Archive for July, 2006

I’ve just noticed that the Ukrainian flag next to Stepan Bandera’s portrait and UNA-UNSO flag was upside down yesterday. How ironic.

I’ve just noticed that the Ukrainian flag next to Stepan Bandera’s portrait and UNA-UNSO flag was upside down yesterday. How ironic.

Had another quick run into the city with Mishah today; took nearly 90 photos at three maidanchyks – Yulia/Pora on Independence Square, Yulia/Pora in the park across the street from the Cabinet of Ministers, and Yanukovych/the Communists in the park near Rada.
Below is the picture of the guys down on Khreshchatyk – the one [...]

Had another quick run into the city with Mishah today; took nearly 90 photos at three maidanchyks – Yulia/Pora on Independence Square, Yulia/Pora in the park across the street from the Cabinet of Ministers, and Yanukovych/the Communists in the park near Rada.
Below is the picture of the guys down on Khreshchatyk – the one [...]

For those of you waiting for Yushchenko, Mishah saw him yesterday at the antiques market again.
He showed up late, when most were beginning to pack. His guards would’ve been indistinguishable from the rest of the crowd if it hadn’t been for their earpieces; most were so casual, they greeted sellers and the market’s guards [...]

For those of you waiting for Yushchenko, Mishah saw him yesterday at the antiques market again.
He showed up late, when most were beginning to pack. His guards would’ve been indistinguishable from the rest of the crowd if it hadn’t been for their earpieces; most were so casual, they greeted sellers and the market’s guards [...]

My yesterday’s translation for Global Voices, done in a great hurry in the middle of the night. The last episode – the Pora episode – isn’t about the Pora I voted for in March; if they had done what they did then, I would’ve never voted for them.
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Russia, Ukraine: Stories About Words
Below is the translation [...]

My yesterday’s translation for Global Voices, done in a great hurry in the middle of the night. The last episode – the Pora episode – isn’t about the Pora I voted for in March; if they had done what they did then, I would’ve never voted for them.
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Russia, Ukraine: Stories About Words
Below is the translation [...]

In the New York Times, a piece on Nabatiye, a town in Southern Lebanon, “eight miles north of the Israeli border,” now more of a ghost town – Empty Silence, Occasional Rocket Blasts, and Anger in a Bombed-Out Hezbollah Town.
One of the residents quoted in the piece is Jamal Allau, a medical doctor treating [...]

In the New York Times, a piece on Nabatiye, a town in Southern Lebanon, “eight miles north of the Israeli border,” now more of a ghost town – Empty Silence, Occasional Rocket Blasts, and Anger in a Bombed-Out Hezbollah Town.
One of the residents quoted in the piece is Jamal Allau, a medical doctor treating [...]




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    • Happy Thanksgiving to all my U.S. friends! 13 minutes ago
    • Transcarpathian TV: 3 channels; monthly salary UAH 1,000-1,500 ($120-$180); equipment scarce; politics abounds (UKR) http://bit.ly/7pvI7K 15 hours 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. 1 day 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) 1 day 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." 1 day 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 ... --> 1 day ago
    • U.S. political consultants in Ukraine, assisting Yushch, Yanuk, Yulia and Yatsenyuk: http://bit.ly/2lvtGm 1 day 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) 1 day 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) 2 days ago
    • Bookmarks restored. Nearly all of them. Hated to be reminded of how much I depend on technology. 3 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. 3 days ago
    • RT @skovalyov: Вера Ульянченко вышла на сцену и вручает медальки. Оранжевая КПСС. Идолы новые - традиции старые. #UOR5 3 days ago
    • Our Brezhnev of a president misnames Medvedev, while Saakashvili tries hard not to giggle (UKR) http://bit.ly/6O1TnY 5 days ago
    • Putin trying to impress Tymoshenko with his cab driver sense of humor (RUS) http://bit.ly/53JbUe 5 days ago
    • Global Voices Online - Russia: Blogging the Winter in Yakutia http://bit.ly/3SXULU 6 days 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
    • "Ukraine still has $28bn in foreign currency reserves" - FT, http://bit.ly/3aLryc (via ForeignNotes, http://bit.ly/gNXFe ) 1 week ago
    • I just don't get it: schools & theaters closed in Kyiv because of flu, but Junior Eurovision does take place, w/ Yulia as one of the guests 1 week ago