The Pravda offers up their take on the crisis in Ukraine:
The strongarm tactics used by the western stooge, Yushchenko, are typical of the anti-democratic processes set in motion by a rampant and militant Washington, crushed in the grip on a monetarist, neo-conservative crypto-fascist clique of elitists, whose corporate greed speaks louder than the mores of internacional diplomacy and whose thirst to dominate the world's resources in the lifetimes of Rumsfeld and Cheney throws any moral concept into the trash bin...
And their diplomatic view of Yushchenko:
...Why didn't he place a piece of parsley over each ear and stick an apple in his mouth, and claim he was a pig, as well?
Playing this type of childish game gives Yushchenko as much authority as a drunken down-and-out, lying on the floor of a public latrine in a pool of urine, with a bottle by his side, saying he is the president, that he is a doctor, that he is also a cosmonaut on Thursday afternoons and if it hadn't been for Eltsin, he would also be God.
Next time, why doesn't Viktor Yushchenko wear a baseball cap and a skirt, with a plastic red nose and his face painted like the clown he is?
Certainly questioning the motivation of the West in the region is legitimate. However, clearly Yanukovich represents the corrupt Ukraine oligarchy. According to the Financial Times, support from Viktor Pinchuk, (outgoing president Kuchma's son-in-law) and Rinat Akhmetov, a steel and coal baron, will be critical. While some call Pinchuk a possible bridge between the west and the Yanukovich party and Akhemetov talks of "modernising his businesses by developing ties with western-educated managers, consultants and banks," both have a lot to lose. For instance:
Mr Yushchenko has pledged to review the controversial privatisation of Kryvorizhstal, Ukraine's biggest steel mill, which was sold to Mr Pinchuk and Mr Akhmetov earlier this year for $800m (€604m, £424m), far less than foreign bidders were prepared to offer...
In the end, though, it may be the corruption itself that proves more difficult to remove than Yanukovich:
As a last resort, they may ditch Mr Yanukovich but would fight to retain the system he represents. Alexander Rahr, director of the German Council for Foreign Relations, says bluntly: "The oligarchs will see how things develop. But they have put too much into backing Yanukovich to pull back now."
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