Comments for Ukraine and Post-Soviet Space http://blogs.euobserver.com/prystayko Olena Prystayko is a researcher, based in Brussels. She is specialising in EU policy on post-Soviet states. She co-wrote the Ukraine chapter in Freedom House's book Nations in Transit and last year gave the annual Stasiuk Lecture on Ukrainian studies at Robinson College, Cambridge. Sat, 05 May 2012 16:43:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on European integration of Ukraine after the elections by Eurosport http://blogs.euobserver.com/prystayko/2010/01/09/european-integration-of-ukraine-after-the-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-1806 Eurosport Sat, 05 May 2012 16:43:46 +0000 http://blogs.euobserver.com/prystayko/?p=23#comment-1806 <strong>Eurosport...</strong> [...]European integration of Ukraine after the elections « Ukraine and Post-Soviet Space[...]... Eurosport…

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]]> Comment on European integration of Ukraine after the elections by Rent Appliance Dolly Home Depot http://blogs.euobserver.com/prystayko/2010/01/09/european-integration-of-ukraine-after-the-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-1802 Rent Appliance Dolly Home Depot Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:10:02 +0000 http://blogs.euobserver.com/prystayko/?p=23#comment-1802 Looking forward to reading more. Great blog article.Much thanks again. Will read on... Looking forward to reading more. Great blog article.Much thanks again. Will read on…

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]]> Comment on European integration of Ukraine after the elections by Seguro do Carro http://blogs.euobserver.com/prystayko/2010/01/09/european-integration-of-ukraine-after-the-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-1771 Seguro do Carro Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:04:46 +0000 http://blogs.euobserver.com/prystayko/?p=23#comment-1771 Good Work ! i Agree in almost indistinguishable from the countries that have flagrantly violated UN laws and proceeded into dirty and violent wars since 1990...thanks ! Good Work ! i Agree in almost indistinguishable from the countries that have flagrantly violated UN laws and proceeded into dirty and violent wars since 1990…thanks !

]]> Comment on Two years of Viktor Yanukovych in power: Observations and conclusions of a trip to Ukraine in December 2011 – January 2012 by YV http://blogs.euobserver.com/prystayko/2012/02/20/two-years-of-viktor-yanukovych-in-power-observations-and-conclusions-of-a-trip-to-ukraine-in-december-2011-january-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-1613 YV Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:14:12 +0000 http://blogs.euobserver.com/prystayko/?p=57#comment-1613 this is once again a case of an unsuitable paradigm of developed (Western) democracy applied to analyse a foreign soil of post-Soviet (though what is 'a popular love to the authorities' and where does that notion come from is a true mystery). practically, each point highlighted was true for ukraine at any stage of its latest history, and it never mentions the decisive factors under them. what is different and unique for the current state of affairs (quite tellingly omitted in the article)- his shovelling off his former patrons and 'well-doers' who brought him into politics in 1997 as 'a dummy' to secure the maximization of the revenues under newly invented illegal shemes. his regime, the one of his family and their trusted servants, is going to be the harshest one in the ukrainian history, disregarding whatever public or even so-called oligarchs may think. and it will need a real popular revolt to turn it down - which will be countered with force and determination. unfortunately, there is not a hint in this direction in the text. this is once again a case of an unsuitable paradigm of developed (Western) democracy applied to analyse a foreign soil of post-Soviet (though what is ‘a popular love to the authorities’ and where does that notion come from is a true mystery).

practically, each point highlighted was true for ukraine at any stage of its latest history, and it never mentions the decisive factors under them.

what is different and unique for the current state of affairs (quite tellingly omitted in the article)- his shovelling off his former patrons and ‘well-doers’ who brought him into politics in 1997 as ‘a dummy’ to secure the maximization of the revenues under newly invented illegal shemes.

his regime, the one of his family and their trusted servants, is going to be the harshest one in the ukrainian history, disregarding whatever public or even so-called oligarchs may think. and it will need a real popular revolt to turn it down – which will be countered with force and determination. unfortunately, there is not a hint in this direction in the text.

]]> Comment on Two years of Viktor Yanukovych in power: Observations and conclusions of a trip to Ukraine in December 2011 – January 2012 by Lozowy http://blogs.euobserver.com/prystayko/2012/02/20/two-years-of-viktor-yanukovych-in-power-observations-and-conclusions-of-a-trip-to-ukraine-in-december-2011-january-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-1612 Lozowy Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:13:50 +0000 http://blogs.euobserver.com/prystayko/?p=57#comment-1612 When a researcher writes an article attempting to analyze recent events in Ukraine based on a premise of similarity with Russia, when in fact the two countries are possessed of entirely different socio-economic contexts, this says more about the assumptions or lack of analytical capacity of the researcher than about the topic in question. Might as well compare Ukraine to Venezuela and Yanukovych to Hugo Chavez. When a researcher writes an article attempting to analyze recent events in Ukraine based on a premise of similarity with Russia, when in fact the two countries are possessed of entirely different socio-economic contexts, this says more about the assumptions or lack of analytical capacity of the researcher than about the topic in question. Might as well compare Ukraine to Venezuela and Yanukovych to Hugo Chavez.

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