First time?

That was the news that hit my brain. I saw news that I never expected. You see, apart from a CIA caper it had in 1981 with their secret agent Condorman against the Russian KGB, Monaco has been blissfully quiet. So, when I got the news hours ago, I was actually shocked. A place where news like ‘Tom Jones, Seal and Marcus Miller head the bill as Jazz à Juan returns for its 65th edition’ gets the front page. It got news on terrorism and as far as I know it is the first time this ever happened (Condorman merely destroyed a few Russian Speedboats, so that might have been in international waters). The news which gives us ‘Police hunt for suspect after three wounded in Monaco blast’ (source: Al Jazeera) and what we do know is that “Ukrainian oligarch reported to be among injured in explosion at residential building in the Mediterranean principality.” And we also see “Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Yermolaiev was one of those wounded. Monaco’s Minister of State Christophe Mirmand initially told AFP that the blast appeared to be “an attack”, but later dropped the term, describing it as a “deliberate explosion”. A couple in their 50s or 60s suffered life-threatening conditions, while a 13-year-old who was “very likely related to the couple” suffered less serious injuries, Mirmand said, without disclosing their identities.” As it is a Ukrainian who was hit, the initial (speculative) vote goes to the Russians, which is mere speculation from me, but there is a lot I do not know about the oil markets, so the guilty party (who according to other newspapers) seems to have fled to France (which makes sense as Monaco is smaller or at best similar to New York City’s Central Park) so there are not that many places to hide. But there is a lot we do not know. What does matter that this person becomes a liability for whatever nationality he has and if he acted for someone, the country of that person will go against the person nearly instantly. Monaco is one if the few safe places where countries can have unofficial agreements and meet. That pretty much ends for the country that gets tainted with this. As I see it, it is the worst place to hit anyone. It is covered in CCTV systems has about 1 police officer per 10 civilians (someone gave me that number some time ago). Even from a distance, with a sniper rifle there is not a lot you can do in Monaco, perhaps the settings exist where you can set up a hit from France, but there are too many complications. Perhaps the best setting is when that person is on his yacht, but that is taking a chance. I see more complications that actual solutions and this bomb run seems to be the approach to someone instructing a simpleton with the promise that a caseload is awaiting (the second payment) if it is not done in bitcoin. I reckon that these people will be removed from life before the got to Nice (or Menton), my thought is that they were promised a boat awaiting at Sentiero du cap d’Ail, or perhaps even a train at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, but as I see it, these three people are done for. There is a reason that Monaco is left alone. Monaco has the most powerful people in the world with a vested interest in keeping this place a safe place and that was trampled on today. I reckon that phones are ringing all over the planet at present. And the longer they are on route, the more of a liability these people become. As such it is merely my view that these people will be dealt with promptly. 

As such I decided to look into him and he is Ukrainian born and got his economic degree at the Dnipropetrovsk College of Technology and Economics in 1987, what matters is that he is regarded as a Cypriot as of 2020, Iermolaiev is rated as the 23rd richest person in Ukraine by Focus. I reckon that he is on some global list, he is said to be the 12th person of independent means, estimated the revenue from the real estate as US$960–980 M (source: Forbes, 2022). This is also important, because he does not add up to ‘much’ in the global list, but that is no indication. When someone decides to bomb you, there is a reason, but I can’t see it (at present) and the location makes even less sense. As such I am not willing today that this has Russian origins, because from that Russia would endanger all Russian foothold it has there and according to numbers, the Russian community in Monaco currently exceeds 1,200 permanent residents and they might soon be forced to move to the UAE (if this attempt has Russian origins) when you consider this, these three people are now the largest liability ever to whomever is behind this. 

Is this all a given? No, it is not. I speculated a lot of this, not the Condorman setting, that was on Disney. 😛

But overall, I am shocked that Monaco would ever see this happen in its own streets. Have a great day today.