Rare lands, the secret clauses imposed by Trump in Zelensky: the Americans who will be enriched will not be taxed

While the eyes of the world were concentrated on the San Pietro loggia and on the Red Square of Moscow, a signal started from Kiev in the last few hours that even Volodymyr Zelensky did not even expect. It is not an open revolt towards the Ukrainian president or Donald Trump, after the signing of the agreement on minerals in the country in Washington a few days ago. It is rather a mass on the part of the Parliament of Kiev, the Verkhovna Rada: the clauses (for now) secret of that agreement concluded to the White House seven days They risk risking everything in question, if they have to impose a colonial twist to relations between the United States and Ukraine.

The colonial twist

Seven days ago, there had been a signature of the agreements between the Treasury Secretary Scott Besent and the Vice -premier of Kiev Yulia Svyrydenko between tensions until the last moment. The American delegation claimed that the Ukrainians would simultaneously accept three different agreements: the memorandum for a common corporate holding holding company on investments and the extraction of minerals in the country, a detailed regulation on the management of the new « partnership » fund and a third document whose content has never been announced. According to various reconstructions, The two parts came out of the impasse only thanks to some secret agreements in the style of the first half of the last century. The Memorandum General on minerals and investments was signed and published by Bessent and Svyrydenko for the ratification of Verkhovna Rada. But the two also concluded the other two agreements without making the contents known and without even admitting their existence.

Tensions before ratification

Hence the tensions before the ratification in the Parliament of Kiev, where in a few days they came from Washington rather precise rumors about what had happened. Verkhovna Rada has approved the Memorandum Kiev-Washington almost unanimously on May 8, but not even Zelensky and his majority party were able to avoid a precise warning. Reads the ratification resolution: «Any further agreement, necessary for the application of the agreement between the Government of Ukraine and that of the United States on the creation of a common fund of reconstruction and investment, cannot go beyond the provisions of this agreement itself and cannot create obligations of international law for Ukraine who are not already indicated and agreed in the established ways».

Conditions that become zero

In other words, the secret clauses imposed by the White House in Zelensky become Nulle and Caduche, for the Parliament of Kiev, if the conditions of the official compromise worsen for Ukraine. In the United States, the congress is systematically skipped by Trump in commercial policy and on much more, without any sign of rebellion. In Ukraine, it does not happen: not even the deputies of Sluga (« servant of the people »), Zelensky’s party, have accepted the president’s choices blank.

Income

It is not just a question of form, because already in the emerged part of the agreements some passages extend the shadow of exploitation of an essentially colonial nature on Ukraine. Not only will companies and citizens of the United States generate income in the country attacked by Russia in a totally exempted way: Kiev will not be able to impose any withdrawal on any American should enrich with lithium, graphite, cobalt, uranium, titanium, rare lands, natural gas, oil or Ukraine gold. Above all, strength reports within the United States-Ukraine States Investment Fund seem destined to move to Americans as military aid will continue in Kiev.

The joint company

The joint company will be born with equity investments in the capital, 50% in Kiev and 50% to US entities; However, a public agreement clause provides that any form of military assistance of Washington to the country in war – weapons, ammunition, technologies or even training to the army or local engineers – will count as further payment by American in the capital of the common fund. In essence, with the passage of time, the share of the United States will go up and the latter will find themselves in the majority in the taking of decisionsas well as in the distribution of dividends. Moreover, the new common fund will not only be limited to mineral deposits, but will have a pre -emption on any investment project in Ukraine; In essence, a large holding of the reconstruction managed directly by the White House is being born.

The reasons to sign

However, Zelensky and the Parliament of Kiev have at least two good reasons to sign and ratify the agreements, despite the extortion clauses and secret posts. First, Ukrainians consolidate the interest of Americans in the safety of their territory, in their independence from Russia and in continuing to provide military aid. In addition, the « common bottom » subtracts the mineral deposits from the Ukrainian oligarchs of the old post -Soviet generation, such as DMytro Firtash: subject to an American capture mandate, fugitive in Vienna for more than ten years, billionaire, Firtash has always controlled the licenses on Ukrainian lithium and now risks losing them. Perhaps in favor of new oligarchs from the United States, including Donald Trump’s friends and relatives.