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Horbulin: Regions’ ‘criminals’

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Jan. 24, 2012, 4:42 p.m. | Politics — by Oksana Grytsenko

Volodymyr Horbulin

Oksana Grytsenko

Volodymyr Horbulin, an adviser to several Ukrainian presidents, told the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine in 2006 that current President Viktor Yanukovych’s party is partly composed of “pure criminals,” according to a recently leaked diplomatic cable.
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Jaroslaw Sawka Jan. 24, 2012, 5:12 p.m.    

too bad Ysuchenko didn't put the &quot;Bandits in Jail&quot; as he promised during the Orange Revolution!!!!

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AL BALA Jan. 24, 2012, 7:11 p.m.    

Poll: Support for Tymoshenko surpasses Yanukovych, appetite for protest high

Dec 27, 2011 at 13:50 | Kyiv Post Staff

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http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/119690/#ixzz1kOeLBddt

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Mykhayl Jan. 24, 2012, 5:36 p.m.    

I am SHOCKED!

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AL BALA Jan. 24, 2012, 5:59 p.m.    

Yanukovych the Zek is NOT shocked.

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AL BALA Jan. 24, 2012, 6:42 p.m.    

WHY is Azarov giving Ukraine's wealth to Moscow ?

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http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/121063/20/page/1/#comments#ixzz1kOWdy6ph

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AL BALA Feb. 2, 2012, 12:12 p.m.    

The &quot;tax reform in Ukraine&quot; by Azarov closed over 200,000 Ukrainian businesses last year.

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AL BALA Feb. 7, 2012, 1:08 a.m.    

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia expressed his support to the Yanukovich’s political program and wished him to be courage and tolerant during the presidential elections.32

Yanukovich’s response was in the end of October 2004, when the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers transferred the St. Vladimir’s Cathedral and the Temple of the Seven Saint martyrs of Khersoness in Kherson to the UOC MP. The Metropolitan of Crimea and Simferopol Lazar admitted that this decision had been a pleasant surprise for him.33

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http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/120095/20/page/1/#comments#ixzz1le4Y1fNn

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Guy De Smet Jan. 24, 2012, 10:41 p.m.    

WikiLeaks: Regions Party partly composed of ‘criminals’

Hey that is no news...

We want more greasy Leaks ! hihi

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AL BALA Jan. 24, 2012, 11:04 p.m.    

Supreme Court upheld that the media is banned from writing about government officials - now and before the elections ? ? ? ? ?

http://tsn.ua/politika/zmi-zaboronili-pisati-pro-mayno-statki-ta-kohanciv-chinovnikiv.html

PS LES - PATHETIC CRIMINALS ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

PPS If you watch the video then you can see the outstanding SHAME on the faces of Constitutional Court &quot;justices&quot; - as the verdict is read !

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AL BALA Jan. 24, 2012, 11:35 p.m.    

Now all media outlets will have generic Headlines :

Young Ukrainian child beaten, and/or rapped, and/or murdered, etc - but we are unable tell Ukrainian Citizens this news story because we are not allowed to write about government officials - because of the elections - and/or because of ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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AL BALA Jan. 25, 2012, 12:13 a.m.    

The link to the video was just removed.

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