Ukraine president dissolves parliament

Financial Times ^ | April 2 2007 | Roman Olearchyk

[A. Pole]

Orange Revolution bump

[C210N]

Considering the recent treasonous actions by 'Rats, an interesting model to fantasize about here. I reject it because it would break things more than it would fix them... but interesting to fantasize about nonetheless.

[HawaiianGecko]

Ukraine president dissolves parliament

This makes me envision another amendment.

[Grzegorz 246]

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[JoeSixPack1]

It is happening here, just in reverse. :(

[kronos77]

I just hate revolutions.
You never know who is going to win.

[Centurion2000]

Mr Yanukovich’s allies warned that dissolving parliament "illegally" could split Ukraine on an east-west axis, between in Ukrainian and Russian speaking halves.

so let them split ....

East Ukraine will be absorbed by Russia. West Ukraine melds with Poland and becomes Ruthenia again.

[Ciexyz]

Most interesting.

[RusIvan]

It will be fun:). Ukraine may split up to 2 or 3 parts.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Yulia Timoshenko will step in here and do a deal with Yuschenko to freeze out the pro-Russian elements.

If they can keep corruption down to a dull roar, they have a good chance to move forward.

[Jimmy Valentine]

"East Ukraine will be absorbed by Russia. West Ukraine melds with Poland and becomes Ruthenia again"

I don't think so. Ukrainians have a very independent streak which has grown since partition. In spite of a strong Russo descendant population in some parts, very few really want to tie themselves to Russia again.

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

You haven’t talked to many Ukrainians. Ukrainians remember the Polish-Lithuanian Confederation that dominated Western Ukraine for three hundred years. I have not met one yet that would seek Polish union.

[romanesq]

Pretty interesting and ironic that a younger nation so much more so than our republic is able to act against those within who seek to usurp and commit treason against the nation.

Ironically at the same time this occurs, the US has the head of Congress going to the ME to conduct its own self-declared foreign policy.

It seems in Ukraine, breaking the rules has consequences, unlike the treason enabling representatives here who can call upon the media as their stalwart allies.

[instantgratification]

That will never happen. It’s a wet dream of Russian nationalists but, excluding the Crimea, the majority of Ukrainians do not want to become part of Russia. That includes Eastern Ukraine. Western Ukrainians are also not exactly enamored of Poland. Go read the history boards at ukraine.com to get a flavor of their feelings.

Ukrainians believe they have more democracy in Russia.

[instantgratification]

oops - that should read “than Russia”.

[Centurion2000]

You haven’t talked to many Ukrainians. Ukrainians remember the Polish-Lithuanian Confederation that dominated Western Ukraine for three hundred years. I have not met one yet that would seek Polish union.

Actually I know a lot of Ukrainian women (friends of the wife) BUT I've never talked politics with any of them.

Ya'll probably know better on this one.

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

A lot of people from the former SU (in particular from Russia, Belarus and Ukraine) seem to be apolitical. I think when you live under a political repressive regime that once mass murdered dissidents and later threw them into mental hospitals or in Siberian prisons, you learn not to be political. I think this is somewhat different in the Baltics, Poland or former satellite states, where the people always chafed under the hell of the SU.

[instantgratification]

I think you are very wrong. Ukrainians are very political, and always have been. Voter turnout in the last election was 75% (compared to 42% in the US).

Those who emigrate, for the most part, are those who have given up on their society. They aren’t representative of the populace as a whole.

There is a certain sense of resignation, in terms of how society changes, but all of these countries have gone through massive changes in a very short time span.

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

There may be a difference with the younger generation. I still believe that you find more Americans passionate about politics than are Russians, Ukranians and Belarussians.