Oktubre 11, 2011

Remember the Orange Revolution in Ukraine and the rise of Yulia V. Tymoshenko?

"Yulia V. Tymoshenko, once one of Ukraine’s most powerful and popular politicians, was sentenced on Tuesday to seven years in prison, the culmination of a politically charged trial that could presage the end of the country’s short and often raucous experiment with democracy."

The NYT reports.

17 komento:

A. Shmendrik ayon kay ...

Those were the days, my friends, yes those were the days.

Chuck66 ayon kay ...

I still have a lot of reservations about Cain. He seems like a loose cannon and I don't like his 9-9-9 plan.

But, I may have to support him just to be entertained by the leftwing racism against Mr Cain. I see one prominate Democrat said Cain is smoking a "symbolic crack pipe". What next? Throw watermelons at him?

Carol_Herman ayon kay ...

Actually, Putin's back in charge.

The "orange revolution" didn't amount to a hill of beans!

And, soon the "arab spring" will pop into famine winter.

It's the slow way to go.

ricpic ayon kay ...

Quick, fellow Ukrainians, rush to the fields and harvest all the wheat before our eternal enemies the Rus gobble it all up!

Sigivald ayon kay ...

Linky brokey.

Bob Ellison ayon kay ...

Was it Yulia v. Tymoshenko in which the court instituted the "unignitable borscht" rule?

Saint Croix ayon kay ...

That really sucks. Here's the link.

sorepaw ayon kay ...
Naalis ng may-ari ang komentong ito.
Cedarford ayon kay ...

The problem was that democracy and crony capitalism soon meant "dismal economy and massive corruption".
Piles of Western scam artists coming in. Jews and "connected" mobsters from the UK, Romania, German banks hoping they could corner ownership in areas of resources and production and rival the Russian Oligarch networks.

We had our chance, and we blew it on seeing E Europe as a place for rapacious businessmen, make a buck quick con artists to try and plunder. By supporting the local corrupocrats.

Fred4Pres ayon kay ...

Putin has not marched into Ukraine...yet. But the Russians did do so in Georgia.

Fred4Pres ayon kay ...

I am sorry this happened to her. Not good news.

I do not want to make light of this, but I like her braids.

sorepaw ayon kay ...

Cedarford may not know that the present Jewish population of Russia is the smallest (in proportion to the total) in many centuries.

Of course, Cedarford won't be satisfied until it has reached 0%.

Insufficiently Sensitive ayon kay ...

The fate of Tymoshenko is what our resident lefties wished for Bush and Cheney. Thankfully the US observes a little more due process than Ukraine, despite Eric Holder's perversions of the Justice Department.

Cincinnatus ayon kay ...

Putin and the KGB gangsters doing mopup on taking over the former Soviet Union.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

Sorry about the bad link.

Fixed.

Known Unknown ayon kay ...

At least they held it in the world's smallest court room.

Methadras ayon kay ...

Another swept aside by the new red machine.

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