To those who crossed the Dnipro in 1943 and died trying.
What good is democracy without 360 degree feedback?
It takes balls to play snowballs with the state, considering how it can always play nightsticks with you.
Maybe that little opposition rally did get its point across after all?
While some not-so-opposition MPs sucked it up, Tymoshenko strongly opposes such non-violent snowball protests. In a country where MPs, officials and cops beat, mutilate and kill people on a regular basis, isn't it a bit too much to ask?
Obviously, not for the Tymoshenko part of the establishment. Wait, wasn't it Tymoshenko's top brass and then-Interior Minister Lutsenko that defended — and even wanted to award — MP Lozynsky? Until it became clear that, contrary to earlier reports, this guy — one of their guys — had hunted and killed an innocent villager?
Maybe they all like democracy? But not if democracy doesn't like them back?
Sources:
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/237759/regionaly_tushki_i_lyashko_serezno_postradali_ot_snejnoyi_ataki_pod_radoyi_video
http://censor.net.ua/video_news/237731/regionalov_pod_vr_vstretili_krikami_ganba_i_zabrosali_snejkami_video
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2013/04/2/6987114/
http://5.ua
Earth to Washington! Earth to Brussels!
No matter how much they oppose each other, no matter how much they pay their lobbyists, the truth is out there. Over-reliance on oligarchs and elites that lack grassroots support only takes you so far.
For there was never a story sadder than that of Romeo and Juliet.
Happy Easter! Party of Regions, Ukraine.
Happy Easter! Joy, peace of mind, God's blessing!
Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine.
Yuli♥
ReVOLYUtsia
Ukrayini!
Freedom for Yulia
Revolution for Ukraine! (creative embed/"she's Ukraine"-style wordplay)
Grand coalition? Anyone?
Well, there's always stadium, street, whoretel (and a football too).
Sources:
http://life.pravda.com.ua/society/2012/04/17/100686/
Better than I thought.
And here's Kyiv three decades ago.
Is it any accident that the world's most beautiful women live in Kyiv?
Well, as a Kyivan, I can't argue with that, hehe:)
Sources:
http://life.pravda.com.ua/society/2012/03/1/97099/
http://www.travelersdigest.com/beautiful_women_2.htm
Last October, they messed with Putin. Now they're messing with his partners.
“Switch on your mind!” “Tymoshenko and Yanukovych, same shit!”
That's all it takes for Tymoshenko fans to side with the police. The same police that used force to disperse their rally.
As Tymoshenko fans in the EU are going into police mode, Yanukovych has said that the final say rests with the Court of Appeals. Which probably means she'll let her go. Who doesn't need a safe retirement plan?
The EU will be fine with that. Who doesn't need low transit rates and stability?
But there's one problem. The Ukrainian people might feel a little different about this whole gas-stability thing.
Sources:
http://femen.livejournal.com/174237.html
http://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2011/10/11/6654310/
I play, you pay.
If you think Ukraine’s richer Turkey, think again. We’re richer than Germany!
Olympic (Kyiv, 68,000 seats): €435M
Olympia (Berlin, 74,000 seats): €242M
Allianz Arena (Munich, 70,000 seats): €340M
That last one they built from scratch.
If you feel like scratching your head a little bit, wait until you see this.
Breathtaking, huh? That's Yanukovych’s Mezhyhirya principality.
Hey, EU, you want this *decriminalized* too? Done! Just make sure you hire Tymoshenko to negotiate your gas bills with Russia, OK?
You can then grant immunity to Yanukovych and hire him to run the ECB.
What do you say, Shakira?
Sources:
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2011/10/8/6649137/
http://blogs.pravda.com.ua/authors/larin/4e90bed263e0a/
http://femen.livejournal.com/173971.html#cutid1
http://gallery.korrespondent.net/ukraine/3400-s-neba-na-zemlyu-eksklyuzivnye-snimki-mezhigorya-s-vysoty-ptichego-poleta?img=0
http://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2011/10/6/6645004/
What do you make of Ukraine?
Spotted this street exhibit while walking down Khreshchatyk last Sunday.
♆krainian colors, Soviet choreogra☭hy.
Not that I'm new to ☠ligarch Entertainmen☦, but this one caught me by surprise as I was walking downtown last Saturday.
And you know what they call it? “Майданc” (“Maidan’s”) It’s a carnival-like dance contest that brings together the cities of Ukraine. Last Saturday’s contestants: Odesa, Kirovohrad and Kharkiv.
Looking at all that Soviet memorabilia in motion, I had a couple of flashbacks.
April 1989. I’m one of the top three students to be promoted to the rank of pioneer (Soviet boy scout). In second grade, a whole grade ahead of the curve. We’re rock stars!
The “rite of passage” took place in the Lenin Museum, just a few blocks from here. In just a few years the USSR would be history.
And what about these kids? How old are they? What the hell are they doing?
If you're an oligarch and you want this for your kids, check out these tutorials.
Perimeter secured!
Ever wonder who stole that tent city? And why?
Yanukovych: Because the rule of law...uh...abiding...by the laws of Ukraine is compulsory for all. Today...in Kyiv, they’re already setting up, on the very spot where the protesters’ tents stood yesterday...uh...today, they’re already setting up the New Year...[struggles with Ukrainian, settles for Russian]...YOLKA [tree], and very-very soon people will start celebrating the New Year.
It ain't over.
Police keep blocking Kyiv-bound buses and threatening to remove the Maidan camp. Yet people keep coming.
The government has made a lame attempt at negotiations. With a slightly stronger showing in Kyiv, protests continue all over Ukraine.
That includes Yanukovych strongholds: Donetsk, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa.
Back to square one.
We're nowhere as big as 6 years ago.
But we're in the right place, at the right time.
Tymoshenko back in vogue?
Her plan: Petition Yanukovych to veto the tax code.
Meanwhile, a court bans rallies in downtown Kyiv Nov. 22-26.
That's the same court that never banned pro-Yanukovych rallies.
The police that protected Yanukovych are now threatening his opponents.
Small business, small protest.
It takes 20 times as many protesters to mean business.
Take this $17M chopper.
Make it $1.5K/flight, plus $7.5M for the helipad.
Add that personal “missile shield”...
And we have liftoff!
One flew over Mezhyhirya may cost Ukrainians a lot.
But it’s worth every cent!
High-security property. Private zoo. 500 workers/day. At least $9.4M in interior design alone!
Can any drug cartel keep up with this?
Pigeons: a clear and present danger
Sources:
http://censor.net.ua/ru/video_news/view/138781/polet_yanukovicha_iz_doma_na_rabotu_budet_stoit_1012_tysyach_griven_v_chas_video
http://censor.net.ua/ru/video_news/view/142325/aviamarshrutka_v_mejigore_intereru_vertoleta_yanukovicha_zaviduyut_obama_i_merkel_video
http://tvi.ua
http://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/photos/4cc53e3333a8f/
http://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2010/10/27/5519970/
http://durdom.in.ua/uk/main/photo/photo_id/19788/person_id/1.phtml
http://durdom.in.ua/uk/main/photo/photo_id/19776/person_id/1.phtml
http://durdom.in.ua/uk/main/photo/photo_id/19777/person_id/1.phtml
http://durdom.in.ua/uk/main/photo/photo_id/19852.person_id/1.phtml
http://durdom.in.ua/uk/main/photo/photo_id/20079/person_id/1.phtml
http://durdom.in.ua/uk/main/photo/photo_id/20203/person_id/1.phtml
Oops, they did it again!
“Ukrayina is no Alina” [Putin's rumored lover Alina Kabayeva]
Notice how Lenin keeps looking for Putin.
“Kremlin dwarfs, take a hike” “Judo fighter, go fight others” “You don't fuck us”
“You don't bend us over like that”
No, Tymoshenko didn't show up.
Sources:
http://femen.livejournal.com/107731.html#cutid1
http://censor.net.ua/go/offer/ResourceID/178935.html
http://tvi.ua
Independence Day 2010 combined Soviet-style officialdom with sexy overtures.
A background check revealed that Alyona Fesunenko, one of the performers at Independence Square, had made a name for herself as Ukraine’s PMOY 2005.
With passion in her voice, Alyona recited “Love Ukraine” (1944) by Volodymyr Sosyura, a patriotic poem condemned as nationalistic by many at the time.
This lays to rest a Soviet woman's famous quote from a 1986 US-USSR teleconference: “In the USSR, there is no sex, but there is love.”
The guys above really love Ukraine! From the bottom of their pockets.
FEMEN sexed up the day at a separate event, in what looked like a rip-off of Putin’s bike ride. 
Placed on hair-trigger alert to protect stabilnist, police intervened quickly and booked the ladies one more time.
Happy Independence Day, Mr. President!
Sources:
http://vidgolos.com/38523-seks-bomba-z-plejboya-dovela-yanukovicha-do-sliz.html
http://censor.net.ua/go/offer/ResourceID/169329.html
http://femen.livejournal.com
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2010/08/24/5326173
http://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/photos/4c752153471df/
http://24tv.com.ua
http://www.ntv.ru
