The massive Ukrainian flag unfurled across the Delaney Park Strip on Friday didn’t simply appear out of nowhere. It was part of a coordinated effort by outside groups that converged on Anchorage to influence the optics surrounding the high-stakes meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A Must Read Alaska review found that the pro-Ukraine protests downtown were not purely grassroots. Instead, they were bolstered by national organizations with long-standing ties to Ukraine advocacy, including Razom for Ukraine and United Help UA, some with historical connections to George Soros-backed initiatives and formerly funded by USAID.
Razom, a US-based nonprofit headquartered in New York City, confirmed that its team was on the ground in Anchorage. In a public post, Razom media advisor Ostap Yarysh said the group helped connect international journalists with members of Alaska’s Ukrainian community and assisted with media coverage of the protests.
The media was very cooperative and gave the protest massive coverage, just as planned by the Outside groups based in New York.
At the pro-America rally on Saturday, Razom representatives approached gubernatorial candidate Bernadette Wilson and told her that they were with “Norwegian media,” asking for an interview. As they left, they handed her a business card that had Razom’s name and logo on it.
The woman and the photographer had infiltrated the pro-America rally under the guise of “journalism.”
Razom’s CEO Dora Chomiak is a longtime pro-Ukraine leader whose nonprofit has become one of the most prominent voices for Ukraine in the United States. Under her leadership, Razom has raised more than $100 million in humanitarian and medical aid for Ukraine since Russia’s 2022 invasion. Much of their funding has come from USAID. TIME magazine named her to its 2024 TIME100 Health list for strengthening Ukraine’s health system during wartime.
Chomiak, a native New Yorker and Princeton graduate, worked in Kyiv for the Soros Foundation’s International Renaissance Foundation in the 1990s, helping launch independent media outlets during Ukraine’s transition from Soviet control. She later managed a $7 million US Agency for International Development (USAID) grant. Her professional background also includes roles at McGraw-Hill, Thomson Reuters, and other media and marketing firms.
Today, Razom’s reported assets approach $28 million.
Razom was not the only outside group behind Anchorage’s demonstrations. The enormous blue-and-yellow flag that stretched across downtown during the summit came from another nonprofit, United Help UA. Razom acknowledged the contribution on social media, writing: “One of the world’s largest Ukrainian flags flew up to #Anchorage today courtesy of our friends at @UnitedHelpUA. Some delegates are believed to be staying at the hotels downtown, and the international press corps has a view from above the near convention center.”
It’s likely that other signage and flags were provided by the same or like groups from outside the state.
Alternately, an Aug. 15, a pro-peace event took place in Anchorage, with Trump flags and American flags, all of which was an organic and locally organized event in contrast to the pro-war, pro-Ukraine events that had outside coordination.
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I remember when the leftist democrats were “standing up” for the ‘current thing’ against Uyghurs being genocided in China. Then the democrats in California gave the CPP a full on precession to celebrate their arrival.
Democrats swiftly gave up whatever was “so yesterday” when the Ukraine conflict became popular on mainstream.
This shows that the sheep of the democrat party only care about what their TV tells them. It amazes me the they listen to the likes of Racheal Maddow and The View as if they were the source of truth and not just vile rage baiting social engineering operatives.
I wouldnt be surprised at all if many of the people in attendance at the Ukraine flag event were also the same people who openly embraced the old USSR and rejected what Reagan attempted to do.
The Russians had a description for it ” useful idiot”
Anything but acknowledge that thousands of local Anchorage folk turned out to support Ukrainian sovereignty and oppose the welcoming of an indicted war criminal by our Felon-in-Charge to our shores