarifying (to avoid confusion). The term "black paramedics" was used in the incident inventory not to refer to skin color, but to refer to the black-colored clothing of KSA's paramedics. JŠ
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Protest against the failure to provide first aid and compensation to the family. Petition stand.
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Petr Dubovec held the position of chargé d'affaires a.i. at the Czech Embassy in Kuwait and in Damascus (a.i. means that no ambassador was sent to the aforementioned country - he held the highest post at the embassy in both countries for a total of 10 years). A tribute to his memory and work. JŠ
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I would like to inform you about the protest action of Mrs. Lenka Dubovcova, whose husband Petr Dubovec, a long-time employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Councillor-Ambassador, employee of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Riyadh, died during a business trip in Riyadh as a result of failure to provide first aid in February 2019.
Peter Dubovec's death was not immediately reported by the media for unclear reasons. Therefore, the widow Lenka Dubovcová, a former employee of consular departments in Arab countries, sought financial compensation on her own. Even after five years of communication with the MFA and the Saudi side, the family has not received an apology, an admission of wrongdoing and proper financial compensation.
For this reason, the widow of Petr Dubovec has resorted to the following steps. She wants to make the whole case and the process of communication with the MFA and Saudi Arabia as public as possible. In an effort to be as open as possible, Mrs. Dubovcova has written a brief (albeit extensive) summary of the events of the case, which you will find in this APPENDIX in Czech (Initials, names and positions of persons in the case).
Mrs Dubovcová is preparing for a protest action with the help of her family. All her efforts to date to make amends have failed. It will start in front of the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia (Na Zátorce 622/32, 160 00 Prague 6 - Bubeneč) on Monday 27 May at 9:00 am. The end date will depend on the attitude of the other side. An information leaflet in Czech and English - see above - will be available at the protest site for interested media and public.
There is a vital need for the return of real diplomats, educated, capable, morally and characteristically strong personalities, serving the country. Not to turn their positions into a corrupt business of functions, as we are experiencing today in politics in general, unfortunately not only in the Czech Republic. Petr Dubovec was such a great diplomat. The EP elections will be another test of the maturity of today's society.
You can contact me at any time.
Jan Šinágl
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+420 775 239 148
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Moroccans: "When it bursts, half of the Czech Republic will fall!"
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Dr. Damjan Prelovšek - art historian and expert on modern architecture, specialist on the work of architect Jože Plečnik, Ambassador of Slovenia to the Czech Republic 1998-2002, member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, writer and photographer.
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The recent attack on Slovak Prime Minister Fico and the events at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague inspire us to reflect on the crisis of today's society and the decline of morality. On Saturday, Czech television devoted one of its news bulletins to threats against Slovak politicians. It was not only there that the active and responsible approach of the Slovak police to warnings and threats was discussed. However, this is not just about Slovakia. In the Moroccogate affair, threats were also made in the Czech Republic. In March 2021, an employee of the Czech MFA telephoned the former consul in Morocco, J. Chaloupková, and told her that "she could be glad that she was still alive because she had touched somebody's business". She was to issue visas according to the instructions of Ambassador Viktor Lorenc, regardless of the regulations. Almost a year later, another person, also from the ministry's personnel section, said that the consul should be careful, that they could hire someone to look after her, and repeated the same thing again a few months later. Unlike the Slovak police, Colonel Jan Šulc of the NCOZ just smiled and referred them to the 158 telephone line.
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... As an employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I prepared an audit report in which I drew the minister's attention to something that his party also claims - that the Ministry's selection procedures are not transparent enough. The Minister categorically rejected my conclusion (and thus that of his party). My audit report has disappeared. I became an inconvenient official and - to make matters worse - the poorly depoliticized service law made it easy for the minister to get rid of me. A few months later, my boss quit too. He was replaced by a loyal person from the management of the audited department. …
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Too many people just blather on about work, who creates real value? The devastating disparity is growing and the consequences will be increasingly felt and the devastating attempt will not wake society up in time. This is always due to its (im)maturity. "Without honest work there are no cakes". One cannot live forever on the debt of today and the future. "Bread and games" ends, like all prosperity on debt. JŠ
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A cautionary tale of the economic and political failure of Brexit, an acceptance of the inevitability of a Europe-wide solution to the migrant crisis, and the ultimate realisation that simple information has become a weapon of mass destruction would be a good start for a much needed discussion. The question remains, however, whether populist political entities such as ANO and SPD, which address almost half of the Czech electorate at this critical moment, are interested in such a self-preserving discussion.
The assassination of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is just the first rumble of a storm that has long been brewing. Czech society does not want to see it and is not prepared for it. For "us" nothing is happening, so it is more important to see if the historic attendance record at the ice hockey world championship will be broken, or to get upset about the police intervention against fans who "only" wanted to celebrate the league championship title after the game right on the stadium field. Isn't that not allowed? Who cares? "Our boys" won...
Most Czech politicians are oblivious to this and are not even able to notice the radical change in the world. They do not understand that what is happening on the other side of the globe can directly affect the Czech Republic. Even less does it understand that without active participation and cooperation within the European Union, it has not the slightest chance of defending itself.
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