Post-victory, pre-normalisation

[nairiporter]

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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[ddstory]

Best of luck to Ukraine, but unfortunately I'm not seeing normalization coming to that corner any time soon, with or without Yanukovych gone.

[luzribeiro]

I don't think the prospect of Ukraine splitting in two halves has diminished even one bit, despite these developments. Russia has not said its heavy word just yet. You do have a point that the East Ukrainian oligarchs probably wouldn't want to be directly controlled by Russia, but we shouldn't rule out the possibility that they'd prefer to be in full control of a separate state, albeit a client state to Russia.

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.

[yes_justice]

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.

[policraticus]

Post Victory?

I think that assumes facts not in evidence.

[nairiporter]

It's a deliberate figurative speech to reflect the prevailing sentiment among many in the Ukrainian opposition. In a sense, the deposition of Yanukovych is a victory of some sorts, albeit only an initial one.

Or you could interpret it as a Pyrrhic victory if you like.

[ddstory]

If you had, I dunno, read past the title, perhaps you wouldn't have found it necessary to register that as a criticism.

[anfalicious]

Ukraine 2014: The world's sexiest election.