The Moscow Times: Ukrainian democracy and its cynics
Most Western leaders are acting as if it makes no difference whether Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko or her rival, Victor Yanukovych, wins. Moscow Times

The Moscow Times: Ukrainian democracy and its cynics

Feb 5, 2010 at 19:24
Nina Khrushcheva writes: A pox on both your houses” may be an appropriate individual response to frustration with the political candidates on offer in an election. But it is a dangerous sentiment for governments to hold. Choice is the essence of governance and to abstain from it — for whatever reason — is to shirk responsibility. But that seems to be the stance of the entire West regarding Sunday’s second round of Ukraine’s presidential election. Because the Orange Revolution in 2004 turned out to be a seemingly unending series of disappointments, most Western leaders are acting as if it makes no difference whether Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko or her rival, Victor Yanukovych, wins. Read the story here.

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