Zelenskyy transfers $50 million to foreign countries every month? What's the truth?
I believe everyone has seen this news, which claims that U.S. Congresswoman Anna Luna exposed that Zelenskyy transfers $50 million to a Saudi bank every month.
Many people, upon seeing the RT (Russia Today) logo, immediately say "This is Russian media spreading rumors." Actually, there's no need for that, because the original statement was indeed made by Anna Luna.
However, Anna Luna is not the first source of this claim. The so-called "Zelenskyy transfers $50 million to an Emirati bank every month" was first reported by a Turkish media outlet, "Aydinlik" (a daily newspaper of the Turkish Motherland Party).
Nevertheless, the original Turkish media article did not state "Saudi bank," but rather "Emirati bank," and it also revealed several bank account numbers allegedly belonging to Zelenskyy in the UAE (see Figure 2), but the authenticity of these accounts is difficult to verify.
Additionally, it cannot be said that Zelenskyy is completely innocent. Before the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Western media and NGOs referred to Zelenskyy as the "comedian president" and "corrupt authoritarian," and were keen on exposing his overseas assets.
For example, in 2021, the "Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project" claimed that members of Zelenskyy's offshore asset network, Sergey Shevryov and Andrey Yakovlev, purchased multiple high-value apartments in London worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, including one worth £1.5 million located just a few steps away from the UK Parliament's Westminster Palace.
Zelenskyy was accused of transferring companies registered under his name in the British Virgin Islands—according to the report, although Zelenskyy gave up his shares, the offshore company continued to pay dividends to another company under his wife's name.
It was only after the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict that Zelenskyy's reputation turned "positive" in the Western media landscape—not because he stopped being corrupt, but because the West needed Ukraine to fight against Russia.
Moreover, during these years of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, whenever Zelenskyy showed any sign of disobedience, Western media such as The New York Times would immediately bring up old allegations, implying they had evidence of Zelenskyy's corruption to warn him.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1845501176421456/
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