Archive for May, 2009

Ukraine’s Orange Revolution Five Years On

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

http://www.e-ir.info/?p=1334 Ukraine will hold presidential elections in January 2010 that are likely to give the country a new president. Viktor Yushchenko, elected in January 2005 on the crest of the Orange Revolution, has only 3-4 percent support making it impossible for him to win a second term. He would therefore follow ...

Prison, revolution and reconciliation (The Guardian)

Monday, May 18th, 2009

Search: guardian.co.uk World news Web Prison, revolution and reconciliation Ukraine's PM, Yulia Tymoshenko, tells Jonathan Steele how friends have become foes – and vice versa Jonathan Steele The Guardian, Saturday 16 May 2009 It ...

The Yatseniuk Phenomenon

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

I have been undertaking research in Ukraine and one of the areas I have looked at is the "Yatseniuk phenomenon". This is what I have found so far. Most accept he is  backed by RosUkrEnergo co-owner Dmytro Firtash. One person said to me "Just look at Inter. He is on there ...

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