Padraig Martin (@PadraigMartin)

Interestingly, since Kiev has been tied up in a war within Ukraine, European populist political parties are gaining strength and winning elections. Sweden, Italy, and now Bulgaria all elected conservative parties. Kiev was the headquarters for almost every subversive American political manipulation operation in Europe - from George Soros' Open Societies Foundation to John McCain's brain-child, the International Republican Institute. These organizations largely fled at the beginning of the war and since that has happened, nearly every national populist party has gained strength in Europe. Even AfD in Germany and NP in Ireland have gained polling strength in the past six months.