The Ukrainian parliament Verkhovna Rada has
voted for the deposition of president Yanukovych and set the date for new elections on May 25. Naturally, a speaker of the president has instantly announced that he rejects this decision as illegitimate. Still, the vote for Yanukovych's impeachment was supported by 328 out of 450 MPs, who reportedly met
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A split-up still seems like the scenario that would make everyone happier than they are now, including Russia, the West, and probably most Ukrainians.
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What will become of the animals in Yanukovych's freaking private zoo?
The insolent wastefulness of an arrogant elite that was piling riches at the back of a desperate nation, and an economy in free-fall - if that doesn't cause a lot of anger in both Ukrainian-Ukrainians and Russian-Ukrainians alike, I don't know what would.
I wonder what lessons the mc-mansioners in the USA are taking from this, because that house isn't all that opulent by the 1% standards stateside.
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I think that assumes facts not in evidence.
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Or you could interpret it as a Pyrrhic victory if you like.
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