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Freedom House: Ukraine suffers steepest decline in democracy of any major nation in last two years

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Jan. 19, 2012, 10:45 a.m. | Ukraine — by Mark Rachkevych

Ukraine has regressed to the Leonid Kuchma days, a decade associated more with authoritarianism, lawlessness, crony capitalism and corruption than with democracy.

Mark Rachkevych

Kyiv Post

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Ukraine has regressed to the Leonid Kuchma days, a decade associated more with authoritarianism, lawlessness, crony capitalism and corruption than with democracy.
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Anonymous Jan. 19, 2012, 11:06 a.m.    

Ukraine got what they deserve....they voted for this....

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Anonymous Jan. 19, 2012, 2:54 p.m.    

No they did not. They got what Yushchenko allowed them to have. Ukraine wanted to be a democratic state. Yushchenko opposed Ukraine adopting democratic reform.

Yushchenko set back Ukraine's democratic development decades of not generations. He was the biggest fool.

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Anonymous Jan. 19, 2012, 3:25 p.m.    

The Ukrainian people voted for Yanukovych lies. Yanukovych is turning Ukraine into a bananna republic police state.

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Anonymous Jan. 19, 2012, 11:46 a.m.    

Hanna &quot;Baba Yaga&quot; Herman states &quot;economic freedom is the ultimate guarantee of freedom&quot;. This is a form of &quot;doublespeak&quot; meaning that POR Oligarchs have the freedom to rape and pillage Ukraine to line their own pocket books. One should make note that she makes absolutely no mention of human rights and the dignity of the indivdual.

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Anonymous Jan. 19, 2012, 11:47 a.m.    

People no longer trust democracy following the Yushchenko years of constant inflation, backstabbing, greed and destructive personal political ambitions. Ukraine is not ready for democracy!

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Anonymous Jan. 19, 2012, 2:52 p.m.    

Its ready but Ukraine was denied the opportunity to become a democratic state. Yushchenko was opposed to Ukraine adopting democratic reform.

If Ukraine wants rot join the EU then it should adapt European values and European models of Parliamentary democracy as rec0mmneded by PACE and the Venice Commission.

Ukraine will NEVER be a free independent democratic state as long as it is beholden to Presidential authority.

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Anonymous Jan. 19, 2012, 12:31 p.m.    

The report just confirms what has been obvious to anyone following the development in Ukraine since Yanukovych took power - except the brainless PoR fanatics, of course. Will be entertaining to hear the excuses from Hanna Hermann, trying to explain how Freedom House has misunderstood the Ukrainian democracy.

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Anonymous Jan. 19, 2012, 2:48 p.m.    

Freedom House is a US funded think tank. It has a distinct bias in its assessment and reporting staff ed by US Peace corp rejects. They have no idea of the meaning of democracy let alone Freedom. Try reading there latest reports on Ukraine and you will see just how amateurish they really are.

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Anonymous Jan. 19, 2012, 3:23 p.m.    

Dictators, despots, authoritarians, Yanukovych and Party of Regions have no idea of freedom and respect for human rights. Tymoshenko and Lutsenko are examples of Yanukovych respect for democracy.

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AL BALA Jan. 19, 2012, 8:14 p.m.    

PoR removed economic crimes from being criminal ! And now this ? Zeks {AKA - PoR} rule UKRAINE !

Read more:

http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/120801/#ixzz1jvfgggtB

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Jaroslaw Sawka Jan. 20, 2012, 5:39 a.m.    

It is an OUTRAGE what Yanukovych and his mafia friends have done to our nation in such a short span of time! What is wrong with our people to let this happen? Do we have to much Yuschenko genetic DNA in our genes? Or is it the radioactive Chornobyl environment? Has the genocidal legacy of Communism ruined our souls forever? The Kniazhs couldn't do it. The Kozaks couldn't do it! The Schevchenko &amp; later the Hrushevsky elite couldn't do it. Halychyna couldn't do it. What is to become of us...perpetual nation of sheep???

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Giovanni Nuvoli Jan. 20, 2012, 2:49 p.m.    

www.evpasud.com

Namely, materials of legal case 2-3106/2008 Judge OLGA KULIKOSKAYA - Evpatoriya is a clear evidence of forgery, CD containing court hearing record is counterfeited and parts of the legal case has been stolen. It is an estimated 800.000 US dollars swindler plot.

www.evpasud.com

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AL BALA Jan. 21, 2012, 6:53 a.m.    

Looks like the mob and the kgb are back in control in Ukraine, the brezhnev clones have reappeared.

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http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/61555/#ixzz1k478gMLq

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AL BALA Jan. 24, 2012, 6:56 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 Jan. 24, 2012, 11:12 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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Read more:

http://www.kyivpost.com/news/politics/detail/121085/#ixzz1kPcdxJiy

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