Word: ukrainians
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...Many prominent Ukrainian business figures agree that Yushchenko mustn't go too far. "This country is moving toward Europe," says Olexandr Tkachenko, a business manager and TV producer who supported Yushchenko's orange revolution. "People do not live in Europe if they do not follow certain sets of rules. It means such rules must be created here." Some think the entire scheme is just so much hot air. "I expect all this talk of reprivatization to fizzle out in a couple of weeks," says Volodymyr Rybak, a senior official in the Party of Regions run by Yushchenko's political opponent...
...Stalin--cultivator of lemon trees and roses, author of sweet, private kindnesses, a man who proudly displayed his piles of fresh, clean underwear (which he boasted he changed every day!). After Hiroshima, Stalin reflected, "War is barbaric, but using the Abomb is a superbarbarity." This from the man whose Ukrainian famine killed some 10 million, the impresario of the Great Terror, the man who, after Russian soldiers had raped some 2 million women across East Prussia and Germany, asked, "What is so awful about [a soldier's] having...
Shortly before Viktor Yushchenko announced that Yuliya Tymoshenko was his choice for Prime Minister, Ukraine's President met with his controversial political ally and gave her a simple message. Tymoshenko would have to work hard to overcome the dislike and mistrust many Ukrainians, especially in the Russian-speaking east, feel for her; she'd have to win over opposing factions in parliament; and she'd have to do it on her own. "Viktor told her she must address people's concerns, starting with parliament," says Oleg Rybachuk, a Yushchenko confidant and M.P. for his Our Ukraine party who will soon...
...botching the reforms, then ordered pensions raised. But pensioners are threatening bigger protests in February when a second wave of reductions kicks in. And this week, Putin is expecting a visit from the man to whom he "lost" Ukraine: Viktor Yushchenko, who was set to be sworn in as Ukrainian President last weekend despite Putin's very public support for his Kremlin-friendly opponent, Viktor Yanukovych...
...about who should be Person of the Year. The Iraq war got its share of attention with nominations for "the brave soldiers and innocent victims who have perished in the Iraqi conflict." There was a concerted letter-writing campaign for Viktor Yushchenko, who finally succeeded in winning the disputed Ukrainian presidential election. His supporters praised him as "a prime example of someone who is truly fighting for democracy." A Salt Lake City, Utah, reader had this idea: "A better choice would have been the American people. We weathered the election, went back to work and did so without a civil...