All In The Family

thank god there is NO cronyism in Ukraine except...

There is a unique pattern emerging in Russia -Putin and Medvdik take turns ruling -trading places -President-Prime Minister-taking turns back and forth

in Ukraine -there in Always be a Yanukovych on TOP...true Dynasty

It will be interesting to see what the future holds for these nefarious gangsters. If the Opposition is successful in toppling the reprobates from the Party of Regions will proper justice be carried out in independent courts of anyone accused of corruption (excepting those who will flee to Mother Russia) or will they be treated with velvet gloves a la Viktor (the traitor) Yushchenko? This is a matter that must be considered today if Ukraine has any hopes for prosperity and dignity for all Ukrainians in the future.

New SBU chief Kalinin, 52, was born and raised in Russia, where he served in the Soviet KGB. He had headed the state body responsible for guarding the nation’s high-ranking officials since April 2010, including the president.

Skipalsky said Kalinin’s father and he were career KGB officers “who were brought up in the Chekist traditions,” referring to the Cheka, a predecessor of the KGB.

Kalinin moved to Ukraine in 1992, after the nation gained independence, to teach at the SBU academy. From 2005-2010, he reportedly worked for a private security firm comprised of former SBU officers called Alpha.

Political scientist Vadym Karasiov of the Global Strategies Institute said Kalinin’s appointment means he’ll be tasked with the priority of protecting the “Yanukovych regime” first and the nation’s interests second.

The measure, which replaced mogul Khoroshkovsky at the SBU, also is a political sign that Yanukovych has removed any influence the nation’s oligarchs can have on the nation’s security, defense and law enforcement agencies, Karasiov said.

“The oligarchs may have to start searching for alternative ways of influencing these structures. It’s a sign that Yanukovych fears betrayal from within,” Karasiov said.

Asked about Salamtin and Kalinin being former Russian nationals, former SBU Lieutenant General Skipalsky said that it isn’t a global practice to give key government positions to former citizens of foreign countries: “There is an element of alarm in these appointments,” he said.

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After working in Russia from 1991 till 1999 Salamatin moved to Ukraine in April 1999.[2][3]

Everyone in the room knew what the second part entailed, said an FSB officer who attended the event and related what took place.

"We knew that the second part was to become president and to appoint former KGB colleagues to top government posts," the officer said.

In the speech, Putin assured the people in the room that he would not forget them once he reached the pinnacle of power, the officer said.

"There are no former agents," Putin declared, giving a new twist to a common joke among KGB officers.

The listening FSB officers raised a toast to Cheka founder Felix Dzerzhinsky and Yury Andropov, the longest-serving KGB chief.

That night, they had one more reason to celebrate, the FSB officer said: After years of humiliation, the intelligence services were on the brink of being restored to their former prestige.

It was Dec. 20, 1999, just 11 days before Boris Yeltsin abruptly resigned and named Putin as acting president. Three months later, Putin won a snap presidential election.

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for the past few years there has been a bad smell coming from Ukraine.

It is getting worst by the day and soon nobody will want to know the Ukraine...east or west....the quicker this smell is disinfected the quicker ukraine will becoeme a nice place to live..

Ukraine people, you can disinfect this smell in October...

Eject Russia out of Ukraine if you want progress. Until then, you will remain a third-world country. Ukraine should be an economic dynamo, but Russia prevents that from happening with puppets like Yanukovych in power.

This is Ukrainian cancer cell and will be eliminated same way Husain and his family was in Iraq.

unfortunately, you are correct. It is only by extermination that the house can be disinfected and cleaned.