Archive for February, 2007
Why Should We be Surprised That Luzhkov Does It Again?
Ukraine and Russia are again at loggerheads over a visit last week by Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov to the Crimea. Acting chairman of the Security Service Valentyn Nalyvaichenko complained about Luzhkov’s inappropriate and undiplomatic comments in three areas. First, his criticism of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s transfer of the Crimea to Ukraine in 1954. Second, […]
A Shameful Decision
Last year Donetsk oligarch Renat Akhmetov began to go public for the first time and to show a ‘human’ side to his public image. At a press conference he was asked what position he would like to have in the newly elected parliament to which he was elected for the fist time the Party of […]
Orange Opposition Gets Together, Again
The signing of an agreement on 6 February by Our Ukraine and the Yulia Tymoshenko bloc to work together is of course an important statement, in of itself (www.razom.org.ua). But, it has taken a long time in coming as Our Ukraine went into official opposition five months ago. Why has it taken so long to […]