tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086033.post116915839266825885..comments2023-11-05T13:07:03.784+02:00Comments on foreign notes: Speculation in the wake of recent eventsScott W. Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04047386631227542689noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086033.post-1169333442809739332007-01-21T00:50:00.000+02:002007-01-21T00:50:00.000+02:00So do you think the PoR discipline will prevent mo...So do you think the PoR discipline will prevent more heads rolling as a result of this very suspicious mess...<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't believe any of their fabricated story and so it seems hard to me for the PoR idealists/nondonestkyis to do so, as well...<BR/>dlwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086033.post-1169324564078974402007-01-20T22:22:00.000+02:002007-01-20T22:22:00.000+02:00Thanks for the comments. I thought it odd that aft...Thanks for the comments. <BR/><BR/>I thought it odd that after a long Christmas break which ended after the Orthodox Christmas day on 7th January, senior politicians would still be taking more R&R, particularly as PM Yanukovych was out of the country in Turkey on an important visit. <BR/><BR/>Yes PoR are disciplined. They are run according to one observer, 'by the rules of the zona - i.e. prison inmate rules'. They have a clear strategy which they are following remorsely, and have a strong financial base for making pay-offs. Their political foes are hopelessly split, and the president, is seems to me, is compromised. [See Taras Kuzio's latest blog on this http://blog.taraskuzio.net/ ] Hence BYuT's desperate efforts to get early VR elections called.<BR/><BR/>There are slight fissures in PoR between the idealists of whom Kuchnaryov was one, and the pragmatic oligarchs and their mouthpieces eg Rayisa Bohatyrova.<BR/><BR/>Kushnaryov's death means that PoR will be even more a Donetsk-based party. He always worked hard to protect the interests of the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, so his loss will be felt by local businessmen who have now lost their most powerful patron at the highest levels of Ukrainian government.LEvkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01000312831734960442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086033.post-1169206321838699242007-01-19T13:32:00.000+02:002007-01-19T13:32:00.000+02:00In ans. to the ques. What was he doing on a huntin...In ans. to the ques. What was he doing on a hunting trip, ... <BR/>I would say that he was out for R&R. As for PoR, it actually was not a political crisis. It has been an ongoing situation for weeks now and from the point of view of PoR they were holding the winning hand and just waiting for it to play out. K's death has changed the game quite considerably and would say that his death has initiated a crisis. <BR/><BR/>So far PoR like a juggernaut has been maintaining the upper hand even with Moroz doing side deals and glitches like Pres. veto. What most impresses me re: PoR is the ability to overcome obstacles. From being the opposition to being to being in govt. From not having 300 votes, now they do. In such a SHORT span of time. Theirs is a "learning" organizational culture which ensures that any stratagem tried against them, will be countered in future. (And it really terrifies me as they are so darn effective. Who exactly is the brains of the operation?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086033.post-1169205325786235712007-01-19T13:15:00.000+02:002007-01-19T13:15:00.000+02:00LEvko your wide range of sources esp. Internet sit...LEvko your wide range of sources esp. Internet sites for news are really amazing and impressive! Kudos to you for being in the loop - most people just know Mirror Weekly and UA Pravda. <BR/><BR/>No surprise re: conspiracy theories surrounding his death. I just hope that this leads to every single big shot donating funds and checking out the facilities at their local hospital with an end to upgrade and improve as they should not trust that there will be time or the possibility to air lift to Germany or Austria. (Know not for whom the bell tolls, etc.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086033.post-1169174825637666852007-01-19T04:47:00.000+02:002007-01-19T04:47:00.000+02:00Well, it sounds like a grand coalition between PoR...Well, it sounds like a grand coalition between PoR and NSNU would squeeze out the Communists and maybe the Socialists and be preferable to the status quo.<BR/><BR/>Its tragic, but somehow I doubt being in a position of political power lets one keep one's hands clean and those that live by the gun will more likely die by the gun.<BR/><BR/>dlwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com