Posted on 11/29/2004 8:04:34 PM PST by derheimwill
My translation: "Will the Ukraine split? [snip] ...The voters [of Donetsk]will decide this coming Sunday, whether the region should change it's status to that of an autonomous republic withing the Ukraine..."
(Eye roll.)
No, a new Slovakia.
Back in 1992/93 Slovakia wanted to separate from the Czech side of Czechoslovakia. Czechs were p.o.ed. The government had dumped lots of money into heavy industry in Slovakia; the Slovaks were convinced they'd prosper, leaving the Czechs behind. Of course, the Czechs were no slouches, and were Czech.
After independence and they discovered that in their haste they were left with brand new *obsolete* heavy industry. Their economy tanked; their main trading partners were other E. European countries, esp. Russia/Ukraine.
The wonders of communism ...
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