Maidan

Myroslava Svystovych is presently appealing against both the untoward circumstances of her removal from office as Mayor of Irpin (Kyiv region) and against what she and other independent observers have suggested were serious violations of electoral procedure during the new elections

Three years ago I took part in a 1 May gathering of democratically-minded people on Lubyanka in Moscow. A particularly democratically-memorable, moving, etc, etc and yet again etc moment was when equally democratically-minded people from SPS (Union of Right Forces) and from Yabloko both spoke of the need to unite against the attack on democracy.

The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church of North and South America and the Diaspora (UAOC) cautioned members of parliament from further destabilizing the country and giving Moscow more satisfaction and political opportunities to exploit.

We launch the present initiative, addressing to all relevant bodies to support civil society involvement in the process of democratization of the Transdnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova, and reaffirm our commitment to the following principles:

Chrystyna’s only chance to hear and to live a normal life is to have a “cochlear implant”. As the optimal time for such implant is 3 years, and being nearly 4 years old, any delay will negatively influence the result.

Harrowing scenes of third world desperation, as the youngest and fittest secured what little food and drinking water was available.  Reports of armed gangs scouring the streets, pictures of unburied dead and the lingering threat of water borne disease. As if a war ravaged part of Africa had somehow been lifted and transported to part of the United States.

I have been watching it live from Ukraine for almost 8 months now and until recently, when someone spoke Russian in an interview or during a press conference, UT 1 let it sound in the language of the speaker.

I can only attribute your the recent honorary awards to Yanukovych’s
“cronies” to perhaps a “burn out or overworked state” and I hope that
somehow these awards slipped by you accidentally as you may not aware
of the gravity and danger of these awards to Ukraine!

In the past five years, Organized Crime Division of Kharkiv had been 'sick and very dangerous' to the public at large, testimony to which were the words of Mr. Volodymyr Stretovych, Chairman of the Committee ('In recent years Kharkiv was leading in the number of complaints to the Committee on actions of this special unit'), those of Governor Arsen Avakov (during the campaign his communications were wiretapped and his person under surveillance by Division's officers)and many business people.

(to be continued)

Dear Oksana,
Jeff is absolutely correct regarding our commitment to invest in Ukraine. With God Almighty as my witness, and to Whom I will eventually answer, no mafia, no corruption, whether at street level or highest levels of government, will compromise our efforts.