Archive for October, 2004

Exit poll results get updated regularly at the Ukrainska Pravda site: right now Yushchenko is leading in only one of the four polls, the anonymous one (44,1% vs 38,8%)…

Exit poll results get updated regularly at the Ukrainska Pravda site: right now Yushchenko is leading in only one of the four polls, the anonymous one (44,1% vs 38,8%)…

We voted at the former Pioneers’ House, where I used to take dancing classes as a kid. It went very fast and without any problems.
The list of the candidates was ridiculously long; posters with faces and bios of all 24 of them were on the walls – and the one of Yanukovych happened to [...]

We voted at the former Pioneers’ House, where I used to take dancing classes as a kid. It went very fast and without any problems.
The list of the candidates was ridiculously long; posters with faces and bios of all 24 of them were on the walls – and the one of Yanukovych happened to [...]

Maybe I’m just not used to Kyiv anymore, but it did feel so happy yesterday. Too happy. Maybe I’m paranoid, but it did seem as if people in the streets were trying real hard to make this happiness last, knowing perfectly well it wouldn’t survive past today’s vote.
I really hope nothing bad happens tonight.
One [...]

Maybe I’m just not used to Kyiv anymore, but it did feel so happy yesterday. Too happy. Maybe I’m paranoid, but it did seem as if people in the streets were trying real hard to make this happiness last, knowing perfectly well it wouldn’t survive past today’s vote.
I really hope nothing bad happens tonight.
One [...]

My compartment-mate was a very nice 40-year-old Ukrainian who had spent three years working in St. Pete. At some point at the beginning of the journey, he asked, ambiguously, if I was going to Kyiv to “support the besieged opposition” – and I, careful not to incite a political argument when we still had over [...]

My compartment-mate was a very nice 40-year-old Ukrainian who had spent three years working in St. Pete. At some point at the beginning of the journey, he asked, ambiguously, if I was going to Kyiv to “support the besieged opposition” – and I, careful not to incite a political argument when we still had over [...]

I’m in a suitcase mood – chemodannoye nastroyeniye: I’m leaving for Kyiv tonight. It’s a 24-hour train, so I bought myself some books a few days ago, but yesterday, instead of getting packed, I read one (loved it) and then a little bit of another (didn’t like it), and now I’m not sure what to [...]

I’m in a suitcase mood – chemodannoye nastroyeniye: I’m leaving for Kyiv tonight. It’s a 24-hour train, so I bought myself some books a few days ago, but yesterday, instead of getting packed, I read one (loved it) and then a little bit of another (didn’t like it), and now I’m not sure what to [...]




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    • The modem has somehow fixed itself. Hope it lasts. What a relief. 4 hours ago
    • Wifi modem died @ 4:30AM. Maybe it's for the better - I do need a break. But no internet means my backlog will grow. Feeling desperate... 9 hours ago
    • Happy Thanksgiving to all my U.S. friends! 20 hours ago
    • Transcarpathian TV: 3 channels; monthly salary UAH 1,000-1,500 ($120-$180); equipment scarce; politics abounds (UKR) http://bit.ly/7pvI7K 1 day ago
    • Same piece on U.S. spin doctors in Ukr, but a bit off-topic: Taras Kuzio is the only guy who's quoted saying "the Ukraine" - twice. Wild. 2 days ago
    • "So why go to New Jersey and lose for 100 grand when you [can] go to Peru and lose for a million?” (James Carville, Clinton's ex-strategist) 2 days ago
    • <-- ...a little bit damaging to your reputation. But if you go to Peru and you run a presidential race and you lose, no one knows or cares." 2 days ago
    • Here's why they are here: “If you help elect a president & then you get involved in a governor’s race & you lose, it’s going to be ... --> 2 days ago
    • U.S. political consultants in Ukraine, assisting Yushch, Yanuk, Yulia and Yatsenyuk: http://bit.ly/2lvtGm 2 days ago
    • Yulia, our Janus: after her fun chat w/ Putin, her MPs draft a bill to recognize UPA fighters as WWII combatants http://bit.ly/7GXKG4 (RUS) 2 days ago
    • So, 5 years since Maidan, we have a Putin-friendly Tymoshenko & a Yanukovych who's sort of critical of Putin :) http://bit.ly/08rYzbN (RUS) 3 days ago
    • Bookmarks restored. Nearly all of them. Hated to be reminded of how much I depend on technology. 4 days ago
    • Firefox has deleted my bookmarks overnight. All of them, damn it. Feels like coming back home to find that all your furniture is gone. 4 days ago
    • RT @skovalyov: Вера Ульянченко вышла на сцену и вручает медальки. Оранжевая КПСС. Идолы новые - традиции старые. #UOR5 4 days ago
    • Our Brezhnev of a president misnames Medvedev, while Saakashvili tries hard not to giggle (UKR) http://bit.ly/6O1TnY 6 days ago
    • Putin trying to impress Tymoshenko with his cab driver sense of humor (RUS) http://bit.ly/53JbUe 6 days ago
    • Global Voices Online - Russia: Blogging the Winter in Yakutia http://bit.ly/3SXULU 1 week ago
    • Not sure why, but I always compare Ukr/Rus $bn figures (e.g. Ukr's $28bn in reserves) to Khodorkovsky's pre-arrest $15bn personal fortune... 1 week ago