World Affairs Journal: Yanukovych cracks down on independent media
Ukraine’s only fully independent television station, TVi, has come under renewed attack by the Regionnaire regime of President Viktor Yanukovych. The move is obviously intended to deprive the public of alternative information in the run-up to the October 2012 parliamentary elections. Since all polls show the Regionnaires cannot win a fair and free contest, the crackdown on TVi is also a practice run of the kind of mass falsification they will employ to claim victory.