{"id":262996,"date":"2022-12-30T08:37:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T08:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=262996"},"modified":"2022-12-31T07:08:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T07:08:20","slug":"zelensky-appoints-sexologist-pyramid-schemer-as-ambassador-to-bulgaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=262996","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky Appoints Sexologist Pyramid Schemer as Ambassador to Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>By Alexander Rubinstein \u2013 The Gray Zone Dec 28, 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>High end jewelry, hypnotism and multi-level marketing are not qualifications typically associated with international diplomacy. But these skills are featured prominently on the resum\u00e9 of Ukraine\u2019s new ambassador to Bulgaria, Olesya Ilashchuk.<\/p>\n<p>Since her December 23\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.president.gov.ua\/documents\/8802022-45405\">appointment<\/a>\u00a0by Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky as Bulgarian ambassador, Olesya Ilashchuk has locked her Facebook account. At the time this report was filed, only the \u201cintro\u201d section of her Facebook page was visible. It listed some educational experience and contained the following professional fields: \u201cClinical psychologist, Systemic family therapist, Gestalt therapist, sexologist-consultant.\u201d Ilashchuk was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/news\/2022\/12\/25\/7382330\/\">reportedly<\/a>\u00a0posting updates to her page on subjects related to gestalt therapy and sexology \u201cuntil recently.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Vladimir Zelensky has appointed a sexologist, with no prior diplomatic experience, as the new Ukrainian ambassador to Bulgaria. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hlTY03Vi1Y\">pic.twitter.com\/hlTY03Vi1Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Russia Unplugged (@UnpluggedRus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnpluggedRus\/status\/1607521164523454464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ilashchuk\u2019s dearth of diplomatic qualifications is so glaring that even the British government-funded BBC has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/ukrainian\/news-64103170\">branded<\/a>\u00a0her appointment \u201cscandalous.\u201d As the mockery grows, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has fired off a statement defending the political novice as an expert in international relations and noting her fluency in English \u2013 not the official language of Bulgaria.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/estet.com.ua\/videos\/2913802702034345\">Facebook Live<\/a>\u00a0from April 2020 features Ilashchuk\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/argumentua.com\/stati\/ruka-rmaka-znov-g-pnoz-chi-protekts-zm-duraka-shcho-ne-tak-z-priznachennyam-novogo-posla-v-bol\">introducing<\/a>\u00a0herself as a modern hypnotist. Kiev has yet to comment on whether she intends to make use of this skill in her diplomatic efforts.<\/p>\n<p>In late July, 2021, Ilashchuk appeared in two\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=meA93PIexS8\">videos<\/a>\u00a0on a YouTube channel belonging to Eduard Burdakov, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=tv4zuAwYmP8&amp;si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE\">self-proclaimed<\/a>\u00a0expert in multi-level marketing. Burdakov is a \u201cDiamond Elite\u201d member of RAIN International, a health and wellness pyramid scheme. In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zH_Y2MyJoYg\">videos<\/a>\u00a0entitled \u201cMONEY, SUPPLEMENTS AND TABOO,\u201d and \u201cSupplements, SEX AND MAGNETISM,\u201d Ilashchuk touts the positive benefits of dietary supplements on libido, which she calls \u201cthe energy of money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Ilashchuk has no history of work in diplomatic services, or in government at all, she boasts a considerable background in jewelry sales. According to the Ukrainian news website Bukinfo, Ilashchuk is listed as a manager at a jewelry company called Jemma from 2010 to 2014, and until October 2021, was credited as its co-founder.<\/p>\n<p>The company reportedly \u201cignited\u201d an investigation against Ukrainian oligarch Ivan Rynzhuk, who was arrested in 2011 for money laundering and taking a bribe worth a quarter of a million USD. Of the 25 companies tied to Rynzhuk, Jemma was the \u201cmain source\u201d of his income. Police\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chas.cv.ua\/politics\/47-mlyarder-z-rzhavincv-abo-ne-day-bozhe-z-vana-pana.html\">seized<\/a>\u00a0nearly $650,000 in gold and diamonds from the jewelry company. Though Rynzhuk was eventually acquitted, one Ukrainian news outlet\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bukinfo.com.ua\/skandaly\/kolyshnya-chernivchanka-figurantka-kryminalnoji-spravy-po-kolyshnomu-dyrektoru-kalynky-ivanovi-rynzhuku-olesya-ilashchuk-stala-poslom-ukrajiny-v-bolgariji\">noted<\/a>\u00a0\u201cthere are still a lot of questions.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment of Ilashchuk has arrived at a momentous time in relations between Bulgaria and Ukraine. Until early December, Bulgaria was among the the lone EU hold-outs\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/bulgaria-send-its-first-military-aid-ukraine-2022-12-09\/\">refusing<\/a>\u00a0to send arms to Ukraine. (The country\u2019s socialist party had blocked a measure to ship weapons in May).<\/p>\n<p>During President Zelensky\u2019s nationally televised visits to the White House and Congress on December 21, he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/zelenskyy-calls-us-aid-investment-in-global-security-and-democracy\/6886987.html\">characterized<\/a>\u00a0American military aid to his country as an \u201cinvestment\u201d in \u201cdemocracy.\u201d Two days later, with his appointment of Ilashchuk as ambassador to a key European ally, Zelensky is demonstrating to the world just how meritocratic his country\u2019s political system can be.<\/p>\n<p>In what other nation can a comedian-turned-president appoint a sexologist pyramid schemer as a high-ranking diplomat? Perhaps the same one where Hunter Biden was handsomely compensated for his oil and gas expertise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2022\/12\/28\/zelensky-sexologist-pyramid-schemer-ambassador-bulgaria\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine was long ago recognised as being one of the most corrupt nations in Europe. So you have to wonder why a comedian-turned-president appointed a sexologist pyramid schemer to such a high-ranking diplomatic position?  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":262999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Current_Affairs","category-ukraine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=262996"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":263000,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262996\/revisions\/263000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/262999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=262996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=262996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}