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"The worst fears have proven well-founded, as the report issued by the Civic Network OPORA confirms. As a result of the selection meeting held by the Central Election Commission on 15 September, the majority of head, deputy head and secretary posts in territorial electoral commissions [TEC] have gone to the parliamentary coalition which in total received 1,042 posts. Opposition parties represented in parliament received only half that number."
Sep 29, 2010
"The worst fears have proven well-founded, as the report issued by the Civic Network OPORA confirms. As a result of the selection meeting held by the Central Election Commission on 15 September, the majority of head, deputy head and secretary posts in territorial electoral commissions [TEC] have gone to the parliamentary coalition which in total received 1,042 posts. Opposition parties represented in parliament received only half that number."

Halya Coynash in an article called "No room for Democracy?" appearing Sept. 29 on the Maidan.org.ua English-language website.

"We are convinced that there is more gas to be found. We think that whatever is there is going to be pretty challenging to find. It will be deep underground; it will be in difficult rocks, so difficult to get out to the surface; or it will be in deep water in the Black Sea. So it’s not going to be easy."
Sep 28, 2010
"We are convinced that there is more gas to be found. We think that whatever is there is going to be pretty challenging to find. It will be deep underground; it will be in difficult rocks, so difficult to get out to the surface; or it will be in deep water in the Black Sea. So it’s not going to be easy."

Patrick Van Daele, 49, Shell's general manager in Ukraine.

"How can you fight corruption unless you have a media that's independent enough to hold people accountable and cast a spotlight on that kind of behavior?"
Sep 28, 2010
"How can you fight corruption unless you have a media that's independent enough to hold people accountable and cast a spotlight on that kind of behavior?"

U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William J. Burns, who visited Kyiv on Sept. 9.

Sep 27, 2010
"In fact, businesses didn't participate in the discussion of the draft Tax Code. No one invited us. Formally, they [government] say that they discussed the document [draft Tax Code] with everybody, but no one says which comments were made and which of them were considered, [and in fact] they cannot say this, because it didn't happen."

Viacheslav Kredisov, Chairman of the Ukrainian Entrepreneurs Association "New Formation," member of the Council of Entrepreneurs under the Cabinet of Ministers

"They (Party of Regions) don't understand at all the words they spew. They simply spout some formulas they learned during the Soviet times circa 1970. This is a severe form of autism."
Sep 24, 2010
"They (Party of Regions) don't understand at all the words they spew. They simply spout some formulas they learned during the Soviet times circa 1970. This is a severe form of autism."

Writer Oksana Zabuzhko on what kind of nation is President Viktor Yanukovych building.

“I don’t think they’ll touch her [Yulia Tymoshenko], as the same thing could happen again. It’s better to put pressure on her and weaken her.”
Sep 24, 2010
“I don’t think they’ll touch her [Yulia Tymoshenko], as the same thing could happen again. It’s better to put pressure on her and weaken her.”

Yuriy Yakymenko, head of political programs at the Razumkov Center, commenting on threats that Yulia Tymoshenko had claimed receiving from SBU.

"Ukraine solves the problems in the framework of achieving the [Millenium Development] Goals successfully. The most important thing is that by increasing the level of minimum social standards, we managed to significantly reduce the proportion of the population living below the poverty line. Ukraine has strong global ratings, and reforms in this area are currently going on. The situation in healthcare has improved substantially. The most notable achievements are reduction of child mortality and improvement of maternal health. Among the pressing tasks is improving gender equality and environmental health. The situation with HIV/AIDS is of the most concern. We must put extra efforts into solving this problem. As in most countries, our work to achieve the Millennium Development Goals was affected significantly by the global economic crisis, which has damaged almost all the sectors of economy, thousands of companies and incomes of millions of citizens."
Sep 23, 2010
"Ukraine solves the problems in the framework of achieving the [Millenium Development] Goals successfully. The most important thing is that by increasing the level of minimum social standards, we managed to significantly reduce the proportion of the population living below the poverty line. Ukraine has strong global ratings, and reforms in this area are currently going on. The situation in healthcare has improved substantially. The most notable achievements are reduction of child mortality and improvement of maternal health. Among the pressing tasks is improving gender equality and environmental health. The situation with HIV/AIDS is of the most concern. We must put extra efforts into solving this problem. As in most countries, our work to achieve the Millennium Development Goals was affected significantly by the global economic crisis, which has damaged almost all the sectors of economy, thousands of companies and incomes of millions of citizens."

President Viktor Yanukovych on Sept. 22 speaking at the United Nations in New York City during a special meeting of world leaders to discuss the Millenium Development Goals.

"In the end, Yanukovych will likely realize it may be better to be number one in an independent Western-oriented Ukraine than to be number fifteen in the Politburo of a reincarnated version of the Soviet Union. And Ukrainian civil society and the country’s relative political pluralism are acting as a counterweight to Yanukovych’s pro-Russian measures. The question is: will the Ukrainians be able to slow down the pro-Russian train that Yanukovych has set in motion?"
Sep 22, 2010
"In the end, Yanukovych will likely realize it may be better to be number one in an independent Western-oriented Ukraine than to be number fifteen in the Politburo of a reincarnated version of the Soviet Union. And Ukrainian civil society and the country’s relative political pluralism are acting as a counterweight to Yanukovych’s pro-Russian measures. The question is: will the Ukrainians be able to slow down the pro-Russian train that Yanukovych has set in motion?"

John Hewko, a nonresident senior associate with the Carnegie Endowment’s Democracy and Rule of Law Program, in an interview, titled "Ukraine's new direction," published on Sept. 22.


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