Stories about Ukraine from February, 2009
Ukraine: Grey Market Car Importers and the Customs
Petro of Petro's Jotter describes how Ukrainian customs officials benefit from the crisis and the “grey market premium car importers.”
Ukraine: “Pynzenyk Memo Divides Cabinet”
Ukrainiana writes about the reactions to “a written wake-up call from Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk that extrapolates current economic data and warns of an impending economic meltdown.”
Ukraine: MV Faina is Free
Eternal Remont reports on the release of the MV Faina crew by the pirates, “a deep discount” on the ransom paid – and the future of the ship's cargo: “T-72s and assorted weapons” to be delivered to “Sudan, er, ‘Kenya.’ Shipping weapons to Sudan would violate the U.N. arms embargo....
Ukraine: Kyiv Mayor's Traffic Violations
Kyiv mayor's car caught on video while driving in the opposite lane; cops can't agree on the violations that took place – Ukrainiana has more on this.
Ukraine: IMF “Problems”
Abdymok comments on the statement by the director of the IMF’s European Department: “you don’t have to be a genius to figure out that it’s a big risk to dole out billions of dollars to ukraine’s inept leaders. um, so . . . what, exactly, is the problem?”
Romania, Ukraine: Serpent Island Ruling
Antal Dániel of Central Europe Activ writes about the ruling in the Romanian-Ukrainian dispute over the Serpent Island.
Ukraine, U.S.: Pinchuk and the Clintons
Ukrainiana writes about the alleged connection between ex-president Kuchma's son-in-law and the Clintons.
Ukraine: Notes on the Economic Crisis
Anna Ershova writes about Ukraine's economic situation.
Bulgaria: Gas Dispute, Russophobes and Russophiles
Blogging Balkanistan points out a TOL piece by Boyko Vassilev on the reactions of Bulgarian “Russophobes” and “Russophiles” to the Russian-Ukrainian gas dispute.
