[eleni121]

I'm sick of hearing his name too but there it is in black and white and I will not ignore it. But that's only one of the problems. The "Changeling" has certainly been changing recently. Yushchenko served in Kuchma's govt during the monetary fiascos and thieveries. So what makes him such a nice guy all of a sudden?

Not buying this.

[Timedrifter]

Its just two rival groups of crooks battling it out for power from everything I have read. Whoever finally gets in power will certainly be a dissapointment to almost everyone except those who financially benefit.

As somebody who travels to that part of the world four times a year I do want to point out some facts about the lay of the land. The average income in Russia is over twice that of Ukraine. The city of Moscow with 10 million people, almost has the same GDP as the entire Ukraine of 47 million. There are hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians who go to Russia every year to find work. Many of them work in the contruction industry. On many of the projects I personally worked on I would say Ukrainians made up about 30% of the workforce. Ukraine to Russia at the current time is in a way like Mexico to the United States, but Ukraine has a lot of potential with an educated population and excellent ports.