Archive for November, 2004

The parliament annulled the decision to consider the election undemocratic and hold the Central Election Commission responsible (232 deputies out of 440 voted for it).
Lytvyn’s project to force the prime minister, his government, prosecutor general and the separatist governors to resign didn’t pass either: only 196 deputies voted in its favor.

The parliament annulled the decision to consider the election undemocratic and hold the Central Election Commission responsible (232 deputies out of 440 voted for it).
Lytvyn’s project to force the prime minister, his government, prosecutor general and the separatist governors to resign didn’t pass either: only 196 deputies voted in its favor.

The parliament annulled the decision to consider the election undemocratic and hold the Central Election Commission responsible (232 deputies out of 440 voted for it).
Lytvyn’s project to force the prime minister, his government, prosecutor general and the separatist governors to resign didn’t pass either: only 196 deputies voted in its favor.

I’ve missed what they’re trying to vote or not to vote for in the parliament now, but when I got to the TV room, there was a bunch of the opposition parliamentarians having a very heated argument with the speaker, Volodymyr Lytvyn.
Lytvyn was ordering them to take their seats, and at one point he said [...]

I’ve missed what they’re trying to vote or not to vote for in the parliament now, but when I got to the TV room, there was a bunch of the opposition parliamentarians having a very heated argument with the speaker, Volodymyr Lytvyn.
Lytvyn was ordering them to take their seats, and at one point he said [...]

I’ve missed what they’re trying to vote or not to vote for in the parliament now, but when I got to the TV room, there was a bunch of the opposition parliamentarians having a very heated argument with the speaker, Volodymyr Lytvyn.
Lytvyn was ordering them to take their seats, and at one point he said [...]

The Guardian has an opinion piece on John Laughland – PR Man to Europe’s Nastiest Regimes, by David Aaronovitch. Finally someone other than the readers is saying how pathetic the guy is.
Laughland’s great strength is that he sees what no one else in the west seems to. Where reporters in Kiev, including the Guardian’s own [...]

The Guardian has an opinion piece on John Laughland – PR Man to Europe’s Nastiest Regimes, by David Aaronovitch. Finally someone other than the readers is saying how pathetic the guy is.
Laughland’s great strength is that he sees what no one else in the west seems to. Where reporters in Kiev, including the Guardian’s own [...]

The Guardian has an opinion piece on John Laughland – PR Man to Europe’s Nastiest Regimes, by David Aaronovitch. Finally someone other than the readers is saying how pathetic the guy is.
Laughland’s great strength is that he sees what no one else in the west seems to. Where reporters in Kiev, including the Guardian’s own [...]

Volodymyr Lytvyn, speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament, said today that there exists anti-Ukrainian conspiracy: the pro-government TV channels, before and during the election, were showing graphics in which Ukraine was divided into three parts, ranked regionally. “What else other than zombifying is it?” Lytvyn asked as he spoke about how the media had been [...]




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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
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    • 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
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    • 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
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