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Regular readers know that I have a soft spot for the Ukrainians. Unfortunately, ever since their triumphal Orange Revolution in 2005, they have done nothing but trample all over my hopes for the political development of their country. The latest in this respect came on Tuesday when a judge sentenced former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko… Read more.
What has transpired over the past five years in the Second-World country of Ukraine should disabuse anyone of the notion that terminally dysfunctional governments exist only in the Third World. Here are a few excerpts from a September 24, 2008, commentary entitled Update on my favorite ex-communists: the Ukrainians that should explain why: I officially declare the coalition… Read more.
Russian President Vladimir Putin made Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko an offer he could not refuse: he told Yushchenko that if Ukraine’s 47 million “orange revolutionaries” wanted to continue receiving gas from Russia to cook their food, heat their homes and drive their cars, they would have to pay four times as much for it. When… Read more.
