Dmitry Medvedev’s open letter attacking Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko Backfires

Kyiv Post ^ | August 20 ,2009 | Staff

[mick]

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s open letter and Aug. 11 video blog attacking Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko turned out to be a PR windfall for Ukraine, judging from international reaction...Many outside of Russia – and some within -- sided with Ukraine and Yushchenko. "The language [of Medvedev] was reminiscent of [former Soviet leader] Leonid Brezhnev in its detachment from reality,” wrote Anders Aslund, author of “How Ukraine Became A Market Economy and Democracy,” in an Aug. 17 opinion piece published by the Financial Times.

[mick]

Reminds me of Putin in 2004 sticking his KGB nose into the Ukraine election. Which gave the Orange Revolution the push it needed to win. As the article states, the Russians just don't know how to handle their former slave states who are now free,independent,and democracies. Only the stupid and arrogant Russian leadership could make Yushchenko popular with the Ukrainian people again. Go figure!

[nkycincinnatikid]

Medvedev seems like a kinder gentler type guy than Putin. At least so far no evidence that he has attempted to assasinate Yushchenko.