tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086033.post2373364771018553008..comments2023-11-05T13:07:03.784+02:00Comments on foreign notes: Has Yanukovych had enough of this democracy bollocks?Scott W. Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04047386631227542689noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086033.post-37941500319523789532013-11-04T10:59:13.185+02:002013-11-04T10:59:13.185+02:00The Yanukovych spin-doctors and lobbyists are now ...The Yanukovych spin-doctors and lobbyists are now twisting like the maggot on the hook over the "Tymoshenko issue". For more than two years they have repeatedly stated that the EU claims have just been "ritualistic" and that Tymoshenko will soon be forgotten. But as the Vilnius summit is approaching and Tymoshenko has not been forgotten, their desperation and confusion has increased almost day by day. Clearly, the prospect that the current regime may be forced to put an end to the practice of targeting political opponents and personal enemies of "the president" with kafkaesque show trials make them very nervous and sweaty. The priorities outlined by the spin-doctors are, no surprise, 1/ keep Tymoshenko in prison at all costs 2/ deny responsibility and blame Tymoshenko and the opposition if the Vilnius summit turns out a fiasco. That's why they suddenly come with all kinds of imaginative suggestions: a temporary "pause" in the politically motivated punishment in order to continue it later, possible convictions in other fake prosecutions of Tymoshenko "in absentia" etc. Meanwhile "the president" appears remarkably indifferent, he has not even bothered to comment the appeal for pardoning Tymoshenko by Cox-Kwasniewski. Is he not aware of it? Does he not understand it? Maybe he is just busy ordering new golden taps to his bathroom. After three years of spectacular mismanagement in practically every field of politics, Ukraine is now close to bankruptcy. And the fate of the nation is in the hands of a weak-minded person who is only interested in the enrichment of himself and his family. Bernardnoreply@blogger.com