· February, 2008

Stories about Ukraine from February, 2008

Russia, Ukraine: Bond Girls

  11 February 2008

Siberian Light posts “a brief rundown of every Russian Bond Girl, ever” – which includes at least one Ukrainian girl.

Russia, Ukraine: Comments on Internet Censorship, Uncensored

  8 February 2008

Fourteen uncensored comments to a piece on “closed internet” in Russia, by anonymous readers of a Ukrainian news site, translated by La Russophobe‘s David Essel: “These outpourings do not deserve analysis. The levels of stupidity, ignorance, rabid anger, bile and sheer viciousness are staggering and that is all one needs...

Ukraine: HIV/AIDS

  8 February 2008

Greetings From Kyiv reports: “Current statistics are that 1 in 70 Ukrainians are HIV positive and that this rate which is the highest in Europe is going to climb.”

Ukraine: Yushchenko's Secret Residence

  1 February 2008

Foreign Notes writes about president Yushchenko's residence in Koncha Zaspa: “It is never been seen by ‘lesser mortals’. There are no known official photographs this place. t was built by former president Kuchma, who now lives very comfortably just a few doors away in a newly-built prestigious dacha. […] The...