Another attempt to make some kind of sense of what's going on east of the Dniester. Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan come in for special attention.

Showing posts with label elections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elections. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

NU-NS Defeatism?

Kirilenko threatens new election, if the new Rada fails to pass the motion on removing immunity from deputies. Yawn - more elections is hardly what Ukraine needs.

Anyway, the more interesting part is that he addressed this threat to PoR: has NU-NS already come to the conclusion that they have little to look forward to in this election, and that PoR does?

http://www.pravda.com.ua/ru/news/2007/9/25/64279.htm

Depressing election possibilities

This morning's Сегодня had a worrying rundown of the techniques we may see used by the losing side (or sides) in the upcoming election. From party scrutineers at the local level refusing to certify results, right up to deputies' refusal to accept their seats in the Rada.

It's all eminently possible.

Read it here: http://vybory.segodnya.ua/news/468833.html

Fisherman"s Blues

Fisherman"s Blues
Ice-Fishing near Astana (when it was still Akmola)