MOSCOW — "The Ukrainian government is taking some of the sternest measures in the world against the spread of the swine flu virus, ordering schools nationwide to close for three weeks, banning public gatherings and imposing restrictions on travel...The virus is spreading across Eastern Europe, but it was not clear why Ms. Tymoshenko chose to undertake stronger moves, like closing schools nationwide, than her counterparts in Russia and Poland.
There were indications, however, that the government's response was being influenced by electoral politics. Ms. Tymoshenko, one of the leading candidates, and her bitter rival, President Viktor A. Yushchenko, who is far behind in opinion polls in his bid for re-election, both sought to make clear that they were aggressively addressing the outbreak...On Friday, Mr. Yushchenko criticized Ms. Tymoshenko, saying that he had ordered an inquiry into why the country was not, in his opinion, prepared."
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/world/europe/01ukraine.html
SHOCK! Epidemic of pneumonic plague in Ukraine? (updated at 05:39 pm)
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Thanks for alerting me here, for I no longer check my pings, seems that I run out of go power, before I get to them.
Interesting thread, hard to tell what is really going on, with the election coming up, we will be getting a messed up version of the news.
Russia does not support the President of Ukraine, unless my memory is gone, he was poisoned during the last election, to keep him out of office, for Russia wants to control Ukraine and all of the Soviet Union again.
The Russian supporters there, are Russians that were moved to Ukraine, thousands of them, to do just that, ruin the real citizens elections, much as we are experiencing with the illegals coming across our borders and affecting our elections.