[Kozak]

We were in the Ukraine after the fall of the Iron curtain. The same communists who controlled Ukraine while the USSR was in power have been in control since; something the Ukrainians despaired about. Reporters who dared to publish articles against the government or exposing corruption or communist ties went missing. This was AFTER the fall of the Iron Curtain. This election is the Ukrainians chance to clean out the commies and corruption and begin again with good people, who are real pro-Western conservatives. Ukraine would be an ally like Poland if they can succeed in changing the government. This is why the people are marching; they know the communist hard-liners are trying to stay in power illegitimately.

Exactly. The bastards just changed hats in 1991 replacing the Red Star for the Tryzyb, but still being the same mafia installed by the Soviets. The problem in almost all of the old Soviet Union is no REAL revolution occurred. No trials, no real reform, just a continous Kleptocracy. If there had been most of the current leadership would have been swinging by it's heels off of lampposts.

[Rocky Mountain Mama]

A simple explanation of what is going on:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1287167/posts

Read the first post, by Dick Morris analyzing the vote. Ethnic Russians voted for Putin's guy; ethnic Ukrainians, 60% of the pop, voted for Yushchenko, who is trying to break Ukraine away from Moscow's domination.