It looks like the gloves may have finally come off. Last night, one of the local channels broadcast a broadside from Our Ukraine directed at Party of the Regions. The gist of the half hour show? That the election roster of Party of the Regions contains people who have a serious criminal past. To readers of this blog, this will not be news. LEvko has been posting about this for weeks.
The thing about that program last night was that it was so compelling. It had the style of one of those expose shows in America and it was well done, complete with film footage. I had to keep looking down at the corner to see the Our Ukraine logo to remind me that it was a political commercial.
This is welcome to see. To call these guys shady would be understatement in the extreme. Some of them are just bad and they have a real chance to be elected to the country's Parliament.
HBO should start another series on the mob when the Sopranos ends. Call it, The Verkhovna Rada.
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any word on the street about whether "to kill Yuliya" is helping as well?
I'd like to hear more of what role civil society including religious organizations are playing in the election, given the prominent role they had during the Orange Revolution.
dlw
... helping as well?
Helping whom? what?
IMHO that is a pr piece for Yulia which is a brilliant move on her part and her team. Really pro. and probably beats the pants off the Republican campaign guy with Yanu's team. In fact, based on what I have read/seen the West could learn a thing a or two about campaigning from what is going in Ukraine.
Helping Ukraine remain more independent from Russia, economically and politically and to maintain gains in democracy, as Russia's lack of democracy has gotten worse recently.
Ukraine's independence is key to checking Russia's growing power/influence that is so concentrated and corrupting due to the fact it stems from oil/gas wealth.
dlw
Helping Ukraine remain more independent from Russia, economically and politically and to maintain gains in democracy, as Russia's lack of democracy has gotten worse recently.
Ukraine's independence is key to checking Russia's growing power/influence that is so concentrated and corrupting due to the fact it stems from oil/gas wealth.
dlw
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