I had a long update done, but Hosting Matters chose that moment to drop again, and I lost it. It may be me dropping Hosting Matters in the near future. . .
- Yanukovych's spokesman says there is a near-100% chance that they'll submit their complaint to the Supreme Court tomorrow.
- According to the General Prosecutor's office, the Social Dems (Medvedchuk), Regions Party (Yanukovych) and a Moscow-aligned Russian Orthodox group spent 10.6 million grivnas (about $2 million) on 125 special trains to ferry Yanukovych-supporters around Ukraine for multiple voting.
- There are now 18 tents in the center of Donetsk, in hopes of a Blue Revolution. That makes about as much sense as rioters burning down their own neighborhood. The government offices are all in Kiev, so why should it bother Yushchenko if they close down the Square in Donetsk?
- There's a major movement organizing to have Yushchenko nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
- Two smaller pro-Yushchenko parties are speaking against forming a large, unified party. Instead they want to run as separate parties grouped in a bloc for the 2006 elections.
- Russia's Defense Minister, Sergei Ivanov, says that Russia is ready to work with the newly appointed Ukrainian leadership, and that the election is in the past.
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Posted by: Michael Bates at janvier 14, 2005 08:41 AMHey Discoshaman,
I am an online journalist from Estonia. In this post you say, "According to the General Prosecutor's office, the Social Dems (Medvedchuk), Regions Party (Yanukovych) and a Moscow-aligned Russian Orthodox group spent 10.6 million grivnas (about $2 million) on 125 special trains to ferry Yanukovych-supporters around Ukraine for multiple voting."
Can you provide me with an url to either English or Russian language news story that talks further about this issue? I tried looking from Google and Yahoo News, but so far I've seen only news from last year that the probe into this issue was launched.
So, if you have an url to a story about this statement by General Prosecutors Office, I'd be very grateful.
Thanks in advance.
Posted by: Sten at janvier 14, 2005 10:53 AMSten-
Here you go -- The link! Nice to have you here, by the way.
Michael-
Thanks for the tip. I'm hoping not to have to, but the drops are bugging me.
Posted by: Discoshaman at janvier 14, 2005 12:20 PMI can't figure out whether a Yushchenko Peace Prize would restore credibility to the Peace Prize, or harm Yushchenko's credibility.
/cynicism
Posted by: pentamom at janvier 14, 2005 04:39 PMBesides Yushchenko, possibly being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, I'd include the Ukrainian people as well for finally standing up for their rights!
Posted by: Roma Boiko at janvier 14, 2005 07:28 PMI have no faith that the Nobel Prize folks will make the right decision.
Some past winners
2002 Jimmy Carter
2001 United Nations, Kofi Annan
1994 Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin
eh... not sold.
pentamom and rox-
Couldn't agree with you more. . .
Roma-
Good to see you! You're absolutely right. A million people gathering without violence and turning back repression. Extraordinary.
Posted by: Discoshaman at janvier 14, 2005 09:49 PMHere, here! The orange-tinted Ukrainians for the Peace prize!!
Posted by: Joe St at janvier 14, 2005 10:50 PMRox: don't forget Hank Kissinger, 1973!
Posted by: Michael at janvier 15, 2005 07:02 PM