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Kuchma was ruling from 1994 to 2005.

In 1994 the economy of Poland was about 2X as big as Ukraine’s. By 2005 it was more than 3.5X larger. Ukraine didn’t do well at all under Kuchma when compared to their neigbours.

Every leader in the office during the recent economic crises got a lot of flak, much of it undeserved, and often the opposition was voted in during the next cycle. USA got Obama, France got Hollande and Ukraine got Yanukovich.

In addition to stealing massive amounts Yanukovich also undid the most important victory of the Orange Revolution. He used legal tricks and corrupt judges to abolish the 2004 constitution and ruled under post-Soviet one giving the president way too much power.

The Orange Revolution was a failure in no small measure than because of the 2004 constitutional changes which created political gridlock and government dysfunction. Those changes and the way they were enacted were criticized at the time, both within Ukraine and by the West. Yulia Tymoshenko was an outspoken critic of the 2004 Constitution prior to her election at President.

Ukraine needs a new Constitutional order, but is unlikely to get one anytime soon. The February 21st agreement negotiated by the old goverment, the opposition leaders, Russia, and Europe was the road map to Ukraine's future, but that document was tossed aside by the puppet fascists before the ink on their signatures was dry.

In 1994 the economy of Poland was about 2X as big as Ukraine’s. By 2005 it was more than 3.5X larger. Ukraine didn’t do well at all under Kuchma when compared to their neigbours.

How very statistical of you. Now I wonder if you can do the same trick again, this time comparing Ukraine to Ukraine.

Every leader in the office during the recent economic crises got a lot of flak, much of it undeserved, and often the opposition was voted in during the next cycle.

So... the recession is the reason Yushenko banned the export of grain? The recession is the reason Tymoshenko renationalized the gas industry? And let's not even talk about the blatant theft of gas meant for Poland and Germany. Those two turned out to be just a couple of big government socialists. That's why they are so popular in Western Europe. Both Yushenko and Tymoshenko have degrees in economics and knew perfectly well what harm their policies would cause, but they acted in their own political self-interests. Some revolution.