Stories about Ukraine from February, 2010
Ukraine: Yanukovych Campaign Ad in Crimean Tatar
LJ user indrih posts a copy of Victor Yanukovych's campaign ad in the Crimean Tatar language and explains (RUS): “Next to Yanukovych's last name are the words ‘light’ and ‘kindness,’ next to Tymoshenko's last name – ‘darkness’ and ‘evil.’ ‘This is the difference between them,’ is written underneath this comparative...
Ukraine: “The Perfect Pickle”
Irina Leonenko shares the story of “her mother's quest for the perfect pickle” at The Pickle Project.
Ukraine: Changes to Election Law
Foreign Notes comments on the last minute changes to election law in Ukraine: “It seems to me any attempts to change the rules half way through any competition, even sporting, should be treated with the greatest of suspicion.”
Ukraine: “If Google Were a State-Owned Company…”
A Lviv-based blogger mocks Ukrainian state bureaucracy and red tape, describing what it would take to do a Google search if Google were a Ukrainian state-owned company. Most readers find the parody hilarious, albeit a bit scary and a bit sad - because is is so close to truth.
Ukraine: Citizen Activists vs Illegal Construction
Citizen activists tore down a fence at yet another illegal construction site in downtown Kyiv: 25 photos, as well as earlier updates (UKR) – here and here – atDerybanu.net.
Ukraine: Presidential Election Roundup
Tetyana Vysotska of What's Up, Ukraine? and Leigh Turner, UK Ambassador to Ukraine, post their “guesstimations” for the outcome of the Feb. 7 presidential election; Tammy Lynch of Jamestown Foundation Blog writes about a raider attack on the printing company “responsible for producing ballots” and the Feb. 1 TV debate...
Ukraine: Crimean Tatar Newspapers Going Offline
Window on Eurasia writes about the gradual disappearance of the online editions of Crimean Tatar newspapers.
